Guidelines & Reports
Expert Consensus on Diagnosis and Management of Severe Asthma
10 Feb, 2019 | 14:34h | UTCChinese expert consensus on diagnosis and management of severe asthma – Journal of Thoracic Disease (free)
Related Guidelines: Recognition and management of severe asthma: A Canadian Thoracic Society position statement (free) AND International ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma (free) AND Guidelines for Severe Uncontrolled Asthma – Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (free) AND Nordic consensus statement on the systematic assessment and management of possible severe asthma in adults (free)
Practical Guide for Pharmacists to Successfully Implement Penicillin Allergy Skin Testing
10 Feb, 2019 | 14:24h | UTC“Less than 10% of patients labeled as having a penicillin allergy are confirmed as present upon skin testing. This labeling results in use of alternative antibiotics and thus unwanted adverse consequences including potentiated antimicrobial resistance, increased costs, and worse clinical outcomes.”
Expert Panel Recommendations: Fluid Administration for Acute Circulatory Dysfunction Using Basic Monitoring
7 Feb, 2019 | 23:26h | UTCFluid administration for acute circulatory dysfunction using basic monitoring: narrative review and expert panel recommendations from an ESICM task force – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period)
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Related Commentary on Twitter
Fluid administration for acute circulatory failure: go back to the basics, thanks to the expert panel recommendations from an ESICM task force!
Read the full text article for free at https://t.co/VPtl6cD0aN @Dr_Cit @ESICM @ClinMedJournals pic.twitter.com/pBoJiKHihT— Intens Care Med (@yourICM) February 1, 2019
2019 Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules
7 Feb, 2019 | 23:25h | UTCRecommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules: United States, 2019 – Pediatrics (free)
Table 1. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger, United States, 2019 (free)
Table 2. Catch-up immunization schedule for persons aged 4 months–18 years who start late or who are more than 1 month behind, United States, 2019 (free)
Table 3. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Medical Condition, United States, 2019 (free)
See also: CDC Immunization Schedules for Healthcare Providers (free resources) AND Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2019 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Guideline: Best Practice Advice on Pre-hospital Emergency Anesthesia & Advanced Airway Management
7 Feb, 2019 | 23:20h | UTC
Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America
7 Feb, 2019 | 23:16h | UTCEnding the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (free)
Summary: What is ‘Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America’? – HIV.gov (free)
Related JAMA Editorial: Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for the United States (free)
Commentary: U.S. Announces Plan to Reduce New HIV Diagnoses by 90% Over Next Decade – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Guideline: UK CMO Recommendations on Screen Time and Social Media for Children
7 Feb, 2019 | 23:10h | UTCCommentaries: U.K. Doctors Call for Caution in Children’s Use of Screens and Social Media – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Experts respond to CMO report on screen-time and social media – Science Media Centre (free) AND Do not let children take electronic devices into bedrooms, say doctors – The Guardian (free) AND Screen time: Children advised not to use electronic devices at dinner – BBC (free)
Related Guidelines: Media devices in pre-school children: the recommendations of the Italian pediatric society – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND Media and Young Minds – Recommendations from The American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
See also: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (Pediatrics Supplement with free articles)
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Suicide Mortality
7 Feb, 2019 | 22:41h | UTCEditorial: Suicide falls by a third globally (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Global suicide mortality: Using data to inform action and monitor progress – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Global rates of suicide death have fallen by a third since 1990, study finds – CNN (free)
Guidelines for the Safe Provision of Anesthesia in Magnetic Resonance Units
7 Feb, 2019 | 15:16h | UTCGuidelines for the safe provision of anaesthesia in magnetic resonance units 2019 – Anaesthesia (free)
Guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists and the Neuro Anaesthesia and Critical Care Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Consensus: Diagnosis of Peripheral Bone Infection in Adults
7 Feb, 2019 | 15:05h | UTC
BMJ Guideline: Subacromial Decompression Surgery For Adults With Shoulder Pain Does Not Improve Outcomes
