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    American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy–European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy guideline on primary endoscopic bariatric and metabolic therapies for adults with obesity

    Gastrointest. endosc; 99 (6), 2024
    This joint ASGE-ESGE guideline provides an evidence-based summary and recommendations regarding the role of endoscopic bariatric and metabolic therapies (EBMTs) in the management of obesity. The document was developed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) fr...

    Italian guidelines for the management of adult individuals with overweight and obesity and metabolic comorbidities that are resistant to behavioral treatment

    J. endocrinol. invest; 47 (6), 2024
    This guideline (GL) is aimed at providing a clinical practice reference for the management of adult patients with overweight or obesity associated with metabolic complications who are resistant to lifestyle modification. Surgeons, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, psychologists, pharmacologists, a g...

    Obesidad en adultos: guía de práctica clínica adaptada para Chile

    Medwave; 22 (10), 2022
    La Sociedad Chilena de Cirugía Bariátrica y Metabólica, junto a otras sociedades científicas, lideró el proceso de adaptación de la guía de práctica clínica de obesidad en adultos para Chile, tomando como base las directrices desarrolladas para Canadá. La guía canadiense buscó, entre sus prin...

    Type 2 diabetes in adults: management NICE guideline

    This guideline covers care and management for adults (aged 18 and over) with type 2 diabetes. It focuses on patient education, dietary advice, managing cardiovascular risk, managing blood glucose levels, and identifying and managing long-term complications. In June 2022, we reviewed the evidence and mad...

    Guía de práctica clínica para el manejo quirúrgico de la obesidad en adultos

    Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud, la obesidad se define como una acumulación excesiva de grasa corporal (1), que tiene una estrecha relación con la aparición o complicación de enfermedades crónicas como la diabetes, enfermedades cardiovasculares, y el cáncer (2). En la actualidad, la obe...

    Bariatric surgery: selection & pre-operative work up

    Criteria for selection of appropriate candidates for bar­iatric surgery have been established to minimize surgical complications and to maximize the benefit of these important and limited procedures. The preoperative workup should evaluate a patient’s medical, nutritional, mental and functional health...

    Bariatric surgery: postoperative management

    Adherence to consistent post-operative behavioural changes (behaviour modification for nutrition plans, physical activity and vitamin intake) can optimize obesity management and health while minimizing post-operative complications. Working in partnership, the bariatric surgical centre, the local bariatri...

    The saudi clinical practice guideline for the management of overweight and obesity in adults

    Saudi med. j; 37 (10), 2016
    OBJECTIVE: To assist healthcare providers in evidence-based clinical decision-making for the management of overweight and obese adults in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: The Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia assembled an expert Saudi panel to produce this clinical practice guideline in 2015. In ...