Guidelines & Reports
USPSTF Draft Statement: Insufficient Evidence to Recommend Interventions to Prevent or Reduce Illicit Drug Use Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
7 Oct, 2019 | 01:20h | UTC
ARS/ATS Guideline: Management of Severe Asthma
4 Oct, 2019 | 08:09h | UTC
ESMO Guideline: Thyroid Cancer
7 Oct, 2019 | 00:52h | UTC
Expert Consensus: Diagnosis of Fungal Neglected Tropical Diseases and the Role of Investigation and Laboratory Tests
7 Oct, 2019 | 00:50h | UTC
2019 EACTS/EACTA/EBCP Guidelines on Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Adult Cardiac Surgery
4 Oct, 2019 | 08:11h | UTC
BMJ Guideline: Colorectal Cancer Screening with Fecal Immunochemical Testing, Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy
3 Oct, 2019 | 07:45h | UTCEditorial: Personalised and risk based cancer screening (free)
Related Study: Colorectal cancer screening with faecal immunochemical testing, sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy: a microsimulation modelling study – The BMJ (free)
Commentaries: Guideline Moves Away from Colorectal Cancer Screening for Some – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND First Guideline to Say Colon Cancer Screening Is Not for All – Medscape (free registration required)
Related Guidelines: Colorectal Cancer Screening for Average‐risk Adults (guidelines from other organizations)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Routine testing for bowel cancer should not be recommended for everyone aged 50-79 years because, for those at very low risk, the benefit is small and uncertain and there are potential harms, finds new #RapidRecs guideline https://t.co/68xTtEDHxQ
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) October 3, 2019
New Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions
3 Oct, 2019 | 01:35h | UTCCochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions – Version 6, 2019 – Cochrane Library (free chapters)
Cochrane News Releases: New Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (free) What you need to know about the new Cochrane Handbook (free)
ATS/IDSA Guideline: Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia
2 Oct, 2019 | 02:14h | UTCNews Release: ATS/IDSA publishes clinical guideline on community acquired pneumonia – American Thoracic Society (free)
See also: Executive Summary (free PDF)
Guidelines for the Surgical Management of Chronic Lateral Ankle Instability
2 Oct, 2019 | 22:21h | UTC
Consensus Statement: Concussion Management in Combat Sports
2 Oct, 2019 | 22:18h | UTC
Special Issue: Obstetric Anesthesia
2 Oct, 2019 | 02:08h | UTCObstetric Anaesthesia – Update in Anaesthesia (free articles)
– Homepage
– Obstetric anaesthesia in resource limited settings
– General anesthesia for elective cesarean section in resource-limited settings
– Obstetric spinal anaesthesia
– Management of total spinal block in obstetrics
– Labour epidural troubleshooting
– Establishing an epidural service for labour analgesia in a variable resource environment
– Emergency management of maternal collapse and arrest
– Pre-eclampsia – prevention, diagnosis and management
– Placental pathology: a review of placenta previa, placental abruption and placenta accreta
– Anaesthetic implications of morbid obesity in pregnancy
– Update in obstetric trauma management
– Update in obstetric maternal sepsis
– Obstetric and foetal physiology
– Anaesthesia for non obstetric surgery during pregnancy
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guidelines for Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy in Adults
2 Oct, 2019 | 01:33h | UTCRelated Guidelines: British Thoracic Society guideline for diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy in adults: accredited by NICE – Thorax (free) AND ERS statement: interventional bronchoscopy in children – European Respiratory Journal (free)
Guideline: It Is NOT Necessary to Reduce Red and Processed Meat Consumption
1 Oct, 2019 | 01:01h | UTCEditorial: Meat Consumption and Health: Food for Thought (free)
Related Annals of Internal Medicine Systematic Reviews: Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Risk for All-Cause Mortality and Cardiometabolic Outcomes (free) AND Patterns of Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Risk for Cardiometabolic and Cancer Outcomes (free) AND Reduction of Red and Processed Meat Intake and Cancer Mortality and Incidence (free) AND Effect of Lower Versus Higher Red Meat Intake on Cardiometabolic and Cancer Outcomes (free) AND Health-Related Values and Preferences Regarding Meat Consumption (free)
