Transparent Guideline Methodology Needed
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Transparent Guideline Methodology Needed. / Lidal, Ingeborg; Norén, Camilla; Mäkelä, Marjukka.
I: Anesthesiology, Bind 119, Nr. 3, 09.2013, s. 739.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Letter › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Transparent Guideline Methodology Needed
AU - Lidal, Ingeborg
AU - Norén, Camilla
AU - Mäkelä, Marjukka
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - As part of learning at the Nordic Workshop of Evidence-based Medicine, we have read with interest the practice guidelines for central venous access, published in your Journal in 2012.1 We appraised the quality of this guideline using the checklist developed by The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.2 Similar criteria for guideline quality have been suggested elsewhere.3 Our conclusion was that this much needed guideline is currently unclear about several aspects of the methodology used in developing the recommendations. This means potential users cannot be certain that the recommendations are based on best currently available evidence. Our concerns are in two main categories: the rigor of development, including methodology of searching, evaluating, and combining the evidence; and editorial independence, including funding and possible conflicts of interest.
AB - As part of learning at the Nordic Workshop of Evidence-based Medicine, we have read with interest the practice guidelines for central venous access, published in your Journal in 2012.1 We appraised the quality of this guideline using the checklist developed by The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.2 Similar criteria for guideline quality have been suggested elsewhere.3 Our conclusion was that this much needed guideline is currently unclear about several aspects of the methodology used in developing the recommendations. This means potential users cannot be certain that the recommendations are based on best currently available evidence. Our concerns are in two main categories: the rigor of development, including methodology of searching, evaluating, and combining the evidence; and editorial independence, including funding and possible conflicts of interest.
KW - Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
KW - Guidelines, methodology
M3 - Letter
VL - 119
SP - 739
JO - Anesthesiology
JF - Anesthesiology
SN - 0003-3022
IS - 3
ER -
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