Abstracts in Urgent Care: March, 2011

Not All Infectious Diseases Society of America Practice Guidelines Are Created Equal Key point: More than 1/2 of recommendations in guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America rely on low-quality evidence. Citation: Lee DH, Vielemeyer O. Analysis of overall level of evidence behind Infectious Diseases Society of America practice guidelines. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171(1):18-22. Researchers examined 41 guidelines published by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) since 1994. Of the 4,200 in- dividual …

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