GLIM criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition – A consensus report from the global clinical nutrition community – Clinical Nutrition (free)

S2k Guidelines for Cutaneous Basal Cell Carcinoma – Part 2: Treatment, Prevention and Follow‐up – Journal of the German Society of Dermatology (free)

See also: Guidelines for Cutaneous Basal Cell Carcinoma – Part 1: Epidemiology, Genetics and Diagnosis (free)

Management of congenital ichthyoses: European guidelines of care, part one – British Journal of Dermatology (free)

See also: Management of congenital ichthyoses: European guidelines of care, part two (free)

EAACI position paper on how to classify cutaneous manifestations of drug hypersensitivity – European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (free)

Chinese guidelines on the management of ascites and its related complications in cirrhosis – Hepatology International (free)

Note: if the above link is not working, try this one

Related Guidelines: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for liver cirrhosis 2015 – Journal of Gastroenterology (free) AND Management of Adult Patients with Ascites Due to Cirrhosis: Update 2012 – American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (free PDF) EASL clinical practice guidelines on the management of ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis (free) AND KASL clinical practice guidelines for liver cirrhosis: Ascites and related complications – Clinical and Molecular Hepatology (free) AND Cirrhosis in Over 16s: Assessment and Management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Guideline Synopsis: Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea – JAMA (free)

Original Guideline: 2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea (free)

Related Guidelines: Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of travelers’ diarrhea: a graded expert panel report (free) AND Guidelines for the Investigation of Chronic Diarrhoea in Adults: British Society of Gastroenterology (free)

Related Report: Global Burden of Diarrhea (free report and commentaries)

News Release: New WHO-ITU standard aims to prevent hearing loss among 1.1 billion young people – World Health Organization (free)

Report: Safe listening devices and systems: a WHO-ITU standard – World Health Organization and International Telecommunication Union (free PDF)

Toolkit: Toolkit for safe listening devices and systems – World Health Organization and International Telecommunication Union (free PDF)

Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

Editorials: Implementing the USPSTF Recommendations on Prevention of Perinatal Depression—Opportunities and Challenges (free) AND Perinatal Depression: Recommendations for Prevention and the Challenges of Implementation (free) AND Attention to Prevention—Can We Stop Perinatal Depression Before it Starts? (free)

Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression (free audio)

Commentaries: Depression During and After Pregnancy Can Be Prevented, National Panel Says. Here’s How. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND To Prevent Pregnancy-Related Depression, At-Risk Women Advised To Get Counseling – NPR (free)

“The USPSTF recommends that clinicians provide or refer pregnant and postpartum persons who are at increased risk of perinatal depression to counseling interventions. (B recommendation)”

Best practice in Active Surveillance for men with prostate cancer: A Prostate Cancer UK consensus statement – BJU International (free PDF)

Related Guidelines: Active Surveillance for the Management of Localized Prostate Cancer (Cancer Care Ontario Guideline): American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Endorsement – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free) AND Active surveillance for the management of localized prostate cancer: Guideline recommendations – Canadian Urological Association Journal (free)

Related Randomized Trial: Radical Prostatectomy vs. Watchful Waiting in Prostate Cancer (link to abstract and commentaries)

Unmet Medical Needs in Ulcerative Colitis: An Expert Group Consensus – Digestive Diseases (free)

Guideline: Hereditary angioedema due to C1 inhibitor deficiency – Allergo Journal International (free)

2019 Guidelines on the management of diabetic patients. A position of Diabetes Poland – Clinical Diabetology (free PDF)

Related Guidelines: ADA 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free supplement) AND AACE/ACE Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm 2019 – Endocrine Practice (Free PDF and Slide Presentations) AND Diabetes Canada 2018 clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes in Canada (free)

Clinical Management of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Huntington Disease: Expert-Based Consensus Guidelines on Agitation, Anxiety, Apathy, Psychosis and Sleep Disorders – Journal of Huntington’s Disease (free)

Commentary: New Guidelines on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Huntington’s – Medscape (free)

The Topol Review: Preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future – NHS Health Education England (free report and related resources)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Our rating of the top 10 technologies poised to change #healthcare, with a realistic appraisal of their timing over the next 2 decades#AI #genomics #digitalhealth pic.twitter.com/rQ8ytwDIaA

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 11, 2019

New guidelines from the Thrombosis and Haemostasis Society of Australia and New Zealand for the diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism – The Medical Journal of Australia (free for 7 days)

News Release: New Guidelines for Venous Thromboembolism (free)

Related Guidelines: BTS Guideline: Outpatient Management of Pulmonary Embolism (free) AND ACEP Clinical Policy: Evaluation and Management of Suspected Acute Venous Thromboembolism (free) AND Evaluation of Patients With Suspected Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Best Practice Advice From the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians (free) AND 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

New guidelines from the Thrombosis and Haemostasis Society of Australia and New Zealand for diagnosis & management of venous thromboembolism … #freeaccess for 1 week … https://t.co/4TIweujdRd … #VTE #DVT #PE pic.twitter.com/UWmo9AnPgJ

— MJA (@theMJA) February 11, 2019

2019 NCCN Consensus Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) – Aesthetic Surgery Journal (free)

Related: FDA Report: 660 Cases of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (free report and commentaries)

Cough (acute): antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Infographic: 2-page visual summary of the recommendations (free PDF)

See also: NICE Antimicrobial prescribing guidelines (resource covering many common conditions) AND NICE Summary of antimicrobial prescribing guidance – managing common infections (free PDF)

