The purpose of this guideline is to maximise the safety of children and adults with rheumatological autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic bone disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic, while protecting staff from infection. It also enables services to make the best use of NHS resources....
Histoplasmosis is a disease caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. This disease is highly endemic in some regions of North America, Central America, and South America and is also reported in certain countries of Asia and Africa. It often affects people with impaired immunity, including people livin...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing venous thromboembolic diseases in adults. It aims to support rapid diagnosis and effective treatment for people who develop deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE). It also covers testing for conditions that can make a DVT or PE more likely, suc...
This guideline covers the assessment, investigation and management of tinnitus in primary, community and secondary care. It offers advice to healthcare professionals on supporting people presenting with tinnitus and on when to refer for specialist assessment and management....
O termo "doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica, ou DPOC" (eng. doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica ou DPOC) foi introduzido pela primeira vez em 1962 para denotar “obstrução crônica das vias aéreas de etiologia obscura” (1). Além da DPOC, circulavam em sentido semelhante os diagnósticos “doe...
This guideline covers recognising, assessing and treating bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic depression) in children, young people and adults. The recommendations apply to bipolar I, bipolar II, mixed affective and rapid cycling disorders. It aims to improve access to treatment and quality of life...
This guideline covers recognising, assessing and treating mental health problems in women who are
planning to have a baby, are pregnant, or have had a baby or been pregnant in the past year. It
covers depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, drug- and alcohol-use disorders and severe
mental illne...
En el documento de alcance y objetivos se estableció como objetivo de la guía el aportar
indicaciones sobre aspectos controvertidos del diagnóstico, los tratamientos médicos y
quirúrgicos y el seguimiento de estos pacientes (material suplementario-apartado 2). El ámbito
asistencial de la GPC es la ...
Lindner, Andreas K;
Lejon, Veerle;
Chappuis, François;
Seixas, Jorge;
Kazumba, Leon;
Barrett, Michael P;
Mwamba, Erick;
Erphas, Olema;
Akl, Elie A;
Villanueva, Gemma;
Bergman, Hanna;
Simarro, Pere;
Ebeja, Augustin Kadima;
Priotto, Gerardo;
Franco, Jose Ramon.
Human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is a parasitic infection that usually progresses to coma and death unless treated. WHO has updated its guidelines for the treatment of this infection on the basis of independent literature reviews and using the Grading of Recommendation...
Nakamura, Yasuhiro;
Asai, Jun;
Igaki, Hiroshi;
Inozume, Takashi;
Namikawa, Kenjiro;
Hayashi, Ayato;
Fukushima, Satoshi;
Fujimura, Taku;
Takamichi, Ito;
Imafuku, Keisuke.
With consideration of the ongoing developments in treatment options for cutaneous melanoma, the Japanese Skin Cancer Society published the first guidelines for cutaneous melanoma in 2007 and later revised them in 2015. Here, we report on an English version of the 2019 Japanese Melanoma Guidelines. In thi...
