Training/instruction of staff in using the selected psychometric test is recommended to achieve sufficiently high
sensibility and specificity. As delirium is a fluctuating condition, repeated testing after hours or days is recommended,
as well as in connection with mental changes in patients with one or ...
When dealing with patients with prostate cancer, healthcare professionals should pay particular attention to the
patient’s psychological well-being and actively ask about this. Healthcare professionals should also pay particular
attention to whether the patient shows depressive symptoms....
Obesity is a chronic, progressive and relapsing disease, characterized by the presence of abnormal or excess adiposity that impairs health and social well-being.
Screening for obesity should be performed regularly by measuring body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference.
The clinical assessment of ob...
Criteria for selection of appropriate candidates for bariatric surgery have been established to minimize surgical complications and to maximize the benefit of these important and limited procedures.
The preoperative workup should evaluate a patient’s medical, nutritional, mental and functional health...
To provide recommendations for a systematic approach to the initial investigation and management of a benign ovarian mass and facilitate patient referral to a gynaecologic oncologist for management....
This document is intended for clinicians taking care of hospitalised adult and paediatric patients with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) when a nCoV infection is suspected. It is not meant to replace clinical judgment or specialist consultation but rather to strengthen clinical management of the...
Infection prevention and control consists of evidence-based measures intended to prevent exposure and reduce the risk of transmission of infectious agents.
The revised guidelines contain recommendations for specific administrative, environmental controls and respiratory protection, following the assessme...
Miravitlles, Marc;
Soler-Cataluña, Juan José;
Calle, Myriam;
Molina, Jesús;
Almagro, Pere;
Quintano, José Antonio;
Trigueros, Juan Antonio;
Cosío, Borja G;
Casanova, Ciro;
Riesco, Juan Antonio;
Simonet, Pere;
Rigau, David;
Soriano, Joan B;
Ancochean, Julio.
La enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC) presenta una gran heterogeneidad clínica, por lo que su tratamiento se debe individualizar según el nivel de riesgo y el fenotipo. La Guía Española de la EPOC (GesEPOC) estableció por primera vez en 2012 unas pautas de tratamiento farmacológico bas...
Al-Mandeel, H. M;
Sagr, E;
Sait, K;
Latifah, H. M;
Al-Obaid, A;
Al-Badawi, I. A;
Alkushi, A. O;
Salem, H;
Massoudi, N. S;
Schunemann, H;
Mustafa, R. A;
Brignardello-Petersen, R.
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the third most common gynecological malignancy in Saudi women with an estimated incidence rate of 1.9 cases per 100 000 women-years. More than 40% of cervical cancer cases are diagnosed at advanced stages due to lack of a routine screening program in Saudi Arabia. Thus, nat...
Children admitted to hospital often die within 24 hours of admission. Many of these deaths could be prevented if very sick children are identified soon after their arrival in the health facility, and treatment is started immediately. This can be facilitated by rapid triage for all children presenting to ...
