En la actualidad, las guías basadas en la evidencia constituyen una de las herramientas más útiles para mejorar la salud pública y la práctica clínica. Su finalidad es formular intervenciones con sólidas pruebas de eficacia, evitar riesgos innecesarios, utilizar los recursos de forma eficiente, di...
The larval stage of the parasite Taenia solium can encyst in the central nervous system causing neurocysticercosis, which is the main cause of acquired epilepsy in the countries in which the parasite is endemic. Endemic areas are those with the presence (or likely presence) of the full life cycle of Taen...
O'Malley, Patrick G;
Arnold, Michael J;
Pharm, Cathy Kelley;
Spacek, Lance;
Buelt, Andrew;
Natarajan, Sundar;
Donahue, Mark P;
Vagichev, Elena;
Ballard-Hernandez, Jennifer;
Logan, Amanda;
Thomas, Lauren;
Ritter, Joan;
Neubauer, Brian E;
Downs, John R.
In June 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released a joint update of their clinical practice guideline for managing dyslipidemia to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in adults. This synopsis describes the major recommendations. The guideline panel de...
A potentially severe acute respiratory infection caused by the novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).[1] The clinical presentation is generally that of a respiratory infection
with a symptom severity ranging from a mild common cold-like illness, to a severe viral ...
Betacoronavirus/patogenicidad,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/diagnóstico por imagen,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/complicaciones,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/tratamiento farmacológico,
Neumonía Viral/diagnóstico por imagen,
Neumonía Viral/tratamiento farmacológico,
Neumonía Viral/complicaciones,
Pandemias/estadística & datos numéricos,
Brote de los Síntomas,
Grupos de Riesgo,
China/epidemiología,
Neumonía Asociada a la Atención Médica/diagnóstico,
Personal de Salud/organización & administración,
Portador Sano/transmisión,
Transmisión Vertical de Enfermedad Infecciosa/prevención & control
Esta guía de práctica clínica provee recomendaciones informadas por la evidencia para la identificación de marcadores y factores de riesgo de mortalidad de los pacientes críticos, control de la infección, recolección de muestras, cuidado de soporte (ventilatorio y hemodinámico), tratamiento farma...
Thoracic aortic diseases, including disease of the descending thoracic aorta (DTA), are significant causes of death in the United States. Open repair of DTA is a physiologically impactful operation with relatively high rates of mortality, paraplegia, and renal failure. Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repa...
This clinical practice guideline provides evidence-informed recommendations for infection control, specimen collection, supportive care, pharmacological treatment, and prevention of complications.
The recommendations are directed to all health care staff who deal with patients in emergency departments an...
This guideline represents an important step toward clarifying the evidence regarding the management of patients with hypertension within the VA/DoD primary care settings. As with other clinical practice guidelines, challenges remain, such as evidence gaps, the need to develop effective strategies for gui...
DESCRIPTION: In April 2017, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) approved a joint clinical practice guideline for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS: The VA/DoD Evidence-Based Practice Work Group convened a joint VA/DoD guideline developme...
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2,
Diabetes Mellitus,
Biomarcadores/sangre,
Glucemia/metabolismo,
Angiopatías Diabéticas/prevención & control,
Fructosamina/sangre,
Hemoglobina Glucada/metabolismo,
Hipoglucemiantes/uso terapéutico,
Esperanza de Vida,
Prioridad del Paciente,
Atención Dirigida al Paciente,
Hemoglobina Glucada,
Hipoglucemiantes
Birkmeyer, John D;
Bronner, Kristen K;
Bubolz, Thomas A;
Campbell, Diane E;
Fisher, Elliott S;
O’Connor, Gerald T;
Poage, James F;
Sharp, Sandra M;
Skinner, Jonathan S;
Stukel, Thérèse A;
Wennberg, David E.
The United States leads the world, by a substantial measure, in its monetary commitment to medical care. If, as we have long believed, more care is better care, then American medicine must surely be the best in the world. But where is the “best” of American medicine?
Previous editions of the Atlas h...
