Guidelines & Reports

Guideline: Hepatitis B Vaccination, Screening, and Linkage to Care

25 Nov, 2017 | 22:54h | UTC

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 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Commentaries: ACP, CDC issue best practice advice on HBV – ACP Internist (free) AND CDC, ACP Offer Joint Guidance on Hepatitis B Vaccination and Screening – Physician’s First Watch (free)

 

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Guideline for treatment of cancer pain

25 Nov, 2017 | 22:48h | UTC

2017 SEOM clinical guideline for treatment of cancer pain – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

 

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Guideline: Deprescribing antihyperglycemic agents in older persons

25 Nov, 2017 | 22:45h | UTC

Deprescribing antihyperglycemic agents in older persons: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline – Canadian Family Physician (free)

Related algorithm: Antihyperglycemic deprescribing algorithm (free PDF)

See also other Deprescribing Guidelines and Algorithms (free resources)

 

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Choosing Wisely: Six Things Pharmacists and Patients Should Question

25 Nov, 2017 | 22:46h | UTC

New Choosing Wisely Canada list: Six Things Pharmacists and Patients Should Question (RT @CPhAAPhC see Tweet)

See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)

 

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Guidelines Synopsis: Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults

25 Nov, 2017 | 22:39h | UTC

Clinical Guidelines Synopsis: Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults – JAMA (free)

Editorial: The New 2017 ACC/AHA Guidelines “Up the Pressure” on Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertension (free)

Related Viewpoint: The 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline for High Blood Pressure (free)

See original AHA/ACC Hypertension Guidelines and related resources in our November 13^th issue (see #1)

 

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Policy Statement: Stigma Experienced by Children and Adolescents With Obesity

25 Nov, 2017 | 22:38h | UTC

Policy Statement: Stigma Experienced by Children and Adolescents With Obesity – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

News release: The AAP and the Obesity Society Address the Social and Emotional Impact of Weight Stigma on Children and Teens (free)

Commentaries: Help obese kids avoid weight stigma, doctors advise – Reuters (free) AND How Not to Talk to a Child Who Is Overweight – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

 

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Guideline: Pharmacologic management of chronic neuropathic pain

25 Nov, 2017 | 22:32h | UTC

Pharmacologic management of chronic neuropathic pain: Review of the Canadian Pain Society consensus statement – Canadian Family Physician (free)

Related article: Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

 

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Guideline: Infection prevention and control measures and tools for the prevention of entry of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae into healthcare settings

20 Nov, 2017 | 18:13h | UTC

Infection prevention and control measures and tools for the prevention of entry of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae into healthcare settings: guidance from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control – Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control (free)

Related document: Guidelines for the prevention and control of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosain health care facilities – World Health Organization (free)

 

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Guideline – Periodic preventive health visits: a more appropriate approach to delivering preventive services

20 Nov, 2017 | 17:58h | UTC

Periodic preventive health visits: a more appropriate approach to delivering preventive services – Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (free)

Summary: Periodic preventive health visits: A more appropriate approach to delivering preventive services (free)

News release: Annual checkups do not result in better health outcomes, national task force reaffirms (free)

 

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Guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests

20 Nov, 2017 | 17:47h | UTC

Guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests – Gut (free)

 

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2017 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults

20 Nov, 2017 | 14:19h | UTC

2017 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults (free PDF)

See also: High Blood Pressure Guidelines Hub / Executive Summary / ACC/AHA Slide Set / ACC Key Points to Remember (free resources)

 

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Guideline: Bipolar disorder

20 Nov, 2017 | 14:08h | UTC

NICE Guideline: Bipolar disorder: assessment and management (free)

 

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Exercise guidelines for adults with spinal cord injury

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:37h | UTC

Evidence-based scientific exercise guidelines for adults with spinal cord injury: an update and a new guideline – Spinal Cord (free)

 

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Clinical guideline for treatment of kidney cancer

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:35h | UTC

2017 SEOM clinical guideline for treatment of kidney cancer – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

 

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Guideline: Recommendations for the follow-up care of female breast cancer survivors

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:33h | UTC

Recommendations for the follow-up care of female breast cancer survivors: a guideline of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM), Spanish Society of General Medicine (SEMERGEN), Spanish Society for Family and Community Medicine (SEMFYC), Spanish Society for General and Family Physicians (SEMG), Spanish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SEGO), Spanish Society of Radiation Oncology (SEOR), Spanish Society of Senology and Breast Pathology (SESPM), and Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC) (free)

 

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Clinical guidelines for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:34h | UTC

2017 SEOM clinical guidelines for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

 

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Clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of glioblastoma

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:32h | UTC

2017 SEOM clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of glioblastoma – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

 

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Clinical guidelines for anaplastic gliomas

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:31h | UTC

2017 SEOM clinical guidelines for anaplastic gliomas – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

 

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Clinical guideline of diagnosis and management of low-grade glioma

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:33h | UTC

2017 SEOM clinical guideline of diagnosis and management of low-grade glioma – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

 

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Guideline: Hairy Cell Leukemia

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:20h | UTC

Hairy Cell Leukemia, Version 2.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (free)

 

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Guideline: Central Nervous System Cancers

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:19h | UTC

NCCN Guidelines Insights: Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 1.2017 (free)

 

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Guideline: lung cancer management

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:17h | UTC

Saudi lung cancer management guidelines 2017 – Annals of Thoracic Medicine (free)

 

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Guidelines for scoring the histopathological growth patterns of liver metastasis

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:21h | UTC

International consensus guidelines for scoring the histopathological growth patterns of liver metastasis – British Journal of Cancer (free)

 

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Clinical guideline for the management of malignant melanoma

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:16h | UTC

2017 SEOM clinical guideline for the management of malignant melanoma – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

 

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Guidelines for the Management of Multiligamentous Injuries of the Knee

14 Nov, 2017 | 20:10h | UTC

Practice Guidelines for the Management of Multiligamentous Injuries of the Knee – Indian Journal of Orthopaedics (free)

 

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