Resultados: 6

    European Respiratory Society guidelines on long-term home non-invasive ventilation for management of COPD

    Eur. respir. j; 54 (3), 2019
    While the role of acute non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has been shown to improve outcome in acute life-threatening hypercapnic respiratory failure in COPD, the evidence of clinical efficacy of long-term home NIV (LTH-NIV) for management of COPD is less. This document provides evidence-based recommendatio...

    Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) in critically ill patients (Part I): Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) 2017

    Intensive care med; 43 (12), 2017
    OBJECTIVE: To update the 2008 consensus statements for the diagnosis and management of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) in adult and pediatric patients. PARTICIPANTS: A multispecialty task force of 16 international experts in Critical Care Medicine, endocrinology, and guideli...

    Canadian Guidelines for Controlled Pediatric Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death-Summary Report

    Pediatr. crit. care med; 18 (11), 2017
    OBJECTIVES: Create trustworthy, rigorous, national clinical practice guidelines for the practice of pediatric donation after circulatory determination of death in Canada. METHODS: We followed a process of clinical practice guideline development based on World Health Organization and Canadian Medical Asso...

    Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock: 2016

    Intensive care med; 43 (3), 2017
    OBJECTIVE: To provide an update to "Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2012". DESIGN: A consensus committee of 55 international experts representing 25 international organizations was convened. Nominal groups were assembled at key international meetings (for t...

    Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sustained Neuromuscular Blockade in the Adult Critically Ill Patient

    Crit. care med; 44 (11), 2016
    "OBJECTIVE: To update the 2002 version of ""Clinical practice guidelines for sustained neuromuscular blockade in the adult critically ill patient."" DESIGN: A Task Force comprising 17 members of the Society of Critical Medicine with particular expertise in the use of neuromuscular-blocking agents; a Gra...

    National Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Saudi Arabia with strength of recommendations and quality of evidence

    Ann. Saudi med; 35 (3), 2015
    BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer is the most common cancer among Saudi men and the third commonest among Saudi women. Given the predominance of colorectal cancer compared with other cancers in Saudi Arabia, context-specific guidelines are needed for screening. METHODS: Experts from the Saudi Society of Colo...