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    WHO antenatal care recommendations for a positive pregnancy experience: nutritional interventions update: zinc supplements during pregnancy

    Evidence from a systematic review on antenatal zinc supplementation was evaluated as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) antenatal care (ANC) guideline development process in 2016, and the following recommendation on zinc supplementation was made: “Zinc supplementation for pregnant women is onl...

    Guia de Boas Práticas em Navegação de Pacientes com Câncer de Mama no Brasil

    O câncer de mama atinge 2.1 milhões de mulheres todos os anos no mundo. No Brasil, são 66.280 novos diagnósticos, segundo estimativas do INCA (Instituto Nacional de Câncer). Esse é o tipo de tumor mais frequente em mulheres de todas as idades e, nos países menos desenvolvidos, a mortalidade em dec...

    Guideline for the pharmacological treatment of hypertension in adults

    More people die each year from cardiovascular diseases than from any other cause. Over three quarters of heart disease and stroke-related deaths occur in low-income and middle-income countries. Hypertension – or elevated blood pressure – is a serious medical condition that significantly increases the...

    Prophylactic procedures associated with gynecological surgery for the management of superficial endometriosis and adhesions. Clinical practice guidelines from the French College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (CNGOF)

    To provide guidelines from the French College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (CNGOF), based on the best currently available evidence, for the prophylactic procedures associated with gynecological surgery for benign disease such as superficial endometriosis lesions and adhesions. The CNGOF has decided...

    Problema de Salud AUGE N°85: Demencia tipo Alzheimer

    La demencia se conceptualiza como un síndrome caracterizado principalmente por el declive de la cognición, aunque no únicamente de la memoria, que interfiere con el funcionamiento cotidiano de las personas [1]. Es un cuadro de presentación progresiva, más frecuente en personas de edad más avanzada,...

    Problema de Salud AUGE N°83: Cáncer Renal en personas de 15 años y más

    La incidencia del carcinoma de células renales (CCR) ha aumentado en las últimas décadas, siendo a nivel mundial el sexto cáncer más frecuentemente diagnosticado en hombres y el décimo en mujeres (1). Sin embargo, la sobrevida ha mejorado en las últimas tres décadas. Esto se ha dado, en parte, po...

    Problema de Salud AUGE N°84: Mieloma Múltiple en personas de 15 años y más

    El Mieloma Múltiple es un tipo de neoplasia hematológica maligna incurable en la actualidad, que se caracteriza por la afección y multiplicación sin control de células plasmáticas en la médula ósea con su consecuente secreción de una proteína monoclonal y síntomas como anemia, hipercalcemia, f...

    WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience

    The postnatal period, defined here as the period beginning immediately after the birth of the baby and extending up to six weeks (42 days), is a critical time for women, newborns, partners, parents, caregivers and families. Yet, during this period, the burden of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbid...

    2017 Clinical practice guidelines for dyslipidemia of Korean children and adolescents

    The Committee on Dyslipidemia of Korean Pediatric and Adolescents of the Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology has newly developed evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for dyslipidemia in Korean children and adolescents. These guidelines were formulated with the Grading of Recommendations, whi...

    Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine special statement: grading of recommendations assessment, development, and evaluation (GRADE) update

    Am. j. obstet. gynecol; 224 (4), 2020
    In 2013, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Publications Committee adopted the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system for evaluating and rating scientific evidence and practice recommendations for SMFM Clinical Guidelines and Consults.1 This decision...