Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1999 Apr 24;129(16):613-8.

[Consensus conferences and guidelines in gastroenterology: an illusion].

Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift

[Article in German]
W Creutzfeldt

PMID: 10378244

Abstract

Evidence-based medicine describes the present-day situation of a rational medicine which has its origins in the 19th century. At present evidence-based medicine is an ideal which is unattainable due to inadequate data from randomised controlled studies. Guidelines and consensus conferences which are not based on clearcut scientific data from controlled prospective and randomised studies fail to meet the requirements of evidence-based medicine and so cannot improve patient management. Guidelines and consensus conferences do not substantially reduce health costs.

MeSH terms

• Consensus Development Conferences as Topic*
• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Gastroenterology / economics
• Gastroenterology / standards
• Humans
• Practice Guidelines as Topic*
• Switzerland

Publication Types

• English Abstract
• Journal Article