Diabetic foot problems: prevention and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related: The management of diabetic foot: A clinical practice guideline by the Society for Vascular Surgery in collaboration with the American Podiatric Medical Association and the Society for Vascular Medicine (free) AND Diabetic foot – The BMJ (free) AND Diagnosis and Management of Diabetic Foot Complications – American Diabetes Association (free) AND Prevention, assessment, diagnosis and management of diabetic foot based on clinical practice guidelines: A systematic review – Medicine (free)

Italian guidelines for the surgical management of enteral stomas in adults – Techniques in Coloproctology (free)

Diabetic kidney disease: New clinical and therapeutic issues. Joint position statement of the Italian Diabetes Society and the Italian Society of Nephrology on “The natural history of diabetic kidney disease and treatment of hyperglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes and impaired renal function” – Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases (free)

Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers Evaluating and Caring for Patients with Suspected E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use Associated Lung Injury — United States, October 2019 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentaries: Vaping-related illness has a new name: EVALI – STAT (free) AND No Drop in Vaping Cases, C.D.C. Says – The New York Times (free) AND CDC Updates Guidance on Vaping-Linked Illness, Coins Term EVALI – Medscape (free registration required)

Related: Vaping Illness Update: FDA Warns Public to Stop Using Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-Containing Vaping Products and Any Vaping Products Obtained Off the Street – U.S. Food & Drug Administration (free) AND CDC Intensifies Warnings About Vaping Illness As Cases Top 1,000 – NPR (free) AND CDC Report: 76.9% of Patients with Vaping-related Lung Illnesses Used a THC-Containing Product (free) AND Preliminary Report: Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use (free)

Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Radiology: Summary of the Joint European and North American Multisociety Statement – Radiology (free)

News Release: Radiology organizations publish statement on ethics of AI in Radiology – Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) (free)

Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Children, 2019–2020 – Pediatrics (free)

News Release: Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Children, 2019-2020 – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

Related: Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2019–20 Influenza Season – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Management of severe asthma exacerbation: guidelines from the Société Française de Médecine d’Urgence, the Société de Réanimation de Langue Française and the French Group for Pediatric Intensive Care and Emergencies – Annals of Intensive Care (free)

HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (free)

News Release: HHS Announces Guide for Appropriate Tapering or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Use – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (free) AND

Commentaries: Patient-Centered Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-term Opioid Analgesics: The HHS Guide for Clinicians – JAMA (free for a limited period) AND With a new guide to tapering opioids, federal health officials seek a balanced approach to prescribing – STAT (free) AND Don’t Force Patients Off Opioids Abruptly, New Guidelines Say, Warning Of Severe Risks – NPR (free)

Author Interview: The HHS Guide to Patient-Centered Dose Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-term Opioids – JAMA (free)

Related: Pain Management With Opioids in 2019-2020 – JAMA (free registration required)

ERS guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough in adults and children – European Respiratory Journal (free PDF)

Related: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Cough (several guidelines on the subject)

A guide to prospective meta-analysis – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

The Mayo Clinic Histiocytosis Working Group Consensus Statement for the Diagnosis and Evaluation of Adult Patients With Histiocytic Neoplasms: Erdheim-Chester Disease, Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, and Rosai-Dorfman Disease – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)

Distress Management, Version 3.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)

NCCN Guidelines Insights: Multiple Myeloma, Version 1.2020 – National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)

World report on vision – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: WHO launches first World report on vision – World Health Organization (free)

See also: Executive Summary (free PDF) AND Infographic (free PDF)

Commentaries: Aging and population growth, challenges for vision care: WHO report – Devex (free) AND Simple eye care could improve sight of more than 1 billion people – report – The Guardian (free)

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in children and young people: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Screening and Management of the Hyperandrogenic Adolescent – American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)

Physical Frailty: ICFSR International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Identification and Management – The journal of nutrition, health & aging (free)

Related: Best practice guidelines for the management of frailty: a British Geriatrics Society, Age UK and Royal College of General Practitioners report – Age and Ageing (free)

Burden and Prevention of Influenza and Pertussis Among Pregnant Women and Infants — United States – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

