Guidelines & Reports
Position Statement: Pain Management at the End of Life
17 Apr, 2018 | 20:01h | UTCSource: Medscape (free registration required)
USPSTF Statement: Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
17 Apr, 2018 | 15:19h | UTCEditorials: Preventing Fractures and Falls: A Limited Role for Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements? (free) AND New Prevention Guidelines for Falls and Fractures—Looking Beyond the Letters (free)
Social Determinants of Health: An American College of Physicians Position Paper
16 Apr, 2018 | 21:37h | UTC
Position Statement: The Risk of Fatigue and Sleepiness in the Ridesharing Industry
16 Apr, 2018 | 22:08h | UTCCommentary: AASM: Ridesharing Industry Needs to Do More to Promote Safety – MPR (free)
Report: Global Burden of Mental Disorders Among Children Aged 5–14 years
16 Apr, 2018 | 17:49h | UTCCommentary: Mental disorders among leading causes of illness in children worldwide – BioMed Central, via ScienceDaily (free)
Guidelines for the Investigation of Chronic Diarrhoea in Adults: British Society of Gastroenterology
16 Apr, 2018 | 16:58h | UTCSource: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
AHA Position Statement: Moving Beyond Atrial Fibrillation as a Binary Entity
16 Apr, 2018 | 17:45h | UTCCommentary: Atrial Fibrillation beyond “All or None”: The Missing Piece in Understanding Atrial Fibrillation? (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Atrial Fibrillation Burden—Moving Beyond AF as a Binary Entity (free PDF)
ASGE Guideline: Infection Control During GI Endoscopy
15 Apr, 2018 | 23:38h | UTCASGE guideline for infection control during GI endoscopy – Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (free)
Guideline: Haemostatic Aspects of Peripartum Haemorrhage
15 Apr, 2018 | 23:37h | UTCPeripartum Haemorrhage: Haemostatic Aspects of the New German PPH Guideline – Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy (free) (Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter)
Related: Updated WHO Recommendation on Tranexamic Acid for the Treatment of Postpartum Haemorrhage (free PDF) AND Updated WHO recommendation on intravenous tranexamic acid for the treatment of post-partum haemorrhage – The Lancet Global Health (free) AND Antifibrinolytic drugs for treating primary postpartum haemorrhage – Cochrane Library (free) Effect of treatment delay on the effectiveness and safety of antifibrinolytics in acute severe haemorrhage: a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data from 40 138 bleeding patients – The Lancet (free)
Guideline: Endoscopic Eradication Therapy in Barrett’s Esophagus
15 Apr, 2018 | 23:39h | UTCCommentary: New recommendations for endoscopic eradication therapy in Barrett’s esophagus – American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, via EurekAlert (free)
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Guideline: Primary Care of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
14 Apr, 2018 | 19:44h | UTCRelated guideline: Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Report: A Smarter National Surveillance System for Occupational Safety and Health
14 Apr, 2018 | 19:29h | UTC
AHA scientific statement: evaluation and management of right-sided heart failure
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:44h | UTCCommentary: Taking the Good With the Bad – Assigning Value and Blame to the Right Heart in Cardiovascular Disease (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Evaluation and Management of Right-Sided Heart Failure (free PDF)
WHO guideline: supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:42h | UTCNews release: WHO and UNICEF issue new guidance to promote breastfeeding in health facilities globally (free)
Related guideline: Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services – World Health Organization (free)
Commentary: Hospitals must support breastfeeding which saves lives – WHO, UNICEF – Reuters (free)
Guidelines for the antibiotic treatment of community-acquired urinary tract infections
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:40h | UTC
EULAR recommendations for the management of Behçet’s syndrome
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:38h | UTCCommentary: Behcet’s Syndrome: Treatment Guidelines Updated – MedPage Today (free registration required)
EASL guideline: management of patients with decompensated cirrhosis
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:29h | UTCEASL Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of patients with decompensated cirrhosis (free PDF)
NCCN guideline: lung cancer screening
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:28h | UTCLung Cancer Screening, Version 3.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (free)
See related guideline: Lung Cancer: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
SEOM position statement: management of older patients with cancer
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:25h | UTC
Guideline: management of pediatric pancreatitis
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:22h | UTCEPC/HPSG evidence-based guidelines for the management of pediatric pancreatitis – Pancreatology (free)
Source: New Clinical Practice Guidelines, April 2018 Edition – Medscape (free registration required)
Guideline: echocardiography in the cardiac screening of sports participants
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:23h | UTCSource: New Clinical Practice Guidelines, April 2018 Edition – Medscape (free registration required)
WHO recommendation on duration of bladder catheterization after surgical repair of simple obstetric urinary fistula
13 Apr, 2018 | 00:53h | UTCGuideline: WHO Recommendation on Duration of Bladder Catheterization After Surgical Repair of Simple Obstetric Urinary Fistula – World Health Organization (free)
NCCN Guidelines Insights: Colon Cancer
13 Apr, 2018 | 00:49h | UTCNCCN Guidelines Insights: Colon Cancer, Version 2.2018 (free)
Guideline: Lyme disease
12 Apr, 2018 | 02:56h | UTCGuideline: Lyme disease – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
News release: New advice will help doctors spot and treat Lyme disease early, says NICE (free)
Research framework: toward a biological definition of Alzheimer’s disease
12 Apr, 2018 | 02:55h | UTCCommentaries: Scientists Push Plan To Change How Researchers Define Alzheimer’s – NPR (free) AND Researchers Propose New Alzheimer’s Definition Based on Biomarkers – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND New biological research framework for Alzheimer’s seeks to spur discovery – NIH / National Institute on Aging, via EurekAlert (fee)