Injections are one of the most common health care procedures. Every year at least 16 billion injections are administered worldwide. The vast majority around 90% are given in curative care. Immunization injections account for around 5% of all injections, with the remaining covering other indications, incl...
The present guideline update aims to use the best available evidence on the treatment of drug-susceptible TB, as well as on interventions to ensure adequate patient care and support, in order to inform policy decisions made in these technical areas by national TB control programme managers, national poli...
This publication on WHO recommendations related to newborn health is one of four in a series; the others relate to maternal, child and adolescent health. The objective of this document is to make available WHO recommendations on newborn health in one easy-to-access document for WHO staff, policy-makers, ...
Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is commonly defined as a blood loss of 500 ml or more within 24 hours after birth, and affects about 5% of all women giving birth around the world. The primary aim of these recommendations is to improve the quality of care and outcomes for women giving birth, as they relate t...
Zika virus is an arthropod-borne flavivirus, which is transmitted primarily by mosquitoes of the Aedes genus, but can also be transmitted through sexual intercourse. The overall goal of these guidelines is to provide guidance and evidence-based recommendations about the prevention of sexual transmission ...
This handbook draws on the work of the many people around the world dedicated to the care and support of older people. The primary intended audience for this handbook is health and social care workers in the community and in primary care settings. The guidance in this handbook will help community health...
La guía trata de temas relacionados al tratamiento de la depresión, tocando temas como: las perspectivas y experiencias de los pacientes con depresión y sus familiares; evaluación y cribado de la depresión; los modelos de atención; tratamiento psicoterapéutico, tratamiento farmacológico; estrateg...
Asbun, Horacio;
Moekotte, Alma;
Vissers, Frederique;
Kunzler, Filipe;
Cipriani, Federica;
Alseidi, Adnan;
D’Angelica, Michael;
Balduzzi, Alberto;
Bassi, Claudio;
Björnsson, Bergthor;
Boggi, Ugo;
Callery, Mark;
Del Chiaro, Marco;
Coimbra, Felipe;
Conrad, Claudius;
Cook, Andrew;
Coppola;, Alessandro;
Dervenis, Christos.
Objective: The aim of tis study was to develop and externally validate the first evidence-based guidelines on minimally invasive pancreas resection (MIPR) before and during the International Evidence-based Guidelines on Minimally Invasive Pancreas Resection (IG-MIPR) meeting in Miami (March 2019). Summar...
With increasing morbidity and mortality, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has become one of the major causes of human death, leading to heavy burdens to individuals, families and society. Previous researches have found that though large amount of resources and great effort were devoted, no significant i...
Shroff, Rukshana;
Calder, Francis;
Bakkaloglu, Sevcan;
Nagler, Evi V;
Stuart, Sam;
Stronach, Lynsey;
P. Schmitt, Claus;
H. Heckert, Karl;
Bourquelot, Pierre;
Wagner, Ann-Marie;
Paglialonga, Fabio;
Mitra, Sandip;
Stefanidis, Constantinos J.
There are three principle forms of vascular access available for the treatment of children with end stage kidney
disease (ESKD) by haemodialysis: tunnelled catheters placed in a central vein (central venous lines, CVLs), arteriovenous fistulas (AVF), and arteriovenous grafts (AVG) using prosthetic orbiol...
