Guidelines & Reports
AHA Guideline: Resistant Hypertension
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:31h | UTCNews Release: Diagnosing and treating resistant hypertension (free)
Commentaries: Tackling Resistant Hypertension – Opportunities and Challenges (free) AND Heart Group Updates Guidelines on Resistant Hypertension – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Resistant Hypertension: Detection, Evaluation, and Management (free PDF)
Report: Global Cancer Statistics 2018
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:29h | UTCSee also: Latest global cancer data: Cancer burden rises to 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million cancer deaths in 2018 – International Agency for Research on Cancer (free PDF)
Infographic: Global Cancer Data 2018 (free)
Commentaries: WHO: 9.6 million cancer deaths, 18 million new cases this year – UPI (free) AND Cancer will kill nearly 10 million people this year, report estimates – CNN (free) AND Cancer deaths rise to 9.6 million as populations grow and age – Reuters (free)
NICE Guideline: Chronic Heart Failure in Adults
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:20h | UTC
European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:19h | UTCEuropean Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care – European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (free PDF in several languages) (via @ECDC_TB and @Onisillos)
USPSTF Draft Statement: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:16h | UTCUSPSTF Draft Recommendation Statement: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum (free)
Commentaries: USPSTF Again Recommends Ointment to Prevent Gonococcal Eye Infection in Newborns – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND USPSTF Reaffirms Ocular Prophylaxis for All Newborns – MedPage Today (free)
Report: Egg Freezing in Fertility Treatment Trends and Figures
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:06h | UTCPress release: Age is the key factor for egg freezing success says new HFEA report, as overall treatment numbers remain low (free)
Commentaries: Expert reaction to HFEA report on trends in egg freezing – Science Media Centre (free) AND Freeze eggs before 35 for a better chance of IVF success, says report – The Guardian (free)
Comparisons of Guidelines on Managing ANCA–Associated Vasculitis
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:00h | UTC
WHO Toolkit: Preventing Suicide
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:48h | UTCPreventing suicide A community engagement toolkit – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Fact Sheet: Suicide – World Health Organization(free)
NICE Guideline: Preventing Suicide in Community and Custodial Settings
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:47h | UTC
Guideline for the Management of Graves’ Hyperthyroidism
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:35h | UTC2018 European Thyroid Association Guideline for the Management of Graves’ Hyperthyroidism – European Thyroid Journal (free) (via @CristobMorales and @Abraham_RMI)
Guideline: Transfusion Practice in Critically Ill Children
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:34h | UTC
NICE Guideline: Pancreatitis
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:30h | UTCPancreatitis – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
ASCO Guideline Endorsement: Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:29h | UTC
The 2018 Surviving Sepsis Campaign’s Treatment Bundle: When Guidelines Outpace the Evidence Supporting Their Use
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:24h | UTCThe 2018 Surviving Sepsis Campaign’s Treatment Bundle: When Guidelines Outpace the Evidence Supporting Their Use – Annals of Emergency Medicine (free) (via @EMNerd)
Related Opinions: Petition to retire the surviving sepsis campaign guidelines – PulmCrit (free) AND The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: A Rush to Judgment – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Original Guideline: The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Bundle: 2018 update – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
Position Statement: The Treatment of Anal Fistula
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:22h | UTCThe treatment of anal fistula: second ACPGBI Position Statement – 2018 – Colorectal Disease (free)
Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Perimenopausal Depression
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:20h | UTCCommentaries: First-Ever Guidelines for Detecting, Treating Perimenopausal Depression – University of Illinois at Chicago, via NewsWise (free) AND Guidelines for Managing Perimenopausal Depression Now Available – MPR (free)
Ten Commandments of the 2018 ESC/ESH Hypertension Guidelines
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:14h | UTCTen Commandments of the 2018 ESC/ESH HTN Guidelines on Hypertension in Adults – European Heart Journal (free) (via @gonzaeperez)
Guideline: Prostate Cancer Screening with PSA Test
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:12h | UTCRelated guidelines: American Cancer Society Guideline for the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer (free) AND PSA-Based Prostate Cancer Screening in Men Aged 55-69 – American Academy of Family Physicians (free) AND USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Screening for Prostate Cancer (free guideline, editorial and commentaries)
ASCO Guideline: Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Adult Patients With Cancer-Related Immunosuppression
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:11h | UTCSee also: Guideline Update Summary (free)
Policy Statement: Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Children
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:06h | UTCNews Release: AAP Issues Flu Vaccine Recommendations for 2018-2019 (free)
CDC Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Among Children
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:55h | UTCCommentaries: CDC releases updated guideline on diagnosis and management of pediatric mTBI – Kennedy Krieger Institute, via EurekAlert (free) AND CDC Seeks to Standardize Mild TBI Management in Kids – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND New advice on kids’ concussions calls for better tracking – Associated Press (free) AND CDC issues first guidelines to treat youth concussions – CNN (free)
USPSTF Statement: Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:54h | UTCEditorial: Congenital Syphilis—Still a Shadow on the Land (free)
“The USPSTF recommends early screening for syphilis infection in all pregnant women. (A recommendation)”
Guideline: Clinical Imaging for Hemoptysis
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:48h | UTC2018 Korean Clinical Imaging Guideline for Hemoptysis – Korean Journal of Radiology (free)
Policy Statement: Child Passenger Safety
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:46h | UTCChild Passenger Safety – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
News Release: AAP Updates Recommendations on Car Seats for Children (free)
Commentary: Children Should Remain in Rear-Facing Car Seats as Long as Possible – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Report: Worldwide Trends in Insufficient Physical Activity from 2001 to 2016
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:45h | UTCCommentaries: Quarter of world’s population ‘not active enough to stay healthy’ – The Guardian (free) AND A quarter of adults are too inactive, putting health at risk – Reuters (free)