The purpose of this guidance document is to inform physicians and
other health care practitioners of an increased risk of influenza
outbreaks in long-term care facilities (LTCF) during the 2014-2015
influenza season in Canada, and to provide recommendations for
adjustment to LTCF outbreak control measure...
Supporting Adults who Anticipate or Live with an Ostomy is a best practice guideline (BPG) that provides nurses and the interprofessional team with evidence-based recommendations for the most effective strategies to support adults (18 years and older) who anticipate or live with an ostomy. The purpose of...
"OBJECTIVE:
To revise diagnostic strategies for Alzheimer disease (AD), update recommendations on symptomatic treatment of dementia, and provide an approach to rapidly progressive and early-onset dementias.
COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE:
Experts and delegates representing relevant disciplines from divers...
Farrell, B;
Pottie, K;
Thompson, W;
Boghossian, T;
Pizzola, L;
Rashid, F. J;
Rojas-Fernandez, C;
Walsh, K;
Welch, V;
Moayyedi, P.
OBJECTIVE: To develop an evidence-based guideline to help clinicians make decisions about when and how to safely taper or stop proton pump inhibitors (PPIs); to focus on the highest level of evidence available and seek input from primary care professionals in the guideline development, review, and endors...
Farrell, B;
Black, C;
Thompson, W;
McCarthy, L;
Rojas-Fernandez, C;
Lochnan, H;
Shamji, S;
Upshur, R;
Bouchard, M;
Welch, V.
OBJECTIVE: To develop an evidence-based guideline to help clinicians make decisions about when and how to safely taper, stop, or switch antihyperglycemic agents in older adults. METHODS: We focused on the highest level of evidence available and sought input from primary care professionals in guideline de...
OBJECTIVE: This guideline presents an evidence-based technical update and recommendations for the performance of early comprehensive fetal anatomic scanning (ECFAS) at 11 to 16 weeks' gestation. OPTIONS: Patients at high risk for fetal anomalies and in whom traditional mid-second trimester transabdominal...
Busse, J. W;
Craigie, S;
Juurlink, D. N;
Buckley, D. N;
Wang, L;
Couban, R. J;
Agoritsas, T;
Akl, E. A;
Carrasco-Labra, A;
Cooper, L;
Cull, C;
Costa, B. R. da;
Frank, J. W;
Grant, G;
Iorio, A;
Persaud, N;
Stern, S;
Tugwell, P;
Vandvik, P. O;
Guyatt, G. H.
Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain: the objective is to inform the prescribing of opioids for adults with chronic noncancer pain....