News Release: Low Rates of Vaccination During Pregnancy Leave Moms, Babies Unprotected – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

See also: Vaccinating Pregnant Women Protects Moms and Babies – Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (free)

Commentaries: Not enough pregnant women get flu or pertussis vaccines, CDC says – CIDRAP (free) AND Large numbers of pregnant women not getting key vaccines, CDC says – STAT (free)

UK guidelines on the management of iron deficiency in pregnancy – British Journal of Haematology (free)

Lung-protective ventilation for the surgical patient: international expert panel-based consensus recommendations – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)

Expert statement on the ICU management of patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Related Guidelines: Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and other thrombotic microangiopathies – British Journal of Haematology (free) AND Diagnostic and treatment guidelines for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) 2017 in Japan – International Journal of Hematology (free) AND Consensus opinion on diagnosis and management of thrombotic microangiopathy in Australia and New Zealand – Nephrology (free)

Cardiovascular care of patients with stroke and high risk of stroke: The need for interdisciplinary action: A consensus report from the European Society of Cardiology Cardiovascular Round Table – European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (free)

Consensus recommendations for management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases – Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome (free)

Related: 2019 ESC Guidelines on Diabetes, Pre-diabetes, and Cardiovascular Diseases (free)

Liquid biopsy in oncology: a consensus statement of the Spanish Society of Pathology and the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

British Society of Gastroenterology consensus guidelines on the management of inflammatory bowel disease in adults – Gut (free)

Related Guidelines: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for inflammatory bowel disease – Journal of Gastroenterology (free) AND Ulcerative colitis: management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND ACG Clinical Guideline: Ulcerative Colitis in Adults – American Journal of Gastroenterology (free) AND AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis – Gastroenterology (free) AND Updated S3-Guideline Ulcerative Colitis. German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS) – Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie (free) AND Management of Paediatric Ulcerative Colitis (free) AND Crohn’s disease: management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND ACG Clinical Guideline: Management of Crohn’s Disease in Adults – The American Journal of Gastroenterology (free) AND Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Luminal Crohn’s Disease – Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (free)

Global Atlas on Childhood Obesity – World Obesity Federation (free PDF)

Commentaries: The world will have more than 250 million obese kids by 2030, a new report warns – CNN (free) AND 250 million children worldwide forecast to be obese by 2030 – The Guardian (free)

Related: Taking action on childhood obesity report – World Health Organization (free PDF) AND Report: Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades – World Health Organization / The Lancet (free)

Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Original Guideline: 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (free guideline and resources)

Related Summaries: The ABCs of Primary Cardiovascular Prevention: 2019 Update – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Key Points From the 2019 ACC/AHA Guidelines on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease – American College of Cardiology (free)

Draft Recommendation Statement: Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Primary Care–Based Interventions – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Thyroid cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up – Annals of Oncology (free PDF)

The Diagnosis of Fungal Neglected Tropical Diseases (Fungal NTDs) and the Role of Investigation and Laboratory Tests: An Expert Consensus Report – Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (free)

2019 EACTS/EACTA/EBCP guidelines on cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac surgery – Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery (free)

Management of Severe Asthma: a European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society Guideline – European Respiratory Journal (free PDF)

Colorectal cancer screening with faecal immunochemical testing, sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Personalised and risk based cancer screening (free)

Related Study: Colorectal cancer screening with faecal immunochemical testing, sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy: a microsimulation modelling study – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Guideline Moves Away from Colorectal Cancer Screening for Some – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND First Guideline to Say Colon Cancer Screening Is Not for All – Medscape (free registration required)

Related Guidelines: Colorectal Cancer Screening for Average‐risk Adults (guidelines from other organizations)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Routine testing for bowel cancer should not be recommended for everyone aged 50-79 years because, for those at very low risk, the benefit is small and uncertain and there are potential harms, finds new #RapidRecs guideline https://t.co/68xTtEDHxQ

— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) October 3, 2019

Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions – Version 6, 2019 – Cochrane Library (free chapters)

