Guidelines & Reports
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)
ESC Consensus Report: Cardiovascular Care of Patients with Stroke and High Risk of Stroke
8 Oct, 2019 | 10:05h | UTC
Consensus Recommendations for Management of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Diseases
8 Oct, 2019 | 09:38h | UTCRelated: 2019 ESC Guidelines on Diabetes, Pre-diabetes, and Cardiovascular Diseases (free)
Consensus Statement: Liquid Biopsy in Oncology
8 Oct, 2019 | 09:17h | UTC
Global Atlas on Childhood Obesity
7 Oct, 2019 | 06:01h | UTCGlobal Atlas on Childhood Obesity – World Obesity Federation (free PDF)
Commentaries: The world will have more than 250 million obese kids by 2030, a new report warns – CNN (free) AND 250 million children worldwide forecast to be obese by 2030 – The Guardian (free)
Related: Taking action on childhood obesity report – World Health Organization (free PDF) AND Report: Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades – World Health Organization / The Lancet (free)
British Society of Gastroenterology Guidelines on the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
7 Oct, 2019 | 06:10h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for inflammatory bowel disease – Journal of Gastroenterology (free) AND Ulcerative colitis: management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND ACG Clinical Guideline: Ulcerative Colitis in Adults – American Journal of Gastroenterology (free) AND AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis – Gastroenterology (free) AND Updated S3-Guideline Ulcerative Colitis. German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS) – Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie (free) AND Management of Paediatric Ulcerative Colitis (free) AND Crohn’s disease: management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND ACG Clinical Guideline: Management of Crohn’s Disease in Adults – The American Journal of Gastroenterology (free) AND Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Luminal Crohn’s Disease – Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (free)
Guideline Synopsis: Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
7 Oct, 2019 | 05:54h | UTCPrimary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Original Guideline: 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (free guideline and resources)
Related Summaries: The ABCs of Primary Cardiovascular Prevention: 2019 Update – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Key Points From the 2019 ACC/AHA Guidelines on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease – American College of Cardiology (free)
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