This guideline covers assessing and managing cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract in people aged 16 and over. These are cancers of the airways of the head and neck, including the mouth, throat, larynx (voicebox) and sinuses. It aims to reduce variation in practice and improve survival....
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease). It aims to improve care by making recommendations on training staff and helping carers to support people living with dementia....
This guideline covers some aspects of assessing and managing hearing loss in primary, community and secondary care. It aims to improve the quality of life for adults with hearing loss by advising healthcare staff on assessing hearing difficulties, managing earwax and referring people for audiological or ...
Drewesa, Asbjørn M;
Campbellb, Claudia M;
Ceyhanc, Güralp O;
Delhayed, Myriam;
Garge, Pramod K;
Goorf, Harryvan;
Laquenteg, Berta;
Morlionh, Bart;
Olesena, Søren S;
Singhi, Vikesh K;
Sjøgrenj, Per;
Szigethyk, Eva;
Windsorl, John A;
Salvetti, Marina G;
Talukdarn, Rupjyoti.
Abdominal pain is an important symptom in most patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Adequate control of pain is often unsatisfactory due to limited treatment options and significant variation in local practice, emphasizing the need for a multidisciplinary approach. This review contends ...
BACKGROUND
Red blood cell (RBC) transfusions remain essential in the treatment of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) and β‐thalassemia. Alloimmunization, a well‐documented complication of transfusion, increases the risk of delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions, complicates crossmatching and i...
Anemia Falciforme,
Transfusão de Eritrócitos/22074,
Hemoglobinopatias/terapia,
Reação Transfusional/prevenção & controle,
Reação Transfusional,
Talassemia beta/terapia,
Anemia Falciforme/terapia,
Eritrócitos/metabolismo,
Anemia Falciforme/tratamento farmacológico,
Transfusão de Eritrócitos,
Isoanticorpos/uso terapêutico,
Isoantígenos/uso terapêutico
De Hert, S;
Staender, S;
Fritsch, G;
Hinkelbein, J;
Afshari, A;
Bettelli, G;
Bock, M;
Chew, M. S;
Coburn, M;
De Robertis, E;
Drinhaus, H;
Feldheiser, A;
Geldner, G;
Lahner, D;
Macas, A;
Neuhaus, C;
Rauch, S;
Santos-Ampuero, M. A;
Solca, M;
Tanha, N;
Traskaite, V;
Wagner, G;
Wappler, F.
The purpose of this update of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) guidelines on the pre-operative evaluation of the adult undergoing noncardiac surgery is to present recommendations based on the available relevant clinical evidence. Well performed randomised studies on the topic are limited and...
Sami, S. S;
Haboubi, H. N;
Ang, Y;
Boger, P;
Bhandari, P;
Caestecker, J. de;
Griffiths, H;
Haidry, R;
Laasch, H. U;
Patel, P;
Paterson, S;
Ragunath, K;
Watson, P;
Siersema, P. D;
Attwood, S. E.
These are updated guidelines which supersede the original version published in 2004. This work has been endorsed by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) under the auspices of the oesophageal section of the BSG. The original guidelines have undergo...
Bhasin, Shalender;
Brito, Juan P;
Cunningham, Glenn R;
Hayes, Frances J;
Hodis, Howard N;
Matsumoto, Alvin M;
Snyder, Peter J;
Swerdloff, Ronald S;
Wu, Frederick C;
Yialamas, Maria A.
Objective
To update the “Testosterone Therapy in Men With Androgen Deficiency Syndromes” guideline published in 2010.
Participants
The participants include an Endocrine Society–appointed task force of 10 medical content experts and a clinical practice guideline methodologist.
Evidence
This eviden...
Evidence-based guidelines on the management of pancreatic cystic neoplasms (PCN) are lacking. This guideline is a joint initiative of the European Study Group on Cystic Tumours of the Pancreas, United European Gastroenterology, European Pancreatic Club, European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Associati...
Cesareo, R;
Attanasio, R;
Caputo, M;
Castello, R;
Chiodini, I;
Falchetti, A;
Guglielmi, R;
Papini, E;
Santonati, A;
Scillitani, A;
Toscano, V;
Triggiani, V;
Vescini, F;
Zini, M.
Vitamin D deficiency is very common and prescriptions of both assay and supplementation are increasing more and more. Health expenditure is exponentially increasing, thus it is timely and appropriate to establish rules. The Italian Association of Clinical Endocrinologists appointed a task force to review...
