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Do Clinical Guidelines Still Make Sense? No

Ross E.G. Upshur
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2014, 12 (3) 202-203; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1654

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  • Published on: (29 August 2014)
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    Vies de Publicacao, e Genetica [Publication Bias and Genetics]

    Muito obrigado por este assunto que e tao relevante para a medicina geral de hoje.

    Penso que as linhas de orientacao tem ainda mais defeitos do que os referidos: ha muitos ensaios clinicos que nao foram publicados, e como tal nao podem influenciar as recomendacoes; e a heterogeneidade dos doentes em clinica geral nao se refere apenas as doencas e patologias que eles possuem, mas tambem a diferente genetica das pop...

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    Competing Interests: None declared.
  • Published on: (20 May 2014)
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    Utility of Clinical Guidelines

    I agree that clinical guidelines are not relevant due to the great heterogeneity of the patient populations that we are faced with. Given adequate education and resources, clinical guidelines could be used by a provider to adapt to a particular patient.

    The problem is that clinical guidelines are increasingly seen by insurance companies and regulators as rigid and in this way they are not useful. It seems th...

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    Competing Interests: None declared.
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