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Cough—Chinese Thoracic Society (CTS) Asthma Consortium – Journal of Thoracic Disease (free)

Related Guideline: KAAACI Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Cough in Adults and Children in Korea – Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research (free)

See also recently published CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in specific populations: Classification of Cough as a Symptom in Adults and Management Algorithms (free) AND Adult Outpatients With Acute Cough Due to Suspected Pneumonia or Influenza – CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free) AND Clinically Diagnosing Pertussis-associated Cough in Adults and Children (free) AND Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Acute Cough Associated With the Common Cold (free) AND Cough Due to TB and Other Chronic Infections  (free) AND Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults (free) AND Symptomatic Treatment of Cough Among Adult Patients With Lung Cancer (free) AND Cough in the athlete (free) AND Occupational and Environmental Contributions to Chronic Cough in Adults (free) AND Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough (free) AND Use of Management Pathways or Algorithms in Children With Chronic Cough (free) AND Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis (free)

Chinese expert consensus on diagnosis and management of severe asthma – Journal of Thoracic Disease (free)

Related Guidelines: Recognition and management of severe asthma: A Canadian Thoracic Society position statement (free) AND International ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma (free) AND Guidelines for Severe Uncontrolled Asthma – Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (free) AND Nordic consensus statement on the systematic assessment and management of possible severe asthma in adults (free)

Endoscopic surveillance after surgical or endoscopic resection for colorectal cancer: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and European Society of Digestive Oncology (ESDO) Guideline – Endoscopy (free)

Diagnosis and management of drug‐induced anaphylaxis in children: an EAACI position paper – Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (free PDF)

A practical guide for pharmacists to successfully implement penicillin allergy skin testing – American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (free)

“Less than 10% of patients labeled as having a penicillin allergy are confirmed as present upon skin testing. This labeling results in use of alternative antibiotics and thus unwanted adverse consequences including potentiated antimicrobial resistance, increased costs, and worse clinical outcomes.”

Fluid administration for acute circulatory dysfunction using basic monitoring: narrative review and expert panel recommendations from an ESICM task force – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period)

Note: if the above link is paywalled, try this one

Related Commentary on Twitter

Fluid administration for acute circulatory failure: go back to the basics, thanks to the expert panel recommendations from an ESICM task force!
Read the full text article for free at https://t.co/VPtl6cD0aN @Dr_Cit @ESICM @ClinMedJournals pic.twitter.com/pBoJiKHihT

— Intens Care Med (@yourICM) February 1, 2019

Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules: United States, 2019 – Pediatrics (free)

Table 1. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger, United States, 2019 (free)

Table 2. Catch-up immunization schedule for persons aged 4 months–18 years who start late or who are more than 1 month behind, United States, 2019 (free)

Table 3. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Medical Condition, United States, 2019 (free)

See also: CDC Immunization Schedules for Healthcare Providers (free resources) AND Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2019 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Best practice advice on pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia & advanced airway management – Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (free)

Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (free)

Summary: What is ‘Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America’? – HIV.gov (free)

Related JAMA Editorial: Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for the United States (free)

Commentary: U.S. Announces Plan to Reduce New HIV Diagnoses by 90% Over Next Decade – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

UK CMO commentary on screen time and social media map of reviews – Department of Health and Social Care (free PDF)

Commentaries: U.K. Doctors Call for Caution in Children’s Use of Screens and Social Media – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Experts respond to CMO report on screen-time and social media – Science Media Centre (free) AND Do not let children take electronic devices into bedrooms, say doctors – The Guardian (free) AND Screen time: Children advised not to use electronic devices at dinner – BBC (free)

Related Guidelines: Media devices in pre-school children: the recommendations of the Italian pediatric society – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND Media and Young Minds – Recommendations from The American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

See also: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (Pediatrics Supplement with free articles)

Global, regional, and national burden of suicide mortality 1990 to 2016: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Suicide falls by a third globally (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Global suicide mortality: Using data to inform action and monitor progress – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Global rates of suicide death have fallen by a third since 1990, study finds – CNN (free)

Guidelines for the safe provision of anaesthesia in magnetic resonance units 2019 – Anaesthesia (free)

Guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists and the Neuro Anaesthesia and Critical Care Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

Consensus document for the diagnosis of peripheral bone infection in adults: a joint paper by the EANM, EBJIS, and ESR (with ESCMID endorsement) – European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (free)

Subacromial decompression surgery for adults with shoulder pain: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Expert panel strongly recommends against surgery for the most common shoulder pain – MedicalXpress (free) AND Guidelines Recommend Against Surgery for Subacromial Pain Syndrome – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Related Systematic Reviews: Subacromial decompression surgery for adults with shoulder pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Subacromial Decompression Surgery for Rotator Cuff Disease – Cochrane Library (link to study and randomized trials on the subject)

Tonsillectomy in Children (Update) – American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (free)

News Release: Tonsillectomy in children: Update to guidelines for treating and managing care (free)

Commentaries: Updated Pediatric Tonsillectomy Guidelines Stress Watchful Waiting – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Guideline urges physicians to stop prescribing antibiotics, codeine for tonsillectomies – Healio (free registration required)

Bronchiectasis (non-cystic fibrosis), acute exacerbation: antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related: British Thoracic Society Guideline for bronchiectasis in adults – Thorax (free)

Treatment of migraine attacks and prevention of migraine: Guidelines by the German Migraine and Headache Society and the German Society of Neurology – Clinical and Translational Neuroscience (free)

