Legault, K;
Schunemann, H;
Hillis, C;
Yeung, C;
Akl, E. A;
Carrier, M;
Cervera, R;
Crowther, M;
Dentali, F;
Erkan, D;
Espinosa, G;
Khamashta, M;
Meerpohl, J. J;
Moffat, K;
O'Brien, S;
Pengo, V;
Rand, J. H;
Rodriguez Pinto, I;
Thom, L;
Iorio, A.
Background The McMaster RARE-Bestpractices project group selected the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) for a pilot exercise in guideline development for a rare disease. Objectives The objectives of this exercise were to provide a proof of principle that guidelines can be developed for rare d...
Nguyen, GC;
Seow, CH;
Maxwell, C;
Huang, V;
Leung, Y;
Jones, J;
Leontiadis, GI;
Tse, F;
Mahadevan, U;
van der Woude, CJ.
"BACKGROUND & AIMS:
The management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) poses a particular challenge during pregnancy because the health of both the mother and the fetus must be considered.
METHODS:
A systematic literature search identified studies on the management of IBD during pregnancy. The quality o...
Immunosuppressive Agents/administration & dosage,
Colitis, Ulcerative,
Crohn Disease,
Drug Substitution,
Gastroenterology,
Maternal Health Services,
Preconception Care,
Pregnancy Complications,
Risk Assessment,
Risk Factors,
Treatment Outcome,
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases,
Crohn Disease/diagnosis,
Crohn Disease/therapy,
Pregnancy Complications/diagnosis,
Pregnancy Complications/therapy,
Immunosuppressive Agents/adverse effects,
Colitis, Ulcerative/diagnosis,
Colitis, Ulcerative/therapy
Chest; 141 (2,supl), 2012
The Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines differs substantially from the prior versions both in process and in content. In this introduction, we describe some of the differences and the rationale for t...
Bates, S. M;
Jaeschke, R;
Stevens, S. M;
Goodacre, Wells;
Stevenson, M. D;
Kearon, C;
Schunemann, H. J;
Crowther, M;
Pauker, S. G;
Makdissi, R;
Guyatt, G. H.
Chest; 141 (2,supl), 2012
BACKGROUND: Objective testing for DVT is crucial because clinical assessment alone is unreliable and the consequences of misdiagnosis are serious. This guideline focuses on the identification of optimal strategies for the diagnosis of DVT in ambulatory adults. METHODS: The methods of this guideline follo...
Lockwood, Charles J;
Boiselle, Phillip M;
Hurwitz, Lynne M;
James, Andra H;
McCullough, Laurence B;
Menda, Yusuf;
Paidas, Michael J;
Royal, Henry D;
Tapson, Victor F;
Winer-Muram, Helen T;
Chervenak, Frank A;
Cody, Dianna D;
McNitt-Gray, Michael F;
Stave, Christopher D;
Brandi, D;
Jaeschke, Roman;
Bull, Todd M;
Leung, Ann N.
The diagnostic algorithm for evaluation of suspected pulmonaryembolism (PE) in pregnancy presented in this clinical practiceguideline represents the collective efforts of a multidisciplinarypanel of major medical stakeholders who developed these rec-ommendations using the GRADE system (Figure 1). A major...