The recently leaked Department of Justice white paper indicating guidelines for the President's assassination of his fellow Americans has shone a spotlight on these "dirty wars" (as the journalist Jeremy Scahill rightly calls them in his documentary film and book of the same title).
Sixteen of the 20 respondents whose journals referred to reporting guidelines indicated the guidelines used (Table 3).
An instrument to assess the quality of the dutch communication guidelines indicated poor guideline quality, especially as regards development rigour, user involvement and applicability[ 16] This suggests that guideline users are probably right in complaining about lack of evidence base.
Finally, comparison of the shear resistance values as recommended by the fib TG9.3 (2001), ACI-440R (2002), and CSA S806-02 (2002) guidelines, with the test results clearly indicated that guidelines fail to capture the influence of the studied parameters.
For the clinical assessment, the guidelines indicated in the GPSICC were used [18].
Because all four treatment modalities are positively indicated, the guidelines state that treatment preference may be determined by patient preference.
The guidelines indicated that the surgical treatment should be based on the expected cosmetic outcome (tumour to breast ratio) and the patients' preferences.
Under time pressure, GPs asked significantly less questions concerning presenting symptoms, than the ones indicated by the guidelines, (p=0.019), conducted a less-thorough clinical examination (p=0.028), while they gave less advice on lifestyle (p=0.05).
The survey conducted by SIGN exploring the public's understanding of the purpose of guidelines indicated that 44% thought guidelines to be 'consistent best care/practice' [ 34].
This higher compliance rate could be due to the abundance of research published prior to the guidelines indicating the benefits of metformin [ 11, 34].
IN its earlier days, Genentech was sometimes accused of promoting its drugs to some patients who did not need them, most notably growth hormone to athletes, youth-seekers and some children whose physical stature fell well above the guidelines indicated for prescription.
