This guideline covers assessment and early management of head injury in babies, children, young people and adults. It aims to ensure that people have the right care for the severity of their head injury, including direct referral to specialist care if needed....
As part of the dynamic development of medicine, emergency services are becoming a separate unit with specific requirements for material, technical and personnel equipment, and it is necessary to perceive them as such and clearly adjust the conditions for their operation within inpatient facilities. For t...
This guideline covers organising and delivering emergency and acute medical care for people aged over 16 in the community and in hospital. It aims to reduce the need for hospital admissions by giving advanced training to paramedics and providing community alternatives to hospital care. It also promotes g...
Bressler, B;
Marshall, J. K;
Bernstein, C. N;
Bitton, A;
Jones, J;
Leontiadis, G. I;
Panaccione, R;
Steinhart, A. H;
Tse, F;
Feagan, B.
BACKGROUND & AIMS:: The medical management of ulcerative colitis (UC) has improved through the development of new therapies and novel approaches that optimize existing drugs. Previous Canadian consensus guidelines addressed the management of severe UC in the hospitalized patient. We now present consensu...
The purpose of this guidance document is to inform physicians and
other health care practitioners of an increased risk of influenza
outbreaks in long-term care facilities (LTCF) during the 2014-2015
influenza season in Canada, and to provide recommendations for
adjustment to LTCF outbreak control measure...
Al-Hameed, F. M;
Al-Dorzi, H. M;
Al-Momen, A. M;
Algahtani, F. H;
Al-Zahrani, H. A;
Al-Saleh, K. A;
Al-Sheef, M. A;
Owaidah, T. M;
Alhazzani, W;
Neumann, I;
Wiercioch, W;
Brozek, J;
Schunemann, H;
Akl, E. A.
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) is commonly encountered in daily clinical practice. After diagnosis, its management frequently carries significant challenges to the clinical practitioner. Treatment of VTE with the inappropriate modality and/or...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing acute heart failure or possible acute heart failure in people aged 18 and over. It aims to improve the immediate care of someone who is acutely unwell as a result of heart failure....
Ortiz del Río, Carlos Alonso;
Pérez de la Blanca, Eduardo Briones;
Buzón Barrera, Mari Luz;
Calderón Sandubete, Enrique;
Carrero Caballero, Maria Carmen;
Carrión Camacho, Maria Reyes;
Luna Rodríguez, Margarita Enríquez de;
García Aguilar, Rocío;
García Díez, Rosa;
García Fernández, Francisco Pedro;
García Juárez, Rosario;
González Méndez, María Isabel;
López Rodríguez, Luis;
Marín León, Ignacio;
Marín Cabañas, Marta;
Martínez Rísquez, Maria Teresa;
Medrano Ortega, Francisco Javier;
Moreno Machuca, Javier;
Morillo Leco, Germán;
Quijano Campos, Juan Carlos;
Rodríguez Torres, Patricia;
Romero Alonso, Alberto;
Romero Tabares, Antonio;
Zamudio Sánchez, Antonio.
El objetivo principal de la guía es proporcionar a los profesionales sanitarios una herramienta que les permita tomar decisiones basadas en evidencia sobre aspectos de la atención al paciente adulto con indicación de terapia intravenosa con dispositivos no permanentes. Además, se señalan los objetiv...
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...
Neumonía/diagnóstico por imagen,
Neumonía/terapia,
Enfermedades Respiratorias/diagnóstico,
Atención Ambulatoria/organización & administración,
Cultivo de Sangre/instrumentación,
Macrólidos/uso terapéutico,
Doxiciclina/uso terapéutico,
Antibacterianos/uso terapéutico,
Fluoroquinolonas/uso terapéutico,
Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos,
Neumonía Asociada a la Atención Médica/prevención & control
