To aid primary care physicians, emergency medicine physicians, and gynaecologists in the initial investigation of adnexal masses, defined as lumps that appear near the uterus or in or around ovaries, fallopian tubes, or surrounding connective tissue, and to outline recommendations for identifying women w...
Maldonado, Fabien;
Danoff, Sonye K;
Wells, Athol U;
Colby, Thomas V;
Ryu, Jay H;
Liberman, Moishe;
Wahidi, Momen M;
Frazer, Lindsy;
Hetzel, Juergen;
Rickman, Otis B;
Herth, Felix J. F;
Poletti, Venerino;
Yarmus, Lonny B.
Transbronchial cryobiopsy (TBC) is increasingly recognized as a potential alternative to surgical lung biopsy (SLB) for the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD). The goal of this analysis was to examine the literature on TBC as it relates to diagnostic utility and safety to provide evidence-based...
To develop evidence-based guidelines for the management of giant cell arteritis (GCA) as a complement to guidelines in other areas of rheumatology, issued by the Swedish Society of Rheumatology. A working group selected key areas for recommendations, reviewed the available evidence, and wrote draft guide...
Lingen, M. W;
Abt, E;
Agrawal, N;
Chaturvedi, A. K;
Cohen, E;
D'Souza, G;
Gurenlian, J;
Kalmar, J. R;
Kerr, A. R;
Lambert, P. M;
Patton, L. L;
Sollecito, T. P;
Truelove, E;
Tampi, M. P;
Urquhart, O;
Banfield, L;
Carrasco-Labra, A.
BACKGROUND: An expert panel convened by the American Dental Association (ADA) Council on Scientific Affairs and the Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry conducted a systematic review and formulated clinical recommendations to inform primary care clinicians about the potential use of adjuncts as triage too...
The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) has provided evidence-based guidelines for all stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and related complications since 1997. The 2015 update of the KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Hemodialysis Adequacy is intended to...
Bulger, E. M;
Snyder, D;
Schoelles, K;
Gotschall, C;
Dawson, D;
Lang, E;
Sanddal, N. D;
Butler, F. K;
Fallat, M;
Taillac, P;
White, L;
Salomone, J. P;
Seifarth, W;
Betzner, M. J;
Johannigman, J;
McSwain, N Junior.
This report describes the development of an evidence-based guideline for external hemorrhage control in the prehospital setting. This project included a systematic review of the literature regarding the use of tourniquets and hemostatic agents for management of life-threatening extremity and junctional h...
Servicios Médicos de Urgencia/normas,
Medicina Basada en la Evidencia/normas,
Hemorragia/terapia,
Hemostáticos/administración & dosificación,
Torniquetes/normas,
Administración Tópica,
Servicios Médicos de Urgencia/métodos,
Extremidades/lesiones,
Hemorragia/mortalidad,
Hemostáticos/normas,
Recuperación del Miembro/métodos,
Heridas y Traumatismos/complicaciones,
Heridas y Traumatismos/mortalidad,
Heridas y Traumatismos/terapia
Bates, S. M;
Jaeschke, R;
Stevens, S. M;
Goodacre, Wells;
Stevenson, M. D;
Kearon, C;
Schunemann, H. J;
Crowther, M;
Pauker, S. G;
Makdissi, R;
Guyatt, G. H.
Chest; 141 (2,supl), 2012
BACKGROUND: Objective testing for DVT is crucial because clinical assessment alone is unreliable and the consequences of misdiagnosis are serious. This guideline focuses on the identification of optimal strategies for the diagnosis of DVT in ambulatory adults. METHODS: The methods of this guideline follo...
Medicina Basada en la Evidencia,
Fibrinolíticos/uso terapéutico,
Trombosis/diagnóstico,
Trombosis/tratamiento farmacológico,
Trombosis de la Vena/diagnóstico,
Trombosis de la Vena/tratamiento farmacológico,
Atención Ambulatoria,
Productos de Degradación de Fibrina-Fibrinógeno/análisis,
Fibrinolíticos/efectos adversos,
Hemorragia/sangre,
Hemorragia/prevención & control,
Hemorragia/inducido químicamente,
Angiografía por Resonancia Magnética/métodos
Chest; 141 (2,supl), 2012
The Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines differs substantially from the prior versions both in process and in content. In this introduction, we describe some of the differences and the rationale for t...
This aim lead to strategies that increase the proportion of adults who participate in adequate physical activity for health-enhancing benefits; lead to policy and programme development that addresses the broader social, physical and policy environments that might support physical activity in populations ...