Related Guidelines: Evidence-based guideline update: Pharmacologic treatment for episodic migraine prevention in adults: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society (free) AND Pharmacological management of migraine – Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (free)

Comprehensive management of fibrotic interstitial lung diseases: A Canadian Thoracic Society position statement – Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine (free)

Related: The interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meeting: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Lung Foundation Australia (free) AND Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Practical Approach for General Medicine Physicians with Focus on the Medical History – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free) AND Pharmacological management of progressive-fibrosing interstitial lung diseases: a review of the current evidence – European Respiratory Review(free)

American Medical Society for Sports Medicine position statement on concussion in sport – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free)

Related Guidelines: Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5^th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016 – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Implementation of the 2017 Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement in contact and collision sports: a joint position statement from 11 national and international sports organisations – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Clinical Report: Sport-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics (free)

Health systems respond to noncommunicable diseases: time for ambition (2018) – World Health Organization Europe (free PDF)

Related Commentary on Twitter

How can health systems adopt a comprehensive and aligned response to #beatNCDs? WHO/Europe’s report explores integrated multidisciplinary #PrimaryHealthCare, people-centred approaches, public health services for NCDs and more 👉 https://t.co/QOuBpRjc5h #PMAC2019 pic.twitter.com/PEGVX9EKoq

— WHO/Europe (@WHO_Europe) January 29, 2019

Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2019 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

WHO Guidelines for the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents – World Health Organization (free PDF)

Medical management of abortion – World Health Organization (free)

Guideline Synopsis: Management of Blood Cholesterol – JAMA (free)

Editorial: A New Personalized, Patient-Centric, and Cost-Conscious Guideline for Contemporary Cholesterol Management (free)

Original Guideline: New AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol (free guideline and resources)

International Consensus Guidelines for the Optimal Use of the Polymyxins – Pharmacotherapy (free)

Endorsed by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), International Society for Anti‐infective Pharmacology (ISAP), Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP).

Worldwide Dyslipidemia Guidelines – Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports (free)

Related: JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis: Management of Blood Cholesterol (free guideline and synopsis)

Report on the health of refugees and migrants in the WHO European Region: no public health without refugee and migrant health (2018) – World Health Organization (free)

News Release: Migrants and refugees at higher risk of developing ill health than host populations, reveals first-ever WHO report on the health of displaced people in Europe (free)

Related: 10 things to know about the health of refugees and migrants – World Health Organization (free) AND Knowledge Hub on Health and Migration (free resources)

The Global Commission on the Future of Work calls for fundamental changes in health at work – World Health Organization (free)

Original Report: Work for a brighter future: Global Commission on the Future of Work – International Labour Organization (free)

Position article and guidelines 2018 recommendations of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology for the indication, interpretation and performance of nailfold capillaroscopy – Advances in Rheumatology (free)

Recommendations for the assessment and management of measurable residual disease in adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A consensus of North American experts – American Journal of Hematology (free)

Evidence‐based clinical guidelines on analgesia and sedation in newborn infants undergoing assisted ventilation and endotracheal intubation – Acta Paediatrica (free)

American Geriatrics Society 2019 Updated AGS Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults (free)

News Release: For older people, medications are common; AGS Beers Criteria aims to make them appropriate, too (free)

Commentary: AGS: Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Med Use in Older Adults Updated – MPR (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

The #AGSBeersCriteria includes lists of medications that may be inappropriate or unsafe for older adults. See the latest updates for 2019: https://t.co/qGB5Y1cD7S pic.twitter.com/ow0xds2gN7

— American Geriatrics Society (@AmerGeriatrics) February 1, 2019

Polypharmacy: Getting our medicines right – Royal Pharmaceutical Society (free)

Shorter Version: Polypharmacy (free)

Commentary: Pharmacists call for regular reviews of medicines – BBC (free)

Related: Reducing Inappropriate Medication Use & Polypharmacy (several articles and commentaries on the subject)

Home Oxygen Therapy for Children. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free)

News Release: ATS Publishes New Clinical Guideline on Home Oxygen for Children (free)

Clear fluids fasting for elective paediatric anaesthesia: The European Society of Anaesthesiology consensus statement – European Journal of Anaesthesiology (free)

Related Guidelines: Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration: Application to Healthy Patients Undergoing Elective Procedures: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration (free) AND Perioperative fasting in adults and children: guidelines from the European Society of Anaesthesiology (free)

Related Systematic Review: Practice Guideline Recommendations on Perioperative Fasting – Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (free)

Related Narrative Review: Nothing by Mouth at Midnight: Saving or Starving? A Literature Review – Gastroenterology Nursing (free)

“‘It is safe and recommended for all children able to take clear fluids, to be allowed and encouraged to have them up to 1 h before elective general anaesthesia’.”

Clinical guidelines for the management of depression with specific comorbid psychiatric conditions French recommendations from experts (the French Association for Biological Psychiatry and Neuropsychopharmacology and the fondation FondaMental) – BMC Psychiatry (free)

Related Guideline: Depression in adults: recognition and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

AACE/ACE Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm 2019 – Endocrine Practice (Free PDF and Slide Presentations)

Related Guidelines: ADA 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free supplement) AND Diabetes Canada 2018 clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes in Canada (free)

Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

“The USPSTF recommends prophylactic ocular topical medication for all newborns to prevent gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. (A recommendation)”

Depression and coronary heart disease: 2018 ESC position paper of the working group of coronary pathophysiology and microcirculation developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines – European Heart Journal (free)

British Association for Sexual Health and HIV national guideline for the management of infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae (2019) (free PDF)

