Guidelines & Reports

Guideline: Obesity in the Workplace

10 Jan, 2018 | 00:26h | UTC

Obesity in the Workplace: Impact, Outcomes, and Recommendations – Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (free)

Commentary: Managing Obesity in the Workplace: New Guidance from ACOEM – Wolters Kluwer Health, via NewsWise (free)

 

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Guideline: Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology

10 Jan, 2018 | 00:20h | UTC

The 2017 Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology – Thyroid (free)

Commentary: Thyroid Nodules: Bethesda System Update Changes Clinical Practice – Medscape (free registration required)

 

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Giving Oxygen Routinely After a Stroke Does Not Improve Outcomes

10 Jan, 2018 | 00:22h | UTC

Giving oxygen routinely after a stroke does not improve outcomes – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Effect of Routine Low-Dose Oxygen Supplementation on Death and Disability in Adults With Acute Stroke: The Stroke Oxygen Study Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related guideline: BTS Guideline for oxygen use in healthcare and emergency settings – British Thoracic Society (free)

 

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Guideline: Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

10 Jan, 2018 | 00:16h | UTC

Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, Version 2.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (free)

 

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Guideline: Fertility Preservation for Medical Reasons in Girls and Women

10 Jan, 2018 | 00:11h | UTC

Fertility preservation for medical reasons in girls and women: British fertility society policy and practice guideline – Human Fertility (free)

 

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Guidelines on Prevention and Treatment of Parastomal Hernias

10 Jan, 2018 | 00:02h | UTC

European Hernia Society guidelines on prevention and treatment of parastomal hernias – Hernia (free) (checar acesso)

 

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New eBook: Let’s Talk TB

8 Jan, 2018 | 00:51h | UTC

2 – 2018 Edition: Let’s Talk TB (free PDF chapters) (via @paimadhu and @Onisillos)

“Let’s Talk TB is a book on the current best practices on TB diagnosis and treatment available for free for all GPs and private practitioners in India and other high-burden countries”

 

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Guideline: Antibiotic Use in Adults with Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

8 Jan, 2018 | 00:50h | UTC

Guidelines for the Antibiotic Use in Adults with Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections – Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy (free)

 

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Guidelines for the Management of Tracheal Intubation in Critically ill Adults

8 Jan, 2018 | 00:47h | UTC

Guidelines for the management of tracheal intubation in critically ill adults – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 

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Guidelines: Treatment of Community-Acquired Skin and Soft Tissue Infection

8 Jan, 2018 | 00:48h | UTC

Clinical Guidelines for the Antibiotic Treatment for Community-Acquired Skin and Soft Tissue Infection – Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy (free)

 

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Practice Guideline: Mild Cognitive Impairment

4 Jan, 2018 | 17:28h | UTC

Practice guideline update summary: Mild cognitive impairment – American Academy of Neurology (free PDF)

Commentary: Mild cognitive impairment: a practice guideline update – Clinical Advisor (free)

“For patients diagnosed with MCI, clinicians may choose NOT to offer cholinesterase inhibitors”.

“If clinicians choose to offer cholinesterase inhibitors, they must first discuss with patients the fact that this is an off-label prescription not currently backed by empirical evidence”.

 

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Guidelines for the Management of Acne

4 Jan, 2018 | 17:12h | UTC

Guidelines for the Management of Acne: Recommendations From a French Multidisciplinary Group – British Journal of Dermatology, via Medscape (free registration required)

 

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Thyroid Storm: A Japanese Perspective

4 Jan, 2018 | 17:08h | UTC

Thyroid Storm: A Japanese Perspective – Thyroid (free)

Commentary: New diagnostic criteria and treatment guidelines proposed for thyroid storm – EurekAlert (free)

 

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Guidelines on the Treatment of Adults With Vestibular Schwannomas

4 Jan, 2018 | 16:58h | UTC

Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines on the Treatment of Adults With Vestibular Schwannomas: Executive Summary – Neurosurgery (free)

 

