title: Editorial: consensus guidelines: method or madness?
abstract: Consensus development methodologies are used to develop evidence-based guidelines and include the Delphi process, the nominal group technique, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) consensus process. Attention to methodology improves the outcomes of the consensus process and better guidelines.
authors.forename: Nimish
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vakil
mesh_terms: D032921:Consensus; D003697:Delphi Technique; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States