OBJECTIVE: To formulate clinical practice guidelines for the pharmacological management of obesity. PARTICIPANTS: An Endocrine Society-appointed Task Force of experts, a methodologist, and a medical writer. This guideline was co-sponsored by the European Society of Endocrinology and The Obesity Society. ...
Every year, around 234 million surgical operations are performed worldwide ( Weiser, TG 2008 ), which are inevitably accompanied by mistakes. According to the US Institute of Medicine's report, Err is human – building a safer Health System, between 44,000 and 98,000 hospital patients die each year from...
Considerando que, los numerales I y II del TÃtulo Preliminar de la Ley N° 26842, Ley General de Salud disponen que la salud es condición indispensable del desarrollo humano y medio fundamental para alcanzar el bienestar individual y colectivo, y que la protección de la salud es de interés público. ...
This guideline covers the care and treatment of people with, or at risk of developing, chronic kidney disease. It aims to prevent or delay the progression of chronic kidney disease, reduce or prevent the development of complications, and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease....
Contribuir en la mejora del estado de salud de las niñas, niños y adolescentes en el marco de la atención integral de salud. Estandarizar los criterios técnicos para el diagnóstico y tratamiento de la anemia por deficiencia de hierro en las niñas, niños y adolescentes em establecimientos de salud ...
Fox, N;
Schwartz, D;
Salazar, J. H;
Haut, E. R;
Dahm, P;
Black, J. H;
Brakenridge, S. C;
Como, J. J;
Hendershot, K;
King, D. R;
Maung, A. A;
Moorman, M. L;
Nagy, K;
Petrey, L. B;
Tesoriero, R;
Scalea, T. M;
Fabian, T. C.
BACKGROUND: Blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI) is the second most common cause of death in trauma patients. Eighty percent of patients with BTAI will die before reaching a trauma center. The issues of how to diagnose, treat, and manage BTAI were first addressed by the Eastern Association for the Surger...
Elaborar una GPC que sirva de instrumento para mejorar la atención integral a las personas con LES, estableciendo recomendaciones desarrolladas de forma sistemática y basadas en la evidencia cientÃfica, que ayuden a los profesionales y a los pacientes a tomar decisiones sobre la atención sanitaria mÃ...
Esta guÃa se centra en la atención de personas afectadas por espondiloartritis axial (EspAax) o
por artritis psoriásica (APs). Se incluyen solamente pacientes adultos y el área clÃnica abordada
es la del tratamiento de la enfermedad....
Infections are responsible for about one fifth of the world’s annual 2.7 million neonatal deaths. In South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa about one quarter of all neonatal deaths are due to infections. Many sick infants only have non-specific signs, and thus are not recognized to have infection. Even when...
