Which guidelines can we trust? Assessing strength of evidence behind recommendations for clinical practice

Citation
A. Liberati et al., Which guidelines can we trust? Assessing strength of evidence behind recommendations for clinical practice, WEST J MED, 174(4), 2001, pp. 262-265
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
WESTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
ISSN journal
00930415 → ACNP
Volume
174
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
262 - 265
Database
ISI
SICI code
0093-0415(200104)174:4<262:WGCWTA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The parents of a healthy, asymptomatic 5-year-old boy are anxious about his health and ask about the appropriateness of undergoing a screening examina tion with urinalysis. You search for existing recommendations on this topic and find the book, Putting Prevention Into Practice. You find the 2 statem ents outlined below.