BIGG

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Needle and syringe programmes

This guideline covers needle and syringe programmes for people (including those under 16) who inject drugs. The main aim is to reduce the transmission of viruses and other infections caused by sharing injecting equipment, such as HIV, hepatitis B and C. In turn, this will reduce the prevalence of blood-b...

Managing medicines in care homes

This guideline covers good practice for managing medicines in care homes. It aims to promote the safe and effective use of medicines in care homes by advising on processes for prescribing, handling and administering medicines. It also recommends how care and services relating to medicines should be provi...

Psychosis and schizophrenia in adults: prevention and management

This guideline covers recognising and managing psychosis and schizophrenia in adults. It aims to improve care through early recognition and treatment, and by focusing on long-term recovery. It also recommends checking for coexisting health problems and providing support for family members and carers....

Guía clínica colecistectomía preventiva en adultos de 35 a 49 años

Orientar a médicos generales y otros no especialistas respecto del manejo de los pacientes con sospecha diagnóstica de colelitiasis. Disminuir la variabilidad en el manejo preventivo del cáncer de vesícula. Contribuir a disminuir la mortalidad por cáncer de vesícula biliar. Aportar recomendaciones ...

Guideline for stress ulcer prophylaxis in the intensive care unit

Dan. med. j; 61 (3), 2014
Stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) is commonly used in the intensive care unit (ICU), and is recommended in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines 2012. The present guideline from the Danish Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Danish Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine sums up curr...

French guidelines for enhanced recovery after elective colorectal surgery

J. visc. surg; 151 (1), 2014
Enhanced recovery after surgery provides patients with optimal means to counteract or minimize the deleterious effects of surgery. This concept can be adapted to suit a specific surgical procedure (i.e., colorectal surgery) and comes in the form of a program or a clinical pathway covering the pre-, intra...

European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology consensus guidelines on screening, diagnosis, and management of congenital hypothyroidism

"OBJECTIVE: The aim was to formulate practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of congenital hypothyroidism (CH). EVIDENCE: A systematic literature search was conducted to identify key articles relating to the screening, diagnosis, and management of CH. The evidence-based guidelines were deve...

Summary of the British Transplantation Society guidelines for transplantation from donors after deceased circulatory death

Transplantation; 97 (3), 2014
The second edition of the British Transplantation Society Guidelines for Transplantation from Donors after Deceased Circulatory Death was published in June 2013. The guideline has been extensively revised since the previous edition in 2004 and has used the GRADE system to rate the strength of evidence an...