Guidelines & Reports
Screening for Thyroid Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement
10 May, 2017 | 18:29h | UTCScreening for Thyroid Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)
Editorial 1: The USPSTF Recommendation on Thyroid Cancer Screening: Don’t “Check Your Neck” (free)
Editorial 2: Cancer Screening, Overdiagnosis, and Regulatory Capture (free)
Editorial 3: How to Look for Thyroid Cancer (free)
Commentaries: No Symptoms, No Thyroid Screening, Says USPSTF – Medscape (free registration required) AND Don’t Screen For Thyroid Cancer, Task Force Says – NPR Health News (free) AND USPSTF Says No to Thyroid Cancer Screening – MedPage Today (free registration required)
The USPSTF recommended against screening for thyroid cancer in asymptomatic adults with “grade D” recommendation (Grade D = “The USPSTF recommends against the service. There is moderate or high certainty that the service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh the benefits”).
Intravenous fluid therapy in adults in hospital – NICE Guideline
9 May, 2017 | 20:45h | UTC
Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain
10 May, 2017 | 18:26h | UTCGuideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) (RT @IrfanDhalla and @jendlake see Tweet)
Guideline for the Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Children
10 May, 2017 | 18:24h | UTC
Noncommunicable diseases: the slow-motion disaster
9 May, 2017 | 18:21h | UTCNoncommunicable diseases: the slow-motion disaster – World Health Organization (free)
Related WHO resources: Other dimensions of the NCD crisis: from mental health, ageing, dementia and malnutrition to deaths on the roads, violence and disability (free) AND Tools for implementing WHO PEN (Package of essential noncommunicable disease interventions) (free) AND WHO’s work on NCDs (free)
Source: Noncommunicable Diseases: A Global ‘Slow-Motion Disaster’ – Medscape (free registration required)
Type 2 diabetes in adults: management – NICE Guideline
9 May, 2017 | 20:44h | UTC
UN Global Road Safety Week, 8-14 May 2017
9 May, 2017 | 18:20h | UTCUN Global Road Safety Week, 8-14 May 2017 – World Health Organization
Press release 1: Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week 2017, 8-14 May 2017 (free)
Press release 2: Speed management key to saving lives, making cities more livable (free)
New WHO Report: Save LIVES: a road safety technical package (free)
WHO campaign: “Road Safety: Around 1.25 million people die every year on the world’s roads. Save lives, Slow Down!” (see Tweet) AND “Global Road Safety week: Excessive or inappropriate speed contributes to 1 in 3 road traffic fatalities, Slow Down!” (see Tweet).
New Osteoporosis Guidelines from ACP
9 May, 2017 | 18:19h | UTCCommentaries: ACP Updates Guidelines on Treating Low Bone Density, Osteoporosis – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND New ACP Guidelines on the Treatment of Osteoporosis – Medscape (free registration required)
Related guideline: UK clinical guideline for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis – Archives of Osteoporosis (free)
CDC updates Zika test guidance for pregnant women
6 May, 2017 | 20:33h | UTCCDC updates Zika test guidance for pregnant women – CIDRAP (free)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) related resources: CDC Zika Interim Response Plan (free) (RT @greg_folkers) AND CDC updates guidance on interpretation of Zika testing results for pregnant women AND Outcomes of Pregnancies with Laboratory Evidence of Possible Zika Virus Infection in the United States AND Prolonged IgM Antibody Response in People Infected with Zika Virus: Implications for Interpreting Serologic Testing Results for Pregnant Women (free)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017
5 May, 2017 | 20:29h | UTCCenters for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 – JAMA Surgery (free) (RT @jankluytmans and @CIDRAP_ASP see Tweet)
Invited commentary: Surgical Site Infection Prevention – What We Know and What We Do Not Know – JAMA Surgery (free)
Commentary: ‘Long-Awaited’ CDC Guidelines on SSI Prevention Released – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection 2016 – World Health Organization (free)
Preventing drowning: an implementation guide – World Health Organization
3 May, 2017 | 17:32h | UTCReport: Preventing drowning: an implementation guide – World Health Organization (free) (See @WHO Tweet 1 and Tweet 2)
Related publication: Global report on drowning: preventing a leading killer – World Health Organization (free)
ASCO Guideline on Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer
3 May, 2017 | 17:23h | UTCSource: ASCO Issues Guideline on Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer – Medscape (free registration required)
Updated Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection
3 May, 2017 | 17:25h | UTCUpdated Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection – AIDSInfo (free)
Embrace the facts about vaccines, not the myths – World Health Organization
3 May, 2017 | 17:30h | UTCEmbrace the facts about vaccines, not the myths – World Health Organization (free) (RT @gmacscotland see Tweet)
Related: The amazing power of vaccines, explained in 6 seconds – World Economic Forum (free) AND World Immunisation Week: The Rise of Anti-Vaccine Movement and What it Means for Public Health – Independent (free) (RT @LSHTMpress see Tweet)
See also our coverage on World Immunization Week in our April 25 issue, see #1.