Commentary: UK Gonorrhea Guideline Guards Against Antibiotic Resistance – MD Magazine (free)

Related Guideline: WHO Guidelines for the Treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae – World Health Organization (free)

FSRH Clinical Guidance: Combined Hormonal Contraception – January 2019 – Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (free PDF)

Commentaries: No benefit to contraception pill intervals — according to guidance – OnMedica (free) AND Is it OK to take the pill every day without a break? – BBC News (free)

Call to Action: Urgent Challenges in Cardiovascular Disease: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

News Release: Lagging drug innovation, variations in quality of care and rising health care costs remain major barriers in fight against cardiovascular disease (free)

Commentaries: AHA issues ‘urgent’ call to action: 5 things to know – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND AHA Warns of Stagnating CVD Gains, Barriers to Access, and Dismal Drug Pipeline – TCTMD (free)

Targeted treatment of primary aldosteronism – The consensus of Taiwan Society of Aldosteronism – Journal of the Formosan Medical Association (free)

Guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology for the treatment of systemic autoimmune myopathies – Advances in Rheumatology (free)

2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation – Circulation (free PDF)

News Release: Updated treatment guidelines for atrial fibrillation recommend a new class of blood thinners to help prevent stroke – American Heart Association (free)

Commentaries: Focused Update of the AHA/ACC/HRS Atrial Fibrillation Guideline – American College of Cardiology (free) AND

Popular blood thinner warfarin no longer recommended for most atrial fibrillation cases – CNN (free)

European Practical and Patient-Centred Guidelines for Adult Obesity Management in Primary Care – Obesity Facts (free)

The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report (free registration required)

Commentaries: Take on food industry to beat malnutrition and obesity, says report – The Guardian (free) AND Want to fix obesity and climate change at the same time? Make Big Food companies pay. – VOX (free) AND To fix climate change, fix the obesity and starvation epidemics, reports say – CNN (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

The #GlobalSyndemic: #Undernutrition & #obesity are not simply the result of too few or too many calories. Both are driven by the same unhealthy, inequitable food systems, underpinned by a political economy focused on economic growth, not health https://t.co/k3gkUnliyw pic.twitter.com/zKwY08YSEF

— The Lancet (@TheLancet) January 27, 2019

Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs: ASCO Standards – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

Summary: Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs (free)

Editorial: ASCO Standards for Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs (free)

News Release: New Standards for Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs Focus on Developing Evidence-Based Measures (free)

Experts’ guidelines of intubation and extubation of the ICU patient of French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (SFAR) and French-speaking Intensive Care Society (SRLF) – Annals of Intensive Care (free)

Diabetes Canada 2018 clinical practice guidelines: Key messages for family physicians caring for patients living with type 2 diabetes – Canadian Family Physician (free)

Original Guideline: Diabetes Canada 2018 clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes in Canada (free) AND Quick Reference Guide (free PDF)

See also: ADA 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free supplement) AND Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2019 Abridged for Primary Care Providers (free PDF)

The Efficacy and Safety of Vertebral Augmentation: A Second ASBMR Task Force Report – Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (free)

Commentaries: Spinal Fractures Can Be Terribly Painful. A Common Treatment Isn’t Helping – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Spinal Fusions Ineffective for Fracture Pain, Says ASBMR – Medscape (free registration required)

Related: Randomized Trial: Vertebroplasty vs. Sham Procedure for Acute Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures – The BMJ (free study and commentary) AND Cochrane Review: percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (free article and summary)

Thailand Dyspepsia Guidelines: 2018 – Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (free)

International, evidence-based consensus treatment guidelines for idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease – Blood (free)

Evaluating Susceptibility to Pancreatic Cancer: ASCO Provisional Clinical Opinion – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

NCCN Guidelines Insights: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Version 2.2019 – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)

Revised Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma International Consensus Meeting Report – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

Management and treatment of glomerular diseases (part 1): conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference – Kidney International (free)

Part 2: Conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference – Kidney International (free)

Related: See All KDIGO Guidelines (all free)

Exercise training for patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: What to pursue and how to do it. A Position Paper of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) – European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (free)

Commentaries: Physical activity reduces mortality in patients with diabetes: Exercise programs for diabetics are a cost effective treatment and should be reimbursed – European Society of Cardiology (free) AND Exercise Must Be a Prescription for Those With Type 2 Diabetes, European Cardiologists Say – AJMC (free) AND Exercise cuts mortality risk for people with type 2 diabetes, report says – UPI (free)

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by the Mexican College of Rheumatology – Reumatología Clinica (free for a limited period)

Related Guidelines: The British Society for Rheumatology guideline for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus in adults (free) AND First Latin American clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (free) AND Canadian Rheumatology Association Recommendations for the Assessment and Monitoring of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (free)

Related Reviews: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Primary Care: An Update and Practical Messages for the General Practitioner (free) AND Infection in systemic lupus erythematosus, similarities, and differences with lupus flare (free)

A guideline for the management of specific situations in polycythaemia vera and secondary erythrocytosis: A British Society for Haematology Guideline – British Journal of Haematology (free)

Related Guideline: A guideline for the diagnosis and management of polycythaemia vera. A British Society for Haematology Guideline (free)

Treatment Recommendations for Urological Symptoms in Cancer Patients: Clinical Guidelines from the Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine – Journal of Palliative Medicine (free)

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Chronic Radiation Proctitis – Diseases of the Colon & Rectum (free)

Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Adults 2018: Update of the CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free)

