Guidelines & Reports
Exercise is Medicine in Oncology: Engaging Clinicians to Help Patients Move Through Cancer
17 Oct, 2019 | 08:37h | UTCSee also: Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors: Consensus Statement from International Multidisciplinary Roundtable – Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (free) AND American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable Report on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Cancer Prevention and Control – Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (free)
Commentaries: Exercise can now be prescribed like medicine for people with and beyond cancer – Penn State College of Medicine (free) AND Expert Panel: Cancer Treatment Plans Should Include Tailored Exercise Prescriptions – American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) (free) AND Panel Finds Exercise May Lower Cancer Risk, Improve Outcomes – NIH Director’s Blog (free) AND Exercise Advice for Surviving Cancer, and Maybe Avoiding It – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Position Paper: Sarcopenia
16 Oct, 2019 | 10:33h | UTCSarcopenia: A Time for Action. An SCWD Position Paper – Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle (free)
Related: Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis – Age and Ageing (free)
CSACI Position Statement: Newer Generation H1-Antihistamines are Safer than First-generation H1-Antihistamines
16 Oct, 2019 | 10:32h | UTC
Guideline: Endoscopic Management of Lynch Syndrome and Familial Risk of Colorectal Cancer
16 Oct, 2019 | 08:35h | UTC
Updated NICE Guideline: Diabetic Foot Problems
15 Oct, 2019 | 10:47h | UTCRelated: The management of diabetic foot: A clinical practice guideline by the Society for Vascular Surgery in collaboration with the American Podiatric Medical Association and the Society for Vascular Medicine (free) AND Diabetic foot – The BMJ (free) AND Diagnosis and Management of Diabetic Foot Complications – American Diabetes Association (free) AND Prevention, assessment, diagnosis and management of diabetic foot based on clinical practice guidelines: A systematic review – Medicine (free)
Guidelines for the Surgical Management of Enteral Stomas in Adults
15 Oct, 2019 | 10:12h | UTC
Position Statement: Treatment of Hyperglycemia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Impaired Renal Function
15 Oct, 2019 | 08:38h | UTCRelated: New ADA 2020 Guidelines for the Management of Diabetes (free)
“EVALI” (e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury): CDC Updates Guidance and Creates New Name
14 Oct, 2019 | 08:41h | UTCCommentaries: Vaping-related illness has a new name: EVALI – STAT (free) AND No Drop in Vaping Cases, C.D.C. Says – The New York Times (free) AND CDC Updates Guidance on Vaping-Linked Illness, Coins Term EVALI – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Vaping Illness Update: FDA Warns Public to Stop Using Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-Containing Vaping Products and Any Vaping Products Obtained Off the Street – U.S. Food & Drug Administration (free) AND CDC Intensifies Warnings About Vaping Illness As Cases Top 1,000 – NPR (free) AND CDC Report: 76.9% of Patients with Vaping-related Lung Illnesses Used a THC-Containing Product (free) AND Preliminary Report: Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use (free)
Guideline: Management of Severe Asthma Exacerbation
11 Oct, 2019 | 09:47h | UTC
Multisociety Statement: Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Radiology
14 Oct, 2019 | 08:26h | UTCNews Release: Radiology organizations publish statement on ethics of AI in Radiology – Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) (free)
AAP Policy Statement: Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Children, 2019–2020
14 Oct, 2019 | 08:05h | UTCRecommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Children, 2019–2020 – Pediatrics (free)
News Release: Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Children, 2019-2020 – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
ERS Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Cough in Adults and Children
10 Oct, 2019 | 09:34h | UTCRelated: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Cough (several guidelines on the subject)
HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics
11 Oct, 2019 | 09:44h | UTCNews Release: HHS Announces Guide for Appropriate Tapering or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Use – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (free) AND
Commentaries: Patient-Centered Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-term Opioid Analgesics: The HHS Guide for Clinicians – JAMA (free for a limited period) AND With a new guide to tapering opioids, federal health officials seek a balanced approach to prescribing – STAT (free) AND Don’t Force Patients Off Opioids Abruptly, New Guidelines Say, Warning Of Severe Risks – NPR (free)
Author Interview: The HHS Guide to Patient-Centered Dose Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-term Opioids – JAMA (free)
Related: Pain Management With Opioids in 2019-2020 – JAMA (free registration required)
A Guide to Prospective Meta-analysis
10 Oct, 2019 | 09:28h | UTCA guide to prospective meta-analysis – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
Consensus Statement for the Diagnosis and Evaluation of Adult Patients With Histiocytic Neoplasms
10 Oct, 2019 | 09:08h | UTC
Consensus Recommendations: Lung-protective Ventilation for the Surgical Patient
8 Oct, 2019 | 10:15h | UTC
NCCN Guidelines Insights: Multiple Myeloma
10 Oct, 2019 | 09:05h | UTCNCCN Guidelines Insights: Multiple Myeloma, Version 1.2020 – National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)
NCCN Guideline: Distress Management
10 Oct, 2019 | 09:06h | UTC
WHO Launches First World Report on Vision
9 Oct, 2019 | 10:49h | UTCWorld report on vision – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News Release: WHO launches first World report on vision – World Health Organization (free)
See also: Executive Summary (free PDF) AND Infographic (free PDF)
Commentaries: Aging and population growth, challenges for vision care: WHO report – Devex (free) AND Simple eye care could improve sight of more than 1 billion people – report – The Guardian (free)
NICE Guideline: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Children and Young People
9 Oct, 2019 | 10:46h | UTC
Physical Frailty: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Identification and Management
9 Oct, 2019 | 10:44h | UTC
ACOG Committee Opinion: Screening and Management of the Hyperandrogenic Adolescent
9 Oct, 2019 | 10:45h | UTC
CDC: Burden and Prevention of Influenza and Pertussis Among Pregnant Women and Infants
9 Oct, 2019 | 10:40h | UTCNews Release: Low Rates of Vaccination During Pregnancy Leave Moms, Babies Unprotected – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
See also: Vaccinating Pregnant Women Protects Moms and Babies – Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (free)
Commentaries: Not enough pregnant women get flu or pertussis vaccines, CDC says – CIDRAP (free) AND Large numbers of pregnant women not getting key vaccines, CDC says – STAT (free)
UK Guidelines on the Management of Iron Deficiency in Pregnancy
8 Oct, 2019 | 10:16h | UTCUK guidelines on the management of iron deficiency in pregnancy – British Journal of Haematology (free)
Expert Statement on the ICU Management of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
8 Oct, 2019 | 10:09h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and other thrombotic microangiopathies – British Journal of Haematology (free) AND Diagnostic and treatment guidelines for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) 2017 in Japan – International Journal of Hematology (free) AND Consensus opinion on diagnosis and management of thrombotic microangiopathy in Australia and New Zealand – Nephrology (free)