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    Executive summary diagnosis and evaluation of hypersensitivity pneumonitis: CHEST guideline and expert panel report [Pré-print]

    The purpose of this analysis is to provide evidence-based and consensus-derived guidance for clinicians to improve individual diagnostic decision-making for hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) and decrease diagnostic practice variability. Approved panelists developed key questions regarding the diagnosis o...

    2021 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Arthritis care res; 73 (7), 2021
    To develop updated guidelines for the pharmacologic management of rheumatoid arthritis. We developed clinically relevant population, intervention, comparator, and outcomes (PICO) questions. After conducting a systematic literature review, the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluat...

    AGA technical review on the medical management of moderate to severe luminal and perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease

    Gastroenterology; 160 (7), 2021
    The incidence and prevalence of Crohn's disease (CD) is rising globally. Patients with moderate to severe CD are at high risk for needing surgery and hospitalization and for developing disease-related complications, corticosteroid dependence, and serious infections. Optimal management of outpatients with...

    2021 update on safety of magnetic resonance imaging: joint statement from Canadian Cardiovascular Society/ Canadian Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance/ Canadian Heart Rhythm Society

    Can. j. cardiol; 37 (), 2021
    Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often considered the gold-standard test for characterizing cardiac as well as noncardiac structure and function. However, many patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) and/or severe renal dysfunction are unable to undergo this test because of safety...

    ACG clinical guidelines: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infections

    Am. j. gastroenterol; 116 (6), 2021
    Clostridioides difficile infection occurs when the bacterium produces toxin that causes diarrhea and inflammation of the colon. These guidelines indicate the preferred approach to the management of adults with C. difficile infection and represent the official practice recommendations of the American Coll...

    Guía para el cuidado de pacientes adultos críticos con COVID-19 en las Américas - versión 3

    Esta guía de práctica clínica, en cuya elaboración se siguió el método GRADE, tiene por objeto proveer recomendaciones para el manejo de pacientes adultos críticos con COVID-19 atendidos en las unidades de cuidados intensivos. Ofrece recomendaciones basadas en evidencia para la identificación de ...

    ACR appropriateness criteria head trauma: 2021 update

    J. Am. Coll. Radiol; 18 (supl. 5), 2021
    Head trauma (ie, head injury) is a significant public health concern and is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children and young adults. Neuroimaging plays an important role in the management of head and brain injury, which can be separated into acute (0-7 days), subacute (<3 months), then ch...

    ACR appropriateness criteria post-treatment surveillance of bladder cancer: 2021 update

    J. Am. Coll. Radiol; 18 (supl. 5), 2021
    Urothelial cancer is the second most common cancer, and cause of cancer death, related to the genitourinary tract. The goals of surveillance imaging after the treatment of urothelial cancer of the urinary bladder are to detect new or previously undetected urothelial tumors, to identify metastatic disease...

    ACR appropriateness criteria postmenopausal acute pelvic pain

    J. Am. Coll. Radiol; 18 (supl. 5), 2021
    Acute pelvic pain is a common presenting complaint in both the emergency room and outpatient settings. Pelvic pain of gynecologic origin in postmenopausal women occurs less frequently than in premenopausal women; however, it has important differences in etiology. The most common causes of postmenopausal ...

    ACG clinical guideline: upper gastrointestinal and ulcer bleeding

    We performed systematic reviews addressing predefined clinical questions to develop recommendations with the GRADE approach regarding management of patients with overt upper gastrointestinal bleeding. We suggest risk assessment in the emergency department to identify very-low-risk patients (e.g., Glasgow...