Guidelines & Reports
Practice Guidelines on Intrauterine Adhesions
30 Aug, 2017 | 18:11h | UTCSource: Medscape New Guidelines and Recommendations (free registration required)
Guidelines for the management of acute joint bleeds and chronic synovitis in haemophilia
30 Aug, 2017 | 18:10h | UTCSource: Medscape New Guidelines and Recommendations (free registration required)
Recommendations and Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Ultrasound
30 Aug, 2017 | 18:09h | UTCSource: Medscape New Guidelines and Recommendations (free registration required)
Guideline: Stereotactic body radiation therapy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer
30 Aug, 2017 | 18:11h | UTCCommentary: ASTRO Guidelines on Stereotactic Radiation in Early NSCLC – Medscape (free registration required)
Guidelines: Medication Algorithms for Depressive Disorder
30 Aug, 2017 | 18:01h | UTC
Proposal Guidelines for Standardized Operating Procedures of Brain Autopsy
30 Aug, 2017 | 17:58h | UTC
Guideline: Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
30 Aug, 2017 | 18:00h | UTCPancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Version 2.2017, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology – JNCCN (free)
Related: Potentially Curable Pancreatic Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update (free) AND Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Summary (free) AND Locally Advanced Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Summary (free)
Guidelines: Thyroid Nodule Molecular Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology Diagnostics
30 Aug, 2017 | 17:59h | UTC
Guidelines for emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias
29 Aug, 2017 | 15:03h | UTC
Management Guidelines for Metal-on-metal Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty
29 Aug, 2017 | 15:02h | UTC
Guideline: diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in men
29 Aug, 2017 | 15:04h | UTC
Clinical practice guidelines for congenital hyperinsulinism
29 Aug, 2017 | 15:02h | UTCClinical practice guidelines for congenital hyperinsulinism – Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology (free)
Guideline: Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clical Care Standard
29 Aug, 2017 | 15:00h | UTCOsteoarthritis of the Knee Clical Care Standard – Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (PDF Guideline and other resources)
Source: Research Review Australia (free resource to find articles of interest)
#ESCCongress – 2017 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation
27 Aug, 2017 | 20:11h | UTC2017 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation: The Task Force for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (free) (RT @rafavidalperez see Tweet)
Commentary: ESC Updates Guidelines for Treating STEMI Patients – TCTMD (free)
See also: #ESCCongress Slides (free PPT file)
#ESCCongress – 2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease
27 Aug, 2017 | 20:12h | UTC2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease (free) (RT @rafavidalperez see Tweet)
Commentary: European Societies Issue New Valvular Heart Disease Guidelines, With Important Shifts – TCTMD (free)
See also: #ESCCongress Slides (free PPT file)
#ESCCongress – 2017 ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Diseases
27 Aug, 2017 | 20:10h | UTC2017 ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Diseases, in collaboration with the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS): Document covering atherosclerotic disease of extracranial carotid and vertebral, mesenteric, renal, upper and lower extremity arteries (free) (RT @rafavidalperez see Tweet)
See also: #ESCCongress Slides (free PPT file)
#ESCCongress – 2017 ESC focused update on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease
27 Aug, 2017 | 20:09h | UTC2017 ESC focused update on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease developed in collaboration with EACTS (free) (RT @rafavidalperez see Tweet)
See also: #ESCCongress Slides (free PPT file)
Using mesh does not improve results in vaginal prolapse surgery
26 Aug, 2017 | 19:58h | UTCUsing mesh does not improve results in vaginal prolapse surgery – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Mesh, graft, or standard repair for women having primary transvaginal anterior or posterior compartment prolapse surgery: two parallel-group, multicentre, randomised, controlled trials (PROSPECT) – The Lancet (free) AND Commentary: Mesh, graft, or standard repair for prolapse surgery? – The Lancet (free)
“About 12% of vaginal prolapse patients had complications from surgery using mesh” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Guideline: Japanese workplace health management in pneumoconiosis prevention
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:09h | UTCJapanese workplace health management in pneumoconiosis prevention – Journal of Occupational Health (free)
Guideline: treatment of hypertension in people with diabetes
24 Aug, 2017 | 23:17h | UTCDiabetes and Hypertension: A Position Statement by the American Diabetes Association (free) (RT @Abraham_RMI and @ADA_Journals see Tweet)
Commentary: ADA Offers Position Statement on Diabetes and Hypertension – AJMC (free)
“the guideline continues the advice that most patients with diabetes should be treated to a blood pressure goal of <140/90 mm Hg; a goal of <130/80 can be considered for patients who have other cardiovascular risk factors” (from AJMC)
Report: Global Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease
24 Aug, 2017 | 23:16h | UTCEditorial: Rheumatic Heart Disease — An Iceberg in Tropical Waters (free) (RT @NEJM see Tweet with interesting table)
Quick Take Video Summary: What is the Global Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease? (free)
Commentary: Death rates from rheumatic heart disease falling since 1990 – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Guideline: use of imaging in the clinical management of peripheral joint osteoarthritis
24 Aug, 2017 | 23:09h | UTC
Tranexamic acid reduces risk of death from bleeding after childbirth
24 Aug, 2017 | 23:03h | UTCDrug reduces deaths from bleeding after childbirth – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Effect of early tranexamic acid administration on mortality, hysterectomy, and other morbidities in women with post-partum haemorrhage (WOMAN): an international, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial – The Lancet (free) and Editorial: WOMAN: reducing maternal deaths with tranexamic acid (free)
“Tranexamic acid reduces risk of death from bleeding after childbirth by 31% when given within three hours”. (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Report: global burden of lower respiratory tract infections
24 Aug, 2017 | 23:07h | UTC8 – Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of lower respiratory tract infections in 195 countries: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 – Lancet Infectious Diseases (free) (RT @simonihay and @IHME_UW see Tweet)
Invited commentary: Measuring progress on preventing pneumonia deaths: are we there yet? (free)
Guideline: serrated polyps in the colon and rectum
24 Aug, 2017 | 23:07h | UTC