The purpose of this guideline is to maximise the safety of patients who need radiotherapy and make the best use of NHS resources, while protecting staff from infection. It will also enable services to match the capacity for radiotherapy to patient needs if services become limited because of the COVID-19 ...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing venous thromboembolic diseases in adults. It aims to support rapid diagnosis and effective treatment for people who develop deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE). It also covers testing for conditions that can make a DVT or PE more likely, suc...
WHO has developed this interim guidance to meet the need
for recommendations on safe home care for patients with
suspected COVID-19 who present with mild symptoms
a
and
on public health measures related to the management of their
contacts.
This document was adapted from the interim guidance on
Middle Eas...
This document is intended for clinicians taking care of hospitalised adult and paediatric patients with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) when a nCoV infection is suspected. It is not meant to replace clinical judgment or specialist consultation but rather to strengthen clinical management of the...
This guideline covers the assessment, investigation and management of tinnitus in primary, community and secondary care. It offers advice to healthcare professionals on supporting people presenting with tinnitus and on when to refer for specialist assessment and management....
O termo "doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica, ou DPOC" (eng. doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica ou DPOC) foi introduzido pela primeira vez em 1962 para denotar “obstrução crônica das vias aéreas de etiologia obscura” (1). Além da DPOC, circulavam em sentido semelhante os diagnósticos “doe...
According to today's principles of palliative care, the availability and continuity of palliative care must be guaranteed to patients and their relatives from the diagnosis of the disease at every stage of treatment. Not all patients may require the same amount of palliative care at each stage of treatme...
El cáncer de cuello uterino o cáncer de cérvix es el cuarto cáncer más común en mujeres(1, 2). El
impacto del cáncer de cuello uterino en el Perú es importante: el 14.9% de todos los casos de
cáncer notificados en el periodo 2006-2011, correspondía al cáncer de cuello uterino y los
departament...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a complex and heterogeneous autoimmune disease, represents a significant challenge for both diagnosis and treatment. In 2019, under the leadership of the Chinese Rheumatology Association, a multidisciplinary guideline development group was established. The objective wa...
Sterling, Timothy R;
Njie, Gibril;
Zenner, Dominik;
Cohn, David L;
Reves, Randall;
Ahmed, Amina;
Menzies, Dick;
Horsburgh, C. Robert;
Crane, Charles M;
Burgos, Marcos;
LoBue, Philip;
Winston, Carla A;
Belknap, Robert.
Comprehensive guidelines for treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among persons living in the United States were last published in 2000 (American Thoracic Society. CDC targeted tuberculin testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:S221–47). S...