Cochrane News Releases: New Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (free) What you need to know about the new Cochrane Handbook (free)

Clinical Guidelines for the Surgical Management of Chronic Lateral Ankle Instability: A Consensus Reached by Systematic Review of the Available Data – Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine (free)

Concussion management in combat sports: consensus statement from the Association of Ringside Physicians – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free)

Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free)

News Release: ATS/IDSA publishes clinical guideline on community acquired pneumonia – American Thoracic Society (free)

See also: Executive Summary (free PDF)

Obstetric Anaesthesia – Update in Anaesthesia (free articles)

– Homepage

– Obstetric anaesthesia in resource limited settings

– Obstetric airway management 

– General anesthesia for elective cesarean section in resource-limited settings 

– Obstetric spinal anaesthesia 

– Management of total spinal block in obstetrics 

– Labour epidural the basics 

– Labour epidural troubleshooting 

– Establishing an epidural service for labour analgesia in a variable resource environment 

– Emergency management of maternal collapse and arrest

– Pre-eclampsia – prevention, diagnosis and management 

– Placental pathology: a review of placenta previa, placental abruption and placenta accreta 

– Anaesthetic implications of morbid obesity in pregnancy 

– Update in obstetric trauma management 

– Update in obstetric maternal sepsis 

– Oxytocics 

– Obstetric and foetal physiology

– Newborn resuscitation

– Anaesthesia for non obstetric surgery during pregnancy

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Guidelines for Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy in Adults: Joint Indian Chest Society/National College of Chest Physicians (I)/Indian Association for Bronchology Recommendations – Lung India (free)

Related Guidelines: British Thoracic Society guideline for diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy in adults: accredited by NICE – Thorax (free) AND ERS statement: interventional bronchoscopy in children – European Respiratory Journal (free)

Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption: Dietary Guideline Recommendations From the Nutritional Recommendations (NutriRECS) Consortium – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Editorial: Meat Consumption and Health: Food for Thought (free)

Related Annals of Internal Medicine Systematic Reviews: Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Risk for All-Cause Mortality and Cardiometabolic Outcomes (free) AND Patterns of Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Risk for Cardiometabolic and Cancer Outcomes (free) AND Reduction of Red and Processed Meat Intake and Cancer Mortality and Incidence (free) AND Effect of Lower Versus Higher Red Meat Intake on Cardiometabolic and Cancer Outcomes (free) AND Health-Related Values and Preferences Regarding Meat Consumption (free)

Commentaries: Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Red and processed meat are OK to eat, controversial new guidelines claim. Don’t believe it, leading experts say – CNN (free) AND Expert reaction to new papers looking at red and processed meat consumption and health – Science Media Centre (free)

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics (free)

News Release: Updated ADHD guideline addresses evaluation, diagnosis, treatment from ages 4-18 – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: Pediatricians Stand By Meds For ADHD, But Some Say Therapy Should Come First – NPR (free)

Top 10 evidence-based recommendations from the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases for the Choosing Wisely Project – The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases (free)

See other Choosing Wisely recommendations in infectious diseases: Infectious Diseases Society of America / American Academy of Pediatrics – Committee on Infectious Diseases and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society / Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases / Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada

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

Simple Adnexal Cysts: SRU Consensus Conference Update on Follow-up and Reporting – Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound – Radiology (free)

International consensus conference on stool banking for faecal microbiota transplantation in clinical practice – Gut (free)

Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study – JAMA Oncology (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

To ensure sustainable global development, increased efforts are needed in cancer prevention and in ensuring universal access to cancer care. https://t.co/6HDaU8Ped9

— JAMA Oncology (@JAMAOnc) September 27, 2019

2019 Monitoring Report: Primary Health Care on the Road to Universal Health Coverage – World Health Organization (free)

News Release: Countries must invest at least 1% more of GDP on primary health care to eliminate glaring coverage gaps – World Health Organization (free)

See also: WHO welcomes landmark UN declaration on universal health coverage – World Health Organization (free)

Diagnosis and management of Guillain–Barré syndrome in ten steps – Nature Reviews Neurology (free)

