This guideline covers diagnosing and managing multiple sclerosis in people aged 18 and over. It aims to improve the quality of life for adults with multiple sclerosis by promoting symptom management, comprehensive reviews and effective relapse treatment....
This guideline covers the assessment and early management of fever with no obvious cause in children aged under 5. It aims to improve clinical assessment and help healthcare professionals diagnose serious illness among young children who present with fever in primary and secondary care....
Bannuru, R. R;
Osani, M. C;
Vaysbrot, E. E;
Bennell, K.;
Kraus, V. B;
Lohmander, L. S;
Abbott, J. H;
Bhandari, M;
Blanco, F. J;
Espinosa, R;
Haugen, I. K;
Lin, J;
Mandl, L. A;
Moilanen, E;
Nakamura, N;
Snyder-Mackler, L;
Trojian, T;
Underwood, M;
McAlindon, T. E.
To update and expand upon prior Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) guidelines by developing patient-focused treatment recommendations for individuals with Knee, Hip, and Polyarticular osteoarthritis (OA) that are derived from expert consensus and based on objective review of high-quali...
This guideline covers investigating and managing gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) and dyspepsia in people aged 18 and over. It aims to improve the treatment of GORD and dyspepsia by making detailed recommendations on Helicobacter pylori eradication, and specifying when to consider laparoscopic fu...
Shroff, Rukshana;
Calder, Francis;
Bakkaloglu, Sevcan;
Nagler, Evi V;
Stuart, Sam;
Stronach, Lynsey;
P. Schmitt, Claus;
H. Heckert, Karl;
Bourquelot, Pierre;
Wagner, Ann-Marie;
Paglialonga, Fabio;
Mitra, Sandip;
Stefanidis, Constantinos J.
There are three principle forms of vascular access available for the treatment of children with end stage kidney
disease (ESKD) by haemodialysis: tunnelled catheters placed in a central vein (central venous lines, CVLs), arteriovenous fistulas (AVF), and arteriovenous grafts (AVG) using prosthetic orbiol...
For patients with acute respiratory insufficiency, mechanical ("invasive") ventilation is a fundamental therapeutic measure to ensure sufficient gas exchange. Despite decades of strong research efforts, central questions on mechanical ventilation therapy are still answered incompletely. Therefore, many d...
Overweight and obesity are an increasing health problem of the population all over the world, including in Estonia. According to the data of the Estonian adult population health behavior survey conducted in 2018, 40% of Estonian men and 26% of women are overweight, and 21% of men and 18% of women are obe...
Duijts, Liesbeth;
van Meel, Evelien R;
Moschino, Laura;
Baraldi, Eugenio;
Barnhoorn, Magda;
Bramer, Wichor M;
Bolton, Charlotte E;
Boyd, Jeanette;
Buchvald, Frederik;
del Cerro, Maria Jesus;
Colin, Andrew A;
Ersu, Refika;
Greenough, Anne;
Halvorsen, Thomas;
Gremmen, Christiaan;
Kamphuis, Juliette;
Kotecha, Sailesh;
Rooney-Otero, Kathleen;
Schulzke, Sven;
Wilson, Andrew;
Rigau, David;
Morgan, Rebecca L;
Tonia, Thomy;
Roehr, Charles C;
Pijnenburg, Marielle W.
This document provides recommendations for monitoring and treatment of children in whom bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) has been established and were discharged from the hospital, or who were older than 36 weeks of postmenstrual age. The guideline was based on pre-defined Population, Intervention, Com...
This guideline covers identifying and treating primary hypertension (high blood pressure) in people aged 18 and over, including people with type 2 diabetes. It aims to reduce the risk of cardiovascular problems such as heart attacks and strokes by helping healthcare professionals to diagnose hypertension...
To develop an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the prevention of oral mucositis in children (0-18 years) receiving treatment for cancer or undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).
The Mucositis Prevention Guideline Development Group was interdisciplinary and included in...