This guideline covers mental health rehabilitation for adults with complex psychosis. It aims to ensure people can have rehabilitation when they need it and promotes a positive approach to long-term recovery. It includes recommendations on organising rehabilitation services, assessment and care planning,...
This guideline covers preventing and treating surgical site infections in adults, young people and
children who are having a surgical procedure involving a cut through the skin. It focuses on
methods used before, during and after surgery to minimise the risk of infection....
Buda, N;
Kosiak, W;
Wełnicki, M;
Skoczylas, A;
Olszewski, R;
Piotrkowski, J;
Skoczyński, S;
Radzikowska, E;
Jassem, E;
Grabczak, E. M;
Kwaśniewicz, P;
Mathis, G;
Toma, T. P.
A growing amount of evidence prompts us to update the first version of recommendations for
lung ultrasound in internal medicine (POLLUS-IM) that was published in 2018. The recommendations
were established in several stages, consisting of: literature review, assessment of literature data
quality (with the...
In 2017 the Veterans Administration (VA) and Department of Defense (DOD) launched development of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, with the goal of informing and improving patient care. The guideline development process followed GRADE methodology, con...
A potentially severe acute respiratory infection caused by the novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).[1] The clinical presentation is generally that of a respiratory infection
with a symptom severity ranging from a mild common cold-like illness, to a severe viral ...
Betacoronavirus/patogenicidad,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/diagnóstico por imagen,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/complicaciones,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/tratamiento farmacológico,
Neumonía Viral/diagnóstico por imagen,
Neumonía Viral/tratamiento farmacológico,
Neumonía Viral/complicaciones,
Pandemias/estadística & datos numéricos,
Brote de los Síntomas,
Grupos de Riesgo,
China/epidemiología,
Neumonía Asociada a la Atención Médica/diagnóstico,
Personal de Salud/organización & administración,
Portador Sano/transmisión,
Transmisión Vertical de Enfermedad Infecciosa/prevención & control
Policy makers developing obesity policies should assess and reflect on their own attitudes and beliefs related to obesity.
Public health policy makers should avoid using stigmatizing language and images. It is well established that shaming does not change behaviours. In fact, shaming can increase the lik...
besity is a chronic disease characterized by the presence of excessive and/or dysfunctional adipose tissue that impairs health and wellbeing.
Obesity increases the risk of serious chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, among others.
Obesity...
Obesity is a complex chronic disease in which abnormal or excess
body fat (adiposity) impairs health, increases the risk of long-term
medical complications and reduces life span. However, due to individual differences in body composition, body fat distribution and
function, the threshold to which adiposi...
Obesity is a heterogeneous disease that can develop via slow and steady weight gain over an extended period, or from rapid bursts of weight gain.
Regular assessments of body weight are needed to catch early weight gain. Use the Edmonton Obesity Staging System to evaluate if the patient has obesity.
Clini...
Asking patients about their performance in daily activities including personal care, mobility and interactions with the built and social environment will provide valuable information about facilitators and barriers to engagement in daily activities, including treatment recommendations. This can help heal...
