Recommended guidance beyond guidelines

Recommended guidance beyond guidelines

Hand in hand with an inflation of treatment guidelines across Europe, the gap between recommendations based on evidence and clinical practice paradoxically increases. There are several reasons for which guidelines use to be disregarded in everyday practice. First, there are always stakeholders staying out of consensus and therefore reluctant to support the implementation of its outcome. Second,...

Guidance on guidelines.

Clinical guidelines are rapidly proliferating on both sides of the Atlantic. Mainly intended to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care, they could also be used for rationing. Currently, their potential impact is unclear. Some patients and doctors may reject guidelines shaped by epidemiological or public health priorities or driven by financial considerations. Other conflicts may ari...

Guidance for guidelines.

Newborn Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism: Recommended Guidelines

During the past decade newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism has become an important health activity in most developed countries. These screening programs have not only benefited patients and their families but also have produced new information about the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of thyroid disease in infancy and childhood. During this period of implemen...

Newborn Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism: Recommended Guidelines

During the past decade newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism has become an important health activity in most developed countries. These screening programs have not only benefited patients and their families but also have produced new information about the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of thyroid disease in infancy and childhood. During this period of implemen...