Guidelines & Reports
Clinical guidelines for anaplastic gliomas
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:31h | UTC2017 SEOM clinical guidelines for anaplastic gliomas – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)
Clinical guideline of diagnosis and management of low-grade glioma
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:33h | UTC
Guideline: Hairy Cell Leukemia
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:20h | UTCHairy Cell Leukemia, Version 2.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (free)
Guideline: Central Nervous System Cancers
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:19h | UTCNCCN Guidelines Insights: Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 1.2017 (free)
Guideline: lung cancer management
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:17h | UTCSaudi lung cancer management guidelines 2017 – Annals of Thoracic Medicine (free)
Guidelines for scoring the histopathological growth patterns of liver metastasis
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:21h | UTC
Clinical guideline for the management of malignant melanoma
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:16h | UTC
Guidelines for the Management of Multiligamentous Injuries of the Knee
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:10h | UTC
Book: Major Infectious Diseases – Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition
11 Nov, 2017 | 19:22h | UTCBook: Major Infectious Diseases: Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (free)
Press Release: Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition Launches Major Infectious Diseases Volume (free)
Previous volumes: 1 – Essential Surgery / 2 – Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health / 3 – Cancer / 4 – Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders / 5 – Injury Prevention and Environmental Health (all free)
Guideline: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
11 Nov, 2017 | 19:21h | UTCInflammatory Bowel Disease, 4th Edition – Australian Guidelines for General Practitioners and Physicians (free PDF)
Source: Gastroenterology Research Review Australia
European guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
11 Nov, 2017 | 19:14h | UTCEuropean guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis (free PDF articles):
– Patients with preexisting coagulation disorders and after severe perioperative bleeding
– Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
– Surgery in the obese patient
– Surgery during pregnancy and the immediate postpartum period
– Day surgery and fast-track surgery
– Chronic treatments with antiplatelet agents
– Aspirin
Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure
11 Nov, 2017 | 19:11h | UTC
Guideline: Multimodality Appropriate Use Criteria for Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging
11 Nov, 2017 | 19:07h | UTC
Clinical Practice Guideline of The Korean Diabetes Association
11 Nov, 2017 | 19:08h | UTCClinical Practice Guideline of The Korean Diabetes Association (free articles):
– Antihyperglycemic Agent Therapy for Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 2017
– Insulin Therapy for Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
– Monotherapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
– Combination Therapy of Oral Hypoglycemic Agents in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
2017 American Heart Association Focused Updates on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
11 Nov, 2017 | 17:16h | UTCNews Release and Summary: More Cardiac Arrest Victims Could Survive with Dispatcher CPR Instruction, Rescue Breaths for Children (free)
See Guidelines: 2017 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations Summary (free PDF) AND 2017 American Heart Association Focused Update on Adult Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality (free PDF) AND 2017 American Heart Association Focused Update on Pediatric Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality (free PDF)
Top Ten Things to Know: AHA Focused Update on Adult and Pediatric Basic Life Support and CPR Quality (free PDF)
WHO guidelines on use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals
11 Nov, 2017 | 17:15h | UTCNews release: Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance (free)
Related Article: Restricting the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals and its associations with antibiotic resistance in food-producing animals and human beings: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Planetary Health (free) and Editorial: Antimicrobial use and resistance in animals and human beings (free)
Commentaries: WHO calls for restrictions on use of antibiotics in food animal production – STAT (free) AND WHO Moves to Contain Superbugs on the Farm – Scientific American (free) WHO calls for an end to antibiotic use in healthy animals – CIDRAP (free)
Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research
11 Nov, 2017 | 19:06h | UTCTraumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research – The Lancet Neurology (free registration required)
Being overweight or obese is linked with heart disease even without other metabolic risk factors
11 Nov, 2017 | 18:57h | UTCBeing overweight or obese is linked with heart disease even without other metabolic risk factors – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Separate and combined associations of obesity and metabolic health with coronary heart disease: a pan-European case-cohort analysis – European Heart Journal (free)
Consensus Statement: Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects
11 Nov, 2017 | 18:33h | UTCCommentaries: All babies in Europe should be screened for heart defects at birth – OnMedica (free) AND Call for Europe-wide screening of babies for heart defects – MedicalXpress (free)
Draft Recommendation: Screening Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures
11 Nov, 2017 | 17:12h | UTCCommentary: New USPSTF Draft Recommendations for Osteoporosis Screening – Medscape (free registration required)
Guidelines Synopsis: Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
11 Nov, 2017 | 17:06h | UTCClinical Guidelines Synopsis: Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – JAMA (free)
Original Guideline: GOLD 2017 Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD (free PDF)
Related Guidelines: Final Recommendation Statement: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free) AND Diagnosis and Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline Update from the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, and European Respiratory Society (free)
Alcohol and Cancer: A Statement of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
11 Nov, 2017 | 17:08h | UTCCommentaries: Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Cutting back on alcohol can prevent cancers: experts – Reuters (free) ASCO links alcohol to cancer, calls for reduced consumption – eCancer News (free)
The Burden of Group B Streptococcus Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children
11 Nov, 2017 | 17:04h | UTCThe Burden of Group B Streptococcus Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children – Clinical Infectious Diseases Supplement (free articles)
Commentaries: Group B Streptococcus infection causes an estimated 150,000 preventable stillbirths and infant deaths every year – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND Streptococcus vaccine ‘could prevent over 100,000 baby deaths worldwide’ – The Guardian (free)
Patient Safety in the Office-Based Practice Setting
11 Nov, 2017 | 17:02h | UTCPosition Paper: Patient Safety in the Office-Based Practice Setting – American College of Physicians (free PDF)
Commentaries: ACP says patient safety must be improved in office-based practice setting – American College of Physicians, via EurekAlert (free) AND ACP: Recommendations for Improving Patient Safety in Ambulatory Settings – MPR (free)
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)