Chou, Stella T;
Alsawas, Mouaz;
Fasano, Ross M;
Field, Joshua J;
Hendrickson, Jeanne E;
Howard, Jo;
Kameka, Michelle;
Kwiatkowski, Janet L;
Pirenne, France;
Shi, Patricia A;
Stowell, Sean R;
Thein, Swee Lay;
Westhoff, Connie M;
Wong, Trisha E;
Akl, Elie A.
Red cell transfusions remain a mainstay of therapy for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), but pose significant clinical challenges. Guidance for specific indications and administration of transfusion, as well as screening, prevention, and management of alloimmunization, delayed hemolytic transfusio...
Helsingen, Lise M;
Vandvik, Per Olav;
Jodal, Henriette C;
Agoritsas, Thomas;
Lytvyn, Lyubov;
Anderson, Joseph C;
Auer, Reto;
Murphy, Silje Bjerkelund;
Almadi, Majid Abdulrahman;
Corley, Douglas A;
Quinlan, Casey;
Fuchs, Jonathan M;
McKinnon, Annette;
Qaseem, Amir;
Heen, Anja Fog;
Siemieniuk, Reed A C;
Kalager, Mette;
Usher-Smith, Juliet A;
Lansdorp-Vogelaar, Iris;
Bretthauer, Michael;
Guyatt, Gordon.
Recent 15-year updates of sigmoidoscopy screening trials provide new evidence on the effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening. Prompted by the new evidence, we asked: “Does colorectal cancer screening make an important difference to health outcomes in individuals initiating screening at age 50 to 7...
Kobayashi, A;
Czlonkowska, A;
Ford, GA;
Fonseca, AC;
Luijckx, GJ;
Korv, J;
de la Ossa, NP;
Price, C;
Russell, D;
Tsiskaridze, A;
Messmer-Wullen, M;
De Keyser, J.
Background and purpose
The reduction of delay between onset and hospital arrival and adequate pre‐hospital care of persons with acute stroke are important for improving the chances of a favourable outcome. The objective is to recommend evidence‐based practices for the management of patients with susp...
BACKGROUND: This manuscript presents evidence-based guidance on the use of 38 percent silver diamine fluoride (SDF) for dental caries management in children and adolescents, including those with special health care needs. A guideline workgroup formed by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry develop...
Grace, SL;
Turk-Adawi, KI;
Contractor, A;
Atrey, A;
Campbell, N;
Derman, W;
Melo Ghisi, GL;
Oldridge, N;
Sarkar, BK;
Yeo, TJ;
Lopez-Jimenez, F;
Mendis, S;
Oh, P;
Hu, D;
Sarrafzadegan, N.
"OBJECTIVE:
Cardiovascular disease is a global epidemic, which is largely preventable. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is demonstrated to be cost-effective and efficacious in high-income countries. CR could represent an important approach to mitigate the epidemic of cardiovascular disease in lower-resource s...
Models, Organizational,
Health Resources,
Health Care Costs,
Activities of Daily Living,
Consensus,
Cardiovascular Diseases/diagnosis,
Cardiovascular Diseases,
Exercise Therapy,
Delivery of Health Care,
Cost-Benefit Analysis,
Patient Education as Topic,
Return to Work,
Risk Reduction Behavior,
Self Care,
Cardiovascular Diseases/therapy
Sankaranarayanan, R;
Tsu, V;
Broutet, N;
Santesso, N;
Mustafa, RA;
Schünemann, HJ;
Arbyn, M;
Blumenthal, PD;
Cain, J;
Chirenje, M;
Denny, L;
De, Vuyst, H;
Eckert, LO;
Forhan, SE;
Franco, EL;
Gage, JC;
Garcia, F;
Herrero, R;
Jeronimo, J;
Lu, ER;
Luciani, S;
Quek, SC.
"BACKGROUND:
It is estimated that 1%-2% of women develop cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2-3 (CIN 2-3) annually worldwide. The prevalence among women living with HIV is higher, at 10%. If left untreated, CIN 2-3 can progress to cervical cancer. WHO has previously published guidelines for strateg...
The purpose of this guidance document is to inform physicians and
other health care practitioners of an increased risk of influenza
outbreaks in long-term care facilities (LTCF) during the 2014-2015
influenza season in Canada, and to provide recommendations for
adjustment to LTCF outbreak control measure...
"OBJECTIVE:
To revise diagnostic strategies for Alzheimer disease (AD), update recommendations on symptomatic treatment of dementia, and provide an approach to rapidly progressive and early-onset dementias.
COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE:
Experts and delegates representing relevant disciplines from divers...
Community-acquired pneumonia is diagnosed by clinical features (e.g., cough, fever, pleuritic chest pain) and by lung
imaging, usually an infiltrate seen on chest radiography. Initial evaluation should determine the need for hospitalization versus outpatient management using validated mortality or severi...
Pneumonia/diagnostic imaging,
Pneumonia/therapy,
Respiratory Tract Diseases/diagnosis,
Ambulatory Care/organization & administration,
Blood Culture/instrumentation,
Macrolides/therapeutic use,
Doxycycline/therapeutic use,
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use,
Fluoroquinolones/therapeutic use,
Intensive Care Units,
Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia/prevention & control