Clinical practice guidelines: ensuring quality through international collaboration.

The article discusses the importance of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in healthcare systems and the challenges they face in terms of quality and implementation. It highlights inconsistencies and biases in the development of guidelines, the lack of clear evidence to support recommendations, difficulties in translating evidence into practice, and the subjective interpretation of evidence. The article also mentions the publication of guidelines for the treatment of patients with pectus abnormalities as an example, but points out several weaknesses in the development process. It emphasizes the need for international collaboration to improve the quality and trustworthiness of guidelines and calls for adherence to established quality criteria. [Extracted from the article]