Guidelines & Reports
Guidelines for Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Endometriosis
31 Dec, 2017 | 15:39h | UTC
Guideline: Variceal Bleeding
31 Dec, 2017 | 15:35h | UTC
Consensus Decision Pathway for Optimization of Heart Failure Treatment
29 Dec, 2017 | 19:41h | UTCCommentaries: New Guidance Issued to Optimize Heart Failure Treatment – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Expert Consensus on Optimization of Heart Failure Treatment – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND HFrEF Tx Guidelines Catch Up with New Therapies – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Guidelines for the Content of Statistical Analysis Plans in Clinical Trials
29 Dec, 2017 | 19:36h | UTCGuidelines for the Content of Statistical Analysis Plans in Clinical Trials – JAMA (free)
Guidelines to Eliminate Repetitive Laboratory Testing
29 Dec, 2017 | 19:39h | UTCEvidence-Based Guidelines to Eliminate Repetitive Laboratory Testing – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Experts Recommend Fewer Lab Tests for Hospitalized Patients – Johns Hopkins Medicine, via NewsWise (free) AND Experts devise plan to slash unnecessary medical testing – MedicalXpress (free)
Guideline: Treating Axial Spondyloarthritis and Peripheral Spondyloarthritis
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:32h | UTC
Lying on One’s Side in Labour With an Epidural is Safe and Leads to More Spontaneous Births
28 Dec, 2017 | 18:51h | UTCLying on one’s side in labour with an epidural is safe and leads to more spontaneous births – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Upright versus lying down position in second stage of labour in nulliparous women with low dose epidural: BUMPES randomised controlled trial – The BMJ (free)
Guideline: Interventions to Address Sexual Problems in People With Cancer
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:31h | UTC
Projections of Temperature-Related Excess Mortality Under Climate Change Scenarios
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:29h | UTCCommentaries: Climate change adaptation: no one size fits all – The Lancet Planetary Health (free) AND Study of impact of climate change on temperatures suggests more deaths unless action taken – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, via ScienceDaily (free)
Report: Strategies to Limit Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in Young Children
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:20h | UTC
Fewer Large Babies are Born to Pregnant Woman With Type 1 Diabetes With Continuous Glucose Monitoring
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:13h | UTCFewer large babies are born to pregnant woman with type 1 diabetes if their glucose was monitored continuously – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article and commentary: Continuous glucose monitoring in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes (CONCEPTT): a multicentre international randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (free) AND Commentary: Continuous glucose monitoring in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes (free)
Clinical Policy: ED Management of Patients Needing Reperfusion Therapy for Acute STEMI
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:00h | UTC
Scientific Statement: Defining Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:03h | UTCTop Ten Things to Know: Defining Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging (free PDF)
Commentary: “Quality” in Cardiovascular Imaging – Getting to the Heart of the Meaning (free)
HIV Pregnancy Planning Guidelines
27 Dec, 2017 | 22:02h | UTCCanadian HIV Pregnancy Planning Guidelines – Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (free)
Guideline: Management Strategies for Gallbladder Drainage in Patients with Acute Cholecystitis
28 Dec, 2017 | 16:59h | UTC
Guidelines on the Care of Patients With an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
27 Dec, 2017 | 22:03h | UTC
Guideline Recommendations for Preventive Healthcare Services
27 Dec, 2017 | 21:59h | UTC
Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Guidelines: Update of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Policies and Procedures
27 Dec, 2017 | 22:01h | UTC
Consensus: Role of Genetic Testing for Inherited Prostate Cancer Risk
27 Dec, 2017 | 21:19h | UTCCommentary: New Recommendations Guide Doctors on Genetic Counseling and Genetic Testing for Hereditary Prostate Cancer – Thomas Jefferson University, via NewsWise (free)
Guideline: Diagnostic and Treatment Criteria for Osteoarthritis of the Hip
27 Dec, 2017 | 21:29h | UTCNews Release: AAOS approves diagnostic and treatment criteria for osteoarthritis of the hip – American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (free)
See Apropriate Use Criteria: Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip (free)
Related AAOS Guideline: Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip (free PDF)
Commentary: AAOS: Non-Surgical Tx Best for Hip OA – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Guideline on Unknown Primary Cancer
27 Dec, 2017 | 21:44h | UTCSEOM clinical guideline on unknown primary cancer (2017) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)
WHO Recommendation on Tranexamic Acid for the Treatment of Postpartum Haemorrhage
27 Dec, 2017 | 21:06h | UTCUpdated WHO Recommendation on Tranexamic Acid for the Treatment of Postpartum Haemorrhage (free PDF)
Commentary: Updated WHO recommendation on intravenous tranexamic acid for the treatment of post-partum haemorrhage – The Lancet Global Health (free)
Monitoring Universal Health Coverage Within the Sustainable Development Goals
27 Dec, 2017 | 21:05h | UTCInvited Commentary: Towards a meaningful measure of universal health coverage for the next billion (free)
See related report on Universal Health Coverage in our December 15th issue (see #1)
Guidelines: Strategies to Eliminate Mother-To-Child Transmission of Syphilis
27 Dec, 2017 | 21:04h | UTCRelated World Health Organization Guidelines: WHO guideline on syphilis screening and treatment for pregnant women (free PDF) AND Global guidance on criteria and processes for validation: Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Syphilis (free)
Guideline: Role of Bone-Modifying Agents in Metastatic Breast Cancer
27 Dec, 2017 | 20:46h | UTC