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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:...

    An Official American Thoracic Society/Society of Thoracic Radiology Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of Suspected Pulmonary EmbolismIn Pregnancy

    The diagnostic algorithm for evaluation of suspected pulmonaryembolism (PE) in pregnancy presented in this clinical practiceguideline represents the collective efforts of a multidisciplinarypanel of major medical stakeholders who developed these rec-ommendations using the GRADE system (Figure 1). A major...

    Autism spectrum disorder in under 19s: recognition, referral and diagnosis

    This guideline covers recognising and diagnosing autism spectrum disorder in children and young people from birth up to 19 years. It also covers referral. It aims to improve the experience of children, young people and those who care for them....

    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...

    Diagnosis and Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults

    Am. fam. physician; 83 (11), 2011
    Community-acquired pneumonia is diagnosed by clinical features (e.g., cough, fever, pleuritic chest pain) and by lung imaging, usually an infiltrate seen on chest radiography. Initial evaluation should determine the need for hospitalization versus outpatient management using validated mortality or severi...

    Common mental health problems: identification and pathways to care

    This guideline covers care for people aged 18 and over with common mental health problems, with a focus on primary care. It aims to improve access to services for adults and how mental health problems are identified and assessed, and makes recommendations on local care pathways. Management of specific me...

    Type 2 diabetes prevention: population and community-level interventions

    This guideline covers preventing type 2 diabetes in adult populations and communities who are at high risk. It aims to promote a healthy diet and physical activity at community and population level, and recommends how to tailor services for people in ethnic communities and other groups who are particular...

    Ovarian cancer: recognition and initial management

    This guideline covers detecting, diagnosing and treating women (18 years and older) who have, or are suspected of having, epithelial ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, primary peritoneal cancer or borderline ovarian cancer. It aims to enable earlier detection of ovarian cancer and improve initial tre...

    Colorectal cancer prevention: colonoscopic surveillance in adults with ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease or adenomas

    This guideline covers using colonoscopy to check for signs of bowel cancer in people aged 18 and over with ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease (types of inflammatory bowel disease) or adenomas (also known as polyps). It aims to prevent cancer and prolong life by offering advice on identifying early b...

    Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis, assessment and management of harmful drinking (high-risk drinking) and alcohol dependence

    This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing alcohol-use disorders (harmful drinking and alcohol dependence) in adults and young people aged 10–17 years. It aims to reduce harms (such as liver disease, heart problems, depression and anxiety) from alcohol by improving assessment and setting...