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Old 05-05-2008, 06:45 AM
REDLAN REDLAN is online now
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I am a: Type 1
 
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were known facts and not so much a hypothesis
Most of our so-called scientific knowledge is in fact a hypothesis, and nowhere is this more so, than in medicine. It's just that it is discussed as though the knowledge was factual.

have a read through the NICE manuals, and note the level of evidence they use to make treatment recommendations

here is the easy read version for type 1



what you will notice is that the vast majority (75%+) of the recommendations are graded as D

and D is...

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Expert committee reports or opinions, and/or clinical experience of respected authorities or extrapolated from studies
opinions? experience? extrapolations?

sounds like we're very firmly in unproven hypothesis territory

Last edited by REDLAN : 05-05-2008 at 06:45 AM. Reason: typo
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