Two meningococcal vaccines, MenACWY-D and Hib-MenCY-TT, were licensed for use in infants in April 2011 and June 2012, respectively. Evidence of benefits, harms, values and preferences, and cost-effectiveness were reviewed in accordance with GRADE methods[1]. The primary policy question was “Should men...
This guideline covers managing hyperphosphataemia in children, young people and adults with stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease. It makes recommendations on dietary management and phosphate binders, to reduce variation in care and the risk of hyperparathyroidism for people with chronic kidney disease....
This guideline covers raising awareness of and testing for hepatitis B and C infection. It aims to ensure that people at increased risk of hepatitis B and C infection are tested. NICE has also produced a guideline on the diagnosis and management of hepatitis B infection. In March 2013, changes were made ...
The 2012 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) clinical practice guideline on glomerulonephritis (GN) is intended to assist the practitioner caring for patients with GN. Two chapters of this guideline focus specifically on nephrotic syndrome in children. Guideline development followed a thoro...
Dellinger, R. P;
Levy, M. M;
Rhodes, A;
Annane, D;
Gerlach, H;
Opal, S. M;
Sevransky, J. E;
Sprung, C. L;
Douglas, I. S;
Jaeschke, R;
Osborn, T. M;
Nunnally, M. E;
Townsend, S. R;
Reinhart, K;
Kleinpell, R. M;
Angus, D. C;
Deutschman, C. S;
Machado, F. R;
Rubenfeld, G. D;
Webb, S;
Beale, R. J;
Vincent, J. L;
Moreno, R.
Objective: To provide an update to the “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock,” last published in 2008. Design: A consensus committee of 68 international experts representing 30 international organizations was convened. Nominal groups were assembled at ...
Barr, J;
Fraser, G. L;
Puntillo, K;
Ely, E. W;
Gélinas, C;
Dasta, J. F;
Davidson, J. E;
Devlin, J. W;
Kress, J. P;
Joffe, A. M;
Coursin, D. B;
Herr, D. L;
Tung, A;
Robinson, B, R;
Fontaine, D. K;
Ramsay, M. A;
Riker, R. R;
Sessler, C. N;
Pun, B;
Skrobik, Y;
Jaeschke, R.
OBJECTIVE: To revise the "Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Sustained Use of Sedatives and Analgesics in the Critically Ill Adult" published in Critical Care Medicine in 2002. METHODS: The American College of Critical Care Medicine assembled a 20-person, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional task for...
Takada, Tadahiro;
Strasberg, Steven M;
Solomkin, Joseph S;
Pitt, Henry A;
Gomi, Harumi;
Yoshida, Masahiro;
Mayumi, Toshihiko;
Miura, Fumihiko;
Bu ̈chler, Markus W;
Kiriyama, Seiki;
Yokoe, Masamichi;
Kimura, Yasutoshi;
Tsuyuguchi, Toshio;
Itoi, Takao;
Gabata, Toshifumi;
Higuchi, Ryota;
Okamoto, Kohji;
Jiro, Hata;
Murata, Atsuhiko;
Kusachi, Shinya;
Windsor, John A;
Supe, Avinash N;
Lee, SungGyu;
Chen, Xiao-Ping;
Yamashita, Yuichi;
Hirata, Koichi;
Inui, Kazuo;
Sumiyama, Yoshinobu;
Garden, O. James;
Gouma, Dirk J.
In 2007, the Tokyo Guidelines for the man-agement of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis (TG07) werefirst published in theJournal of Hepato-Biliary-PancreaticSurgery. The fundamental policy of TG07 was to achievethe objectives of TG07 through the development of con-sensus among specialists in this field ...
WHO has developed guidelines on systematic screening for active tuberculosis (TB) based on a thorough review of available evidence. Early detection of TB is essential to further improve health outcomes for people with TB, and to reduce TB transmission more effectively. Systematic screening in high risk g...
This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on a number of specific issues related to the management of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children, including in the context of HIV. The guideline will help Member States and their partners in their efforts to make informed deci...
These guidelines were produced by the Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR), World Health Organization (WHO), under the leadership of Dr Claudia García-Moreno. The expertise and support of many people have made the development of these guidelines possible. The guideline development proces...
