This guideline covers diagnosing, monitoring and managing asthma in adults, young people and children. It aims to improve the accuracy of diagnosis, help people to control their asthma and reduce the risk of asthma attacks. It does not cover managing severe asthma or acute asthma attacks. The investment ...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing glaucoma in people aged 18 and over. It includes recommendations on testing and referral (case-finding) for chronic open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension, and on effective diagnosis, treatment and reassessment to stop these conditions progressing...
Weiss, MJ;
Hornby, L;
Rochwerg, B;
van, Manen, M;
Dhanani, S;
Sivarajan, VB;
Appleby, A;
Bennett, M;
Buchman, D;
Farrell, C;
Goldberg, A;
Greenberg, R;
Singh, R;
Nakagawa, TA;
Witteman, W;
Barter, J;
Beck, A;
Coughlin, K;
Conradi, A;
Cupido, C;
Dawson, R;
Dipchand, A;
Freed, D;
Hornby, K;
Langlois, V;
Mack, C;
Mahoney, M;
Manhas, D;
Tomlinson, C;
Zavalkoff, S;
Shemie, SD.
OBJECTIVES: Create trustworthy, rigorous, national clinical practice guidelines for the practice of pediatric donation after circulatory determination of death in Canada. METHODS: We followed a process of clinical practice guideline development based on World Health Organization and Canadian Medical Asso...
Canadá,
Morte,
Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido,
Assistência Terminal/métodos,
Assistência Terminal/normas,
Doadores de Tecidos,
Obtenção de Tecidos e Órgãos,
Obtenção de Tecidos e Órgãos/ética,
Suspensão de Tratamento/normas,
Obtenção de Tecidos e Órgãos/métodos,
Obtenção de Tecidos e Órgãos/normas
Considering that a high proportion of the Chilean general population smokes, the Chilean Society of Respiratory Diseases in collaboration with the Chilean Societies of Cardiology and, Endocrinology and Diabetes, formed an interdisciplinary group, who issued a set of recommendations for the treatment of t...
Ibeas, J;
Roca-Tey, R;
Vallespín, J;
Moreno, T;
Moñux, G;
Martí-Monrós, A;
Del Pozo, J. L;
Gruss, E;
Ramírez de Arellano, M;
Fontseré, N;
Arenas, M. D;
Merino, J. L;
García-Revillo, J;
Caro, P;
López-Espada, C;
Giménez-Gaibar, A;
Fernández-Lucas, M;
Valdés, P;
Fernández-Quesada, F;
Fuente, N. de la;
Hernán, D;
Arribas, P;
Sánchez de la Nieta, M. D;
Martínez, M. T;
Barba, Á.
El acceso vascular para hemodiálisis es esencial para el enfermo renal tanto por su morbimortalidad asociada como por su repercusión en la calidad de vida. El proceso que va desde la creación y mantenimiento del acceso vascular hasta el tratamiento de sus complicaciones constituye un reto para la toma...
Farrell, B;
Black, C;
Thompson, W;
McCarthy, L;
Rojas-Fernandez, C;
Lochnan, H;
Shamji, S;
Upshur, R;
Bouchard, M;
Welch, V.
OBJECTIVE: To develop an evidence-based guideline to help clinicians make decisions about when and how to safely taper, stop, or switch antihyperglycemic agents in older adults. METHODS: We focused on the highest level of evidence available and sought input from primary care professionals in guideline de...
DESCRIPTION: In April 2017, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) approved a joint clinical practice guideline for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS: The VA/DoD Evidence-Based Practice Work Group convened a joint VA/DoD guideline developme...
This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for acute sinusitis. It aims to limit antibiotic use and reduce antimicrobial resistance. Acute sinusitis is usually caused by a virus, lasts for about 2 to 3 weeks, and most people get better without antibiotics. Withholding antibiotics rarel...
This guideline covers recognising and responding to abuse and neglect in children and young people aged under 18. It covers physical, sexual and emotional abuse, and neglect. The guideline aims to help anyone whose work brings them into contact with children and young people to spot signs of abuse and ne...
This guideline covers the signs of possible child maltreatment in children and young people aged under 18 years. It aims to raise awareness and help health professionals who are not child protection specialists to identify the features of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, neglect and fabricated or in...
