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    Guidelines for seizure prophylaxis in adults hospitalized with moderate–severe traumatic brain injury: a clinical practice guideline for health care professionals from the Neurocritical Care Society

    Neurocritical care; 40 (3), 2024
    There is practice heterogeneity in the use, type, and duration of prophylactic antiseizure medications (ASMs) in patients with moderate–severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of articles assessing ASM prophylaxis in adults with moderate–severe TBI (acu...

    European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of brain abscess in children and adults

    Clin. microbiol. infect; 30 (1), 2024
    These European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases guidelines are intended for clinicians involved in diagnosis and treatment of brain abscess in children and adults. Methods: Key questions were developed, and a systematic review was carried out of all studies published since 1 Janua...

    The ASAM/AAAP Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Stimulant Use Disorder

    The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) developed this Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Stimulant Use Disorder (hereafter referred to as the Guideline) to provide evidence-based strategies and standards of care for the trea...

    VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of headache

    The VA and DoD Evidence-Based Practice Work Group (EBPWG) was established and first chartered in 2004, with a mission to advise the VA/DoD Health Executive Committee “on the use of clinical and epidemiological evidence to improve the health of the population . . .” across the Veterans Health Administ...

    Epilepsies in children, young people and adults

    This guideline covers diagnosing and managing epilepsy in children, young people and adults in primary and secondary care, and referral to tertiary services. It aims to improve diagnosis and treatment for different seizure types and epilepsy syndromes, and reduce the risks for people with epilepsy. MHR...

    Epilepsies: diagnosis and management

    The guideline covers diagnosing, treating and managing epilepsy and seizures in children, young people and adults in primary and secondary care. It offers best practice advice on managing epilepsy to improve health outcomes so that people with epilepsy can fully participate in daily life. MHRA advice o...

    Chronic pain (primary and secondary) in over 16s: assessment of all chronic pain and management of chronic primary pain

    This guideline covers assessing all chronic pain (chronic primary pain, chronic secondary pain, or both) and managing chronic primary pain in people aged 16 years and over. Chronic primary pain is pain with no clear underlying cause, or pain (or its impact) that is out of proportion to any observable inj...

    WHO guidelines on management of Taenia solium neurocysticercosis

    Taenia solium is a zoonotic tapeworm found globally but with particularly high transmission and hyperendemnicity in parts of Latin America, South and South-East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Depending on its life cycle, it causes two distinct presentations in humans: taeniasis and (neuro) cysticercosis. A...

    Guía clínica epilepsia en niños

    La epilepsia es una condición neurológica caracterizada por “crisis de epilepsia” recurrentes y no provocadas por desencadenantes inmediatos identificables. La “crisis de epilepsia” es la manifestación clínica de una descarga anormal y excesiva de un grupo de neuronas cerebrales. La epilepsia...