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....
Carson, Jeffrey L;
Stanworth, Simon J;
Guyatt, Gordon;
Valentine, Stacey;
Dennis, Jane;
Bakhtary, Sara;
Cohn, Claudia S;
Dubon, Allan;
Grossman, Brenda J;
Gupta, Gaurav K;
Hess, Aaron S;
Jacobson, Jessica L;
Kaplan, Lewis J;
Lin, Yulia;
Metcalf, Ryan A;
Murphy, Colin H;
Pavenski, Katerina;
Prochaska, Micah T;
Raval, Jay S;
Salazar, Eric;
Saifee, Nabiha H;
Tobian, Aaron A. R;
So-Osman, Cynthia;
Waters, Jonathan;
Wood, Erica M;
Zantek, Nicole D;
Pagano, Monica B.
Red blood cell transfusion is a common medical intervention with benefits and harms. To provide recommendations for use of red blood cell transfusion in adults and children.
Standards for trustworthy guidelines were followed, including using Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluati...
This guideline covers investigation and management of heart valve disease presenting in adults. It
aims to improve quality of life and survival for people with heart valve disease through timely
diagnosis and appropriate intervention....
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing acute heart failure or possible acute heart failure in
people aged 18 and over. It aims to improve the immediate care of someone who is acutely unwell
as a result of heart failure....
In 2019, 178 new HIV cases were diagnosed in Estonia (13.5 cases per 100,000 people). Among the new cases, the proportion of women was 37%. 53% of the new cases were discovered in Tallinn and 25% in Ida-Virumaa. Between 2010 and 2019, the number of new cases per year has decreased twice, but remains very...
This guideline covers the circumstances for inducing labour, methods of induction, assessment,
monitoring, pain relief and managing complications. It aims to improve advice and care for pregnant
women who are thinking about or having induction of labour.
In this guideline we use the terms 'woman' and 'wo...
Proveer recomendaciones clínicas basadas en evidencia para la prevención y el manejo de la enfermedad hipertensiva del embarazo (EHE) en el Seguro Social de Salud (EsSalud) del Perú. En la presente GPC se formularon 11 recomendaciones (6 fuertes y 5 condicionales) que respondieron las preguntas clíni...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing myalgic encephalomyelitis (or
encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in children, young people and adults. It aims
to improve awareness and understanding about ME/CFS and when to suspect it, so that people are
diagnosed earlier. It includes recomme...
The purpose of the WHO Guideline for clinical management of exposure to lead is to assist physicians in making decisions about the diagnosis and treatment of lead exposure for individual patients and in mass poisoning incidents.
The guideline presents evidence-informed recommendations on:
the interpret...
Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is the most common cause of thrombocytopenia in children, with a reported incidence of 1.1-12.5 cases per 100 000 children. However, currently, there are several definitions of ITP, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. To develop an evidence-based clinic...
