Guidelines & Reports
Guidelines for treatment of HIV-positive adults
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:43h | UTCEuropean Guidelines for treatment of HIV-positive adults – European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS)
Commentary: New EACS treatment guidelines – Aidsmap (free) AND EACS updates HIV guidelines for adults – Healio (free registration required)
Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:40h | UTCCardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition – The Lancet (free registration required)
Choosing Wisely: Twenty Things Physicians and Patients Should Question
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:34h | UTCChoosing Wisely: Twenty Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – American Society for Clinical Pathology (free)
Commentary: More Lab Tests Deemed Inappropriate – Medscape (free registration required)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
Guideline: Familial hypercholesterolaemia
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:37h | UTCFamilial hypercholesterolaemia: identification and management – NICE Guideline (free)
News release: Inherited risk of high cholesterol should be identified and treated as early as possible, NICE says in updated guidance (free)
Report: Cancer incidence and mortality among young adults aged 20–39 years worldwide in 2012
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:35h | UTCCommentaries: Reducing the global cancer burden among young adults – The Lancet Oncology (free) AND Global burden of cancer among young adults aged 20–39 years – eCancer News (free) AND Cancer in Young Adults Disproportionately Affects Women – Medical Research (free)
Guideline: Treatment and Outcome of Hemorrhagic Transformation After Intravenous Alteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:36h | UTCCommentary: Intracranial Hemorrhage After Stroke Thrombolysis: More Questions Than Answers (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Treatment and Outcome of Hemorrhagic Transformation After Intravenous Alteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke (free PDF)
Slide Set: Treatment and Outcome of Hemorrhagic Transformation After Intravenous Alteplase in AIS (free PDF)
Related AHA/ASA Guidelines: Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke (free) AND Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (free)
Guideline: The diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:29h | UTC
Guideline – Glaucoma: diagnosis and management
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:12h | UTCGlaucoma: diagnosis and management – NICE Guideline (free)
News release: People at a low risk of developing glaucoma can avoid unnecessary referral, says NICE (free)
Guideline: The Care of Children With Congenital Heart Disease in Their Primary Medical Home
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:29h | UTCThe Care of Children With Congenital Heart Disease in Their Primary Medical Home – Pediatrics (free)
Aspirin reduces a woman’s chance of developing pre-eclampsia in pregnancy
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:02h | UTCAspirin reduces a woman’s chance of developing pre-eclampsia in pregnancy – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Aspirin versus Placebo in Pregnancies at High Risk for Preterm Preeclampsia – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Updated WHO recommendation on intravenous tranexamic acid for the treatment of post-partum haemorrhage
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:08h | UTC
Vaginal cleansing before caesarean delivery reduces risk of infections
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:00h | UTCVaginal cleansing before caesarean delivery reduces risk of infections – NIHR signal (free)
Original article: Vaginal Cleansing Before Cesarean Delivery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Obstetrics & Gynecology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Lancet Countdown: Traking Progress on Health and Climate Change
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:00h | UTCLancet Countdown: Traking Progress on Health and Climate Change (free infographics, video and other resources)
Report: The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health (free registration required)
Commentaries: Health impacts of climate change already felt today – Imperial College London (free) AND How Climate Change Is Already Affecting Health, Spreading Disease – NPR Goats and Soda (free) AND Climate change already bringing disease, air pollution and heatwaves – The Guardian (free) AND Climate change isn’t just hurting the planet – it’s a public health emergency – The Guardian (free)
Joint statement for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:56h | UTC
Classification of Cough as a Symptom in Adults and Management Algorithms
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:39h | UTCSee also other recent CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in specific populations: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Acute Cough Associated With the Common Cold – CHEST Expert Panel Report (free) AND Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults (free) AND Symptomatic Treatment of Cough Among Adult Patients With Lung Cancer (free) AND Cough in the athlete (free) AND Occupational and Environmental Contributions to Chronic Cough in Adults (free) AND Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough (free) AND Use of Management Pathways or Algorithms in Children With Chronic Cough: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free) AND Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free)
WHO Global tuberculosis report 2017
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:38h | UTCGlobal tuberculosis report 2017 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News release: WHO report signals urgent need for greater political commitment to end tuberculosis (free)
Commentaries: Tuberculosis world’s top infectious killer; UN health agency calls for political action to stop spread – UN News Center (free) AND Pandemic alert: Tuberculosis is world’s No. 1 infectious killer – CNBC (free) Despite progress, WHO paints ‘grim’ picture of global TB – CIDRAP (free)
Guideline for Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:37h | UTCNews release: Societies Detail Treatment for Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias (free)
See also: Executive summary (free PDF) AND Top Ten Things to Know (free PDF) AND Slide Set (free PDF)
Book: Injury Prevention and Environmental Health
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:25h | UTCInjury Prevention and Environmental Health – Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (free)
Press Release: Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition Launches Volume on Injury Prevention & Environmental Health (free)
Previous volumes: 1 – Essential Surgery / 2 – Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health / 3 – Cancer / 4 – Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders
Guideline: Cystic fibrosis
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:23h | UTCNICE Guideline: Cystic fibrosis: diagnosis and management (free)
News release: People with cystic fibrosis could be monitored through phone or video messaging, says NICE (free)
Guideline: Acute Sinusitis
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:24h | UTCNICE Guideline: Sinusitis (acute): antimicrobial prescribing (free)
News release: Antibiotics should not be used to treat the majority of sinus infections, NICE says (free)
Guideline: Cataracts in adults
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:22h | UTCNICE Guideline: Cataracts in adults: management (free)
News release: Take a patient-centred approach to treating cataracts, says NICE (free)
Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:21h | UTCSee also: Summary of KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors (free)
News release: KDIGO Guidelines on Living Kidney Donors: A Call for A Paradigm Shift (free)
Guideline: Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:40h | UTCResponding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused – World Health Organization (free)
News release: Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused (free)
Guideline: Screening for Lung Cancer
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:32h | UTCNews release: American College of Chest Physicians unveils new lung cancer screening guidelines at CHEST 2017 (free)
Terbinafine is probably first choice oral drug for fungal toenail infection
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:31h | UTCTerbinafine is probably first choice oral drug for fungal toenail infection – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Oral antifungal medication for toenail onychomycosis – Cochrane Library (free)