Over-the-Counter Access to Hormonal Contraception – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)

Summary: Over-the-Counter Access to Hormonal Contraception (free)

News Release: ACOG Updates Guidance on Over-the-Counter Access to Hormonal Contraception (free)

Commentaries: Hormonal Contraceptives Should Be Available OTC, ACOG Recommends – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND All hormonal birth control should be available over the counter, OB-GYN group says – NBC News (free)

Injectable opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder: a national clinical guideline – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentaries: First-of-its-kind guideline sets out best practices for delivering injectable opioid agonist treatment – The University of British Columbia (free) AND New national guideline sets out best practices for delivering injectable opioid agonist treatment – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Guidelines for Diagnosing Coeliac Disease 2019 – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (free PDF)

Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Editorials: Updated Guidelines for Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria (free) AND The 2019 USPSTF Report on Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria—Lessons From History (free)

Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults (free audio)

Prevention and Management of Venous Thromboembolism – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Clinical Review Audio: An Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolic Disease (free)

Original American Society of Hematology 2018 Guidelines: Prophylaxis for hospitalized and nonhospitalized medical patients (free) AND Diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (free) AND Optimal management of anticoagulation therapy (free) AND Treatment of pediatric venous thromboembolism (free) AND Venous thromboembolism in the context of pregnancy (free) AND Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (free)

Withholding and withdrawing life-support in adults in emergency care: joint position paper from the French Intensive Care Society and French Society of Emergency Medicine – Annals of Intensive Care (free)

School-aged Children Who Are Not Progressing Academically: Considerations for Pediatricians – Pediatrics (free)

News Release: Report guides pediatricians in evaluating children with academic problems – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: Pediatrics Group Offers Guidance for Supporting Children who Struggle in School – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Expert panel consensus recommendations for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in Asia: The HOPE Asia Network – The Journal of Clinical Hypertension (free)

Related Reviews: Role of Ambulatory and Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Practice: A Narrative Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free) AND Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Practice: A Review – American Journal of Medicine (free)

Chronic kidney disease and valvular heart disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference – Kidney International (free)

Prevention, Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Chronic Kidney Disease: Synopsis of the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes 2018 Clinical Practice Guideline – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Original Guideline: KDIGO 2018 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease – Kidney International (free)

Physical activity for patients with heart failure: Position paper from the heart failure (GICC) and cardiac rehabilitation (GERS-P) Working Groups of the French Society of Cardiology – Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases (free)

UNICEF News Release: Surviving birth: Every 11 seconds, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere around the world (free)

WHO News Release: More women and children survive today than ever before – World Health Organization (free)

Reports: Maternal mortality: Levels and trends 2000 to 2017 – WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division (free PDF) AND Levels and trends in child mortality report 2019: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation – UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN-DESA Population Division (free PDF)

WHO Updated Fact Sheets: Newborns: reducing mortality (free) AND Children: reducing mortality (free) AND Maternal mortality (free)

See also: Maternal deaths decline slowly with vast inequalities worldwide – World Health Organization (free)

Diagnosis of chronic anaemia in gastrointestinal disorders: A guideline by the Italian Association of Hospital Gastroenterologists and Endoscopists (AIGO) and the Italian Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (SIGENP) (free)

The management of unanticipated difficult airways in children of all age groups in anaesthetic practice – the position paper of an expert panel – Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (free)

Related: Guideline: Management of the Child’s Airway Under Anesthesia (free guidelines) AND Review: Difficult Airway Management Algorithms (free guidelines)

Management of Osteoporosis in Survivors of Adult Cancers With Nonmetastatic Disease: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline: Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain – Journal of General Internal Medicine (free)

Source: Low back pain: joint guidelines from US Departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense – Univadis (free registration required)

Related: Clinical practice guidelines for the management of non-specific low back pain in primary care: an updated overview – European Spine Journal (free) AND Clinical practice guidelines for the noninvasive management of low back pain: A systematic review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration – European Journal of Pain (free) AND Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management – NICE (free) AND Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians (free) AND National Clinical Guidelines for non-surgical treatment of patients with recent onset low back pain or lumbar radiculopathy – European Spine Journal (free)

