Description: In September 2019, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) approved a new joint clinical practice guideline for assessing and managing patients with chronic insomnia disorder and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). This guideline is intended to give h...
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...
According to today's principles of palliative care, the availability and continuity of palliative care must be guaranteed to patients and their relatives from the diagnosis of the disease at every stage of treatment. Not all patients may require the same amount of palliative care at each stage of treatme...
El cáncer de cuello uterino o cáncer de cérvix es el cuarto cáncer más común en mujeres(1, 2). El
impacto del cáncer de cuello uterino en el Perú es importante: el 14.9% de todos los casos de
cáncer notificados en el periodo 2006-2011, correspondía al cáncer de cuello uterino y los
departament...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a complex and heterogeneous autoimmune disease, represents a significant challenge for both diagnosis and treatment. In 2019, under the leadership of the Chinese Rheumatology Association, a multidisciplinary guideline development group was established. The objective wa...
Pio, Carolina Santiago de Araújo;
Beckie, Theresa M;
Varnfield, Marlien;
Sarrafzadegan, Nizal;
Babu, Abraham S;
Baidya, Sumana;
Buckley, John;
Chen, Ssu-Yuan;
Gagliardi, Anna;
Heine, Martin;
Khiong, Jong Seng;
Mola, Ana;
Radi, Basuni;
Supervia, Marta;
Trani, Maria R;
Abreu, Ana;
Sawdon, John A;
Moffatt, Paul D;
Grace, Sherry.
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a recommendation in international clinical practice guidelines given its benefits; however, use is suboptimal. The purpose of this position statement was to translate evidence on interventions that increase CR enrollment and adherence into implementable recommendations. The...
Govaerts, K;
Lurvink, R. J;
De Hingh, I. H. J. T;
Speeten, K. Van der;
Villeneuve, L;
Kusamura, S;
Kepenekian, V;
Deraco, M;
Glehen, O;
Moran, B. J.
Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP) is a rare peritoneal malignancy, most commonly originating from a perforated epithelial tumour of the appendix. Given its rarity, randomized controlled trials on treatment strategies are lacking, nor likely to be performed in the foreseeable future. However, many questions re...
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United
States; 148,869 lung cancer-associated deaths occurred in 2016
(1). Mortality might be reduced by identifying lung cancer
at an early stage when treatment can be more effective (2).
In 2013, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
re...
This guideline covers parenteral nutrition (intravenous feeding) for babies born preterm, up to 28 days after their due birth date and babies born at term, up to 28 days after their birth. Parenteral nutrition is often needed by preterm babies, critically ill babies, and babies who need surgery....
Singh, Yogen;
Tissot, Cecile;
Fraga, María V;
Yousef, Nadya;
Cortes, Rafael Gonzalez;
Lopez, Jorge;
Sanchez-de-Toledo, Joan;
Brierley, Joe;
Colunga, Juan Mayordomo;
Raffaj, Dusan;
Cruz, Eduardo Da;
Durand, Philippe;
Kenderessy, Peter;
Lang, Hans-Joerg;
Nishisaki, Akira;
Kneyber, Martin C;
Tissieres, Pierre;
Conlon, Thomas W;
Luca, Daniele De.
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is nowadays an essential tool in critical care. Its role seems more important in neonates and children where other monitoring techniques may be unavailable. POCUS Working Group of the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) aimed to provide evi...