Commentaries: Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Red and processed meat are OK to eat, controversial new guidelines claim. Don’t believe it, leading experts say – CNN (free) AND Expert reaction to new papers looking at red and processed meat consumption and health – Science Media Centre (free)
AAP Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of ADHD in Children and Adolescents
1 Oct, 2019 | 00:59h | UTCNews Release: Updated ADHD guideline addresses evaluation, diagnosis, treatment from ages 4-18 – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
Commentary: Pediatricians Stand By Meds For ADHD, But Some Say Therapy Should Come First – NPR (free)
Choosing Wisely: Top 10 Evidence-based Recommendations from the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
1 Oct, 2019 | 00:54h | UTCSee other Choosing Wisely recommendations in infectious diseases: Infectious Diseases Society of America / American Academy of Pediatrics – Committee on Infectious Diseases and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society / Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases / Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada
See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
International Consensus Conference on Stool Banking for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Clinical Practice
1 Oct, 2019 | 00:40h | UTC
Simple Adnexal Cysts: SRU Consensus Conference Update on Follow-up and Reporting
1 Oct, 2019 | 00:41h | UTC
Global Burden of Cancer, 1990 to 2017
30 Sep, 2019 | 00:42h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
To ensure sustainable global development, increased efforts are needed in cancer prevention and in ensuring universal access to cancer care. https://t.co/6HDaU8Ped9
— JAMA Oncology (@JAMAOnc) September 27, 2019
WHO 2019 Monitoring Report: Primary Health Care on the Road to Universal Health Coverage
30 Sep, 2019 | 00:09h | UTCNews Release: Countries must invest at least 1% more of GDP on primary health care to eliminate glaring coverage gaps – World Health Organization (free)
See also: WHO welcomes landmark UN declaration on universal health coverage – World Health Organization (free)
Consensus Statement: Diagnosis and Management of Guillain–Barré Syndrome in Ten Steps
27 Sep, 2019 | 08:35h | UTCDiagnosis and management of Guillain–Barré syndrome in ten steps – Nature Reviews Neurology (free)
ACOG Committee Opinion: Over-the-Counter Access to Hormonal Contraception
27 Sep, 2019 | 08:28h | UTCSummary: Over-the-Counter Access to Hormonal Contraception (free)
News Release: ACOG Updates Guidance on Over-the-Counter Access to Hormonal Contraception (free)
Commentaries: Hormonal Contraceptives Should Be Available OTC, ACOG Recommends – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND All hormonal birth control should be available over the counter, OB-GYN group says – NBC News (free)
Guideline: Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
26 Sep, 2019 | 08:40h | UTCCommentaries: First-of-its-kind guideline sets out best practices for delivering injectable opioid agonist treatment – The University of British Columbia (free) AND New national guideline sets out best practices for delivering injectable opioid agonist treatment – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)
European Guidelines for Diagnosing Celiac Disease
26 Sep, 2019 | 08:36h | UTC
Guideline Synopsis: Prevention and Management of Venous Thromboembolism
25 Sep, 2019 | 08:33h | UTCPrevention and Management of Venous Thromboembolism – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Clinical Review Audio: An Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolic Disease (free)
Original American Society of Hematology 2018 Guidelines: Prophylaxis for hospitalized and nonhospitalized medical patients (free) AND Diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (free) AND Optimal management of anticoagulation therapy (free) AND Treatment of pediatric venous thromboembolism (free) AND Venous thromboembolism in the context of pregnancy (free) AND Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (free)
Position Paper: Withholding and Withdrawing Life-support in Adults in Emergency Care
25 Sep, 2019 | 08:31h | UTC