Guidelines & Reports
Guideline: Role of Bone-Modifying Agents in Multiple Myeloma
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:02h | UTCCommentary: Role of Bone-Modifying Agents in Multiple Myeloma: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update – The ASCO Post (free)
Guideline: Sublingual Immunotherapy Tablets for Aeroallergens
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:02h | UTC
New Series Published to Support the use of Qualitative Research in Decision-Making
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:58h | UTCNew series published to support the use of qualitative research in decision-making – World Health Organization (free) (via @olibiermann and @trishgreenhalgh)
The Series: Applying GRADE-CERQual to Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Findings – Implementation Science (free)
WHO Media Centre: Why is this new qualitative research tool (GRADE-CERQual) important? (free)
Guidelines for the Investigation and Management of Generalized pruritus
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:50h | UTC
Guidelines for the Management of Iatrogenic Colonoscopy Perforation
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:46h | UTC
Guideline: Acute Sore throat
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:48h | UTCGuideline: Sore throat (acute): antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)
News release: Use paracetamol to relieve a sore throat rather than antibiotics (free)
Commentaries: GPs should cut back on antibiotic prescriptions for sore throats, NICE says – GP (free) AND ‘Painkillers best option for sore throats’ say new NHS guidelines – NHS Choices (free)
Related guideline: Corticosteroids for sore throat – The BMJ (free)
Guideline: Imaging in Large Vessel Vasculitis in Clinical Practice
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:47h | UTC
Guideline: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:40h | UTC
Report: Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS)
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:38h | UTCReport: Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) – World Health Organization (free)
News Release: High levels of antibiotic resistance found worldwide, new data shows (free)
Commentaries: WHO releases its first report on global antibiotic resistance – CIDRAP (free) AND UN health agency finds high levels of antibiotic resistance to world’s most common infections – UN News Centre (free)
Report: 2018 Environmental Performance Index
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:05h | UTCReport: 2018 Environmental Performance Index (free news release and PDF)
Commentary: Air quality is leading environmental threat to public health – Yale University, via ScienceDaily (free)
Guideline: Deprescribing Antipsychotics for Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia and Insomnia
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:37h | UTCRelated: Canadian Deprescribing Network (CaDeN) (free) AND CaDeN Deprescribing Guidelines and Algorithms (free) AND Deprescribing guidelines for the elderly – Ontario Pharmacy Evidence Network (free) AND Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND 11 Drugs You Should Seriously Consider Deprescribing – Medscape Slideshow (free registration required) AND Current and future perspectives on the management of polypharmacy – BMC Family Practice (free)
Guideline: Oesophago-Gastric Cancer
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:32h | UTCGuideline: Oesophago-gastric cancer: assessment and management in adults – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)
Guideline: Age-related macular degeneration
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:31h | UTCAge-related macular degeneration – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)
Guideline on the Pharmacological Treatment of People with Multiple Sclerosis
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:33h | UTC
Guideline: Advocacy for Improving Nutrition in the First 1000 Days To Support Childhood Development and Adult Health
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:20h | UTCCommentary: AAP Issues Recommendations for Improving Early-Childhood Nutrition – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND These Are the Best Foods for a Baby’s Brain – TIME (free)
Report: Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:24h | UTCReport: Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (free PDF)
Press release: New Report One of the Most Comprehensive Studies on Health Effects of E-Cigarettes; Finds That Using E-Cigarettes May Lead Youth to Start Smoking, Adults to Stop Smoking (free)
Commentaries: E-Cigarettes Likely Encourage Kids To Try Tobacco But May Help Adults Quit – NPR (free) AND 4 big takeaways from the most comprehensive report on e-cigarettes yet – VOX (free) AND Vaping Can Be Addictive and May Lure Teenagers to Smoking, Science Panel Concludes – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education
26 Jan, 2018 | 00:28h | UTCInternational technical guidance on sexuality education: An evidence-informed approach – UNESCO (free PDF)
News release: UN urges Comprehensive Approach to Sexuality Education – UNESCO (free)
Commentary: UN issues more progressive guidelines on sex education – Devex (free)
Guideline: Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings
26 Jan, 2018 | 00:26h | UTCGuideline: Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings – Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) (free)
Summary and commentary: New guidelines issued on contact precautions for C. diff, resistant infections – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Guideline: Infection Prevention and Control in Ultrasound
26 Jan, 2018 | 00:17h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Position Paper on the Use of Telemedicine for Allergists
26 Jan, 2018 | 00:19h | UTCNews release: Guidelines Support Telemedicine as an Effective Tool for Allergists – American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) (free)
Molecular Testing Guideline for the Selection of Lung Cancer Patients for Treatment With Targeted Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
25 Jan, 2018 | 23:44h | UTCCommentary: Leading medical organizations update lung cancer guideline – International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, via EurekAlert (free)
Guideline: Laboratory Tests to Monitor Drug Therapy in Pain Management Patients
25 Jan, 2018 | 21:04h | UTCCommentary: AACC Releases Practice Guidelines for Using Laboratory Drug Tests to Combat Opioid Addiction, Overdoses – American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) (free)
Guideline: Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients
25 Jan, 2018 | 21:02h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guideline: Neuroendovascular Management of Emergent Large Vessel Occlusion
25 Jan, 2018 | 20:58h | UTC
Position Statement: Cross-infection Risk in Patients with Bronchiectasis
25 Jan, 2018 | 20:57h | UTC