Preoxygenation before intubation in adult patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a network meta-analysis of randomized trials – Critical Care (free) (via Park M, MD)

Metabolic support in the critically ill: a consensus of 19 – Critical Care (free) (via Park M, MD)

News Release: AAN Recommends People 65+ be Screened Yearly for Memory Problems – American Academy of Neurology (free)

Original Recommendations: Quality improvement in neurology: Mild cognitive impairment quality measurement set – American Academy of Neurology (free PDF)

USPSTF Disagrees: USPSTF Draft Statement: Insufficient Evidence to Recommend Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults (free)

Consensus Statement: Healthy Beverage Consumption in Early Childhood: Recommendations from Key National Health and Nutrition Organizations – Health Eating Research (free PDF)

News Releases: 4 groups issue consensus report on healthy beverages for 0- to 5-year-olds – American Academy of Pediatrics (free) AND Leading Health Organizations Support First-Ever Consensus Recommendations to Encourage Young Children’s Consumption of Healthy Drinks – American Heart Association (free)

Commentaries: What Should Young Children Drink? Mostly Milk and Water, Scientists Say – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Parents Should Limit Kids’ Juice Consumption, Guidelines Say – U.S. News (free)

See also: Health Kids, Health Drinks (free resources for the public)

Related: AAP/AHA Policy Statement: Public Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents (free)

Global Preparedness Monitoring Board. A world at risk: annual report on global preparedness for health emergencies – World Health Organization (free PDF)

See also: Executive Summary (free PDF) AND Global Preparedness Monitoring Board Website (free resources)

Commentaries: Experts detail global pandemic readiness gaps, offer steps – CIDRAP (free) AND World at risk of pandemics that could kill millions, panel warns – Reuters (free) AND Experts warn world ‘grossly unprepared’ for future pandemics – The Guardian (free)

Knowledge Gaps and Research Priorities in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor–related Pneumonitis. An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free)

Related: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Toxicities (guidelines and reviews on the subject)

Updated good practice recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in adults and children in the UK – JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance (free)

Commentary: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy: updated recommendations from the UK – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (free)

Related: IDSA Guideline: Management of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (free)

Almost Everywhere, Fewer Children Are Dying – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Original Report: The Goalkeepers Report 2019 (free)

Related: What are children dying from and what can we do about it? – Our World in Data (free)

AAOS Systematic Literature Review: Summary on the Management of Surgical Site Infections – JAAOS – Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (free)

Original Guideline: Management of Surgical Site Infections – American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (free) / Full Guideline (free PDF)

Source: Medscape

World Health Organization Campaign on World Patient Safety Day (free resources)

News Release: WHO calls for urgent action to reduce patient harm in healthcare (free)

See also: Patient Safety Fact Sheet (free) 10 facts on patient safety (free) AND The Lancet Editorial: Patient safety: too little, but not too late (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Today is the first ever #WorldPatientSafetyDay.

No one should be harmed in health care.
Yet, every minute, 5 patients die because of unsafe care.
These deaths can be prevented – simple commitment can ensure safe care 🤝
More 👉 https://t.co/XfHSCYymkd #PatientSafety pic.twitter.com/6km24IUXfc

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) September 17, 2019

Diagnosis and Management Pneumonia in Adults – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related NICE Guidelines: Pneumonia (community-acquired): antimicrobial prescribing (free) AND Pneumonia (hospital-acquired): antimicrobial prescribing (free)

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

Review of current evidence and clinical recommendations on the effects of low-carbohydrate and very-low-carbohydrate (including ketogenic) diets for the management of body weight and other cardiometabolic risk factors: A scientific statement from the National Lipid Association Nutrition and Lifestyle Task Force – Journal of Clinical Lipidology (free)

EHRA/EAPCI expert consensus statement on catheter-based left atrial appendage occlusion – an update – EP Europace (free)

2019 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Risk Assessment, Management, and Clinical Trajectory of Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free)

