Guidelines & Reports
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
Systematic Review: Routine Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Normal Vaginal Birth
25 Jan, 2018 | 20:56h | UTCRoutine antibiotic prophylaxis after normal vaginal birth for reducing maternal infectious morbidity – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Guideline: Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Obstetric Procedures – Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (free)
Guideline Synopsis: Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:57h | UTCRelated: Redefining Hypertension: Assessing the New Blood-Pressure Guidelines – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND AAFP Decides to Not Endorse AHA/ACC Hypertension Guideline – American Academy of Family Physicians (free)
Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:49h | UTCCommentaries in the same issue: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services: A Significant Step Forward and a Model for Other High-Risk Industries (free) AND What an Evidence-based Guideline for Fatigue Risk Management Means for Us: Statements From Stakeholders (free) AND Proposed Performance Measures and Strategies for Implementation of the Fatigue Risk Management Guidelines for Emergency Medical Services (free) AND Evidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services: A Step in the Right Direction Toward Better Sleep Health (free)
Consensus: Integrating new Approaches to Atrial Fibrillation Management
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:42h | UTC
Guideline: Management of Pediatric Head Injury in the Emergency Department
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:41h | UTC
Report: Getting to Zero Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities
23 Jan, 2018 | 14:28h | UTCPress release: New Report Calls for Lowering Blood Alcohol Concentration Levels for Driving, Increasing Federal and State Alcohol Taxes, Increasing Enforcement, Among Other Recommendations (free)
Commentary: Report Recommends Lowering Threshold for Drunk Driving – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Choosing Wisely Campaign – Benign Breast Disease: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question
23 Jan, 2018 | 14:27h | UTCChoosing Wisely Campaign: American Society of Breast Surgeons – Benign Breast Disease: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question (free)
Commentary: Choosing Wisely: 5 Procedures to Avoid in Benign Breast Disease – Physician’s First Watch (free)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
Clinical Guideline on the Management of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections
21 Jan, 2018 | 17:05h | UTCThe 2017 Update of the German Clinical Guideline on Epidemiology, Diagnostics, Therapy, Prevention, and Management of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in Adult Patients: Part 1 – Karger, Urologia Internationalis (free) (via @CIDRAP_ASP see Tweet)
USPSTF Says Evidence is Insufficient to Recommend Ankle-Brachial Index, CRP, or Coronary Calcium
21 Jan, 2018 | 14:15h | UTCUSPSTF Not Backing Ankle-Brachial Index, CRP, or Coronary Calcium – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND No Change in USPSTF’s Stance on Using Nontraditional Risk Factors to Assess CV Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Draft Recommendation Statement 1: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors – USPSTF (free)
Draft Recommendation Statement 2: Peripheral Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: Screening and Risk Assessment With the Ankle-Brachial Index (free)
“The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of adding the ankle-brachial index (ABI), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), or coronary artery calcification (CAC) score to traditional risk assessment for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in asymptomatic adults to prevent CVD events”.
Guidelines for Groin Hernia Management
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:04h | UTCInternational guidelines for groin hernia management – HerniaSurge Group (free)
Guideline: Prophylaxis of Invasive Fungal Infections in Patients with Haematological Malignancies
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:05h | UTC
Guidelines for the Management of Diabetic Retinopathy
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:03h | UTCCommentary in: Clinical Practice Guidelines, December 2017 – Medscape (free registration required)
Guideline: Prevention of Hepatitis B Virus Infection
16 Jan, 2018 | 12:56h | UTCCommentary: ACIP: Updated Recommendations for Hepatitis B Virus Infection Prevention – MPR (free)
Related guideline and commentaries: Hepatitis B Vaccination, Screening, and Linkage to Care: Best Practice Advice From the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Guideline: Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in Patients with Chagas Disease
16 Jan, 2018 | 12:43h | UTC
Guidelines for Pathologic Diagnosis of Malignant Mesothelioma
13 Jan, 2018 | 19:09h | UTC
Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis: 2017 Revisions of the McDonald Criteria
13 Jan, 2018 | 19:05h | UTCDiagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria – The Lancet Neurology (free registration required)
Commentaries: Diagnosing MS: Updates to the McDonald Criteria – Journal Watch (free) AND Revised ‘mcdonald criteria’ expected to speed the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis – MedicalXpress (free)
Position Statement on Informal Breast Milk Sharing for the Term Healthy Infant
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:40h | UTCNews release: The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Issues Guidance on Informal Milk Sharing for Healthy Term infants (free)
Recommendation Statement: Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:23h | UTCEditorials: Evolving Recommendations for Scoliosis Screening: A Compelling Need for Further Research (free) AND Early Detection of Scoliosis—What the USPSTF “I” Means for Us (free)
Author interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (free)
Commentaries: Not Enough Evidence on Benefits, Harms of Routine Scoliosis Screening for Children and Adolescents – The JAMA Network (free) AND U.S. doctors not certain all kids need scoliosis screening – Reuters (free)
Guideline: Treatment of Non-neurogenic Male LUTS
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:24h | UTCTreatment of Non-neurogenic Male LUTS – European Urology Association (free, but not accessible via mobile devices) (via @KariTikkinen)
Report: The High Toll of Traffic Injuries
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:20h | UTCReport: The High Toll of Traffic Injuries : Unacceptable and Preventable – The World Bank (free PDF) (via @equitylist)
Press release: Road Deaths and Injuries Hold Back Economic Growth in Developing Countries (free)
Key Findings: The High Toll of Traffic Injuries : Unacceptable and Preventable – The World Bank (free)
Guideline: Pharmacological Treatment of Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:18h | UTCNews release: APA Releases New Practice Guideline on Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder – American Psychiatry Association (free)
Commentary: New Alcohol Use Disorder Guideline Emphasizes Medication – Medscape (free registration required)