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Uso de exames de imagem de tórax na COVID-19: guia de aconselhamento rápido. Anexo B da internet: tabelas de evidências para a tomada de decisão GRADE

Preguntas respondidas por la guía: 1- Devem ou não ser acrescentados exames de imagem de tórax ao tratamento padrão para pacientes com COVID-19 cujos sintomas desapareceram, ao decidir dar ou não alta hospitalar? 2- Devem ou não ser usados exames de imagem de tórax para pacientes sintomáticos com...

Official American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children

Clin Infect Dis.; 64 (2), 2017
BACKGROUND: Individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) may develop symptoms and signs of disease (tuberculosis disease) or may have no clinical evidence of disease (latent tuberculosis infection [LTBI]). Tuberculosis disease is a leading cause of infectious disease morbidity and mortality...

The use of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (TB-LAMP) for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: policy guidance

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a large-scale public health problem. Key global priorities for TB care and control include improving case-detection and detecting patients earlier, particularly patients with smear-negative TB disease. This document provides a pragmatic summary of the evidence and recommendation...

Guía de práctica clínica para el uso de ultrasonido endoscópico en pancreatitis crónica, lesiones quísticas y sólidas del páncreas en adultos

Rev. colomb. gastroenterol; 30 (supl.1), 2015
Objetivo: brindar una guía de práctica clínica con la evidencia más reciente para el uso de ultrasonido endoscópico en pancreatitis crónica y lesiones quísticas y sólidas en adultos, la cual está dirigida a pacientes, personal asistencial, administrativo y entes gubernamentales de los servicios ...

Guía de práctica clínica para la tamización del cáncer colorrectal - 2015

Rev. colomb. gastroenterol; 30 (supl.1), 2015
Objetivo: desarrollar una guía de práctica clínica con la evidencia más reciente para la tamización de cáncer de colon y recto en población asintomática de riesgo promedio, dirigida a pacientes, personal asistencial, administrativo y entes gubernamentales de cualquier servicio de atención en Col...

The Saudi clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis of the first deep venous thrombosis of the lower extremity

Ann. Thorac. Med.; 10 (1), 2015
The diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) may be challenging due to the inaccuracy of clinical assessment and diversity of diagnostic tests. On one hand, missed diagnosis may result in life-threatening conditions. On the other hand, unnecessary treatment may lead to serious complications. As a result...

Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in adults: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians

Ann. intern. med; 161 (3), 2014
DESCRIPTION: The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to present the evidence and provide clinical recommendations on the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in adults. METHODS: This guideline is based on published literature on this topic that was identified by using MEDLINE (1...

Automated real-time nucleic acid amplification technology for rapid and simultaneous detection of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance: Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB in adults and children. Policy update.

The global priorities for tuberculosis (TB) care and control are to improve case-detection and to detect cases earlier, including cases of smear-negative disease which are often associated with coinfection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and young age, and to enhance the capacity to diagnose ...

Policy statement: automated real-time nucleic acid amplification technology for rapid and simultaneous detection of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance: Xpert MTB/RIF system

Earlier and improved tuberculosis (TB) case detection - including smear-negative disease, often associated with HIV co-infection - as well as expanded capacity to diagnose multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are global priorities for TB control. Conventional laboratory methods are slow and cumberso...

Use of Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) in the Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus Abbreviated Report of a WHO Consultation

This report is an addendum to the diagnostic criteria published in the 2006 WHO/IDF report “Definition and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and intermediate hyperglycaemia” , and addresses the use of HbA1c in diagnosing diabetes mellitus. The WHO Consultation concluded that HbA1c can be used as a diag...