What has changed with 2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines
Articles > Article · 2016
Authors: Taner Kivilcim, Atakan Sezer, Özer MAKAY
Turkish Journal of Surgery, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2016, vol 32, pp 323-323
DOI: 10.5152/ucd.2016.03102016
Summary
The aim of clinical guidelines has been explained as "systematically developed statements to assist provider and patient decisions regarding appropriate healthcare for specific clinical circumstances" by Field and Lohr in 1990.In the last 20 years, clinical guidelines evolved from expert opinions to evidence based medical data (1).Especially after the introduction of high resolution ultrasound, thyroid nodules have become a frequently encountered clinical problem (2).The clinical importance of thyroid nodules arises from the malignancy rate of 7-15% (3, 4).