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Draft Recommendation Statement: No Screening With Electrocardiography

3 Jan, 2018 | 13:29h | UTC

Draft Recommendation Statement: Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Screening With Electrocardiography – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Commentaries: USPSTF Examines ECG Screening to Prevent CVD Events, AFib – AAFP (free) AND USPSTF Doesn’t Endorse Routine ECG for Atrial Fibrillation Detection or CVD Prevention – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND USPSTF Releases Draft Recommendations on ECG Screening for CVD, A-fib – TCTMD (free)

 

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Scientific Statement: Childhood and Adolescent Adversity and Cardiometabolic Outcomes

3 Jan, 2018 | 13:26h | UTC

Childhood and Adolescent Adversity and Cardiometabolic Outcomes: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF )

News release: Abuse and adversity in childhood linked to more cardiovascular risk in adulthood (free)

Commentaries: Distressing experiences as a kid impact cardiovascular health later in life – AHA News (free) AND Adversity In Childhood and Adolescence Sets Stage for Cardiometabolic Outcomes – AHA Centers for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)

 

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Consensus Statement: Management of Perceived Devastating Brain Injury After Hospital Admission

2 Jan, 2018 | 16:25h | UTC

Management of perceived devastating brain injury after hospital admission: a consensus statement from stakeholder professional organizations – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 

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New Change4Life Campaign Around Children Snaking

2 Jan, 2018 | 16:06h | UTC

New Change4Life Campaign Around Children Snaking (free resources for the public)

News release: PHE launches Change4Life campaign around children’s snacking – Public Health England (free)

Commentaries: Limit children to two sugary snacks a day, parents told – The Guardian (free) And Limit children’s snacks to 100 calories, health body says – BBC (free)

 

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Consensus Statement: Unanticipated Difficult Airway Management in Children

2 Jan, 2018 | 16:00h | UTC

Unanticipated difficult airway management in children – the consensus statement of the Paediatric Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Section and the Airway Management Section of the Polish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy and the Polish Society of Neonatology. Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy (free PDF)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 

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Consensus Report: Ultrasound in the Critically Ill

2 Jan, 2018 | 15:58h | UTC

Executive summary on the use of ultrasound in the critically ill: consensus report from the 3rd Course on Acute Care Ultrasound (CACU) – Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy (free PDF)

Related: Lung ultrasound in the critically ill (LUCI): A translational discipline – Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy (free PDF)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 

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Position Statement: Antimicrobial Resistance and Antibiotic Stewardship in the ICU

2 Jan, 2018 | 15:59h | UTC

Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic stewardship programs in the ICU: insistence and persistence in the fight against resistance. A position statement from ESICM/ESCMID/WAAAR round table on multi-drug resistance – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a period)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 

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Guideline: Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents across the Surgical Pathway

1 Jan, 2018 | 12:21h | UTC

A Global Declaration on Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents across the Surgical Pathway – Surgical Infections (free)

 

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Guideline: Administration of Influenza Vaccines to Egg Allergic Recipients

1 Jan, 2018 | 12:19h | UTC

Administration of influenza vaccines to egg allergic recipients: A practice parameter update 2017 – Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (free)

Commentaries: Flu vaccine safe for individuals with egg allergy – Clinical Advisor (free) And Egg Allergy No Bar to Flu Vax, Experts Say – MedPage Today (free)

 

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Guideline – Achieving Hospital-wide Patient Flow: The Right Care, in the Right Place, at the Right Time

1 Jan, 2018 | 12:15h | UTC

White Paper: Achieving Hospital-wide Patient Flow: The Right Care, in the Right Place, at the Right Time – Institute for Healthcare Improvement (free registration required – PDF) (via @brhospitalist and @TheIHI see Tweet)

 

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Paediatric Amendment to Adult BSH Guidelines for Aplastic Anaemia

31 Dec, 2017 | 15:42h | UTC

Paediatric amendment to adult BSH Guidelines for aplastic anaemia – British Journal of Haematology (free)

 

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