Guidelines & Reports
WHO Manual: Core Components for Infection Prevention and Control
4 May, 2018 | 02:09h | UTCManual: Core Components for Infection Prevention and Control: Implementation tools and resources – World Health Organization (free) (via @julesstorr and @Onisillos)
Guideline: Screening, Prevention and Management of Hepatitis B and C in Sexual Health Settings
4 May, 2018 | 02:05h | UTC
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Bundle: 2018 update
4 May, 2018 | 01:46h | UTCThe Surviving Sepsis Campaign Bundle: 2018 update – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
Opinion Against this Guideline: Petition to retire the surviving sepsis campaign guidelines – PulmCrit (free) (via @emdocsdotnet)
ACOG Guideline: Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy
4 May, 2018 | 01:52h | UTCCommentary: ACOG: Updated Recommendations for Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy – Infectious Disease Advisor (free)
Guideline: Non-variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
3 May, 2018 | 20:34h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
TOP Clinical Practice Guideline: Chronic Asthma
3 May, 2018 | 20:26h | UTCClinical Practice Guideline: Chronic Asthma – Toward Optimized Practice (free PDF)
See also: Summary (free PDF)
Related: see all TOP Clinical Practice Guidelines, a practical resource for Family Physicians at the point of care.
Report: Using Technology to Advance Global Health
3 May, 2018 | 20:25h | UTCUsing Technology to Advance Global Health – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018 (free PDF, registration required)
AHRQ Guide: Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
3 May, 2018 | 20:22h | UTCSee also: About the Guide (free) AND Infographic (free PDF) AND Quick Start Guide (free)
WHO Europe Report: Using Dietary Intake Modelling to Achieve Population Salt Reduction
3 May, 2018 | 20:24h | UTCReport: Using dietary intake modelling to achieve population salt reduction – A guide to developing a country-specific salt reduction model (2018) – WHO Europe (free PDF)
“The Salt Reduction Model is a 5-step plan to help countries achieve a 30% reduction in population salt intake. Reducing salt consumption will help prevent and control noncommunicable diseases such as heart disease and stroke” (via @WHO_Europe see Tweet)
Guideline: Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging
3 May, 2018 | 20:05h | UTCCommentary: New Expert Consensus Document Provides Best Practices For Ionizing Radiation Safety – American College of Cardiology (free)
AHA Scientific Statement: Indications for Intracranial Endovascular Neurointerventional Procedures
3 May, 2018 | 20:07h | UTCKey Points to Remember: Indications for Intracranial Endovascular Procedures – American College of Cardiology (free)
Guideline: Pain in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
3 May, 2018 | 19:36h | UTC
ESMO Guideline: Non-Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
3 May, 2018 | 19:35h | UTC
Handbook: National Quality Policy and Strategy
3 May, 2018 | 19:31h | UTCHandbook for national quality policy and strategy – World Health Organization (free PDF)
“A practical approach for developing policy and strategy to improve quality of care”
Position Statement: Clinical Management of Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults
3 May, 2018 | 19:03h | UTC
Report: MLE on Open Science
3 May, 2018 | 18:45h | UTCReport: MLE on Open Science – Altmetrics and Rewards – Final Report – Research and Innovation Observatory (RIO), European Commission (free PDF) (via @trishgreenhalgh)
Polypharmacy Guidance, Realistic Prescribing
27 Apr, 2018 | 02:58h | UTCPolypharmacy Guidance, Realistic Prescribing 3 rd Edition, 2018 – Scottish Government Polypharmacy Model of Care Group (free PDF) (via @trishgreenhalgh)
Related Reviews: Current and future perspectives on the management of polypharmacy – BMC Family Medicine (free) AND Routine deprescribing of chronic medications to combat polypharmacy – Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety (free) AND Polypharmacy—an Upward Trend with Unpredictable Effects – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free) AND Clinical Consequences of Polypharmacy in Elderly – Expert Opinion on Drug Safety (free)
Guideline: Pharmacologic Glycemic Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults
27 Apr, 2018 | 02:59h | UTCGuideline: Pharmacologic Glycemic Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults – Canadian Journal of Diabetes (free)
Related Guidelines: ADA 2018 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free) AND ACP Guideline: Hemoglobin A1c Targets for Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes (free)
In this new guideline Hemoglobin A1c Targets are similar from ADA 2018 Standards.
ACOG Committee Opinion: Adolescents and Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
27 Apr, 2018 | 02:57h | UTCCommittee Opinion: Adolescents and Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Implants and Intrauterine Devices – American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (free)
Commentary: ACOG Committee Opinion: adolescents should be offered LARC – Univadis (free registration required)
Clinical Guideline: HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis
27 Apr, 2018 | 02:32h | UTCRelated guidelines: WHO implementation tool for pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection – World Health Organization (free) AND Canadian guideline on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection in the United States – 2017 Update: a Clinical Practice Guideline (free)
NICE Guideline Update: Neuropathic pain in adults
27 Apr, 2018 | 02:29h | UTCGuideline Update: Neuropathic pain in adults: pharmacological management in non-specialist settings – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
NICE Guideline Update: Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health
27 Apr, 2018 | 02:30h | UTCGuideline Update: Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
AHA Scientific Statement: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Infants and Children With Cardiac Disease
27 Apr, 2018 | 02:28h | UTCNews release: New guidance issued for treating cardiac arrest in children with heart disease (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Infants and Children with Cardiac Disease (free PDF)
NICE Guideline Update: Diagnosis and Management of Epilepsies
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:34h | UTCGuideline Update: Epilepsies: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
NICE Guideline Update: Depression in adults
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:26h | UTCGuideline Update: Depression in adults: recognition and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)