BIGG

Total: 2198

Executive summary screening for Lung Cancer: Chest guideline and expert panel report

Chest; (21), 2021
Low-dose chest CT screening for lung cancer has become a standard of care in the United States, in large part because of the results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). Additional evidence supporting the net benefit of low-dose chest CT screening for lung cancer, and increased experience in mini...

Criteria, Processes and Determination of Competence in Basic Critical Care Echocardiography Training - a Delphi Process Consensus Statement by the Learning Ultrasound in Critical Care (LUCC) Initiative

Chest; (21), 2021
With the paucity of high-quality studies on longitudinal basic critical care echocardiography (BCCE) training, expert-opinion guidelines have guided BCCE training. However, existing guidelines lack precise detail due to methodological flaws during guideline-development. To formulate methodologically robu...

Executive summary: antithrombotic terapy for VTE disease: Second update of the CHEST guideline and expert panel report

Chest; (21), 2021
This is the second update to the 9th edition of these guidelines. We provide recommendations on 17 PICO (Patients, Interventions, Comparators, Outcomes) questions, four of which have not been addressed previously. We generate strong and weak recommendations based on high, moderate, and low-certainty evid...

Antithrombotic therapy for VTE Disease: Second update of the CHEST guideline and expert panel report

Chest; (21), 2021
This is the 2nd update to the 9th edition of these guidelines. We provide recommendations on 17 PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome) questions, four of which have not been addressed previously. We generate strong and weak recommendations based on high-, moderate-, and low-certainty eviden...

Guideline for Preventive Chemotherapy for the Control of Taenia solium Taeniasis

The larval stage of the parasite Taenia solium can encyst in the central nervous system causing neurocysticercosis, which is the main cause of acquired epilepsy in the countries in which the parasite is endemic. Endemic areas are those with the presence (or likely presence) of the full life cycle of Taen...

Guideline for preventive chemotherapy for the control of Taenia solium Taeniasis

The larval stage of the parasite Taenia solium can encyst in the central nervous system causing neurocysticercosis, which is the main cause of acquired epilepsy in the countries in which the parasite is endemic. Endemic areas are those with the presence (or likely presence) of the full life cycle of Taen...

AGA rapid review and guideline for SARS-CoV2 testing and endoscopy post-vaccination: 2021 update

Gastroenterology; 161 (3), 2021
This guideline provides updated recommendations on the role of preprocedure testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) in individuals undergoing endoscopy in the post-vaccination period and replaces the prior guideline from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) (...

Clinical Practice Guideline by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA): 2021 Focused Update Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults

Clin. infect. dis; 73 (5), 2021
This clinical practice guideline is a focused update on management of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in adults specifically addressing the use of fidaxomicin and bezlotoxumab for the treatment of CDI. This guideline was developed by a multidisciplinary panel representing the Infectious Diseases...

Update and interpretation of 2021 National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) "Clinical Practice Guidelines for Bone Tumors"

The incidence of primary malignant bone tumors is low, and clinical cognition is insufficient. The establishment of diagnostic criteria is of great significance for prognosis of tumors. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) regularly publishes "Clinical Practice Guidelines for Bone Tumors" to summ...

American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy series: 3: Prevention of Cytomegalovirus infection and disease after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Transplant cell ther; 27 (9), 2021
The Practice Guidelines Committee of the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy partnered with its Transplant Infectious Disease Special Interest Group to update its 2009 compendium-style infectious diseases guidelines for the care of hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients. A n...