Guidelines & Reports
Guideline – Faltering growth: recognition and management of faltering growth in children
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:28h | UTCNICE Guideline: Faltering growth: recognition and management of faltering growth in children (free)
News Release: Allow underweight children to be ‘messy’ with their food, says NICE (free)
See also: Faltering growth in children: summary of NICE guidance – The BMJ (free infographic and key points – $ for full-text)
Report: Preparing Airports for Communicable Diseases on Arriving Flights
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:24h | UTCPreparing Airports for Communicable Diseases on Arriving Flights – The National Academies Press (free PDF)
A Scientific Statement: Meditation and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:26h | UTCNews releases: Meditation may decrease the risk of heart disease – AHA News (free) AND Meditation might be useful addition to heart-healthy lifestyle and medical treatment – AHA / ASA Newsroom (free)
Commentary: AHA: Meditation Might Lower Cardiovascular Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Statement on the Impact of Utilization Management Policies for Cancer Drug Therapies
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:20h | UTCCommentary: ASCO on Utilization Policies for Ca Therapy – Oncology Practice (free registration required)
Guideline: standardised procedures for ultrasound imaging in rheumatology
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:38h | UTCCommentary: New EULAR Guidance for Ultrasonography in Rheumatology – Medscape (free registration required)
Survivorship – NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:39h | UTCSurvivorship, Version 2.2017, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (free)
Guideline: A Treatment Algorithm for Emergent Invasive Cardiac Procedures in the Resuscitated Comatose Patient
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:38h | UTCCommentary: Cardiac Arrest: A Treatment Algorithm for Emergent Invasive Cardiac Procedures in the Resuscitated Comatose Patient – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Guidelines for the prevention of travel-associated illness in older adults
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:25h | UTC
Guideline: Systemic therapy in incurable gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:23h | UTC
Guideline: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:22h | UTCNCCN Guidelines Insights: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Version 1.2017 (free)
Guideline: Treating tobacco dependence
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:19h | UTC
Guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:18h | UTCEuropean guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia – European Sleep Research Society (free)
Guidelines: Diagnosis and management of Raynaud’s phenomenon
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:14h | UTCESVM guidelines: the diagnosis and management of Raynaud’s phenomenon (free PDF)
Guidelines for autopsy investigation of sudden cardiac death
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:16h | UTC
Guidelines for procedural sedation and analgesia in adults
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:17h | UTC
Draft Recommendation Statement: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:07h | UTCCommentaries: USPSTF Draft Recommendations for Falls and Fracture Prevention – Medscape (free registration required) AND USPSTF Draft Statement: Vitamin D Supplements No Longer Recommended to Prevent Falls in Seniors – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Related guidelines: Falls in older people: assessing risk and prevention – NICE (free) AND Evidence-based guidelines for fall prevention in Korea (free) AND Summary of the Updated American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice Guideline for Prevention of Falls in Older Persons (free PDF) AND Management of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Clinical Guidance Statement From the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association (free) AND Prevention of fall-related injuries in the elderly: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline (free)
Pregnant Women Should Still Get The Flu Vaccine, Doctors Advise
27 Sep, 2017 | 13:58h | UTCPregnant Women Should Still Get The Flu Vaccine, Doctors Advise – NPR (free)
Statement: It is Safe to Receive Flu Shot During Pregnancy – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)
See original study showing a possible association between flu vaccine and miscarriage in our September 21st issue (see #6)
Clinical Report: Infectious Diseases Associated With Organized Sports and Outbreak Control
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:00h | UTCNews release: AAP Offers New Guidance on Preventing Spread of Infectious Diseases Associated with Organized Sports (free)
Commentary: When Athletes Share Infections – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Mapping under-5 and neonatal mortality in Africa
27 Sep, 2017 | 13:59h | UTCCommentaries: Precision public health: mapping child mortality in Africa – The Lancet (free) AND ‘Precision public health:’ 5 x 5 kilometer mapping identifies significant differences in child deaths throughout Africa – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Report: The path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030
25 Sep, 2017 | 22:21h | UTCThe path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030: the Lancet Commission on the future of health in sub-Saharan Africa – The Lancet (free registration required)
Invited commentaries: Africa and health: a Commission to accelerate success (free registration required) AND Longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030: perspectives and action of WHO AFRO (free registration required)
Guideline: Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Adults With ST-Elevation and Non–ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
24 Sep, 2017 | 21:36h | UTC
Blood test and ECG may safely rule out heart attack
24 Sep, 2017 | 21:31h | UTCBlood test and ECG may safely rule out heart attack – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Rapid Rule-out of Acute Myocardial Infarction With a Single High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Measurement Below the Limit of Detection: A Collaborative Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text) and Commentary: High-sensitivity troponin T result may help rule out of myocardial infarction – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Guideline: interstitial lung disease
24 Sep, 2017 | 21:28h | UTC
Guideline: Perioperative intravenous fluid therapy in children
24 Sep, 2017 | 20:21h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guidelines for the prudent use of antimicrobials in human health
24 Sep, 2017 | 20:22h | UTCEU Guidelines for the prudent use of antimicrobials in human health – European Comission (free PDF)