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The Infectious Diseases Society of America Lyme guidelines: a cautionary tale about the development of clinical practice guidelines

Overview of attention for article published in Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, June 2010
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#9 of 234)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)

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Title
The Infectious Diseases Society of America Lyme guidelines: a cautionary tale about the development of clinical practice guidelines
Published in
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, June 2010
DOI 10.1186/1747-5341-5-9
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Authors

Lorraine Johnson, Raphael B Stricker

Abstract

Flawed clinical practice guidelines may compromise patient care. Commercial conflicts of interest on panels that write treatment guidelines are particularly problematic, because panelists may have conflicting agendas that influence guideline recommendations. Historically, there has been no legal remedy for conflicts of interest on guidelines panels. However, in May 2008, the Attorney General of Connecticut concluded a ground-breaking antitrust investigation into the development of Lyme disease treatment guidelines by one of the largest medical societies in the United States, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Although the investigation found significant flaws in the IDSA guidelines development process, the subsequent review of the guidelines mandated by the settlement was compromised by a lack of impartiality at various stages of the IDSA review process. This article will examine the interplay between the recent calls for guidelines reform, the ethical canons of medicine, and due process considerations under antitrust laws as they apply to the formulation of the IDSA Lyme disease treatment guidelines. The article will also discuss pitfalls in the implementation of the IDSA antitrust settlement that should be avoided in the future.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Norway 1 1%
Unknown 68 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 13 18%
Researcher 13 18%
Student > Bachelor 8 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 11%
Professor > Associate Professor 7 10%
Other 18 25%
Unknown 4 6%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 34 48%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 13%
Psychology 5 7%
Social Sciences 5 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 6%
Other 6 8%
Unknown 8 11%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 56. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 September 2022.
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#757,486
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#9
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#2,116
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#1
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