Girard, TD;
Alhazzani, W;
Kress, JP;
Ouellette, DR;
Schmidt, GA;
Truwit, JD;
Burns, SM;
Epstein, SK;
Esteban, A;
Fan, E;
Ferrer, M;
Fraser, GL;
Gong, MN;
Hough, CL;
Mehta, S;
Nanchal, R;
Patel, S;
Pawlik, AJ;
Schweickert, WD;
Sessler, CN;
Strøm, T;
Wilson, KC;
Morris, PE.
"BACKGROUND:
This clinical practice guideline addresses six questions related to liberation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults. It is the result of a collaborative effort between the American Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians.
METHODS:
A multidisciplinary pa...
Girard, TD;
Alhazzani, W;
Kress, JP;
Ouellette, DR;
Schmidt, GA;
Truwit, JD;
Burns, SM;
Epstein, SK;
Esteban, A;
Fan, E;
Ferrer, M;
Fraser, GL;
Gong, MN;
Hough, CL;
Mehta, S;
Nanchal, R;
Patel, S;
Pawlik, AJ;
Schweickert, WD;
Sessler, CN;
Strøm, T;
Wilson, KC;
Morris, PE.
"BACKGROUND:
Interventions that lead to earlier liberation from mechanical ventilation can improve patient outcomes. This guideline, a collaborative effort between the American Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians, provides evidence-based recommendations to optimize liberation fr...
The present guideline update aims to use the best available evidence on the treatment of drug-susceptible TB, as well as on interventions to ensure adequate patient care and support, in order to inform policy decisions made in these technical areas by national TB control programme managers, national poli...
Early recovery after surgery provides patients with all means to counteract or minimize the deleterious effects of surgery. This concept is suitable for a surgical procedure (e.g., colorectal surgery) and comes in the form of a clinical pathway that covers three periods (pre-, intra- and postoperative). ...
HIV-infected infants frequently present with clinical symptoms in the first year of life. Without effective treatment, an estimated one third of infected infants will have died by one year of age, and about half will have died by two years of age. These treatment guidelines serve as a framework for selec...
For the first time, the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) is now considered a realistic public health goal and an important part of the campaign to achieve the millennium development goals. The 2010 revised PMTCT recommendations are based on two key approaches; lifelong ART for HI...
WHO guidelines for ART for HIV infection in adults and adolescents were originally published in 2002, and were revised in 2003 and 2006. New evidence has emerged on when to initiate ART, optimal ART regimens, the management of HIV coinfection with tuberculosis and chronic viral hepatitis, and the managem...
