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RESOURCE TYPE: Consensus-based guideline
PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT: Guidelines were developed by a panel
These guidelines did not provide a specific search strategy or information about literature search results.
These recommendations were made mainly by consensus, and the guidelines provided no information about literature search results and appeared to use only one database for searching. All suggestions were based on low-level evidence and uniform consensus.
These guidelines provided numerous suggestions for the management of various symptoms, but they were not truly evidence-based. In those aspects for which there was no research evidence, the guidelines provided expert opinion suggestions for management.