This guideline covers identifying and treating primary hypertension (high blood pressure) in people aged 18 and over, including people with type 2 diabetes. It aims to reduce the risk of cardiovascular problems such as heart attacks and strokes by helping healthcare professionals to diagnose hypertension...
To develop an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the prevention of oral mucositis in children (0-18 years) receiving treatment for cancer or undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).
The Mucositis Prevention Guideline Development Group was interdisciplinary and included in...
This guideline covers the care of women at increased risk of, or with symptoms and signs of, preterm labour (before 37 weeks), and women having a planned preterm birth. It aims to reduce the risks of preterm birth for the baby and describes treatments to prevent or delay early labour and birth....
This guideline covers interventions in secondary and further education to prevent and reduce
alcohol use among children and young people aged 11 up to and including 18. It also covers people
aged 11 to 25 with special educational needs or disabilities in full-time education. It will also be
relevant to c...
This guideline covers the planning and management of end of life and palliative care in for infants, children and young people (aged 0–17 years) with life-limiting conditions. It aims to involve children, young people and their families in decisions about their care, and improve the support that is ava...
This guideline covers assessing and managing motor neurone disease (MND). It aims to improve care from the time of diagnosis, and covers information and support, organisation of care, managing symptoms and preparing for end of life care....
This guideline covers the assessment and early management of head injury in children, young people and adults. It promotes effective clinical assessment so that people receive the right care for the severity of their head injury, including referral directly to specialist care if needed. In September 2019...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing hypertension (high blood pressure), including preeclampsia, during pregnancy, labour and birth. It also includes advice for women with hypertension
who wish to conceive and women who have had a pregnancy complicated by hypertension. It aims
to improve care du...
Bekkering, G. E;
Agoritsas, T;
Lytvyn, L;
Heen, A. F;
Feller, M;
Moutzouri, E;
Abdulazeem, H;
Aertgeerts, B;
Beecher, D;
Brito, J. P;
Farhoumand, P. D;
Ospina, N. Singh;
Rodondi, N;
van Driel, M;
Wallace, E;
Snel, M;
Okwen, P. M;
Siemieniuk, R;
Vandvik, P. O;
Kuijpers, T;
Vermandere, M.
What are the benefits and harms of thyroid hormones for adults with subclinical hypothyroidism
(SCH)? This guideline was triggered by a recent systematic review of randomised controlled trials, which could
alter practice. Current guidelines tend to recommend thyroid hormones for adults with thyroid stimu...
Oakland, Kathryn;
Chadwick, Georgina;
East, James E;
Guy, Richard;
Humphries, Adam;
Jairath, Vipul;
McPherson, Simon;
Metzner, Magdalena;
Morris, A John;
Murphy, Mike F;
Tham, Tony;
Uberoi, Raman;
Veitch, Andrew McCulloch;
Wheeler, James;
Regan, Cuthbert;
Hoare, Jonathan.
This is the first UK national guideline to concentrate on acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) and has been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG). The Guidelines Development Group consisted of representatives from the BSG En...