Related Guidelines: 2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension (free) AND Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension: Guidelines From the American Heart Association and American Thoracic Society (free)

Initial Diagnostic Work-Up of Acute Leukemia: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Endorsement of the College of American Pathologists and American Society of Hematology Guideline – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

Sarcopenia and dysphagia: Position paper by four professional organizations – Geriatrics & Gerontology International (free)

Canada’s Dietary Guidelines – Government of Canada (free)

Homepage: Canada’s Food Guide (free resources)

Related Commentary on Twitter

New food guide: https://t.co/Yx15RSJ8ab My initial response, pretty solid! Like this image. And like that they are keeping message simple. @GovCanHealth #Canadasfoodguide. pic.twitter.com/Ab8Leqi19A

— Timothy Caulfield (@CaulfieldTim) January 22, 2019

A review of guidelines to distinguish between gastric and pulmonary placement of nasogastric tubes – Heart & Lung (free)

PH in CHD and Pregnancy: Summary of AHA/ACC ACHD and ESC Pregnancy Guidelines – American College of Cardiology (free)

Original Guidelines: 2018 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy (free) AND 2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension (free) AND 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease (free PDF)

Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) – Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (free)

Related Guidelines: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Korea, 2017 (free) AND American College of Gastroenterology Monograph on Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (free) AND Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for irritable bowel syndrome – Journal of Gastroenterology (free) AND Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)

Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Cardiovascular Disease: A Review of the Literature and Proposed Multidisciplinary Clinical Management Strategy – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)

Related Reviews: Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease: Lessons from Recent Trials and Need for Team Science – Circulation (free) AND Sleep Apnea: Types, Mechanisms, and Clinical Cardiovascular Consequences – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free)

Chronic pain as a symptom or a disease: The IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) – Pain (free)

Commentary: IASP Updates Classification of Chronic Pain – Clinical Advisor (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Chronic pain as a symptom or a disease: the IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) #PainJournal https://t.co/Riegvjag5N pic.twitter.com/9hquW4dDa1

— PAIN Journal (@PAINthejournal) January 16, 2019

Global antimicrobial resistance surveillance system (GLASS) report: Early implementation 2017-2018 – World Health Organization (free PDF)

Management of Acute Compartment Syndrome – American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (free PDF)

News Release: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons approves clinical practice guideline for management of acute compartment syndrome (free)

Fertility, Pregnancy and Lactation After Bariatric Surgery – a Consensus Statement from the OEGGG – Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde (free)

Related Review: Pregnancy After Bariatric Surgery: Impact on Pregnancy Management and Outcome (free)

Evidence‐based Danish guidelines for screening of diabetic retinopathy – Acta Ophthalmologica (free)

“There is solid evidence to support a flexible, individualized screening regimen. In particular, it is possible to prolong screening intervals to 24–48 months for patients with no or mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy”.

Position of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior: The Importance of Including Environmental Sustainability in Dietary Guidance – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (free)

Commentary: Environmental sustainability should be inherent to dietary guidance – Elservier (free)

Related: The EAT–Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems (article and commentaries)

Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems – The Lancet (free articles – registration required)

Summary: EAT-Lancet Commission Brief for Everyone (free)

Commentaries: New Diet Guidelines to Benefit People and the Planet: More Greens for All, Less Meat for Some – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND New ‘planetary health diet’ can save lives and the planet, major review suggests – CNN (free) AND A bit of meat, a lot of veg – the flexitarian diet to feed 10bn – BBC (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Feeding a population of 10 billion people by 2050 with a healthy & sustainable diet will be impossible without transforming eating habits, improving food production & reducing food waste—new @EATForum–@TheLancet Commission #EATLancet #foodcanfixit https://t.co/TsRQiyhA09 pic.twitter.com/v2KtYu9pdS

— The Lancet (@TheLancet) January 16, 2019

Prepregnancy counseling – Fertility and Sterility (free)

Medscape National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019 (free registration required)

Commentaries: Burnout Rises Above 50% in Some Specialties, New Survey Shows – Medscape (free registration required) AND No quick fix for physician burnout, depression – Reuters (free) AND More than half of physicians are burned out or depressed – HealthExec (free)

Related Perspectives: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free) AND Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point – The Guardian (free) AND The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic (free) AND Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout – National Academy of Medicine (free) AND Physician burnout costs up to $17B a year, task force says – HealthcareDive (free)

Related Articles: Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians (link to abstract and commentaries)

Computed Tomography Imaging in the Context of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)/Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR): An Expert Consensus Document of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography – JACC Cardiovascular Imaging (free)

Commentary: SCCT shares updated guidance on CT use during TAVI, TAVR procedures – Radiology Business (free)

SEOM clinical guidelines in advanced and recurrent breast cancer (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

SEOM clinical guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

KSHF Guidelines for the Management of Acute Heart Failure (free articles)

Part I. Definition, Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Acute Heart Failure

Part II. Treatment of Acute Heart Failure

Part III. Specific Management of Acute Heart Failure According to the Etiology and Co-morbidity

Related: The use of diuretics in heart failure with congestion — a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology – European Journal of Heart Failure (free) AND Managing the Patient with Heart Failure in the Emergency Department – European Heart Journal (free)

‘Ten Commandments’ for the Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction 2018 – European Heart Journal (free)

Original Article: Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (free)

First International Consensus on the diagnosis and management of fibromuscular dysplasia – Vascular Medicine (free)

Commentary: First international consensus on fibromuscular dysplasia – Sage (free)

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons – Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – Choosing Wisely (free)

