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    Evidence and consensus-based (S3) guidelines for the treatment of actinic keratosis: International League of Dermatological Societies in cooperation with the European Dermatology Forum: short version

    BACKGROUND: Actinic keratosis (AK) is a frequent health condition attributable to chronic exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Several treatment options are available and evidence based guidelines are missing. OBJECTIVES: The goal of these evidence- and consensus-based guidelines was the development of tre...

    Developing and updating local formularies

    This guideline covers good practice for developing and updating local formularies in line with statutory requirements. It supports developing formularies that reflect local needs, reduce variation in prescribing, and allow rapid adoption of new medicines and treatments. In October 2015, changes to recomm...

    Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) for Use of Serogroup B Meningococcal (MenB) Vaccines in Adolescents and Young Adults (Including College Students)

    MMWR recomm. rep; 64 (41), 2015
    Two serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) vaccines have recently been licensed for use in the U.S. (MenB-FHbp [Trumenba, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc.] and MenB-4C [Bexsero, Novartis Vaccines]). Both vaccines were approved for use in persons aged 10 through 25 years. MenB-FHbp was licensed as a three-dose serie...

    Dementia, disability and frailty in later life – mid-life approaches to delay or prevent onset

    This guideline covers mid-life approaches to delay or prevent the onset of dementia, disability and frailty in later life. The guideline aims to increase the amount of time that people can be independent, healthy and active in later life....

    Part 3: adult basic life support and automated external defibrillation: 2015 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations

    Circulation; 132 (16,supl.1), 2015
    This review comprises the most extensive literature search and evidence evaluation to date on the most important international BLS interventions, diagnostics, and prognostic factors for cardiac arrest victims. It reemphasizes that the critical lifesaving steps of BLS are (1) prevention, (2) immediate rec...

    Nonoperative management of blunt liver and spleen injury in children: evaluation of the ATOMAC guideline using GRADE

    BACKGROUND: Nonoperative management of liver and spleen injury should be achievable for more than 95% of children. Large national studies continue to show that some regions fail to meet these benchmarks. Simultaneously, current guidelines recommend hospitalization for injury grade + 2 (in days). A new tr...

    Clinical practice guideline for the treatment of intrinsic circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders: advanced sleep-wake phase disorder (aswpd), delayed sleep-wake phase disorder (dswpd), non-24-hour sleep-wake rhythm disorder (n24swd), and irregular sleep-wake rhythm disorder (iswrd): an update for 2015

    J. clin. sleep med; 11 (10), 2015
    A systematic literature review and meta-analyses (where appropriate) were performed and the GRADE approach was used to update the previous American Academy of Sleep Medicine Practice Parameters on the treatment of intrinsic circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders. Available data allowed for positive endors...

    2015 Recommendations for the management of polymyalgia rheumatica: a European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative

    Ann. rheum. dis; 74 (10), 2015
    Therapy for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) varies widely in clinical practice as international recommendations for PMR treatment are not currently available. In this paper, we report the 2015 European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) recommendations for the managemen...

    Home care: delivering personal care and practical support to older people living in their own homes

    This guideline covers the planning and delivery of person-centred care for older people living in their own homes (known as home care or domiciliary care). It aims to promote older people's independence and to ensure safe and consistently high quality home care services....