Guidelines in Gastroenterology: Careful Interpretation Is Essential.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Clinical practice guidelines (CPG) contain recommendations that aim to guide physicians in the diagnosis of and therapeutic approach toward patients affected by gastrointestinal (GI) pathologies. These CPG systematically combine scientific evidence and clinical judgment, culminating in recommendations that have been shown to improve patient care.

Material and methods

European and North American guidelines published in the area of gastroenterology in 2018 and 2019 were considered for inclusion. To standardize the results, only guidelines that used GRADE as an evidence system were included. Thus, in the end, 1,233 recommendations from 29 guidelines published between 2018 and 2019 were analyzed.

Results

Of the 1,233 recommendations collected, 324 (26.3%) had

SUBMITTER: Correia C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9274816 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature