Guidelines & Reports
Progress in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing: Tracking 12 Headline Indicators for 195 Countries and Territories
14 Mar, 2019 | 00:58h | UTCCommentaries: Improving adolescent health: an evidence-based call to action – The Lancet (free) AND Disease, violence and inequality threaten more adolescents worldwide than ever before – The Lancet (free) AND The world’s adolescents: large unmet needs and growing inequalities – University of Melbourne (free) AND Adolescent health, education needs unmet in many countries, study says – UPI (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
First study to track progress in 12 indicators of #adolescenthealth in 195 countries, incl. risk factors & social issues impacting health, highlights slow pace of change in health, education & legal systems, leaving #adolescent needs unmet @LancetYouth https://t.co/UdM5owjI9Q pic.twitter.com/OPCTdF23kj
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) March 13, 2019
SIGN Guideline: Risk Reduction and Management of Delirium
14 Mar, 2019 | 00:52h | UTCRisk reduction and management of delirium – Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) (free guideline and summary)
News Release: First delirium clinical guidelines for Scotland published on World Delirium Awareness Day (free)
EAN Guideline on Trigeminal Neuralgia
14 Mar, 2019 | 00:50h | UTCEAN guideline on trigeminal neuralgia – European Journal of Neurology (free PDF)
Special Issue: Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation Guidelines
14 Mar, 2019 | 00:35h | UTCInfections in Solid Organ Transplantation – Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice (free PDF articles)
– BK Polyomavirus in Solid Organ Transplantation
– Adenovirus in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
– Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation
– Nocardia Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation
– Urinary Tract Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
– Herpes Simplex Virus Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation
– RNA Respiratory Viral Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
– Interactions between Anti‐infective Agents and Immunosuppressants
– Travel Medicine, Transplant Tourism, and the Solid Organ Transplant Recipient
– Solid Organ Transplantation in the HIV‐Infected Patient
– Cytomegalovirus in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
– Human Herpesvirus 6, 7 and 8 in Solid Organ Transplantation
– Strategies for Safe Living Following Solid Organ Transplantation
– Emerging Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
AHA Scientific Statement: Sensitization in Heart Transplantation
13 Mar, 2019 | 03:18h | UTCCommentary: Navigating Allosensitization in Heart Transplant Candidates and Recipients – American Heart Association (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Sensitization in Heart Transplantation: Emerging Knowledge – American Heart Association (free)
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Stroke
13 Mar, 2019 | 03:23h | UTCCommentary: The global burden of stroke: persistent and disabling – The Lancet Neurology (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
The latest study in @TheLancetNeuro series, "Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016" was published today. Read more: https://t.co/nYpXQOG1n6 pic.twitter.com/5bccA8B2Bs
— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) March 12, 2019
Brazilian Guidelines for the Management of Psychomotor Agitation
12 Mar, 2019 | 13:15h | UTCBrazilian guidelines for the management of psychomotor agitation – Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (free articles)
Part 1. Non-pharmacological approach
Part 2. Pharmacological approach
Consensus on Noninvasive CNS Neuromodulation for Chronic Pain Management
12 Mar, 2019 | 13:06h | UTC
Consensus Statement: Management of Adult Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Receiving Oral Anticoagulant Therapy
12 Mar, 2019 | 13:01h | UTC
WHO Launches New Global Influenza Strategy
12 Mar, 2019 | 02:51h | UTCWHO launches new global influenza strategy – World Health Organization (free)
See Report: Global influenza strategy 2019-2030 – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: World must prepare for inevitable next flu pandemic, WHO says – Reuters (free) AND WHO launches strategy to fight ‘inevitable’ flu pandemics – MedicalXpress (free)
AHA Statement on Cardiorenal Syndrome – Classification, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies
12 Mar, 2019 | 02:52h | UTCCommentary: The Heart-Kidney, Kidney-Heart Connection and Our Improving Understanding of a Complex and Intimate Relationship – American Heart Association (free)
Top Things to Know: Cardiorenal Syndrome: Classification, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies – American Heart Association (free)
Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Paget’s Disease of Bone in Adults
11 Mar, 2019 | 12:30h | UTC
Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Perimenopausal Depression
11 Mar, 2019 | 12:02h | UTC
Consensus Statement: Medical Student Wellbeing
11 Mar, 2019 | 11:57h | UTC
Advance Care Planning in Dementia: Recommendations for Healthcare Professionals
11 Mar, 2019 | 11:47h | UTCRelated Guideline: Guideline: Advance Care Planning in Dementia (free)
See also: New Document for Patients: Advanced Health Directive for Dementia (free document and commentaries) AND Alzheimer’s? Your Paperwork May Not Be in Order – The New York Times (free)
Clinical Guidance on the Identification and Management of Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia
11 Mar, 2019 | 11:44h | UTC
WHO Guidelines for Malaria Vector Control
11 Mar, 2019 | 04:01h | UTCGuidelines for Malaria Vector Control – World Health Organization (free)
See also: Cochrane Infectious Disease Group works with WHO on latest guidelines for malaria vector control – Cochrane Library (free) AND Current vector control challenges in the fight against malaria in Brazil – Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicine Tropical (free)
Report: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
7 Mar, 2019 | 11:45h | UTCArtificial Intelligence in healthcare – Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (free PDF)
Commentaries: Report warns of AI healthcare limitations – HealthManagement.org (free) AND Academy of Medical Royal Colleges publishes report looking at the predicted impact of Artificial Intelligence – The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (free)
Related Report: Preparing the Healthcare Workforce to Deliver the Digital Future (free)
NICE Guideline: Intrapartum Care for Women with Existing Medical Conditions or Obstetric Complications and Their Babies
7 Mar, 2019 | 03:01h | UTC
ASCO Guideline: Management of the Neck in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity and Oropharynx
6 Mar, 2019 | 20:06h | UTC
Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium
6 Mar, 2019 | 20:07h | UTCNews Release: Updated dietary reference intakes for sodium and potassium (free)
Consensus-based Recommendations for the Management of Juvenile Localized Scleroderma
6 Mar, 2019 | 20:01h | UTC
German Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Type B Aortic Dissection
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:38h | UTCS2k guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of type B aortic dissection – Gefässchirurgie (free)
Related Guidelines: 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases: Document covering acute and chronic aortic diseases of the thoracic and abdominal aorta of the adult (free) AND 2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Thoracic Aortic Disease (free)
Brazilian Guidelines for Sports and Exercise Cardiology
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:34h | UTCRelated Guideline: Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society Joint Position Statement on the Cardiovascular Screening of Competitive Athletes (free)
Guidelines for the Management of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Surgical Patients
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:35h | UTCRelated Guidelines: IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children (free) AND The use of faecal microbiota transplant as treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection and other potential indications (free) AND Guideline for the Management of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Children and Adolescents With Cancer and Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients (free) AND Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection and Other Conditions in Children (free)