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Guidelines on management (diagnosis and treatment) of syncope-update 2004. Executive Summary.

Author(s) -

Michele Brignole,

Paoló Alboni,

David G. Benditt,

Lennart Bergfeldt,

JeanJacques Blanc,

Poul Erik Bloch Thomsen,

J. Gert van Dijk,

Adam Fitzpatrick,

Stefan H. Hohnloser,

Jan Janoušek,

Wishwa N. Kapoor,

Rose Anne Kenny,

Piotr Kułakowski,

Giulio Masotti,

Andrés Moyá,

Antonio Raviele,

Richard Sutton,

George Theodorakis,

Andrea Ungar,

Wouter Wieling,

Silvia G. Priori,

María Ángeles Alonso García,

Andrzej Budaj,

Martín Cowie,

Jaap Deckers,

Enrique Fernández Burgos,

John Lekakis,

Bertil Lindhal,

Gianfranco Mazzotta,

João Morais,

Ali̇ Oto,

Otto A. Smiseth,

C. Menozzi,

Hugo Ector,

Panos Vardas

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.09.004

Subject(s) - medicine , executive summary , expert opinion , family medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , biology

Executive SummaryESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG): Silvia G. Priori (Chairperson) (Italy), Maria Angeles Alonso Garcia (Spain), Jean-Jacques Blanc (France), Andrzej Budaj (Poland), Martin Cowie (UK), Jaap Deckers (The Netherlands), Enrique Fernandez Burgos (Spain), John Lekakis (Greece), Bertil Lindhal (Sweden), Gianfranco Mazzotta (Italy), JoA£o Morais (Portugal), Ali Oto (Turkey), Otto Smiseth (Norway)Document reviewers: Silvia G. Priori (CPG Review Coordinator) (Italy), Martin Cowie (UK), Carlo Menozzi (Italy), Hugo Ector (Belgium), Ali Oto (Turkey), Panos Vardas (Greece)Guidelines and Expert Consensus documents aim to present all the relevant evidence on a particular issue in order to help physicians to weigh the benefits and risks of a particular diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. They should be helpful in everyday clinical decision-making.A great number of Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents have been issued in recent years by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and by different organisations and other related societies. This profusion can put at stake the authority and validity of guidelines, which can only be guaranteed if they have been developed by an unquestionable decision-making process. This is one of the reasons why the ESC and others have issued recommendations for formulating and issuing Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents.In spite of the fact that standards for issuing good quality Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents are well defined, recent surveys of Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents published in peer-reviewed journals between 1985 and 1998 have shown that methodological standards were not complied with in the vast majority of cases. It is therefore of great importance that guidelines and recommendations are presented in formats that are easily interpreted. Subsequently, their implementation programmes must also be well conducted. Attempts have been made to determine whether guidelines improve the quality of clinical practice and the utilization of health resources.The ESC Committee for …

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