This guideline covers needle and syringe programmes for people (including those under 16) who inject drugs. The main aim is to reduce the transmission of viruses and other infections caused by sharing injecting equipment, such as HIV, hepatitis B and C. In turn, this will reduce the prevalence of blood-b...
This guideline covers contraceptive services for under-25s. It aims to ensure all under-25s are given advice and information on all types of contraception. This includes additional tailored support to meet the particular needs and choices of those who are socially disadvantaged or who may find it difficu...
This guideline covers good practice for managing medicines in care homes. It aims to promote the safe and effective use of medicines in care homes by advising on processes for prescribing, handling and administering medicines. It also recommends how care and services relating to medicines should be provi...
This guideline covers recognising and managing psychosis and schizophrenia in adults. It aims to improve care through early recognition and treatment, and by focusing on long-term recovery. It also recommends checking for coexisting health problems and providing support for family members and carers....
Orientar a médicos generales y otros no especialistas respecto del manejo de los pacientes con sospecha diagnóstica de colelitiasis. Disminuir la variabilidad en el manejo preventivo del cáncer de vesícula. Contribuir a disminuir la mortalidad por cáncer de vesícula biliar. Aportar recomendaciones ...
Stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) is commonly used in the intensive care unit (ICU), and is recommended in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines 2012. The present guideline from the Danish Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Danish Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine sums up curr...
This guideline covers planning and delivering multi-agency services for domestic violence and abuse. It aims to help identify, prevent and reduce domestic violence and abuse among women and men in heterosexual or same-sex relationships, and among young people....
Enhanced recovery after surgery provides patients with optimal means to counteract or minimize the deleterious effects of surgery. This concept can be adapted to suit a specific surgical procedure (i.e., colorectal surgery) and comes in the form of a program or a clinical pathway covering the pre-, intra...
Colectomy,
Colon,
Delphi Technique,
Elective Surgical Procedures,
Length of Stay,
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care,
Perioperative Care,
Postoperative Complications,
Rectum,
Rectum/surgery,
Colon/surgery,
Postoperative Complications/prevention & control
"OBJECTIVE:
The aim was to formulate practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of congenital hypothyroidism (CH).
EVIDENCE:
A systematic literature search was conducted to identify key articles relating to the screening, diagnosis, and management of CH. The evidence-based guidelines were deve...
The second edition of the British Transplantation Society Guidelines for Transplantation from Donors after Deceased Circulatory Death was published in June 2013. The guideline has been extensively revised since the previous edition in 2004 and has used the GRADE system to rate the strength of evidence an...
Cardiovascular System,
Death,
Donor Selection,
Heart Transplantation,
Kidney Transplantation,
Liver Transplantation,
Lung Transplantation,
Organ Preservation,
Pancreas Transplantation,
Tissue Donors,
Tissue and Organ Procurement,
Transplantation,
Truth Disclosure,
Transplantation/ethics,
Transplantation/methods,
Transplantation/standards,
Donor Selection/standards
