Guidelines & Reports
USPSTF Draft Recommendation: Screening for Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:31h | UTCUSPSTF Draft Recommendation Statement: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening (free)
Commentaries: USPSTF urges abuse screening for reproductive-aged women – MedicalXpress (free) AND USPSTF Recommends Screening for Partner Violence in Reproductive-Aged Women – Clinical Advisor (free)
“The USPSTF recommends that clinicians screen for intimate partner violence (IPV) in women of reproductive age and provide or refer women who screen positive to ongoing support services.”
UK Guidelines for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:11h | UTC
Guideline: Vaccination Strategies in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies or Solid Tumors
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:13h | UTC
Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Cervical Cancer
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:12h | UTC
Position Statement: Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypoparathyroidism
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:10h | UTC
ACOG Guideline: Optimizing Postpartum Care
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:37h | UTCCommittee Opinion: Optimizing Postpartum Care – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)
Commentary: Redesigning Maternal Care: OB-GYNs Are Urged to See New Mothers Sooner and More Often – ProPublica (free)
Source: Kaiser Health News Morning Brief
AAN Guideline: Disease-modifying Therapies for Adults with Multiple Sclerosis
24 Apr, 2018 | 19:33h | UTCSee also: Related Physician Tools and Materials (free clinician summary, slides and more)
Commentaries: New guideline: Start taking MS drugs early on – American Academy of Neurology, via EurekAlert (free)
New MS Guideline Addresses Starting, Switching, and Stopping Disease-modifying Therapy – MD Magazine (free) AND Start MS Drugs Early, New Guideline Says – MedPage Today (free registration required)
2018 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Bipolar Disorder
23 Apr, 2018 | 21:19h | UTCRelated Guideline: Bipolar disorder: assessment and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Primary Aldosteronism
23 Apr, 2018 | 21:17h | UTCDiagnosis and Management of Primary Aldosteronism: the Endocrine Society guideline 2016 revisited – European Journal of Endocrinology (free)
New International Classification of Headache Disorders
23 Apr, 2018 | 21:14h | UTCHeadache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society (IHS) The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition – Cephalalgia (free PDF) (via @adamcifu)
News release and website: The International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd edition (free)
Commentary: International Classification of Headache Disorders – The Lancet Neurology (free)
Report: WHO Expert Consultation on Rabies
23 Apr, 2018 | 21:10h | UTCWHO Expert Consultation on Rabies – World Health Organization (free)
News release: WHO publishes new rabies guidelines and recommendations on lifesaving immunization (free)
Report: Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma
23 Apr, 2018 | 21:15h | UTCRole of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (free)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
New Glasgow Coma Scale–Pupils Score
23 Apr, 2018 | 21:10h | UTCSimplifying the use of prognostic information in traumatic brain injury – Journal of Neurosurgery
Part 1: The GCS-Pupils score: an extended index of clinical severity (free)
Part 2: Graphical presentation of probabilities (free)
Commentaries: New Glasgow Coma Scale–Pupils Score and Multifactor Probability Outcome Charts for Use in Patients with TBI – Journal of Neurosurgery, via NewsWise (free) AND New scoring system will speed up assessment of brain injuries – OnMedica (free) AND Glasgow Coma Scale Gets an Eye-Opening Update – Medscape (free registration required)
Dutch Guideline for Clinical Foetal-neonatal and Paediatric Post-mortem Radiology
23 Apr, 2018 | 21:05h | UTC
Report: Drugs for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
23 Apr, 2018 | 21:00h | UTCSource: EvidenceAlerts
ASCO Guideline Update: Fertility Preservation in Patients With Cancer
23 Apr, 2018 | 16:39h | UTCCommentary: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update: Fertility Preservation in Patients With Cancer – The ASCO Post (free)
Related guidelines: Fertility preservation for patients with gynecologic malignancies: The Korean Society for Fertility Preservation clinical guidelines – Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine (free) AND Fertility preservation for medical reasons in girls and women: British fertility society policy and practice guideline – Human Fertility (free)
New U.S. Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents Living with HIV
23 Apr, 2018 | 16:41h | UTCGuidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents Living with HIV – AIDSInfo (free)
Report: Trends in Future Health Financing and Coverage
20 Apr, 2018 | 01:55h | UTCCommentaries: New Study Finds People Covered by Universal Health Coverage Will Fall Far Below UN Sustainable Development Goal – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Guideline: Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes
20 Apr, 2018 | 01:53h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Choosing Wisely: “Top 12” Recommendations That Are Reducing Overuse
20 Apr, 2018 | 01:50h | UTCThe “Top 12” Recommendations That Are Reducing Overuse – Choosing Wisely (free) (via @kennylinafp)
Learn more about the Choosing Wisely Initiative and see other lists of low-value practices in Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
Multimorbidity: A Priority for Global Health Research
20 Apr, 2018 | 01:49h | UTCReport: Multimorbidity: a priority for global health research – The Academy of Medical Sciences (free) (via @equitylist)
News Release: Global burden of multiple serious illnesses must be urgently addressed (free)
Commentaries: Burden of patients with multiple diseases could sink health systems around the world, warn medical experts – Independent (free) AND People with multiple health conditions get raw deal, says report – OnMedica (free)
See also: related articles on the Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Patients (free reports, articles and commentaries)
Guideline: Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk
20 Apr, 2018 | 01:47h | UTCNews Release: New Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk Aims to Fundamentally Improve Suicide Care Delivered Nationwide (free PDF)
Commentary: First-Ever Suicide Prevention Recommendations Released – Medscape (free registration required)
BTS Quality Standards for Acute Non-invasive Ventilation in Adults
20 Apr, 2018 | 01:32h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Clinical practice guidelines for the use of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation and noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure in the acute care setting – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND BTS/ICS guideline for the ventilatory management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in adults – Thorax (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guideline Synopsis: Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death Risk
18 Apr, 2018 | 01:05h | UTCClinical Guideline Synopsis: Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Related to Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Original Guideline: 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death – Circulation (free PDF)
Report: State of Global Air 2018
18 Apr, 2018 | 00:59h | UTCState of Global Air 2018 (free report and interactive website)
Commentaries: Over 7 Billion People Face Unsafe Air: State of Global Air 2018 – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free) AND More than 95% of world’s population breathe dangerous air, major study finds – The Guardian (free) AND More than 95% of world’s population breathing unhealthy air, says new report – CNN (free)