Woodworth, Kate R;
Moulia, Danielle;
Collins, Jennifer P;
Hadler, Stephen C;
Jones, Jefferson M;
Reddy, Sujan C;
Chamberland, Mary;
Campos-Outcalt, Doug;
Morgan, Rebecca L;
Brooks, Oliver;
Talbot, H. Keipp;
Lee, Grace M;
Bell, Beth P;
Daley, Matthew F;
Mbaeyi, Sarah;
Dooling, Kathleen;
Oliver, Sara E.
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 (BNT162b2) vaccine is a lipid nanoparticle–formulated, nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccine encoding the prefusion spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. On August 23, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a Biologics License Applicati...
Douketis, James D;
Spyropoulos, Alex C;
Murad, Hassan M;
Arcelus, Juan I.;
Dager, William E;
Dunn, Andrew S;
Fargo, Ramiz A;
Levy, Jerrold H;
Samama, C Marc;
Shah, Sahrish H;
Sherwood, Matthew W;
Tafur, Alfonso J;
Tang, Liang V;
Moores, Lisa K.
The American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline on the Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy addresses 43 Patients-Interventions-Comparators-Outcomes (PICO) questions related to the perioperative management of patients who are receiving long-term oral anticoagulant or an...
The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) represents a focused update of the KDIGO 2020 guideline on the topic. The guideline targets a broad audience of clinicians treating people with diabetes and CKD. ...
Pharmacological management of obesity improves outcomes and decreases the risk of obesity-related complications. This American Gastroenterological Association guideline is intended to support practitioners in decisions about pharmacological interventions for overweight and obesity. A multidisciplinary pa...
A Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) review of the evidence for benefits and harms for use of lyophilized CVD 103-HgR vaccine (CVD 103-HgR) among children and adolescents aged 2–17 years was presented to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) on...
On June 22, 2022, ACIP recommended use of 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV15 [Vaxneuvance, Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC]) as an option for pneumococcal conjugate vaccination for persons aged <19 years according to currently recommended PCV13 dosing and schedules. A systematic review and Grading o...
On June 22, 2022, ACIP recommended use of 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV15 [Vaxneuvance, Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC]) as an option for pneumococcal conjugate vaccination for persons aged <19 years according to currently recommended PCV13 dosing and schedules. A systematic review and Grading o...
Local reactions were reported by the majority of vaccine recipients and at higher rates than placebo recipients (75.3% vs 20.6% after dose 2). Pain/tenderness at the injection site was the most common and most severe local reaction among vaccine recipients and reported more frequently after dose 2 than a...
Estimated rates of influenza-associated hospitalization and death are generally highest among individuals 65 years of age and older (1-4), an age group for whom influenza vaccine effectiveness is often lower relative to younger populations (5, 6). Two inactivated influenza vaccines approved in the U.S. f...
The VA and DoD Evidence-Based Practice Work Group (EBPWG) was established and
first chartered in 2004, with a mission to advise the VA/DoD Health Executive
Committee “on the use of clinical and epidemiological evidence to improve the health of
the population . . .” across the Veterans Health Administ...