Echocardiography and lung ultrasonography for the assessment and management of acute heart failure
2 May, 2017 | 17:18h | UTCExpert consensus document: Echocardiography and lung ultrasonography for the assessment and management of acute heart failure – Nature Reviews Cardiology (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guidelines for the Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies
1 May, 2017 | 16:47h | UTCNews release: Guidelines for the Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies (free)
Commentary: New guidelines for evaluating health tech: New guide for economic analysis of drugs and technology – CMAJ News (free)
Best practices guidelines for conducting economic evaluations of health care technologies, so that the information produced is standardized and of high quality and can effectively inform health care decision-making.
Management of Inherited Bleeding Disorders in Pregnancy
1 May, 2017 | 16:47h | UTC
UK guideline for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
1 May, 2017 | 16:50h | UTCUK clinical guideline for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis – Archives of Osteoporosis (free)
ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
1 May, 2017 | 16:51h | UTC2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure (free)
Commentaries: Societies Update Heart Failure Management Guidelines – Heart Failure Society of America (free) AND Societies Release HF Guideline Focused Update – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Guidelines for treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis and patient care
1 May, 2017 | 16:52h | UTCGuidelines for treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis and patient care (2017 update) – World Health Organization (free) (RT @paimadhusee Tweet)
Adjuvant Systemic Therapy and Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for Stage I to IIIA Completely Resected Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancers
1 May, 2017 | 16:48h | UTC
Guidelines For Management Of Dyslipidemia And Prevention Of Cardiovascular Disease
27 Apr, 2017 | 16:29h | UTCGuidelines For Management Of Dyslipidemia And Prevention Of Cardiovascular Disease – American Association Of Clinical Endocrinologists And American College Of Endocrinology (free PDF) (RT @greg_folkers)
Screening for Preeclampsia – USPSTF Recommendations
26 Apr, 2017 | 16:10h | UTCGuideline: Screening for Preeclampsia: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)
Evidence Report and Systematic Review: Preeclampsia Screening (free)
Editorial 1: Early Identification of Pregnant Women at Risk for Preeclampsia (free)
Editorial 2: Screening for Preeclampsia and the USPSTF Recommendations (free)
Editorial 3: Preeclampsia and Hypertension – Courting a Long While: Time to Make It Official (free)
“The USPSTF recommends screening for preeclampsia in all pregnant women with blood pressure measurements throughout pregnancy”
World Malaria Day, 25 April 2017 – World Health Organization
26 Apr, 2017 | 16:11h | UTCWorld Malaria Day, 25 April 2017 – World Health Organization (free)
Press release: Prevent malaria – save lives: WHO push for prevention on World Malaria Day, 25th April (free)
WHO Reports 2017: A framework for malaria elimination (free) AND Malaria prevention works: let’s close the gap – World Malaria Day 2017(free)
See also: WHO’s work on malaria (free)
Related: Mapping the End of Malaria – Gates Notes (free) (RT @glassmanamanda and @BillGates see Tweet) AND 7 Good Reads For #WorldMalariaDay – NPR Goats and Soda (free) AND Editorial: Is malaria elimination within reach? – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)
World Immunization Week, 24-30 April 2017
25 Apr, 2017 | 15:53h | UTCWorld Immunization Week, 24-30 April 2017 – World Health Organization (free)
Press release: World Immunization Week 2017 (free)
See also: WHO’s work on immunization (free)
“Increasing immunization globally could save an additional 1.5 million people every year”.