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Italian clinical practice guidelines on cholangiocarcinoma Part I: classification, diagnosis and staging

Dig. liver dis; 55 (11), 2020
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is the second most common primary liver cancer, characterized by a poor prognosis and resistance to chemotherapeutics. The progressive increase in CCA incidence and mortality registered worldwide in the last two decades and the need to clarify various aspects of clinical manageme...

Recommandations françaises du Comité de cancérologie de l’AFU - actualisation 2020–2022: tumeurs de la voie excrétrice urinaire supérieure

Prog. urol. (Paris); 30 (12), 2020
The purpose was to propose an update of the French guidelines from the national committee ccAFU on upper tract urothelial carcinomas (UTUC). A systematic Medline search was performed between 2018 and 2020, as regards diagnosis, options of treatment and follow-up of UTUC, to evaluate different references...

Medical care of adults with Down Syndrome a clinical guideline

JAMA; 324 (15), 2020
Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal condition, and average life expectancy has increased substantially, from 25 years in 1983 to 60 years in 2020. Despite the unique clinical comorbidities among adults with Down syndrome, there are no clinical guidelines for the care of these patients. To develo...

Rheumatoid arthritis in adults: management: Last updated 12 October 2020

This guideline covers diagnosing and managing rheumatoid arthritis. It aims to improve quality of life by ensuring that people with rheumatoid arthritis have the right treatment to slow the progression of their condition and control their symptoms. People should also have rapid access to specialist care ...

Behaviour change: digital and mobile health interventions

This guideline covers interventions that use a digital or mobile platform to help people eat more healthily, become more active, stop smoking, reduce their alcohol intake or practise safer sex. The interventions include those delivered by text message, apps, wearable devices or the internet. The guidelin...

World Health Organization guidelines on treatment of hepatitis C virus infection: best practice advice from the American College of Physicians

Ann. intern. med; 174 (1), 2020
In the United States, the incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is 1.2 per 100 000 persons, the prevalence is 2.4 million cases, and annual mortality is more than 15 000 deaths (1, 2). Eliminating hepatitis will require diagnosis of 90% of those infected followed by treatment of 80% of those dia...

Recommendations for antibacterial therapy in adults with COVID-19 e an evidence based guideline

Clin. microbiol. infect; 27 (1), 2020
The Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy constituted a multidisciplinary expert committee to provide evidence-based recommendation for the use of antibacterial therapy in hospitalized adults with a respiratory infection and suspected or proven 2019 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We performed a liter...

Guía de práctica clínica sobre el diagnóstico y el tratamiento del traumatismo torácico cerrado no grave

La GPC sobre el diagnóstico y tratamiento del traumatismo torácico cerrado no grave en la que se aborda el manejo de estos pacientes, ofrece recomendaciones en términos de eficacia y seguridad, dirigidas al uso racional de los recursos sanitarios y a la mejora de la atención que se presta a estos pac...

Guía de práctica clínica para el tamizaje y manejo del episodio depresivo leve en el primer nivel de atención del Seguro Social del Perú (EsSalud)

Acta méd. peru; 37 (4), 2020
El presente artículo resume la guía de práctica clínica (GPC) para el tamizaje y el manejo del episodio depresivo leve en el primer nivel de atención en el Seguro Social del Perú (EsSalud). Para el desarrollo de esta GPC, se conformó un grupo elaborador de la guía (GEG) que incluyó especialistas...

Society of interventional radiology clinical practice guideline for inferior vena cava filters in the treatment of patients with venous thromboembolic disease

J. vasc. interv. radiol; 31 (10), 2020
To provide evidence-based recommendations on the use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters in the treatment of patients with or at substantial risk of venous thromboembolic disease. A multidisciplinary expert panel developed key questions to address in the guideline, and a systematic review of the literatu...