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<journal-title><![CDATA[Colombian Journal of Anestesiology]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. colomb. anestesiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Introduction to the series "GRADE in Spanish": Basic articles about the use of evidence in clinical practice]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Introducción a la serie "GRADE en español": Artículos básicos acerca del uso de la evidencia en la práctica clínica]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Yepes-Nuñez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan José]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Flórez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iván Darío]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Calvache]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jose A.]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Estrada-Orozco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Kelly]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Olga Milena]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Velandia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Oscar Mauricio Muñoz]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,University of Antioquia Department of Pediatrics and Childcare ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Clínica las Américas - AUNA  ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,McMaster University School of Rehabilitation Science ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Hamilton ]]></addr-line>
<country>Canada</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Cauca Department of Anesthesiology ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Popayán ]]></addr-line>
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<aff id="Af8">
<institution><![CDATA[,Erasmus Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Rotterdam ]]></addr-line>
<country>The Netherlands</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia School of Medicine Institute of Clinical Research]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud Department of Clinical Epidemiology ]]></institution>
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<country>Colombia</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Hospital Universitario San Ignacio Department of Internal Medicine]]></institution>
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<country>Colombia</country>
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<year>2024</year>
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<volume>52</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
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