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KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the care of kidney transplant recipients: a summary
Kidney int; 77 (4), 2010
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...
WHO recommendations on the management of diarrhoea and pneumonia in HIV-infected infants and children
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...
Guía clinica leucemia en personas menores de 15 años
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...
Guía de práctica clínica sobre la atención integral a las personas con enfermedad de Alzheimer y otras demencias
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....
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and management - update information
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD (which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis) in people aged 16 and older. It aims to help people with COPD to receive a diagnosis earlier so that they can benefit from treatments to reduce symptoms, improve q...
WHO best practices for injections and related procedures toolkit
Medical treatment is intended to save life and improve health, and all health workers have a responsibility to prevent transmission of health-care associated infections. Adherence to safe injection practices and related infection control is part of that responsibility it protects patients and health work...
Antiretroviral therapy of HIV infection in infants and children: towards universal access: recommendations for a public health approach 2010 revision
HIV-infected infants frequently present with clinical symptoms in the first year of life. Without effective treatment, an estimated one third of infected infants will have died by one year of age, and about half will have died by two years of age. These treatment guidelines serve as a framework for selec...
Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention: global policy recommendations
Half the world’s people currently live in rural and remote areas. The problem is that most health workers live and work in cities. This imbalance is common to almost all countries and poses a major challenge to the nationwide provision of health services. This report builds on work that has already bee...
WHO technical consultation on postpartum and postnatal care
The first hours, days and weeks after childbirth are a dangerous time for both mother and newborn
infant. Among the more than 500 000 women who die each year due to complications of pregnancy
and childbirth (1), most deaths occur during or immediately after childbirth (2). Every year three
million infant...