In 2013, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)
Publications Committee adopted the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system for evaluating and rating scientific
evidence and practice recommendations for SMFM
Clinical Guidelines and Consults.1 This decision...
Faughnan, M. E;
Mager, J. J;
Hetts, S. W;
Palda, V. A;
Lang-Robertson, K;
Buscarini, E;
Deslandres, E;
Kasthuri, R. S;
Lausman, A;
Poetker, D;
Ratjen, F;
Chesnutt, M. S;
Clancy, M;
Whitehead, K. J;
Al-Samkari, H;
Chakinala, M;
Conrad, M;
Cortes, D;
Crocione, C;
Darling, J;
de Gussem, E;
Derksen, C;
Dupuis-Girod, S;
Foy, P;
Geisthoff, U;
Gossage, J. R;
Hammill, A;
Heimdal, K;
Henderson, K;
Iyer, V. N;
Kjeldsen, A. D;
Komiyama, M;
Korenblatt, K;
McDonald, J;
McMahon, J;
McWilliams, J;
Meek, M. E;
Mei-Zahav, M;
Olitsky, S;
Palmer, S;
Pantalone, R;
Piccirillo, J. F;
Plahn, B;
Porteous, M. E. M;
Post, M. C;
Radovanovic, I;
Rochon, P. J;
Rodriguez-Lopez, J;
Sabba, C;
Serra, M;
Shovlin, C;
Sprecher, D;
White, A. J;
Winship, I;
Zarrabeitia, R.
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant disease with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 5000 that is characterized by the presence of vascular malformations (VMs). These result in chronic bleeding, acute hemorrhage, and complications from shunting through VMs. The goal of the Se...
Asthma is a major public health problem worldwide and is associated with excess morbidity, mortality, and economic costs associated with lost productivity. The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program has released the 2020 Asthma Guideline Update with updated evidence-based recommendations for tr...
Andrade, J. G;
Aguilar, M;
Atzema, C;
Bell, A;
Cairns, J. A;
Cheung, C. C;
Cox, JL;
Dorian, P;
Gladstone, D. J;
Healey, J. S;
Khairy, P;
Leblanc, K;
McMurtry, M. S;
Mitchell, L. B;
Nair, G. M;
Nattel, S;
Parkash, R;
Pilote, L;
Sandhu, R. K;
Sarrazin, J. F;
Sharma, M;
Skanes, A. C;
Talajic, M;
Tsang, T. S. M;
Verma, A;
Verma, S;
Whitlock, R;
Wyse, D. G;
Macle, L.
The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) atrial fibrillation (AF) guidelines program was developed to aid clinicians in the management of these complex patients, as well as to provide direction to policy makers and health care systems regarding related issues. The most recent comprehensive CCS AF guidel...
Fibrilación Atrial/diagnóstico,
Fibrilación Atrial/terapia,
Fibrilación Atrial/epidemiología,
Fibrilación Atrial/clasificación,
Factores de Riesgo,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/prevención & control,
Fibrilación Atrial/fisiopatología,
Factores Sexuales,
Grupos de Riesgo,
Algoritmos,
Vías Clínicas
The American College of Physicians (ACP) and American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) developed this guideline to provide clinical recommendations on nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic management of acute pain from non–low back, musculoskeletal injuries in adults in the outpatient setting. The guid...
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...
Sieswerda, E;
Boer, M.G.J. de;
Bonten, M. M. J;
Boersma, W. G;
Jonkers, R. E;
Aleva, R. M;
Kullberg, B. J;
Schouten, J. A;
van de Garde, E.M. W;
Verheij, T. J;
van der Eerden, M. M;
Prins, J. M;
Wiersinga, W. J.
The Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy constituted a multidisciplinary expert committee to provide evidence-based recommendation for the use of antibacterial therapy in hospitalized adults with a respiratory infection and suspected or proven 2019 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We performed a liter...
Kaufman, John A;
Barnes, Geoffrey D;
Chaer, Rabih A;
Cuschieri, Joseph;
Eberhardt, Robert T;
Johnson, Matthew S;
Kuo, William T;
Murin, Susan;
Patel, Sheena;
Rajasekhar, Anita;
Weinberg, Ido;
Gillespie, David L.
To provide evidence-based recommendations on the use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters in the treatment of patients with or at substantial risk of venous thromboembolic disease. A multidisciplinary expert panel developed key questions to address in the guideline, and a systematic review of the literatu...
O'Malley, Patrick G;
Arnold, Michael J;
Pharm, Cathy Kelley;
Spacek, Lance;
Buelt, Andrew;
Natarajan, Sundar;
Donahue, Mark P;
Vagichev, Elena;
Ballard-Hernandez, Jennifer;
Logan, Amanda;
Thomas, Lauren;
Ritter, Joan;
Neubauer, Brian E;
Downs, John R.
In June 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released a joint update of their clinical practice guideline for managing dyslipidemia to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in adults. This synopsis describes the major recommendations. The guideline panel de...
Ikizler, T. Alp;
Burrowes, Jerrilynn D;
Byham-Gray, Laura D;
Campbell, Katrina L;
Carrero, Juan-Jesus;
Chan, Winnie;
Fouque, Denis;
Friedman, Allon N;
Ghaddar, Sana;
Goldstein-Fuchs, Jordi D;
Kaysen, George A;
Kopple, Joel D;
Teta, Daniel;
Yee-Moon Wang, Angela;
Cuppari, Lilian.
The National Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) has provided evidence-based guidelines for nutrition in kidney diseases since 1999. Since the publication of the first KDOQI nutrition guideline, there has been a great accumulation of new evidence regarding the managem...
