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    Guía de Práctica Clínica ​(GPC) para el manejo de la Hipertensión Arterial Primaria (HTA)

    Constituir un grupo de desarrollo de la guía (GDG), que reúna el mayor nivel de experticia tanto en la prevención, diagnóstico, tratamiento integral y seguimiento de pacientes con HTA, como en la metodología de apreciación, síntesis y valoración de conocimiento, y en la evaluación del impacto ec...

    Adaptation of the 2015 American College of Rheumatology treatment guideline for rheumatoid arthritis for the Eastern Mediterranean Region: an exemplar of the GRADE Adolopment

    BACKGROUND: It has been hypothesized that adaptation of health practice guidelines to the local setting is expected to improve their uptake and implementation while cutting on required resources. We recently adapted the published American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) treatment ...

    Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain

    CMAJ; 189 (18), 2017
    Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain: the objective is to inform the prescribing of opioids for adults with chronic noncancer pain....

    Guía de práctica clínica sobre el manejo de los lípidos como factor de riesgo cardiovascular

    La Guía de Práctica Clínica (GPC) tiene como misión elaborar recomendaciones que sirvan de ayuda a los profesionales sanitarios del Sistema Nacional de Salud (SNS) en la toma de decisiones para el manejo de los lípidos como factor de Riesgo Cardiovascular. En esta GPC no se abordan los siguientes as...

    Guía española de práctica clínica utilización de los dispositivos de avance mandibular (DAM) en el tratamiento de pacientes adultos con síndrome de apneas-hipopneas del sueño

    Objetivos: La GPC se orienta a los profesionales encuadrados en unidades de sueño en el diagnóstico del SAOS y de su tratamiento, especialmente con CPAP nasal. Asimismo el presente documento aspira a ser de utilidad para las distintas especialidades involucradas en el seguimiento de pacientes con SAOS....

    The Treatment of Neck Pain-Associated Disorders and Whiplash-Associated Disorders: A Clinical Practice Guideline

    J Manipulative Physiol; 39 (8), 2016
    OBJECTIVE: The objective was to develop a clinical practice guideline on the management of neck pain-associated disorders (NADs) and whiplash-associated disorders (WADs). This guideline replaces 2 prior chiropractic guidelines on NADs and WADs. METHODS: Pertinent systematic reviews on 6 topic areas (educ...

    Technical aspects of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: CHEST guideline and expert panel report

    Chest; 149 (3), 2016
    BACKGROUND: Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) was introduced in the last decade, enabling real-time guidance of transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) of mediastinal and hilar structures and parabronchial lung masses. The many publications produced about EBUS-TBNA have led to a better understanding of the...

    American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on the Medical Management of Microscopic Colitis

    Gastroenterology; 150 (1), 2016
    This article has an accompanying continuing medical education activity on page e17. Learning Objective: Upon completion of this test, successful learners will be able to: (1) learn first-line treatment for the induction of remission in microscopic colitis; (2) identify the expected clinical benefi ts and...

    ACG clinical guideline: diagnosis and management of Barrett's esophagus

    Am. j. gastroenterol; 111 (1), 2016
    Barrett's esophagus (BE) is among the most common conditions encountered by the gastroenterologist. In this document, the American College of Gastroenterology updates its guidance for the best practices in caring for these patients. These guidelines continue to endorse screening of high-risk patients for...