Conflict between Guideline Methodologic Quality and Recommendation Validity: A Potential Problem for Practitioners
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Chemistry
- Vol. 52 (1), 65-72
- https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2005.056952
Abstract
Background: It is not clear if good methodologic quality in current practice guidelines necessarily leads to more valid recommendations, i.e., those that are supported with consistent research evidence or, when evidence is conflicting or lacking, with sufficient consensus among the guideline development team. To help clarify this issue, we assessed whether there is a link between methodologic quality and recommendation validity in practice guidelines for the use of laboratory tests in the management of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Keywords
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