Commentary: Choosing Wisely: Don’t Use Ultrasound to Evaluate Palpable Inguinal Hernia – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Use of Bowel Preparation in Elective Colon and Rectal Surgery – Diseases of the Colon & Rectum (free)

Adult Outpatients With Acute Cough Due to Suspected Pneumonia or Influenza – CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free)

See other recently published CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in specific populations: Classification of Cough as a Symptom in Adults and Management Algorithms (free) AND Clinically Diagnosing Pertussis-associated Cough in Adults and Children (free) AND Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Acute Cough Associated With the Common Cold (free) AND Cough Due to TB and Other Chronic Infections  (free) AND Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults (free) AND Symptomatic Treatment of Cough Among Adult Patients With Lung Cancer (free) AND Cough in the athlete (free) AND Occupational and Environmental Contributions to Chronic Cough in Adults (free) AND Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough (free) AND Use of Management Pathways or Algorithms in Children With Chronic Cough (free) AND Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis (free)

Appropriateness Criteria for Surgery in the Management of Adult Recurrent Acute Rhinosinusitis – The Laryngoscope (free)

Taiwan consensus statement on the management of chronic hepatitis B – Journal of the Formosan Medical Association (free)

American College of Physicians Ethics Manual: Seventh Edition – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

News Release: American College of Physicians releases new edition of Ethics Manual (free)

“Genetic testing, telemedicine, end-of-life care, and human subjects research are among issues examined in new edition of ACP Ethics Manual” (from News Release)

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and generalised anxiety disorder – Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (free)

SEOM clinical guidelines on cardiovascular toxicity (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

Related Guidelines and Reviews: Prevention and Monitoring of Cardiac Dysfunction in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free) AND 2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Cardiovascular Complications of Cancer Therapy (free) AND Cardio-Onco-Hematology in Clinical Practice. Position Paper and Recommendations – Revista Espanola de Cardiologia (free) AND Cardiotoxicity of anticancer treatments: Epidemiology, detection, and management – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)

WHO recommendations: Drug treatment for severe hypertension in pregnancy – World Health Organization (free)

Related Meta-Analysis: Drugs for Treating Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy (free study and commentary)

Related Guideline: Hypertension Canada’s 2018 Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy (free)

WHO recommendation: Calcium supplementation during pregnancy for the prevention of pre-eclampsia and its complications – World Health Organization (free)

WHO recommendations: Induction of labour at or beyond term – World Health Organization (free)

Related Cochrane Review: Induction of Labor for Improving Birth Outcomes for Women at or Beyond Term (free article and summary)

Guidelines for the peri‐operative care of people with dementia – Anaesthesia (free)

Clinical cases referring to diagnosis and management of patients with thoracic aortic pathologies involving the aortic arch: a companion document of the 2018 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) expert consensus document addressing current options and recommendations for the treatment of thoracic aortic pathologies involving the aortic arch – European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (free)

Original Guideline: Current options and recommendations for the treatment of thoracic aortic pathologies involving the aortic arch: an expert consensus document of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic surgery (EACTS) and the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) (free)

Diving into Overuse in Hospitals: A Starter Kit for Reducing Unnecessary Tests and Treatments – Choosing Wisely Canada (free PDF)

News Release: Diving into Overuse in Hospitals (free)

See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada

Indian consensus on chronic constipation in adults: A joint position statement of the Indian Motility and Functional Diseases Association and the Indian Society of Gastroenterology – Indian Journal of Gastroenterology (free)

Related: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Functional Constipation in Korea, 2015 Revised Edition – Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (free) AND Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation and Constipation-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Derived from a Canadian National Survey and Needs Assessment on Choices of Therapeutic Agents – Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (free) AND Constipation in older people: A consensus statement – The International Journal of Clinical Practice (free) AND Management of Constipation in Older Adults – American Family Physician (free)

Early management of severe pelvic injury (first 24 hours) – Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine (free)

Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis – Commissions from the Lancet journals (free articles – registration required)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Viral #hepatitis is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death worldwide, killing 1·34 million people every year, similar numbers to deaths from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria—new Commission – https://t.co/JVrYYW9KMv #nohep pic.twitter.com/U49mT3MQBt

— The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (@LancetGastroHep) January 9, 2019

Draft Recommendation Statement: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Commentary: USPSTF Reaffirms Recommendation for Hepatitis B Screening in Pregnant Women – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

The American Headache Society Position Statement On Integrating New Migraine Treatments Into Clinical Practice – Headache (free)

Commentaries: American Headache Society Releases Position Statement on Novel Preventive and Acute Migraine Treatments – Clinical Advisor (free) AND AHS Releases Updated Guidance on Migraine Treatment – Medscape (free registration required)

Indications for thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke from emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO): report of the SNIS Standards and Guidelines Committee – Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery (free)

Related Guidelines: Consensus statement: endovascular therapy of acute ischemic stroke (free) AND 2018 AHA/ASA Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke (free article and commentaries)

National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement: Immediate Management of Appendicular Joint Dislocations – Journal of Athletic Training (free PDF)

Multidisciplinary recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of foot problems in people with rheumatoid arthritis – Journal of Foot and Ankle Research (free)

Guidelines for Colonic Diverticular Bleeding and Colonic Diverticulitis: Japan Gastroenterological Association – Digestion (free)

Related Guidelines: American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on the Management of Acute Diverticulitis – Gastroenterology (free) AND Colorectal surgeon consensus with diverticulitis clinical practice guidelines – World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (free) AND WSES Guidelines for the management of acute left sided colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)

