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Why guidelines can be hard to swallow
Following guidelines: don’t ignore evidence based medicine
BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2573 (Published 25 November 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:q2573
- Dermot Ryan, retired general practitioner
- Kegworth, UK
- dermotryan{at}doctors.org.uk
Guidelines are not only hard to swallow1 but impossible to use. Most guidelines are for single conditions, but most patients over 60 have a multiplicity of conditions. Were we to “follow the …
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