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OBJECTIVE -To describe the Veterans Affairs (VA)/Department of Defense (DoD) Clinical Practice Guidelines for diabetes and contrast selected recommendations with those of the American Diabetes Association (ADA). RESULTS -The VA/DoD Guidelines and the ADA Clinical Practice Recommendations reported similar strength of evidence findings by content area, but clinical recommendations varied. The VA/DoD Guidelines and practice recommendations emphasize the use of data on absolute risk reduction from available published randomized clinical trials rather than relative risk reduction from observational analyses. The VA/DoD Guidelines employ an algorithm-based methodology to guide clinicians through a risk-stratified approach to managing individual patients rather than promoting a single standard for most or all patients without explicit consideration of competing comorbidities. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODSCONCLUSIONS -The VA/DoD Guidelines are intended to guide diabetes care by providing Internet-ready, evidence-based annotations in algorithmic form to help clinicians set and revise individual treatment goals for their patients. Diabetes Care 27 (Suppl. 2):B82-B89, 2004

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