Clinical practice guidelines for reproductive health care.

Abstract

Amidst the rapidly changing landscape of diagnosis and management in reproductive medicine, it has become increasingly difficult to evaluate the usefulness of many clinical practices. Clinical practice guidelines are a way to incorporate the best evidence-based research with clinical experience, cost effectiveness and patient demands. However there may be problems with the development, maintenance and implementation of such guidelines. This series of papers describes existing guidelines in ASRM and internationally and provides clinician comment on how they should be used.