Rigoberto Gutierrez, Matthew Bicocca, Gregory Opara, Megha Gupta, Michal Fishel Bartal, Suneet P Chauhan, Stephen Wagner
BACKGROUND: The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists publishes practice bulletins and committee opinions to serve as clinical guidelines for physicians. The objective of this study was to quantify the frequency that randomized controlled trials become incorporated into the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists documents (either practice bulletins or committee opinions). METHODS: Original research articles published in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Journal of the American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology between 2009 and 2014 were examined and randomized controlled trials (RCT) in obstetrics and gynecology were identified...
April 2022: European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X