The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to provide clinical recommendations on the appropriate use of point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) in patients with acute dyspnea in emergency department (ED) or inpatient settings to improve the diagnostic, treatment, and health outcomes...
Buda, N;
Kosiak, W;
Wełnicki, M;
Skoczylas, A;
Olszewski, R;
Piotrkowski, J;
Skoczyński, S;
Radzikowska, E;
Jassem, E;
Grabczak, E. M;
Kwaśniewicz, P;
Mathis, G;
Toma, T. P.
A growing amount of evidence prompts us to update the first version of recommendations for
lung ultrasound in internal medicine (POLLUS-IM) that was published in 2018. The recommendations
were established in several stages, consisting of: literature review, assessment of literature data
quality (with the...
Preguntas respondidas por la guía: 1- Devem ou não ser acrescentados exames de imagem de tórax ao tratamento padrão para pacientes com COVID-19 cujos sintomas desapareceram, ao decidir dar ou não alta hospitalar? 2- Devem ou não ser usados exames de imagem de tórax para pacientes sintomáticos com...
COVID-19/diagnostic imaging,
Sensitivity and Specificity,
Radiography, Thoracic,
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction,
Tomography, X-Ray Computed,
False Negative Reactions,
False Positive Reactions,
Ultrasonography,
Diagnostic Imaging/methods
Breast cancer is the most common cancer type in women and the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States (1). The goal of screening is to reduce morbidity and mortality, both specific to breast cancer and overall, with acceptable tradeoffs (2, 3). The most commonly used screening test is m...
To develop evidence-based guidelines for the management of giant cell arteritis (GCA) as a complement to guidelines in other areas of rheumatology, issued by the Swedish Society of Rheumatology. A working group selected key areas for recommendations, reviewed the available evidence, and wrote draft guide...
Esta guía de práctica clínica (GPC) surge como iniciativa del comité científico de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Torácica. Para elaborar dicha GPC se han formulado las preguntas PICO (paciente, intervención, comparación y outcome o variable resultado) sobre distintos aspectos del neumotórax ...
Generar recomendaciones basadas en la mejor evidencia disponible acerca del diagnóstico, tratamiento y seguimiento de la displasia luxante de cadera en recién nacidos y lactantes. Recién nacidos y lactantes con displasia luxante de cadera o sospecha, que reciben atención en el nivel primario, secunda...
Ballarín Castán, José Aurelio;
García López, Fernando;
Ibeas López, José;
Juárez Vela, Raúl;
Ortega Marlasca, Manuel María;
Pequeño Saco, Sandra;
Pérez Contreras, Francisco Javier;
Pérez Maraver, Manuel;
Rigau Comas, David;
Ruiz Hidalgo, Domingo;
anabria Uribe, Andrea Juliana;
Saracho Rotaeche, Ramón.
Objetivos: Esta GPC sobre Enfermedad Renal Crónica (ERC) responde a preguntas clínicas concernientes a su detección precoz, derivación a atención especializada y manejo, tanto mediante tratamiento farmacológico como con medidas higiénico dietéticas, estilos de vida e intervenciones educativas. As...
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/diagnosis,
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/therapy,
Ultrasonography/methods,
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/therapeutic use,
Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use,
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors/therapeutic use,
GRADE Approach,
Life Style,
Diet, Sodium-Restricted,
Diet, Protein-Restricted,
Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists/therapeutic use
Al-Hameed, F;
Al-Dorzi, H. M;
Shamy, A;
Qadi, A;
Bakhsh, E;
Aboelnazar, E;
Abdelaal, M;
Al Khuwaitir, T;
Al-Moamary, M. S;
Al-Hajjaj, M. S;
Brozek, J;
Schünemann, H;
Mustafa, R;
Falavigna, M.
The diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) may be challenging due to the inaccuracy of clinical assessment and diversity of diagnostic tests. On one hand, missed diagnosis may result in life-threatening conditions. On the other hand, unnecessary treatment may lead to serious complications. As a result...
Lockwood, Charles J;
Boiselle, Phillip M;
Hurwitz, Lynne M;
James, Andra H;
McCullough, Laurence B;
Menda, Yusuf;
Paidas, Michael J;
Royal, Henry D;
Tapson, Victor F;
Winer-Muram, Helen T;
Chervenak, Frank A;
Cody, Dianna D;
McNitt-Gray, Michael F;
Stave, Christopher D;
Brandi, D;
Jaeschke, Roman;
Bull, Todd M;
Leung, Ann N.
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...