British Thoracic Society Guideline for bronchiectasis in adults – Thorax (free)

ACC/AHA/SCAI/SIR/SVM 2018 Appropriate Use Criteria for Peripheral Artery Intervention – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free)

Commentary: New Appropriate Use Criteria for Peripheral Artery Interventions: A Multisociety Collaboration – TCTMD (free) AND 2018 Appropriate Use Criteria for Peripheral Artery Intervention – American College of Cardiology (free)

Optimal Exercise Programs for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

Top Ten Things to Know: Optimal Exercise Programs for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease (free)

Commentaries: AHA Scientific Statement: Get PAD Patients Moving to Improve Symptoms and QoL – TCTMD (free) AND Promoting Exercise Therapy in Peripheral Artery Disease: Time to Get Moving – AHA News (free)

2018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infections – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)

Antibiotic use in patients with abdominal injuries: guideline by the Korean Society of Acute Care Surgery – Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research (free)

Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)

Original Report: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 – The Lancet (free articles)

Summary: Updated guidelines on complex regional pain syndrome in adults – JPRAS (free)

Original Guideline: Complex regional pain syndrome in adults (2nd edition) – UK guidelines for diagnosis, referral and management in primary and secondary care 2018 – Royal College of Physicians (free PDF)

Brain death, the determination of brain death, and member guidance for brain death accommodation requests: AAN position statement – Neurology (free PDF)

News Release: AAN Calls for Uniformity of Brain Death Determination (free)

Commentary: Neurology Group: Universal Definition of Brain Death Needed -NEJM Journal Watch (free)

UK consensus on pregnancy in multiple sclerosis: ‘Association of British Neurologists’ guidelines – Practical Neurology (free)

Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination in Adults: Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography – Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (free)

NCCN Guidelines Insights: Thyroid Carcinoma, Version 2.2018 – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)

Systemic Mastocytosis, Version 2.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)

Clinical Use of a Home Sleep Apnea Test: An Updated American Academy of Sleep Medicine Position Statement – Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (free)

Indian Consensus on Diagnosis of Cough at Primary Care Setting – Journal of The Association of Physicians of India (free PDF)

Keep O2 saturations at 96% or below for hospitalized patients: expert panel – PulmCC (free)

Original Article: Oxygen therapy for acutely ill medical patients: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free study and commentary)

SEOM clinical guidelines to primary prevention of cancer (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

Recommendations and guidelines for the treatment of pneumonia in Taiwan – Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection (free)

Related Guidelines: 2018 recommendations for the management of community acquired pneumonia – Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia (free PDF) Guideline for Antibiotic Use in Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia – The Korean Society of Infectious Disease (free) AND Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Management of Community- and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Renal and ureteric stones: assessment and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related Guidelines: Dietary and Pharmacologic Management to Prevent Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians (free) AND Metabolic diagnosis and medical prevention of calcium nephrolithiasis and its systemic manifestations: a consensus statement – Journal of Nephrology (free) AND Medical Management of Kidney Stones: AUA Guideline (free) AND Surgical Management of Stones: American Urological Association/Endourological Society Guideline, PART I (free) AND Surgical Management of Stones: American Urological Association/Endourological Society Guideline, PART II (free)

Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Hospitalists: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free PDF)

ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2019 Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging in the Assessment of Cardiac Structure and Function in Nonvalvular Heart Disease – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free)

Commentary: New AUC: Multimodality Imaging in Assessing Cardiac Structure and Function in Structural Heart Disease – American College of Cardiology (free)

Highlights of the updated Dutch evidence‐ and consensus‐based guideline on psoriasis 2017 – British Journal of Dermatology (free)

Control of Confounding and Reporting of Results in Causal Inference Studies. Guidance for Authors from Editors of Respiratory, Sleep, and Critical Care Journals – Annals of the American Thoracic Society (free) (via @Abraham_RMI)

Evidence-Based Practice Guideline for Surgical Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 2018 – Journal of Gastric Cancer (free)

2019 Taiwan Society of Lipids and Atherosclerosis expert consensus statement on statin intolerance – Journal of the Formosan Medical Association (free)

The use of diuretics in heart failure with congestion — a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology – European Journal of Heart Failure (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

💊Flowchart to diuretic use in acute heart failure vía ➡️The use of diuretics in heart failure with congestion — a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of @escardio @secardiologia @IcaSemes 📎 https://t.co/rsyYtnYJza pic.twitter.com/ZnAdudtpVO

— Alfonso Valle (@ValleAlfonso) January 2, 2019

Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society Joint Position Statement on the Cardiovascular Screening of Competitive Athletes – Canadian Journal of Cardiology (free)

Related Review: Cardiac Screening of Young Athletes: a Practical Approach to Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention (free)

Related Position Statement: Recommendations for Participation in Competitive Sports of Athletes with Arterial Hypertension (free)

Related Research: Sudden Cardiac Arrest during Participation in Competitive Sports (link to abstract and commentaries)

2018 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations: Summary – Circulation (free)

S2k Guidelines for Cutaneous Basal Cell Carcinoma – Part 1: Epidemiology, Genetics and Diagnosis – Journal of the German Society of Dermatology (free)

APASL clinical practice recommendation: how to treat HCV-infected patients with renal impairment? – Hepatology International (free)

AAP Policy Statement: Incorporating Recognition and Management of Perinatal Depression Into Pediatric Practice – Pediatrics (free)

Related Technical Report: Incorporating Recognition and Management of Perinatal Depression Into Pediatric Practice – Pediatrics (free)

