Obesity is a chronic, progressive and relapsing disease, characterized by the presence of abnormal or excess adiposity that impairs health and social well-being.
Screening for obesity should be performed regularly by measuring body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference.
The clinical assessment of ob...
Adherence to consistent post-operative behavioural changes (behaviour modification for nutrition plans, physical activity and vitamin intake) can optimize obesity management and health while minimizing post-operative complications.
Working in partnership, the bariatric surgical centre, the local bariatri...
To provide recommendations for a systematic approach to the initial investigation and management of a benign ovarian mass and facilitate patient referral to a gynaecologic oncologist for management....
Moores, Lisa K;
Tritschler, Tobias;
Brosnahan, Shari;
Carrier, Marc;
Collen, Jacob F;
Doerschug, Kevin;
Holley, Aaron B;
Jimenez, David;
Gal, Gregoire Le;
Rali, Parth;
Wells, Philip.
Emerging evidence shows that severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be complicated by a significant coagulopathy, that likely manifests in the form of both microthrombosis and VTE. This recognition has led to the urgent need for practical guidance regarding prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of...
A work group from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Academy of Oncologic Physical Therapy developed a clinical practice guideline to aid clinicians in identifying interventions for people with breast cancer-related lymphedema, targeting volume reduction, beginning at breast cancer diagnosi...
La Retinopatía de la Prematuridad (ROP por sus siglas en inglés) es un trastorno retiniano
vasoproliferativo y una de las causas principales de ceguera prevenible en niños (1). La ROP afecta
a recién nacidos prematuros (RNP) y está asociada a la administración inadecuada de oxígeno (2).
El Seguro ...
To summarize the current evidence and to make recommendations for diagnosis and classification of placenta previa and for managing the care of women with this diagnosis. To manage in hospital or as an outpatient and to perform a cesarean delivery preterm or at term or to allow a trial of labour when a di...
Singh, Sheetu;
Sharma, Bharat Bhushan;
Bairwa, Mohan;
Gothi, Dipti;
Desai, Unnati;
Joshi , Jyotsna M;
Talwar, Deepak;
Singh, Abhijeet;
Dhar, Raja;
Sharma, Ambika;
Ahluwalia, Bineet;
Mangal, Daya K;
Jain, Nirmal K;
Pilania, Khushboo;
Hadda, Vijay;
Koul, Parvaiz A;
Luhadia, Shanti Kumar;
Swarnkar, Rajesh;
Gaur, Shailender Nath;
Ghoshal, Aloke G;
Nene, Amita;
Jindal, Arpita;
Jankharia, Bhavin;
Ravindran, Chetambath;
Choudhary, Dhruv;
Behera, Digambar;
Christopher , D. J;
Khilnani, Gopi C;
Samaria, Jai Kumar;
Singh, Harpreet;
Gupta, Krishna Bihari;
Pilani, Manju;
Gupta, Manohar L;
Misra, Narayan;
Singh, Nishtha;
Gupta, Prahlad R;
Chhajed, Prashant;
Kumar, Raj;
Chawla, Rajesh;
Jenaw, Rajendra K;
Chawla, Rakesh;
Guleria, Randeep;
Agarwal, Ritesh;
Narsimhan, R;
Katiyar, Sandeep;
Mehta, Sanjeev;
Dhooria, Sahajal;
Chowdhury, Sushmita R;
Jindal, Surinder K;
Katiyar, Subodh K;
Chaudhri, Sudhir;
Gupta, Neeraj;
Sing, Sunita;
Kant, Surya;
Udwadia, Zarir;
Singh, Virendra;
Raghu, Ganesh.
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a complex and heterogeneous group of acute and chronic lung diseases of several known and unknown causes. While clinical practice guidelines (CPG) for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) have been recently updated, CPG for ILD other than IPF are needed. Methods: A worki...
WHO estimates that in 2015, 257 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B
virus (HBV) infection worldwide, and that 900 000 had died from HBV infection, mostly
as a result of cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Most HBV-associated deaths among
adults are secondary to infections acquired at b...
Esposito, Irene;
Hruban, Ralph;
Verbeke, Caroline;
Terris, Benoit;
Zamboni, Giuseppe;
Scarpa, Aldo;
Morohoshi, Toshio;
Suda, Koichi;
Luchini, Claudio;
Klimstra, David;
Campbell, Fiona.
Chronic pancreatitis is a complex multifactorial fibro-inflammatory disease. Consensus guidelines are needed for the histopathological evaluation of non-autoimmune chronic pancreatitis (CP). An international working group with experts on the histopathology of CP evaluated 15 statements generated from evi...