The field of HCV therapeutics continues to evolve rapidly and, since the World Health Organization (WHO) issued its first Guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with hepatitis C infection in 2014, several new medicines have been approved by at least one stringent regulatory authority...
These guidelines provide guidance on the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection and the care of people living with HIV. They are structured along the continuum of HIV testing, prevention, treatment and car...
Member States have requested guidance from the World Health Organization on the effects and safety of the use of multiple micronutrient powders for point-of-use fortification of foods consumed by pregnant women. This guideline is intended to help Member States in their efforts to make evidence-informed d...
Filoviruses (Ebola and Marburg) are highly contagious pathogens, which
cause severe and often fatal illness in humans. Health workers are at increased
risk of infection with these viruses because of their close and prolonged contact with severely ill patients with a high viral load. The risk of transmiss...
Forner, Alejandro;
Reig, María;
Varela, María;
Burrel, Marta;
Feliu, Jaime;
Briceño, Javier;
Sastre, Javier;
Martí-Bonmati, Luis;
Llovet, Josep María;
Bilbao, José Ignacio;
Sangro, Bruno;
Pardo, Fernando;
Ayuso, Carmen;
Bru, Concepción;
Tabernero, Josep;
Bruix, Jordi.
El carcinoma hepatocelular es la neoplasia primaria de hígado más común y una de las causas de muerte
más frecuentes en los pacientes afectos de cirrosis hepática. Simultáneamente al reconocimiento de la
relevancia clínica de esta neoplasia, en los últimos anos ˜ han aparecido novedades importan...
Cho, Young-Jae;
Cho, Young-Jae;
Moon, Jae Young;
Shin, Ein-Soon;
Kim, Je Hyeong;
Jung, Hoon;
Park, So Young;
Kim, Ho Cheol;
Sim, Yun Su;
Rhee, Chin Kook;
Lim, Jaemin;
Lee, Seok Jeong;
Lee, Won Yeon;
Lee, Hyun Jeong;
Kwak, Sang Hyun;
Kang, Eun Kyeong;
Chung, Kyung Soo;
Choi, Won-Il.
Since the first description of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a series of 12 patients in 1967 by Ashbaugh
et al.1
, it still remains a major public health problem that incurs
high health care costs and causes major mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU) despite improvements in outcomes...
BACKGROUND/AIMS: On behalf of the Drug and Therapeutics, and Ethics Committees of the Pediatric Endocrine Society, we sought to update the guidelines published in 2003 on the use of growth hormone (GH). Because idiopathic short stature (ISS) remains a controversial indication, and diagnostic challenges o...
Al-Hameed, F. M;
Al-Dorzi, H. M;
Abdelaal, M. A;
Alaklabi, A;
Bakhsh, E;
Alomi, Y. A;
Al Baik, M;
Aldahan, S;
Schünemann, H;
Brozek, J;
Wiercioch, W;
Darzi, A. J;
Waziry, R;
Akl, E. A.
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) acquired during hospitalization is common, yet preventable by the proper implementation of thromboprophylaxis which remains to be underutilized worldwide. As a result of an initiative by the Saudi Ministry of Health to improve medical practices in the country, an expert panel...
Alfadda, A. A;
Al-Dhwayan, M. M;
Alharbi, A. A;
Al Khudhair, B. K;
Al Nozha, O. M;
Al-Qahtani, N. M;
Alzahrani, S. H;
Bardisi, W. M;
Sallam, R. M;
Riva, J. J;
Brożek, J. L;
Schünemann, H. J;
Moore, A.
OBJECTIVE: To assist healthcare providers in evidence-based clinical decision-making for the management of overweight and obese adults in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: The Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia assembled an expert Saudi panel to produce this clinical practice guideline in 2015. In ...
Yepes-Nuñez, J. J;
Fiocchi, A;
Pawankar, R;
Cuello-Garcia, C. A;
Zhang, Y;
Morgano, G. P;
Ahn, K;
Al-Hammadi, S;
Agarwal, A;
Gandhi, S;
Beyer, K;
Burks, W;
Canonica, G. W;
Ebisawa, M;
Kamenwa, R;
Lee, B. W;
Li, H;
Prescott, S;
Riva, J. J;
Rosenwasser, L;
Sampson, H;
Spigler, M;
Terracciano, L;
Vereda, A;
Waserman, S;
Schünemann, H. J;
Brożek, J. L.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of allergic diseases is approximately 10 % in infants whose parents and siblings do not have allergic diseases and 20-30 % in those with an allergic first-degree relative. Vitamin D is involved in the regulation of the immune system and it may play a role in the development, se...
