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Emerg Med J 2004;21:404-407 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.014944
  • Review

The NICE guidelines in the real world: a practical perspective

  1. J Dunning,
  2. F Lecky
  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Mr J Dunning
 Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 3BW, UK; joeldunningdoctors.org.uk
  • Accepted 26 February 2004

Abstract

This review examines the derivation of the NICE guidelines and discusses some of the problems of putting research into practice.

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  • Funding: none.

  • Competing interests: Joel Dunning was employed for six months full time as a systematic reviewer at the National Collaborative Centre for acute care, performing the systematic review for the NICE guidelines for head injury: assessment, investigation and early management of head injury in children and adults, and assisted the guideline development group in the writing of these guidelines.

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