Possibilities and limitations of national guidelines based on the example of pediatric urology guidelines from the Pediatric Urology Working Group of the Austrian Society for Urology and Andrology (ÖGU)

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BACKGROUND: Medical guidelines are defined as practical orientation and decision-making aids; they are legally defined as noncommittal recommendations. International guidelines are written in very general terms, especially in the case of heterogeneous clinical pictures (e.g., vesicoureteral reflux).

OBJECTIVE: Could national guidelines based on international recommendations become authoritative as specific treatment recommendations for the various specialist groups?.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The value of international and national guidelines was assessed using the example case history of a child affected with vesicoureteral reflux.

RESULTS: Due to the various therapeutic possibilities according to various guidelines, the child received unfavorable, incongruent, delayed, and repeated unsuccessful attempts with different treatment regimes CONCLUSION: Due to the nonbinding nature of general guidelines, there is a risk of suboptimal therapy. National guidelines aimed at individualized treatment recommendations should aim for higher medical and legal status.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

Enthalten in:

Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) - 63(2024), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 163-167

Sprache:

Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

Chancen und Grenzen nationaler Leitlinien am Beispiel der „Leitlinien Kinderurologie“ des Arbeitskreises für Kinderurologie der österreichischen Gesellschaft für Urologie (ÖGU)

Beteiligte Personen:

Oswald, Josef [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Decision-making aids
English Abstract
False diagnosis
Journal Article
Legal significance
Practice guidelines
Recommendation character
Review

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00120-023-02256-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366014005