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    Self-harm in over 8s: long-term management

    This guideline covers the longer-term psychological treatment and management of self-harm in people aged 8 and over. It aims to improve the quality of care and support for people who self harm and covers both single and recurrent episodes of self-harm. This guideline follows on from self-harm in over 8s:...

    Guía de práctica clínica sobre el manejo del paciente con dispepsia (actualización 2011)

    Su objetivo principal es ayudar a optimizar el proceso diagnostico, identificando a los pacientes con bajo riesgo de tener una patología orgánica grave (fundamentalmente tumoral), los cuales podrían ser manejados de forma segura sin necesidad de realizar pruebas diagnosticas invasivas y/o derivaciones...

    Generalised anxiety disorder and panic disorder in adults: management

    This guideline covers the care and treatment of people aged 18 and over with generalised anxiety disorder (chronic anxiety) or panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia or panic attacks). It aims to help people achieve complete relief of symptoms (remission), which is associated with better functioning...

    Guidelines on neonatal seizures

    Neonatal seizures represent one of the most frequent neurological events in newborn infants, often reflecting a variety of different pre-, peri-, or postnatal disorders of the central nervous system (CNS). These guidelines are intended to be of use for neonatologists, pediatric neurologists, pediatrician...

    Rapid advice: diagnosis, prevention and management of cryptococcal disease in HIV-infected adults, adolescents and children

    Increasing access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has transformed the prognosis of HIVinfected patients in resource-limited settings (RLS). However, treatment coverage remains relatively low, and HIV diagnosis occurs at a late stage. As a result, many patients continue to die of HIV-related opportunistic...

    Commercial serodiagnostic tests for diagnosis of tuberculosis: policy statement

    An antibody detection-based diagnostic test in a user-friendly format could potentially replace microscopy and extend tuberculosis diagnosis to lower levels of health services. Dozens of commercial serological tests for tuberculosis are being marketed in many parts of the world, despite previous systemat...

    Guideline on HIV disclosure counselling for children up to 12 years of age

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed guidance for health care workers on how to support children up to 12 years of age and their caregivers with disclosure of HIV status. Health care workers (HCWs) know that disclosure decisions are complex because of stigma, social support concerns, family ...

    Fluorescent light-emitting diode (‎LED)‎ microscopy for diagnosis of tuberculosis: policy statement

    Conventional light microscopy of Ziehl-Neelsen-stained smears prepared directly from sputum specimens is the most widely available test for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in resource-limited settings. Ziehl-Neelsen microscopy is highly specific, but its sensitivity is variable (20–80%) and is significa...

    Use of tuberculosis interferon-gamma release assays (‎IGRAs)‎ in low- and middle-income countries: policy statement

    Research over the past decade has resulted in the development of two commercial interferongamma release assays (IGRAs), based on the principle that the T-cells of individuals who have acquired TB infection respond to re-stimulation with Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigens by secreting interferon...

    Policy statement: automated real-time nucleic acid amplification technology for rapid and simultaneous detection of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance: Xpert MTB/RIF system

    Earlier and improved tuberculosis (TB) case detection - including smear-negative disease, often associated with HIV co-infection - as well as expanded capacity to diagnose multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are global priorities for TB control. Conventional laboratory methods are slow and cumberso...