Guidelines & Reports
ASCO Guideline Update: Use of Biomarkers to Guide Decisions on Adjuvant Systemic Therapy for Women with Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancer
18 Aug, 2019 | 21:32h | UTCRelated Research: ASCO 2018: Many Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer Can Forgo Chemotherapy When Guided by a 21-Gene Expression Assay (free study and commentaries)
NCCN Guidelines Insights: Ovarian Cancer
18 Aug, 2019 | 21:30h | UTC
Position Statement: Hormonal Management of Adult Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals
18 Aug, 2019 | 21:28h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline – The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (free) AND Policy Statement: Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents (free statement and commentaries)
Brazilian Consensus on Non-cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis
18 Aug, 2019 | 21:20h | UTCBrazilian consensus on non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis – Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia (free PDF)
Related Guidelines: British Thoracic Society Guideline for bronchiectasis in adults – Thorax (free) AND Bronchiectasis (non-cystic fibrosis), acute exacerbation: antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND European Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis (free)
German Consensus on Indications for Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
16 Aug, 2019 | 08:13h | UTCRelated Guidelines: 2017 AHA/ACC Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease (free) AND 2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease (free)
Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Metabolic Acidosis
16 Aug, 2019 | 08:15h | UTC
Report: How Doctors in Senior Leadership Roles Establish and Maintain a Positive Patient-centered Culture
16 Aug, 2019 | 08:10h | UTCSummary: How doctors in senior leadership roles establish and maintain a positive patient-centred culture (free)
Commentary: Do You Work in a ‘Diva Subculture’? – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Healing the Professional Culture of Medicine – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free) AND Understanding organisational culture for healthcare quality improvement – The BMJ (free)
CDC Updates Recommendations for Human Papillomavirus Vaccination for Adults
16 Aug, 2019 | 07:53h | UTCCommentaries: CDC Recommends HPV Catch-Up Vaccine in Those 26 and Younger – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Confused About Who Should Get the HPV Vaccine, and When? The CDC Has New Recommendations – Time (free)
Consensus Statement for Enhanced Recovery: Perioperative Opioid Minimization in Opioid-Naïve Patients
15 Aug, 2019 | 08:37h | UTCRelated Position Statements on Perioperative Opioid Therapy: American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Perioperative Management of Patients on Preoperative Opioid Therapy (free) AND American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative-4 Joint Consensus Statement on Persistent Postoperative Opioid Use: Definition, Incidence, Risk Factors, and Health Care System Initiatives (free)
See also: American Society of Enhanced Recovery (ASER) and Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) joint consensus statements (free) AND Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines (free articles)
AAN Guidelines for the Pharmacologic Prevention and Treatment of Migraine in Children and Adolescents
15 Aug, 2019 | 10:27h | UTCSee also: Practice guideline update summary: Acute treatment of migraine in children and adolescents – Neurology (free PDF)
Commentaries: AAN issues guidelines for treatment of migraine in children and teens – American Academy of Neurology (free) AND Guidelines Updated on Preventing and Treating Migraine in Children and Teens – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Guidelines for the Management of Common Congenital Heart Diseases
15 Aug, 2019 | 07:02h | UTC
AHA Scientific Statement: Perfusion Assessment in Critical Limb Ischemia
13 Aug, 2019 | 07:52h | UTCNews Release: Evaluating blood flow is key to early diagnosis and treatment for people with critical limb ischemia – American Heart Association (free)
Commentary: AHA Outlines Diagnosis, Treatment Options for Underrecognized Critical Limb Ischemia – TCTMD (free)
ASGE Guideline: Endoscopic Full-thickness Resection and Submucosal Tunnel Endoscopic Resection
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:21h | UTC
Guideline: “Complex Abdominal Wall” Management
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:06h | UTCRelated: Enhanced Recovery Pathway for Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (free)
Position Statement on Intra-articular Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:04h | UTC
Asian Consensus on Irritable Bowel Syndrome
13 Aug, 2019 | 00:57h | UTCSecond Asian Consensus on Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (free)
Related Guidelines: Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE – UK) (free) AND AGA Guideline on the Laboratory Evaluation of Functional Diarrhea and Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adults (IBS-D) – Gastroenterology (free) AND Clinical Practice Guidelines for Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Korea, 2017 Revised Edition (free) AND Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for irritable bowel syndrome – Journal of Gastroenterology (free) AND Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) (free)
Guideline: Management of Acute Liver Failure
11 Aug, 2019 | 22:27h | UTCManagement of acute liver failure. Clinical guideline from the Catalan Society of Digestology – Gastroenterología y Hepatología (free for a limited period)
Related Guideline: American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Liver Failure – Gastroenterology (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guidelines for Esophageal Manometry and Esophageal Reflux Monitoring
11 Aug, 2019 | 22:26h | UTC
Consensus Statement: Utilization of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma
11 Aug, 2019 | 21:13h | UTC
Guidelines for Laparoscopic Treatment of Ventral and Incisional Abdominal Wall Hernias
11 Aug, 2019 | 21:14h | UTC
Guidelines for Preventing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Young Female Athletes
11 Aug, 2019 | 21:12h | UTC
Multispecialty Consensus: Imaging in Suspected Renal Colic
9 Aug, 2019 | 08:14h | UTC
NCCN Guideline: Adult Cancer Pain
9 Aug, 2019 | 08:12h | UTCRelated Guidelines: WHO Guidelines for the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents – World Health Organization (free PDF) AND Management of cancer pain in adult patients: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines – Annals of Oncology (free) AND Optimal pain management for patients with cancer in the modern era – CA: A Cancer Journal of Clinicians (free) AND 2017 SEOM clinical guideline for treatment of cancer pain – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)
Position Statement: Palliative Care for People Living with Heart Failure
8 Aug, 2019 | 08:28h | UTCRelated Reviews: Palliative Care for Patients With Heart Failure – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Approach to advanced heart failure at the end of life – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Palliative Care in Heart Failure: Rationale, Evidence, and Future Priorities – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free) AND How Medicine Has Changed the End of Life for Patients With Cardiovascular Disease – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free) AND Dilemmas in end-stage heart failure – Journal of Geriatric Cardiology (free) AND It’s Time to Talk: Challenges in Providing Integrated Palliative Care in Advanced Congestive Heart Failure. A Narrative Review – Cardiology Reviews (free) AND Palliative Care Interventions for Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (free)
Related Randomized Trial: Palliative Care in Heart Failure (link to abstract and commentaries)
2019 EULAR/ACR Diagnostic Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
8 Aug, 2019 | 08:30h | UTCSee also: Video Abstract (free)