7 Feb, 2019 | 02:03h | UTCCommentaries: Expert panel strongly recommends against surgery for the most common shoulder pain – MedicalXpress (free) AND Guidelines Recommend Against Surgery for Subacromial Pain Syndrome – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Related Systematic Reviews: Subacromial decompression surgery for adults with shoulder pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Subacromial Decompression Surgery for Rotator Cuff Disease – Cochrane Library (link to study and randomized trials on the subject)
Clinical Practice Guideline: Tonsillectomy in Children
7 Feb, 2019 | 01:09h | UTCTonsillectomy in Children (Update) – American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (free)
News Release: Tonsillectomy in children: Update to guidelines for treating and managing care (free)
Commentaries: Updated Pediatric Tonsillectomy Guidelines Stress Watchful Waiting – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Guideline urges physicians to stop prescribing antibiotics, codeine for tonsillectomies – Healio (free registration required)
Guideline: Acute Exacerbation of Bronchiectasis (Non-cystic Fibrosis)
7 Feb, 2019 | 01:07h | UTCRelated: British Thoracic Society Guideline for bronchiectasis in adults – Thorax (free)
Position Statement: Comprehensive Management of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Diseases
6 Feb, 2019 | 01:11h | UTCRelated: The interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meeting: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Lung Foundation Australia (free) AND Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Practical Approach for General Medicine Physicians with Focus on the Medical History – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free) AND Pharmacological management of progressive-fibrosing interstitial lung diseases: a review of the current evidence – European Respiratory Review(free)
Position Statement: Management of Concussion in Sport
6 Feb, 2019 | 01:07h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016 – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Implementation of the 2017 Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement in contact and collision sports: a joint position statement from 11 national and international sports organisations – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Clinical Report: Sport-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics (free)
German Guidelines for the Treatment of Migraine Attacks and Prevention of Migraine
6 Feb, 2019 | 01:13h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Evidence-based guideline update: Pharmacologic treatment for episodic migraine prevention in adults: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society (free) AND Pharmacological management of migraine – Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (free)
Report: Health Systems Respond to Noncommunicable Diseases
6 Feb, 2019 | 00:43h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
How can health systems adopt a comprehensive and aligned response to #beatNCDs? WHO/Europe’s report explores integrated multidisciplinary #PrimaryHealthCare, people-centred approaches, public health services for NCDs and more ? https://t.co/QOuBpRjc5h #PMAC2019 pic.twitter.com/PEGVX9EKoq
— WHO/Europe (@WHO_Europe) January 29, 2019
2019 ACIP Adult Immunization Schedule
5 Feb, 2019 | 00:39h | UTCRecommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2019 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
WHO Guidelines for the Management of Cancer Pain
5 Feb, 2019 | 00:35h | UTC
WHO Guideline: Medical Management of Abortion
5 Feb, 2019 | 00:32h | UTCMedical management of abortion – World Health Organization (free)
International Consensus Guidelines for the Optimal Use of the Polymyxins
4 Feb, 2019 | 23:45h | UTCInternational Consensus Guidelines for the Optimal Use of the Polymyxins – Pharmacotherapy (free)
Endorsed by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), International Society for Anti‐infective Pharmacology (ISAP), Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP).
JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis: Management of Blood Cholesterol
4 Feb, 2019 | 23:53h | UTCGuideline Synopsis: Management of Blood Cholesterol – JAMA (free)
Editorial: A New Personalized, Patient-Centric, and Cost-Conscious Guideline for Contemporary Cholesterol Management (free)
Original Guideline: New AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol (free guideline and resources)
Worldwide Dyslipidemia Guidelines
4 Feb, 2019 | 22:32h | UTCWorldwide Dyslipidemia Guidelines – Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports (free)
Related: JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis: Management of Blood Cholesterol (free guideline and synopsis)
Report on the Health of Refugees and Migrants in the WHO European Region
3 Feb, 2019 | 16:55h | UTCNews Release: Migrants and refugees at higher risk of developing ill health than host populations, reveals first-ever WHO report on the health of displaced people in Europe (free)
Related: 10 things to know about the health of refugees and migrants – World Health Organization (free) AND Knowledge Hub on Health and Migration (free resources)
The Global Commission on the Future of Work Calls for Fundamental Changes in Health at Work
3 Feb, 2019 | 16:54h | UTCOriginal Report: Work for a brighter future: Global Commission on the Future of Work – International Labour Organization (free)