Low birth weight (LBW) has been defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as weight at birth less than 2500 g. The global prevalence of LBW is 15.5%, which means that about 20.6 million such infants are born each year, 96.5% of them in developing countries. There is significant variation in LBW rate...
This report is an addendum to the diagnostic criteria published in the 2006 WHO/IDF report “Definition and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and intermediate hyperglycaemia” , and addresses the use of HbA1c in diagnosing diabetes mellitus. The WHO Consultation concluded that HbA1c can be used as a diag...
This guideline covers the assessment, preparation, training and monitoring needed when using sedation in people aged under 19. It aims to help healthcare professionals decide when sedation is the most clinically and cost effective option for reducing pain and anxiety during operations for children and yo...
Pain Management,
Deep Sedation/standards,
Adjuvants, Anesthesia,
Anesthetics, Inhalation,
Analgesics, Opioid,
Hypnotics and Sedatives,
Monitoring, Physiologic
This guideline covers diagnosing and treating delirium in people aged 18 and over in hospital and in
long-term residential care or a nursing home. It also covers identifying people at risk of developing
delirium in these settings and preventing onset. It aims to improve diagnosis of delirium and reduce
h...
Recommendations to develop guidelines on community-based rehabilitation (CBR) were made during the International Consultation to Review Community-based Rehabilitation which was held in Helsinki, Finland in 2003. WHO; the International Labour Organization; the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cu...
Kasiske, B. L;
Zeier, M. G;
Chapman, J. R;
Craig, J. C;
Ekberg, H;
Garvey, C. A;
Green, M. D;
Jha, V;
Josephson, M. A;
Kiberd, B. A;
Kreis, H. A;
McDonald, R. A;
Newmann, J. M;
Obrador, G. T;
Vincenti, F. G;
Cheung, M;
Earley, A;
Raman, G;
Abariga, S;
Wagner, M;
Balk, E. M.
The 2009 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) clinical practice guideline on the monitoring, management, and treatment of kidney transplant recipients is intended to assist the practitioner caring for adults and children after kidney transplantation. The guideline development process followe...
To improve survival and quality of life among the 2.5 million children living with HIV, a comprehensive package of prevention, care and treatment is required. This package should include management of infections such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria and ear infections, as well as common opportunistic inf...
El cáncer es una enfermedad poco frecuente en los niños menores de 15 años. Desde la
década del 80, debido al control de las enfermedades infecciosas y otras, es la primera
causa de muerte relacionada con enfermedad en los niños mayores de 5 años, precedida
sólo por los accidentes, tanto en Europa...
El objetivo de esta GPC es ofrecer recomendaciones desarrolladas de forma sistemática para ayudar a profesionales y a pacientes a tomar decisiones sobre la atención sanitaria más apropiada, y a seleccionar las opciones diagnósticas o terapéuticas mas adecuadas....
