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As clinicians we all have routines for the management of the common clinical problems we encounter day in day out. These routines are developed by clinicians reproducing the advice and instructions of our teachers and colleagues. This process is or should be modified and updated by advances in treatment regimes and diagnostic techniques. For less common conditions we might look to a textbook or some guidelines as to how to proceed. However with increasing numbers of guidelines now available how do we tell which ones are valid, or whether you should follow a particular guideline?
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Richards, D. Appraising guidelines: the AGREE Instrument. Evid Based Dent 3, 109–110 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ebd.6400140
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