Resultados: 19

    Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sustained Neuromuscular Blockade in the Adult Critically Ill Patient

    Crit. care med; 44 (11), 2016
    "OBJECTIVE: To update the 2002 version of ""Clinical practice guidelines for sustained neuromuscular blockade in the adult critically ill patient."" DESIGN: A Task Force comprising 17 members of the Society of Critical Medicine with particular expertise in the use of neuromuscular-blocking agents; a Gra...

    The Treatment of Neck Pain-Associated Disorders and Whiplash-Associated Disorders: A Clinical Practice Guideline

    J Manipulative Physiol; 39 (8), 2016
    OBJECTIVE: The objective was to develop a clinical practice guideline on the management of neck pain-associated disorders (NADs) and whiplash-associated disorders (WADs). This guideline replaces 2 prior chiropractic guidelines on NADs and WADs. METHODS: Pertinent systematic reviews on 6 topic areas (educ...

    Scandinavian guidelines for initial management of minor and moderate head trauma in children

    BMC Med; 14:33 (), 2016
    "BACKGROUND: The management of minor and moderate head trauma in children differs widely between countries. Presently, there are no existing guidelines for management of these children in Scandinavia. The purpose of this study was to produce new evidence-based guidelines for the initial management of hea...

    Fractures (complex): assessment and management

    This guideline covers assessing and managing pelvic fractures, open fractures and severe ankle fractures (known as pilon fractures and intra-articular distal tibia fractures) in pre-hospital settings (including ambulance services), emergency departments and major trauma centres. It aims to reduce deaths ...

    Nonoperative management of blunt liver and spleen injury in children: evaluation of the ATOMAC guideline using GRADE

    BACKGROUND: Nonoperative management of liver and spleen injury should be achievable for more than 95% of children. Large national studies continue to show that some regions fail to meet these benchmarks. Simultaneously, current guidelines recommend hospitalization for injury grade + 2 (in days). A new tr...

    Platelet transfusion: a clinical practice guideline from the AABB

    Ann. intern. med; 162 (3), 2015
    BACKGROUND: The AABB (formerly, the American Association of Blood Banks) developed this guideline on appropriate use of platelet transfusion in adult patients. METHODS: These guidelines are based on a systematic review of randomized, clinical trials and observational studies (1900 to September 2014) that...

    Evaluation and management of blunt traumatic aortic injury: a practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

    BACKGROUND: Blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI) is the second most common cause of death in trauma patients. Eighty percent of patients with BTAI will die before reaching a trauma center. The issues of how to diagnose, treat, and manage BTAI were first addressed by the Eastern Association for the Surger...

    An evidence-based prehospital guideline for external hemorrhage control: American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma

    Prehosp. emerg. care; 18 (2), 2014
    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...

    Guía de práctica clínica para el diagnóstico, tratamiento y rehabilitación de pacientes con trauma craneoencefálico severo

    Disminuir la heterogeneidad de la atención pre e intrahospitalaria del TCE severo en Colombia para generar una práctica basada en evidencia científica. Establecer criterios para la referencia yel traslado de pacientes adultos con TCE dentro de un sistema de atención en trauma. Promover una eficienci...