Neumann, Ignacio;
Izcovich, Ariel;
Aguilar, Ricardo;
Basantes, Guillermo León;
Casais, Patricia;
Colorio, Cecilia C;
Esposito, María Cecilia Guillermo;
Lázaro, Pedro P. García;
Pereira, Jaime;
García, Luis A. Meillon;
Rezende, Suely Meireles;
Serrano, Juan Carlos;
Valle, Mario L. Tejerina;
Altuna, Diana;
Zúñiga, Pamela;
Vera, Felipe;
Karzulovic, Lorena;
Schünemann, Holger J.
Implementation of international guidelines in Latin American settings requires additional considerations (ie, values and preferences, resources, accessibility, feasibility, and impact on health equity). The purpose of this guideline is to provide evidence-based recommendations about the diagnosis of veno...
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...