Most Practice Guideline Recommendations Based on Less-Than-Ideal Quality of Evidence

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Jan. 15, 2014 — A study published in the January issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings shows that most clinical practice guidelines for interventional procedures (e.g., bronchoscopy, angioplasty) are based on lower-quality medical evidence and fail to disclose authors’ conflicts of interest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQiMiswm374&hd=1 “Guidelines are meant to create a succinct roadmap for the [...]
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