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    The Use of Dexamethasone in Patients with High-Grade Gliomas

    Patients with primary brain tumours often develop vasogenic edema and increased intracranial pressure. Corticosteroid therapy improves this in most patients, generally within 48 hours. As such, corticosteroid therapy is sometimes a necessary prerequisite to embarking on chemotherapy and radiotherapy foll...

    AGA technical review on the medical management of moderate to severe luminal and perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease

    Gastroenterology; 160 (7), 2021
    The incidence and prevalence of Crohn's disease (CD) is rising globally. Patients with moderate to severe CD are at high risk for needing surgery and hospitalization and for developing disease-related complications, corticosteroid dependence, and serious infections. Optimal management of outpatients with...

    WHO guideline on school health services. Web Annex F. Systematic reviews of the effectiveness and acceptability of comprehensive school health services: GRADE evidence profiles and evidence-to-decision table

    WHO guideline on school health services: Web Annex F. Systematic reviews of the effectiveness and acceptability of comprehensive school health services: GRADE evidence profiles and evidence-to-decision table In partnership with WHO guideline on school health services Web Annex F. Systematic reviews of th...

    Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the follow-up of at-risk neonates: abriged version

    In this abridged version of the Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Follow-Up of at-risk neonates, we provide recommendations for the care of newborns up to 2 years of age, corresponding to the first phase of their follow-up. The recommendations are intended for all health sector staff re...

    Management of Dyslipidemia for cardiovascular disease risk Reduction: synopsis of the 2020 updated U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline

    In June 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released a joint update of their clinical practice guideline for managing dyslipidemia to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in adults. This synopsis describes the major recommendations. The guideline panel de...

    Chemoprophylaxis, diagnosis, treatments, and discharge management of COVID-19: an evidence-based clinical practice guideline (updated version)

    Mil. med. res. (Lond.); 7 (41), 2020
    The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of a rapidly spreading illness, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), affecting more than seventeen million people around the world. Diagnosis and treatment guidelines for clinicians caring for patients are needed. In the ...

    KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Nutrition in CKD: 2020 Update

    Am. j. kidney dis; 76 (3), 2020
    The National Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) has provided evidence-based guidelines for nutrition in kidney diseases since 1999. Since the publication of the first KDOQI nutrition guideline, there has been a great accumulation of new evidence regarding the managem...

    Society for Vascular Surgery clinical practice guidelines of thoracic endovascular aortic repair for descending thoracic aortic aneurysms

    Thoracic aortic diseases, including disease of the descending thoracic aorta (DTA), are significant causes of death in the United States. Open repair of DTA is a physiologically impactful operation with relatively high rates of mortality, paraplegia, and renal failure. Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repa...

    International evidence-based guidelines on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for critically ill neonates and children issued by the POCUS Working Group of the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC)

    Crit. care; 24 (65), 2020
    Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is nowadays an essential tool in critical care. Its role seems more important in neonates and children where other monitoring techniques may be unavailable. POCUS Working Group of the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) aimed to provide evi...

    Australian guidelines for the clinical care of people with COVID-19 - Australian National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce

    This guideline aims to provide specific, patient-focused recommendations on management and care of people with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. With the exception of chemoprophylaxis for the prevention of infection in people exposed to COVID-19, the guideline does not include other interventions used in ...