This guideline covers diagnosing and managing atrial fibrillation in adults. It includes guidance on providing the best care and treatment for people with atrial fibrillation, including assessing and managing risks of stroke and bleeding.
The recommendations in this guideline were developed before the C...
This guideline covers preventing bacterial infection in healthy babies of up to and including 28 days corrected gestational age, treating pregnant women whose unborn baby is at risk of infection, and caring for babies of up to and including 28 days corrected gestational age with a suspected or confirmed ...
This guideline covers the routine postnatal care that women and their babies should receive in the first 8 weeks after the birth. It includes the organisation and delivery of postnatal care, identifying and managing common and serious health problems in women and their babies, how to help parents form st...
This guideline covers assessing all chronic pain (chronic primary pain, chronic secondary pain, or both) and managing chronic primary pain in people aged 16 years and over. Chronic primary pain is pain with no clear underlying cause, or pain (or its impact) that is out of proportion to any observable inj...
Dolor Crónico/clasificación,
Dolor Crónico/tratamiento farmacológico,
Dolor Crónico/prevención & control,
Antidepresivos/uso terapéutico,
Marihuana Medicinal/uso terapéutico,
Analgésicos Opioides/uso terapéutico,
Benzodiazepinas/uso terapéutico,
Anticonvulsivantes/uso terapéutico,
Anestésicos Locales/uso terapéutico,
Corticoesteroides/uso terapéutico,
Terapia por Acupuntura
This guideline covers when to offer caesarean birth, discussion of caesarean birth, procedural aspects of the operation, and care after caesarean birth. It aims to improve the consistency and quality of care for women who are thinking about having a caesarean birth or have had a previous caesarean birth ...
This guideline covers diagnosing, monitoring and managing asthma in adults, young people and
children. It aims to improve the accuracy of diagnosis, help people to control their asthma and
reduce the risk of asthma attacks. It does not cover managing severe asthma or acute asthma
attacks.
In March 2021, ...
This guideline covers prescribing of cannabis-based medicinal products for people with intractable
nausea and vomiting, chronic pain, spasticity and severe treatment-resistant epilepsy....
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing atopic eczema in children under 12. It aims to
improve care for children with atopic eczema by making detailed recommendations on treatment
and specialist referral. The guideline also explains how healthcare professionals should assess the
effect eczema has o...
This guideline covers keeping adults in care homes safe from abuse and neglect. It includes potential indicators of abuse and neglect by individuals or organisations, and covers the safeguarding process from when a concern is first identified through to section 42 safeguarding enquiries. There are recomm...
This guideline covers identifying children, young people and adults with symptoms that could be caused by cancer. It outlines appropriate investigations in primary care, and selection of people to refer for a specialist opinion. It aims to help people understand what to expect if they have symptoms that ...
