Menu

 

Letter

NICE on VTE diseases

Health warning—not all evidence based

BMJ 2012; 345 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e5078 (Published 31 July 2012)
Cite this as: BMJ 2012;345:e5078

Get access to this article and all of bmj.com for the next 14 days

Sign up for a 14 day free trial today

Access to the full text of this article requires a subscription or payment. Please log in or subscribe below.

  1. Domnick D’Costa, consultant physician1
  1. 1Royal Wolverhampton Hospital, Wolverhampton WV10 0QP, UK
  1. domnick.dcosta{at}nhs.net

Readers and clinicians should review the detailed guidance before blindly following the summary advice because1:

  • It recommends thrombolysis for certain patients with deep vein thrombosis, but the original guidance rates the studies as “low quality with serious imprecision” and recommends further research

  • It …

Get access to this article and all of bmj.com for the next 14 days

Sign up for a 14 day free trial today

Access to the full text of this article requires a subscription or payment. Please log in or subscribe below.

Subscribe

Article access

Article access for 1 day

Purchase this article for £20 $30 €32*

The PDF version can be downloaded as your personal record

* Prices do not include VAT

Latest comments and most commented

THIS WEEK'S POLL

Read related article

See previous polls