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    Pancreatic cancer: ESMO clinical practice guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

    Ann. oncol; 34 (11), 2023
    The opportunity to detect pancreatic cancer (PC) when potentially curable depends on early diagnosis and an ability to identify and screen high-risk populations before symptoms arise. Identification of a high-risk population is challenging and optimal screening tools remain unclear.1 Older age is the str...

    SPLF/SMFU/SRLF/SFAR/SFCTCV Guidelines for the management of patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax: Endorsed by the French Speaking Society of Respiratory Diseases (SPLF), the French Society of Emergency Medicine (SFMU), the French Intensive Care Society (SRLF), the French Society of Anesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine (SFAR) and the French Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (SFCTCV)

    Respir Med Res; 83 (), 2023
    Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is the presence of air in the pleural space, occurring in the absence of trauma and known lung disease. Standardized expert guidelines on PSP are needed due to the variety of diagnostic methods, therapeutic strategies and medical and surgical disciplines involved in...

    Head injury: assessment and early management

    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....

    Management of adult renal trauma: a practice management guideline from the eastern association for the surgery of trauma

    BMC surg. (Online); 23 (22), 2023
    The kidney is the most frequently injured component of the genitourinary system, accounting for 5% of all trauma cases. Several guidelines by different societies address the management of urological trauma. However, unanswered questions remain regarding optimal use of angioembolization in hemodynamically...

    Guía de práctica clínica para el diagnóstico y manejo de la apendicitis aguda

    La apendicitis aguda es la emergencia quirúrgica abdominal más común en todo el mundo. Puede afectar a pacientes de cualquier edad, sin embargo, la mayor incidencia ocurre entre las personas de 20 a 30 años. (1) Durante la gestación, la apendicitis es la emergencia quirúrgica no obstétrica más co...

    Guidelines of the Polish Respiratory Society on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Progressive Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Diseases Other than Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    The recommendations were developed as answers to previously formulated questions concerning everyday diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. They were developed based on a review of the current literature using the GRADE methodology. The experts suggest that PF-ILD be diagnosed based on a combination of d...

    Executive summary screening for Lung Cancer: Chest guideline and expert panel report

    Chest; (21), 2021
    Low-dose chest CT screening for lung cancer has become a standard of care in the United States, in large part because of the results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). Additional evidence supporting the net benefit of low-dose chest CT screening for lung cancer, and increased experience in mini...

    Chronic mesenteric ischemia: clinical practice guidelines from the Society for Vascular Surgery

    J. vasc. surg; 73 (1), 2021
    Chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) results from the inability to achieve adequate postprandial intestinal blood flow, usually from atherosclerotic occlusive disease at the origins of the mesenteric vessels. Patients typically present with postprandial pain, food fear, and weight loss, although they can pr...

    Use of chest imaging in COVID-19: a rapid advice guide

    Since its identification in China in December 2019, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has rapidly evolved into a pandemic. COVID-19 manifests with non-specific respiratory symptoms of variable severity and may require advanced respiratory support. The diagnosis of COVID-19 is currently confirmed by laborato...

    Early management of severe abdominal trauma

    To develop French guidelines on the management of patients with severe abdominal trauma. A consensus committee of 20 experts from the French Society of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (Société française d’anesthésie et de réanimation, SFAR), the French Society of Emergency Medicine (Soc...