This guideline covers assessing and managing heavy menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia). It aims to help healthcare professionals investigate the cause of heavy periods that are affecting a woman’s quality of life and to offer the right treatments, taking into account the woman’s priorities and preferenc...
This guideline covers recognising, diagnosing and managing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve recognition and diagnosis, as well as the quality of care and support for people with ADHD....
This guideline covers assessing and reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE or blood clots) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in people aged 16 and over in hospital. It aims to help healthcare professionals identify people most at risk and describes interventions that can be used to reduce the risk...
This guideline covers how to improve the physical environment to encourage and support physical activity. The aim is to increase the general population’s physical activity levels. The recommendations in this guideline should be read alongside NICE's guideline on physical activity: walking and cycling....
Kidney transplantation from a living donor, when available, is the treatment of choice for most patients with end stage renal disease, offering optimum patient and graft survival and reduced time on the national transplant waiting list. Living donor transplantation also offers a proportion of complex rec...
Hepatitis B is a common infectious disease that can result in progressive liver damage requiring liver transplantation. Due to the high prevalence of hepatitis B infection worldwide many patients who are transplanted with other solid organs will have either had hepatitis B in the past or have active dise...
Cryptococcal disease is an opportunistic infection that occurs primarily among people with advanced HIV disease and is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in this group. By far the most common presentation of cryptococcal disease is cryptococcal meningitis, which accounts for an estimated 15% o...
Supplement to the 2016 consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection...
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...
