Clinical Practice Guidelines and Recommendations
In reply–Clinical Practice Guidelines: Still Miles to Go…
We thank Khan et al for their interest in our article assessing practice guidelines in interventional medical specialties1 and strongly agree that the issues with guidelines go beyond just those of the interventional subspecialties. In fact, we have already reported the results of other studies citing the limited evidence among gastroenterology2 and inflammatory bowel disease3 guidelines, and others have shown similar results for cardiology,4 infectious diseases,5 and liver diseases.6Systematic Analysis Underlying the Quality of the Scientific Evidence and Conflicts of Interest in Interventional Medicine Subspecialty Guidelines
To determine the validity of guidelines published by interventional medical societies.
