Guidelines & Reports
NICE Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidelines
2 Nov, 2018 | 03:51h | UTCAntimicrobial prescribing guidelines – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free resources)
Just Published Guidelines: Urinary tract infection (lower): antimicrobial prescribing (free) AND Urinary tract infection (recurrent): antimicrobial prescribing (free) AND Pyelonephritis (acute): antimicrobial prescribing (free) AND Prostatitis (acute): antimicrobial prescribing (free)
See also: Summary of antimicrobial prescribing guidance – managing common infections – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free PDF)
Guidelines for the Safe Practice of Total Intravenous Anesthesia
2 Nov, 2018 | 03:47h | UTCGuidelines for the safe practice of total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) – Anaesthesia (free)
Guideline: Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department
2 Nov, 2018 | 03:42h | UTCPediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department – Pediatrics (free)
News Release: Groups update joint guidance on pediatric emergency care (free)
Study: Financial Conflicts of Interest Among Authors of Clinical Guidelines
2 Nov, 2018 | 03:28h | UTCPrevalence of Financial Conflicts of Interest Among Authors of Clinical Guidelines Related to High-Revenue Medications – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: More Than Half of Physician Guideline Authors for Expensive Medications Have Undeclared Conflicts of Interest – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Many Clinical Guideline Authors Have Undeclared Payments – Medical Health News (free)
Guidelines for Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury
2 Nov, 2018 | 03:21h | UTC
The Safe Food Imperative: Accelerating Progress in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
2 Nov, 2018 | 03:18h | UTCBook: The Safe Food Imperative: Accelerating Progress in Low- and Middle-Income Countries – The World Bank (free PDF)
WHO Report: Air Pollution and Child Health
2 Nov, 2018 | 02:57h | UTCAir pollution and child health: prescribing clean air – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: WHO says air pollution kills 600,000 children every year – Reuters (free) AND 90% of world’s children are breathing toxic air, WHO study finds – The Guardian (free)
Related: How air pollution is destroying our health – World Health Organization (free) AND Air pollution is the ‘new tobacco’, warns WHO head – The Guardian (free)
Guideline: Management of Patients with Patent Foramen Ovale
2 Nov, 2018 | 02:43h | UTC
WHO Guideline: Health Policy and System Support to Optimize Community Health Worker Programmes
2 Nov, 2018 | 02:28h | UTCNews Release: WHO launches new guideline on health policy and system support to optimize community health worker programmes (free)
Related: Health policy and system support to optimise community health worker programmes: an abridged WHO guideline – The Lancet Global Health (free)
NICE Guideline: Multiple Myeloma
2 Nov, 2018 | 02:33h | UTCMyeloma: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Guideline: Oxygen Therapy for Acutely Ill Medical Patients
26 Oct, 2018 | 02:59h | UTCOxygen therapy for acutely ill medical patients: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)
News Release: New guidance recommends minimal oxygen use for most people in hospital – The BMJ (free)
Guideline: Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients Undergoing Elective Invasive Procedures
26 Oct, 2018 | 02:58h | UTC
Guideline: Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms/Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
26 Oct, 2018 | 02:31h | UTCRelated Guideline: Surgical Management of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms attributed to BPH (free guideline and commentary)
ACTIVE: A Technical Package for Increasing Physical Activity
26 Oct, 2018 | 02:29h | UTCACTIVE: A technical package for increasing physical activity – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News Release: WHO launches ACTIVE: a toolkit for countries to increase physical activity and reduce noncommunicable diseases (free)
USPSTF Statement: Screening for Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults
26 Oct, 2018 | 02:28h | UTCEditorials: Challenges and Opportunities for Studying Routine Screening for Abuse (free) AND Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults in the Health Care Setting—Beyond Screening (free)
Report: Talking About Dying
26 Oct, 2018 | 01:39h | UTCNews Release: New report asks why doctors find it so hard to talk to patients about dying (free)
Commentaries: Doctors must talk ‘honestly’ to patients about dying – OnMedica (free) AND Doctors ‘need to start early conversation with patients about dying’ – BBC (free)
Canadian Guideline for Physical Activity Throughout Pregnancy
26 Oct, 2018 | 01:37h | UTC
Report: Time Spent by Children Online Linked to Requests for Junk Food
19 Oct, 2018 | 00:09h | UTCSee It, Want It, Buy It, Eat It – Cancer Research UK (free PDF)
Commentaries: Time spent by children online linked to requests for junk food – University of Liverpool (free) AND Does TV and internet advertising feed children’s junk food habits? – NHS Choices (free)
NCCN Guideline: Small Cell Lung Cancer
17 Oct, 2018 | 13:42h | UTC
Report: Forecasting Life Expectancy, Years of Life Lost, and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in 2040
17 Oct, 2018 | 13:20h | UTCCommentaries: Major strides in forecasting future health – The Lancet (free) AND Why Life Expectancy in 2040 Could Be Lower Than It Is Today – LiveScience (free) AND How healthy will we be in 2040? – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
NCCN Survivorship Care Guideline 2018
17 Oct, 2018 | 13:36h | UTCRelated: Cardiovascular Toxicity in Cancer Survivors (free review and guidelines) AND Burden of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease in childhood cancer survivors (link to abstract and commentaries) AND The cumulative burden of surviving childhood cancer (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Endocrine Late Effects in Survivors of Cancer in Adolescence and Young Adulthood (free study and commentaries) AND Endocrine Disorders in Survivors of Childhood Cancer (free guideline and commentaries)
Perspective: I Hate Guidelines (But They Can Improve, and You Can Help)
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:36h | UTCI hate guidelines (but they can improve, and you can help) – First10EM (free) (via @srrezaie)
Sarcopenia: Consensus on Definition and Diagnosis
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:31h | UTCSarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis – Age and Ageing (free)
Position Statement: Guidelines for Vitamin K Prophylaxis in Newborns
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:31h | UTC
Guideline: Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:28h | UTCNews Release: New ASTRO/ASCO/AUA Guideline for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer Supports Use of Shortened Courses of Radiation Therapy (free)