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Clinical Guideline Development (Part 4): From Search Strategy to Submission – What a Credible Guideline Methods Section Actually Looks Like

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  In 2025, a systematic review assessed the methodological rigour of 76 clinical practice guidelines published by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) between 2013 and 2024. These are not obscure documents from minor societies. They are among the most cited, most influential guidelines in medicine, …

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Clinical Guideline Development Part 2: GRADE, AGREE, and the Alphabet Soup of Evidence Appraisal

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  In 1990, while serving as director of the internal medicine residency program at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Gordon Guyatt introduced a new approach to teaching at the bedside. He called it “Scientific Medicine.” The idea was straightforward: clinical decisions should be grounded in a critical appraisal of the best available evidence, not in …

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