This guideline covers recognition, referral, investigation and management of spinal metastases and metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC). It is also relevant for direct malignant infiltration of the spine and associated cord compression. It aims to improve early diagnosis and treatment to prevent neu...
Intra-articular injections are sometimes used to relieve pain for people with osteoarthritis. These include injections with corticosteroids, hyaluronan and stem cells. Corticosteroid injections are undertaken to deliver this high dose anti-inflammatory agent within the joint to reduce inflammation of the...
This guideline covers the management of COVID-19 for children, young people and adults in all care settings. It brings together our existing recommendations on managing COVID-19, and new recommendations on therapeutics, so that healthcare staff and those planning and delivering services can find and use ...
COVID-19/tratamiento farmacológico,
Corticoesteroides/uso terapéutico,
Antivirales/uso terapéutico,
COVID-19/complicaciones,
Embolia Pulmonar/complicaciones,
Pulmón/patología,
Anticoagulantes/uso terapéutico,
Dabigatrán/uso terapéutico,
Heparina/uso terapéutico,
4-Hidroxicumarinas/uso terapéutico,
Aspirina/uso terapéutico
This guideline covers the care of women at increased risk of, or with symptoms and signs of, preterm labour (before 37 weeks), and women having a planned preterm birth. It aims to reduce the risks of preterm birth for the baby and describes treatments to prevent or delay early labour and birth.
In this ...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing bronchiolitis in babies and children. It aims to help
healthcare professionals diagnose bronchiolitis and identify if babies and children should be cared
for at home or in hospital. It describes treatments and interventions that can be used to help with
the s...
This guideline covers assessing all chronic pain (chronic primary pain, chronic secondary pain, or both) and managing chronic primary pain in people aged 16 years and over. Chronic primary pain is pain with no clear underlying cause, or pain (or its impact) that is out of proportion to any observable inj...
Dolor Crónico/clasificación,
Dolor Crónico/tratamiento farmacológico,
Dolor Crónico/prevención & control,
Antidepresivos/uso terapéutico,
Marihuana Medicinal/uso terapéutico,
Analgésicos Opioides/uso terapéutico,
Benzodiazepinas/uso terapéutico,
Anticonvulsivantes/uso terapéutico,
Anestésicos Locales/uso terapéutico,
Corticoesteroides/uso terapéutico,
Terapia por Acupuntura
This guideline covers diagnosing, monitoring and managing asthma in adults, young people and
children. It aims to improve the accuracy of diagnosis, help people to control their asthma and
reduce the risk of asthma attacks. It does not cover managing severe asthma or acute asthma
attacks.
In March 2021, ...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing atopic eczema in children under 12. It aims to
improve care for children with atopic eczema by making detailed recommendations on treatment
and specialist referral. The guideline also explains how healthcare professionals should assess the
effect eczema has o...
Rochwerg, Bram;
Agoritsas, Thomas;
Lamontagne, François;
Leo, Yee-Sin;
Macdonald, Helen;
Agarwal, Arnav;
Zeng, Linan;
Lytvyn, Lyubov;
Appiah, John Adabie;
Amin, Wagdy;
Arabi, Yaseen;
Blumberg, Lucille;
Burhan, Erlina;
Bausch, Frederique;
Calfee, Carolyn S;
Cao, Bin;
Cecconi, Maurizio;
Chanda, Duncan;
Cooke, Graham;
Du, Bin;
Dunning, Jake;
Geduld, Heike;
Gee, Patrick;
Hashimi, Madiha;
Hui, David S;
Kabra, Sushil;
Kanda, Seema;
Kawano-Dourado, Leticia;
Kim, Yae-Jean;
Kissoon, Niranjan;
Kwizera, Arthur;
Laake, Jon Henrik;
Machado, Flavia R;
Mahaka, Imelda;
Manai, Hela;
Mino, Greta;
Nsutebu, Emmanuel;
Pshenichnaya, Natalia;
Qadir, Nida;
Sabzwari, Saniya;
Sarin, Rohit;
Sharland, Michael;
Shen, Yinzhong;
Ranganathan, Shalini Sri;
Souza, Joao;
Ugarte, Sebastian;
Venkatapuram, Sridhar;
Dat, Vu Quoc;
Vuyiseka, Dubula;
Wijewickrama, Ananda;
Maguire, Brittany;
Zeraatkar, Dena;
Bartoszko, Jessica;
Ge, Long;
Brignardello-Petersen, Romina;
Siemieniuk, Reed;
Guyatt, Gordon;
Diaz, Janet;
Jacobs, Michael;
Vandvik, Per Olav.
What is the role of drug interventions in the treatment of patients with covid-19? The latest version of this WHO living guidance focuses on remdesivir, following the 15 October 2020 preprint publication of results from the WHO SOLIDARITY trial. It contains a weak or conditional recommendation against th...
The purpose of this guideline is to ensure the best treatment for adults with suspected or confirmed pneumonia in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic and best use of NHS resources. We have withdrawn our guideline on diagnosing and managing pneumonia in adults until further notice....
