Intellectual conflicts of interest among cardiology and pulmonology clinical practice guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intellectual conflicts of interest (COI), like financial COI, may threaten the validity and trustworthiness of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). However, comparatively little is known about intellectual COI in CPGs. This study sought to estimate the prevalence of intellectual COI and corresponding management strategies among cardiology and pulmonology CPGs.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective document review of CPGs published by cardiology or pulmonology professional societies from the United States, Canada, or Europe from 2018 to 2019 available via the Emergency Care Research Institute, Guidelines International Network, or Medscape databases. We assessed the percentage of authors with an intellectual COI, defined as i) authorship on a study reviewed by the CP

SUBMITTER: Brems JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10332620 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature