Guidelines & Reports
Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Waldenström Macroglobulinemia
12 Oct, 2017 | 17:48h | UTC
Guidelines on Guild Abuse, Neglect and Maltreatment
11 Oct, 2017 | 01:42h | UTCNew NICE Guidelines on Guild Abuse, Neglect and Maltreatment
– Child abuse and neglect – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
News release: Responding to child abuse and neglect – a view from NICE (free)
Guideline: Treatment for Acute Cough Associated With the Common Cold
11 Oct, 2017 | 01:43h | UTCSee also other recent CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in specific populations: 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)
Guideline: advanced prostate cancer
9 Oct, 2017 | 20:53h | UTC
Guideline – International society of sports nutrition position stand: nutrient timing
9 Oct, 2017 | 20:47h | UTC
Report: Trends in Incidence of Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:40h | UTCNews Release: Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States (free)
Commentaries: Excessive Weight Gain, Obesity, and Cancer Opportunities for Clinical Intervention – JAMA Viewpoint (free) AND Cancer: 40 percent of all cases related to obesity, overweight – Medical News Today (free)
Simple preventive actions by parents linked to fewer child injuries
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:42h | UTCSimple preventive actions by parents linked to fewer child injuries – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Keeping Children Safe: a multicentre programme of research to increase the evidence base for preventing unintentional injuries in the home in the under-fives – Programme Grants for Applied Research (free)
“Children more than twice as likely to attend hospital for stair falls if safety gate not used. Home hazards studied” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
New Choosing Wisely Recommendations – American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Endocrinology & Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:35h | UTCNew Choosing Wisely Recommendations
Choosing Wisely US: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question: American Academy of Pediatrics – Section on Endocrinology (free) AND Commentary: Choosing Wisely: 5 Pediatric Endocrinology Tests to Avoid – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Choosing Wisely Canada: Nine Things Nurse Practitioners and Patients Should Question – Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada (free)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
Guidelines for the Management of Congenital Heart Diseases in Childhood and Adolescence
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:26h | UTC
Report – Ending Cholera: A Global Roadmap to 2030
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:20h | UTCEnding Cholera: A Global Roadmap to 2030 – World Health Organization (free) (RT @Onisillos)
News release: Partners commit to reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030 (free)
See also: WHO’s work on cholera (free resources)
Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:16h | UTCSource: Critical Care Review Newsletter
Guidelines of Insulin Pump Therapy and Continuous Glucose Monitor Management of Diabetes
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:17h | UTCKeeping Up with the Diabetes Technology: 2016 Endocrine Society Guidelines of Insulin Pump Therapy and Continuous Glucose Monitor Management of Diabetes – Current Diabetes Reports (free) – checar acesso
Guidelines for diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal stromal tumor
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:16h | UTCChinese consensus guidelines for diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (free)
Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency
3 Oct, 2017 | 21:54h | UTC
Guidelines for Diagnostic Imaging During Pregnancy and Lactation
3 Oct, 2017 | 21:52h | UTCSee also: Guideline Summary
Guideline for the management of adults with primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
3 Oct, 2017 | 21:51h | UTCSee also: Guideline Summary (free)
Commentary: Guidelines for treatment of primary Sjögren’s syndrome: a first useful stone but still much to do – Rheumatology (free)
Choosing Wisely Canada: Nine Things Nurse Practitioners and Patients Should Question
1 Oct, 2017 | 16:17h | UTCNew Guide from Choosing Wisely Canada: Nine Things Nurse Practitioners and Patients Should Question – Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada (free)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
Guideline: Preventive chemotherapy to control soil-transmitted helminth infections in at-risk population groups
1 Oct, 2017 | 16:07h | UTCNews release: WHO recommends large-scale deworming to improve children’s health and nutrition (free)
Infographic: WHO publishes recommendations for large-scale deworming to improve children’s health and nutrition (free)
See also: WHO intestinal worms website (free resources) AND Fact sheet: Soil-transmitted helminth infections (free)
International Day of Older Persons – 1st October 2017
1 Oct, 2017 | 16:06h | UTCInternational Day of Older Persons – 1st October 2017: Health services must stop leaving older people behind – World Health Organization (free)
Related Guideline: WHO Guidelines on Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) – World Health Organization (free)
See also WHO’s work on ageing
Guideline: Hurricane Season Public Health Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
1 Oct, 2017 | 15:22h | UTCCommentary: CDC issues guidance on storm recovery – Reuters (free)
Guideline: Quality standards in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
1 Oct, 2017 | 15:08h | UTCCommentary: Standards for Upper GI Endoscopy Released – Medscape (free registration required)
Guideline: Colorectal polypectomy and endoscopic mucosal resection
1 Oct, 2017 | 14:54h | UTC
Position Statement: Energy and sports drinks in children and adolescents
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:42h | UTCEnergy and sports drinks in children and adolescents – Canadian Paediatric Society (free)
Commentaries: Energy, sports drinks should be avoided by children and teens, Canadian Paediatric Society warns – The Globe and Mail (free) AND Sports drinks and energy drinks unhealthy for kids and teens, Canadian pediatricians say – CBCNews (free)
Local nerve blocks can improve outcomes for people with hip fracture
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:43h | UTCLocal nerve blocks can improve outcomes for people with hip fracture – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Peripheral nerve blocks for hip fractures – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“One case of pneumonia prevented for every 7 hip fracture patients given pain relief with nerve block” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Guideline: Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:27h | UTCNICE Guideline: Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management (free)
News Release: Test children’s urine before prescribing antibiotics for UTIs, says NICE (free)