Consistency of recommendations and methodological quality of guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19.

Xufei LuoYunlan LiuMengjuan RenXianzhuo ZhangEstill JanneMeng LvQi WangYang SongJoseph L MathewHyeong Sik AhnMyeong Soo LeeYaolong Chen

Published in: Journal of evidence-based medicine (2021)

The methodological quality of currently available diagnosis and treatment guidelines for COVID-19 is low. The diagnosis and treatment recommendations between the included guidelines are highly consistent. The main diagnostic methods for COVID-19 are RT-PCR and CT, with ultrasound as a potential diagnostic tool. As there is no effective treatment against COVID-19 yet, supportive therapy is at the moment the most important treatment option.

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