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Editorial
. 2017 Aug;35(8):1564-1566.
doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001435.

Expertise: no longer a sine qua non for guideline authors?

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Editorial

Expertise: no longer a sine qua non for guideline authors?

Franz H Messerli et al. J Hypertens. 2017 Aug.
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Abstract

: Several sets of guidelines have been published recently and more are in the works. The very recent American College of Physicians/American Academy of Family Practitioners guidelines were put together by a set of authors and consultants without any expertise in the topic under discussion, that is, hypertension. Although we are not maintaining that all guidelines should be written exclusively by experts, complete lack of expertise among guideline authors is not acceptable.

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  • Who is an expert?
    O'Brien E. O'Brien E. J Hypertens. 2017 Nov;35(11):2326-2327. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001523. J Hypertens. 2017. PMID: 28953594 No abstract available.
  • Reply.
    Messerli FH, Hofstetter L, Agabiti-Rosei E, Burnier M, Elliott WJ, Franklin SS, Grodzicki T, Kario K, Kjeldsen SE, Kostis JB, Laurent S, Leenen FH, de Leeuw PW, Lund-Johansen P, Mancia G, Narkiewicz K, Papademetriou V, Parati G, Poulter N, Redon J, Rimoldi SF, Ruilope LM, Schiffrin EL, Schmieder RE, Schwartz AB, Sever P, Sowers JR, Staessen JA, Wang J, Weber M, Williams B. Messerli FH, et al. J Hypertens. 2017 Nov;35(11):2327-2328. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001526. J Hypertens. 2017. PMID: 28953595 No abstract available.

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