Guidelines & Reports
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
Splenic trauma guidelines for adult and pediatric patients
24 Aug, 2017 | 20:39h | UTC
ESO-ESMO guidelines for breast cancer in young women
24 Aug, 2017 | 20:37h | UTCESO-ESMO 3rd international consensus guidelines for breast cancer in young women (BCY3) – The Breast (free)
Guideline: EULAR recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis
24 Aug, 2017 | 20:36h | UTC
Guidelines: diagnosis and management of noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
22 Aug, 2017 | 20:27h | UTC
Guideline: Systemic Therapy for Stage IV Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
22 Aug, 2017 | 20:25h | UTCCommentary: ASCO Guideline on Stage IV NSCLC Therapy Updated – ASCO Post (free)
Guideline: Prevention of acute kidney injury and protection of renal function in the intensive care unit
22 Aug, 2017 | 19:48h | UTCExpert opinion of the Working Group on Prevention, AKI section, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Guideline: Newly diagnosed and relapsed mantle cell lymphoma
22 Aug, 2017 | 19:16h | UTC
Guideline: Chronic myeloid leukemia
22 Aug, 2017 | 19:14h | UTCChronic myeloid leukaemia: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up (free)
Related: NCCN Guidelines Insights: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Version 1.2017 (free)
Guideline: Antenatal Corticosteroid Therapy for Fetal Maturation
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:21h | UTCSee also: Summary
Related: Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND A dose of corticosteroids benefit most women anticipating a preterm delivery – NIHR Signals (free)
Guideline: Gastrointestinal Sarcomas (GIST)
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:13h | UTCGEIS guidelines for gastrointestinal sarcomas (GIST) – Cancer Treatment Reviews (free)
Related: UK clinical practice guidelines for the management of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) – Clinical Sarcoma Research (free) AND SEOM Clinical Guideline for gastrointestinal sarcomas (GIST) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)
Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Care Guideline
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:18h | UTC
Guideline: Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:16h | UTCGuideline: Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)
See also: Summary
Guideline: Treatment of older patients with acute myeloid leukemia
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:19h | UTC
Guideline: Living Donor Liver Transplant Recipient
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:12h | UTC
Guideline: Recommendations on Tracheostomized Children
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:19h | UTC
Guideline: Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:08h | UTCNews release: AAP issues new pediatric hypertension clinical practice guideline – AAP News (free)
Guideline: Management of Inherited Polyposis Syndromes
22 Aug, 2017 | 12:59h | UTC