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    End of life care for infants, children and young people with life-limiting conditions: planning and management

    This guideline covers the planning and management of end of life and palliative care in for infants, children and young people (aged 0–17 years) with life-limiting conditions. It aims to involve children, young people and their families in decisions about their care, and improve the support that is ava...

    Fibrosis quística: aspectos broncopulmonares

    Objetivos: Generar recomendaciones basadas en la mejor evidencia disponible acerca del tamizaje y diagnóstico de la Fibrosis Quística; Generar recomendaciones basadas en la mejor evidencia disponible acerca de las distintas opciones de tratamiento de las manifestaciones respiratorias de la Fibrosis Qu...

    Salud oral en adolescentes de 10-19 años: prevención, diagnóstico y tratamiento de la enfermedad periodontal

    1) Entregar recomendaciones para prevenir la aparición de la enfermedad periodontal en adolescentes de 10 a 19 años. 2) Entregar recomendaciones para diagnóstico y tamizaje de la enfermedad periodontal en adolescentes de 10 a 19 años. 3) Entregar recomendaciones para el tratamiento de la enfermedad...

    Coexisting severe mental illness and substance misuse: community health and social care services

    This guideline covers how to improve services for people aged 14 and above who have been diagnosed as having coexisting severe mental illness and substance misuse. The aim is to provide a range of coordinated services that address people’s wider health and social care needs, as well as other issues suc...

    Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management

    This guideline covers assessing and managing low back pain and sciatica in people aged 16 and over. It outlines physical, psychological, pharmacological and surgical treatments to help people manage their low back pain and sciatica in their daily life. The guideline aims to improve people’s quality of ...

    Spasticity in under 19s: management

    This guideline covers managing spasticity and co-existing motor disorders and their early musculoskeletal complications in children and young people (from birth up to their 19th birthday) with non-progressive brain disorders. It aims to reduce variation in practice and help healthcare professionals to se...

    Clinical Practice Guidelines From the AABB: Red Blood Cell Transfusion Thresholds and Storage

    JAMA; 316 (19), 2016
    "IMPORTANCE: More than 100 million units of blood are collected worldwide each year, yet the indication for red blood cell (RBC) transfusion and the optimal length of RBC storage prior to transfusion are uncertain. OBJECTIVE: To provide recommendations for the target hemoglobin level for RBC transfusion...

    Physical health of people in prison

    This guideline covers assessing, diagnosing and managing physical health problems of people in prison. It aims to improve health and wellbeing in the prison population by promoting more coordinated care and more effective approaches to prescribing, dispensing and supervising medicines....

    Management of Acute and Recurrent Gout: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians

    Ann. intern. med; 166 (1), 2016
    DESCRIPTION: The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to present the evidence and provide clinical recommendations on the management of gout. METHODS: Using the ACP grading system, the committee based these recommendations on a systematic review of randomized, controlled trials; ...