Tsou, A;
Bulova, P;
Capone, G;
Chicoine, B;
Gelaro, B;
Harville, T. O;
Martin, B. A;
McGuire, D. E;
McKelvey, K. D;
Peterson, M;
Tyler, C;
Wells, M;
Whitten, M. S.
Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal condition, and average life expectancy has increased substantially, from 25 years in 1983 to 60 years in 2020. Despite the unique clinical comorbidities among adults with Down syndrome, there are no clinical guidelines for the care of these patients. To develo...
This guideline represents an important step toward clarifying the evidence regarding the management of patients with hypertension within the VA/DoD primary care settings. As with other clinical practice guidelines, challenges remain, such as evidence gaps, the need to develop effective strategies for gui...
The guidance in this handbook will help community health and care workers to put the Integrated care for older people (ICOPE) recommendations into practice. It ofers care pathways to manage priority health conditions associated with declines in intrinsic capacity – loss of mobility, malnutrition, visua...
Arasaradnam, R. P;
Brown, S;
Forbes, A;
Fox, M. R;
Hungin, P;
Kelman, L;
Major, G;
O'Connor, M;
Sanders, D. S;
Sinha, R;
Smith, S. C;
Thomas, P;
Walters, J. R. F.
Chronic diarrhoea is a common problem, hence clear guidance on investigations is required. This is an updated guideline from 2003 for the investigations of chronic diarrhoea commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG). This document has u...
This guideline covers some aspects of assessing and managing hearing loss in primary, community and secondary care. It aims to improve the quality of life for adults with hearing loss by advising healthcare staff on assessing hearing difficulties, managing earwax and referring people for audiological or ...
This Fortification of rice with vitamins and minerals as a public health strategy: Guideline, is the first evidence-informed guideline from the World Health Organization (WHO) for this intervention with this specific food vehicle – rice. The focus of this document is on the use of this intervention as ...
As part of its response to the global epidemic of obesity, WHO has issued guidelines to support primary healthcare workers identify and manage children who are overweight or obese. Specifically, all infants and children aged less than 5 years presenting to primary health-care facilities should have both ...
In this new consolidated guidelines document on HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations, the World Health Organization brings together all existing guidance relevant to five key populations – men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, people in prisons and other close...
These WHO guidelines provide recommendations for programmes as to how they can ensure that human rights are respected, protected and fulfilled, while services are scaled up to reduce unmet need for contraception. Both health data and international human rights laws and treaties were incorporated into the...
Choi, Won Suk;
Baek, Ji Hyeon;
Seo, Yu Bin;
Kee, Sae Yoon;
Jeong, Hye Won;
Lee, Hee Young;
Eun, Byung Wook;
Choo, Eun Ju;
Lee, Jacob;
Song, Joon Young;
Wie, Seong-Heon;
Lee, Jin Soo;
Cheong, Hee Jin;
Kim, Woo Joo;
Kim, Young Keun.
Severe influenza is defined as influenza with a severe symptom or syndrome such
as respiratory distress or deceased consciousness or accompanying a severe complication such as encephalopathy or renal failure. In contrast to mild influenza, for
which patients recover mostly by ambulatory care, severe infl...
