Professional Societies Should Abstain From Authorship of Guidelines and Disease Definition Statements

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¹ Stanford Prevention Research Center, Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), and Departments of Medicine, Health Research and Policy, Biomedical Data Science, and Statistics, Stanford University, CA.

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John P A Ioannidis. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 Oct.

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. 2018 Oct;11(10):e004889.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.004889.

¹ Stanford Prevention Research Center, Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), and Departments of Medicine, Health Research and Policy, Biomedical Data Science, and Statistics, Stanford University, CA.

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Keywords: American Heart Association; bias; evidence-based medicine; guidelines; hypertension; industry.

Comment in

Professional Societies, Clinical Specialists, and Guidelines.
Nallamothu BK. Nallamothu BK. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 Oct;11(10):e005201. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005201. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018. PMID: 30354580 No abstract available.
The Need for Evidence to Guide Clinical Practice.
Spertus JA, Smith SC Jr. Spertus JA, et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 Oct;11(10):e005177. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005177. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018. PMID: 30354583 No abstract available.
Financial conflict of interest among clinical practice guideline-producing organisations.
Moore A, Straus S, Lexchin J, Thombs BD. Moore A, et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2020 Oct 29;70(700):530-531. doi: 10.3399/bjgp20X713177. Print 2020 Nov. Br J Gen Pract. 2020. PMID: 33122267 Free PMC article. No abstract available.