Update of the evidence based, interdisciplinary guideline for anti-inflammatory treatment of uveitis associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis – Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism (free)

Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (free PDF)

News Release: HHS, in Partnership with Industry, Releases Voluntary Cybersecurity Practices for the Health Industry (free)

Commentaries: Assessing the New Cybersecurity Practices Publication: Why Small and Medium-Sized Care Organizations Have Reason to Rejoice – Healthcare Informatics (free) AND HHS releases voluntary cybersecurity guidance – Healthcare IT News (free)

Hellenic Association for the Study of the Liver Clinical Practice Guidelines: Autoimmune hepatitis – Annals of Gastroenterology (free)

Recommendation for the management of dyslipidemia in Poland — Third Declaration of Sopot. Interdisciplinary Expert Position Statement endorsed by the Polish Cardiac Society Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy – Cardiology Journal (free PDF)

Imaging of Kidney Cysts and Cystic Kidney Diseases in Children: An International Working Group Consensus Statement – Radiology (free)

Clinical practice guidelines for IgG4‐related sclerosing cholangitis – Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences (free)

Evidence-based position paper on Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) professional practice for persons with spinal cord injury. The European PRM position (UEMS PRM Section) – European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (free)

Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists/European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists Practice Advisory for the Management of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery – Anesthesia & Analgesia (free)

Delphi consensus statement on intrapartum fetal monitoring in low‐resource settings – International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics (free)

Management of Juvenile Polyposis Syndromes in Children and Adolescents: A Position Paper from the ESPGHAN Polyposis Working Group – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (free PDF)

Management of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis in Children and Adolescents: Position Paper from the ESPGHAN Polyposis Working Group – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (free PDF)

Management of Peutz-Jeghers syndromes in children and adolescents: A Position Paper from the ESPGHAN Polyposis Working Group – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (free PDF)

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection and Other Conditions in Children: A Joint Position Paper From the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition and the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (free PDF)

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Infantile Hemangiomas – Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: AAP Guideline Urges Prompt Care for Infantile Hemangiomas – Medscape (free registration required)

Evidence‐based Nurse Staffing: ICN’s New Position Statement – International Nursing Review (free)

The EANM practical guidelines for sentinel lymph node localisation in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma – European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (free)

British Association of Dermatologists and U.K. Cutaneous Lymphoma Group guidelines for the management of primary cutaneous lymphomas 2018 – British Journal of Dermatology (free)

Subclinical Hypothyroidism During Pregnancy: The Melbourne Public Hospitals Consensus – Internal Medicine Journal (free)

Compression therapy after invasive treatment of superficial veins of the lower extremities: Clinical practice guidelines of the American Venous Forum, Society for Vascular Surgery, American College of Phlebology, Society for Vascular Medicine, and International Union of Phlebology – Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders (free)

Obesity as a Disease: The Obesity Society 2018 Position Statement (free)

SEOM clinical guideline for treatment of muscle-invasive and metastatic urothelial bladder cancer (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

SEOM clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

Recommendations for participation in competitive and leisure time sport in athletes with cardiomyopathies, myocarditis, and pericarditis: position statement of the Sport Cardiology Section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) – European Heart Journal (free)

WHO recommendations: Uterotonics for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: WHO updates guidance to help healthcare workers prevent postpartum haemorrhage (free)

Related Meta-Analysis: Uterotonic agents for preventing postpartum haemorrhage: a network meta‐analysis – Cochrane Library (free) AND Summary: Which drug is best for reducing excessive blood loss after birth? (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Interview with Dr @IoannisGallos lead author of the updated #CochraneEvidence on Uterotonic agents for preventing #postpartumhaemorrhage: a network meta‐analysis #PPH https://t.co/mILh9BKYZz #NMA @CochranePCG pic.twitter.com/01KKEEtfTV

— Cochrane (@cochranecollab) December 22, 2018

Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America: 2018 Update on Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemoprophylaxis, and Institutional Outbreak Management of Seasonal Influenza – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)

News Release: Flu is Serious for Pregnant Women and Others at High Risk: Testing and Treatment are Key, Say IDSA Guidelines (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

New in CID: Updated guidelines for seasonal #flu recommend that individuals at high-risk for complications from the flu, including pregnant women and the severely obese, should receive antiviral treatment ASAP @IDSAInfo #ClinInfectDishttps://t.co/XmkgwaNiYv pic.twitter.com/IFHztVX6SW

— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) December 19, 2018

Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for acute high risk transient ischaemic attack and minor ischaemic stroke – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: Guidelines Recommend Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Immediately After TIA or Minor Stroke NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Have you considered aspirin AND clopidogrel rather than aspirin alone for patients who have had a TIA or stroke?

Our international @bmj_latest #RapidRecs panel explored this question [thread]: #stroke #LifeAfterStroke https://t.co/K9DlEUmHFB

— ReedSiemieniuk. (@RSiemieniuk) December 18, 2018

ADA 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free supplement)

News Release: Patient-centered Care is the Focus and Priority of the 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, Published Today by the American Diabetes Association (free)

Summary of Revisions: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2019 (free)

See also: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2019 Abridged for Primary Care Providers (free PDF)

Related Commentary on Twitter

ADA releases annual clinical practice guidelines: with more treatment algorithms to provide decision support for individualized care, the 2019 Standards create a roadmap for individualized therapeutic approaches and medication selection. https://t.co/r5eWD92WhY pic.twitter.com/h3VqkLCf0w

— DiabetesJournals.org (@ADA_Journals) December 19, 2018