A Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) review of the evidence for benefits and harms for GSK Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) PreF3 vaccine was presented to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on June 21, 2023. GRADE evidence type indicates the c...
A Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) review of the evidence for benefits and harms for Pfizer Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) preF vaccine was presented to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on June 21, 2023. GRADE evidence type indicates th...
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Beers Criteria® (AGS Beers Criteria®) for Potentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM) Use in Older Adults is widely used by clinicians, educators, researchers, healthcare administrators, and regulators. Since 2011, the AGS has been the steward of the criteria and ha...
Fujii-Lau, Larissa L;
Thosani, Nirav C;
Al-Haddad, Mohammad;
Acoba, Jared;
Wray, Curtis J;
Zvavanjanja, Rodrick;
Amateau, Stuart K;
Buxbaum, James L;
Wani, Sachin;
Calderwood, Audrey H;
Chalhoub, Jean M;
Coelho-Prabhu, Nayantara;
Desai, Madhav;
Elhanafi, Sherif E;
Fishman, Douglas S;
Forbes, Nauzer;
Jamil, Laith H;
Jue, Terry L;
Kohli, Divyanshoo R;
Kwon, Richard S;
Law, Joanna K;
Lee, Jeffrey K;
Machicado, Jorge D;
Marya, Neil B;
Pawa, Swati;
Ruan, Wenly;
Sawhney, Mandeep S;
Sheth, Sunil G;
Storm, Andrew;
Thiruvengadam, Nikhil R;
Qumseya, Bashar J.
Biliary strictures of undetermined etiology pose a diagnostic challenge for endoscopists. Despite advances in technology, diagnosing malignancy in biliary strictures often requires multiple procedures. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) framework was used to rig...
Bell, Alan D;
MacCallum, Caroline;
Margolese, Shari;
Walsh, Zach;
Wright, Patrick;
Daeninck, Paul J;
Mandarino, Enrico;
Lacasse, Gary;
Deol, Jagpaul Kaur;
Freitas, Lauren de;
St. Pierre, Michelle;
Belle-Isle, Lynne;
Gagnon, Marilou;
Bevan, Sian;
Sanchez, Tatiana;
Arlt, Stephanie;
Monahan-Ellison, Max;
O'Hara, James;
Boivin, Michael;
Costiniuk, Cecilia.
One in five individuals live with chronic pain globally, which often co-occurs with sleep problems, anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders. Although these conditions are commonly managed with cannabinoid-based medicines (CBM), health care providers report lack of information on the risks, benef...
Sandbrink, Friedhelm;
Murphy, Jennifer L;
Johansson, Melanie;
Olson, Juli L;
Edens, Ellen;
Clinton-Lont, Jamie;
Sall, James;
Spevak, Christopher;
Brown, Nicole;
Guinta, Raquel;
Macedo, Franz;
Nazario, Mitchell;
Pangarkar, Sanjog;
Preston, Samuel;
Prince, Matthew;
Real, Donna Endsley;
Riegleman, David;
Steil, Evan.
In May 2022, leadership within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) approved a joint clinical practice guideline for the use of opioids when managing chronic pain. This synopsis summarizes the recommendations that the authors believe are the most important to ...
Singh, Siddharth;
Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin N;
Nguyen, Nghia H;
Cohen, Benjamin L;
Velayos, Fernando S;
Weiss, Jennifer M;
Sultan, Shahnaz;
Siddique, Shazia M;
Adler, Jeremy;
Chachu, Karen A.
Biomarkers are used frequently for noninvasive monitoring and treatment decision making in the management of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). This American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) guideline is intended to support practitioners in decisions about the use of biomarkers for the managemen...
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...
