Abstract
Clinical practices guidelines (CPGs) play a fundamental role in improving healthcare
and patients’ outcomes by helping clinicians make the best evidence-based decisions
for their patients in a time-efficient manner. By following the available methods
and criteria to create trustworthy CPGs, panel members can develop high-quality guidelines.
However, despite the improvements over the years, CPGs are still subjected to biases
and limitations, with conflicts of interest being the ugliest problem GCPs must face.
In this review, we discuss the main characteristics of clinical practice guidelines,
their pros and cons, and the future challenges they need to overcome.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 31, 2022
Accepted:
January 29,
2022
Editor: H.-C. PapePublication stage
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