Key Points to Remember: ACC Consensus Decision Pathway for Heart Failure Hospitalizations – American College of Cardiology (free)

Head injury: assessment and early management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related Guidelines: Management of severe traumatic brain injury (first 24 hours) – Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine (free) AND New Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (free) AND CDC Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Among Children (free) AND Italian guidelines on the assessment and management of pediatric head injury in the emergency department – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND Scandinavian guidelines for initial management of minor and moderate head trauma in children – BMC Medicine (free)

Endoscopic management of polyposis syndromes: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline – Endoscopy (free)

Tuberculosis – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related: WHO Guidelines on Tuberculosis Infection Prevention and Control (free guidelines)

Part I: Guidelines for Antenatal and Preoperative care in Cesarean Delivery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society Recommendations

Part II: Guidelines for intraoperative care in cesarean delivery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society Recommendations

Part III: Guidelines for postoperative care in cesarean delivery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society recommendations

Related: Guidelines for perioperative care in gynecologic/oncology: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society recommendations—2019 update – International Journal of Gynecological Cancer (free) AND Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines (free articles)

Radiation Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: Executive Summary of an ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline – Practical Radiation Oncology (free)

Commentaries: ASTRO Guideline on Use of Radiation Therapy for Patients With Pancreatic Cancer – The ASCO Post (free) AND New guideline clarifies role of radiation therapy in pancreatic cancer treatment – American Society for Radiation Oncology (free)

Recommendations for invasive procedures in patients with diseases of the liver and biliary tract: report of a joint meeting of the Brazilian Society of Hepatology (SBH), Brazilian Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SOBED) and Brazilian Society of Interventional Radiology and Endovascular Surgery (SOBRICE) – Arquivos de Gastroenterologia (free PDF)

Update of the Brazilian Society of Hepatology Recommendations for Diagnosis and Management of Autoimmune Diseases of the Liver – Arquivos de Gastroenterologia (free PDF)

Related: Autoimmune Hepatitis: Appraisal of Current Treatment Guidelines (free)

Suicide in the World: Global Health Estimates – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: Suicide: one person dies every 40 seconds – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: One person dies by suicide every 40 seconds: new UN health agency report – UN News (free) Suicide kills one person every 40 seconds, says WHO – Reuters (free) AND One person dies every 40 seconds from suicide, WHO says – CNN (free)

The Occupational Burden of Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Statement – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Occupational hazards account for more than one in ten people with range of lung diseases – American Thoracic Society (free) AND Respiratory Hazards at Work Linked to Disease for 1 in 10 People Worldwide – AJMC (free)

Draft Recommendation Statement: Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Commentary: USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Cognitive Screening in Older Adults – Physician’s Briefing (free)

ESCMID-ECMM guideline: diagnosis and management of invasive aspergillosis in neonates and children – Clinical Microbiology and Infection (free)

Canadian guideline for Parkinson disease – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Related: Parkinson’s disease in adults – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guideline (free) AND Choosing Wisely: five recommendations related to tests, treatments, and procedures at risk of inappropriateness in the cure of Parkinson’s disease (LIMPE-DISMOV Academy) – Neurological Sciences (free)

Latin American consensus on uncomplicated recurrent urinary tract infection – International Urogynecology Journal (free)

Related Guideline: AUA/CUA/SUFU Guideline: Recurrent Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in Women (free article and commentary)

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Childbearing Female Candidates for Bariatric Surgery, Pregnancy, and Post-partum Management After Bariatric Surgery – Obesity Surgery (free)

Related: Pregnancy after bariatric surgery: Consensus recommendations for periconception, antenatal and postnatal care – Obesity Reviews (free) AND Fertility, Pregnancy and Lactation After Bariatric Surgery – a Consensus Statement from the OEGGG – Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde (free) AND Pregnancy after bariatric surgery and adverse perinatal outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS Medicine (free) AND Nutrition in Pregnancy Following Bariatric Surgery – Nutrients (free) AND Pregnancy after bariatric surgery: a narrative literature review and discussion of impact on pregnancy management and outcome – BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (free)

Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, achievable, and necessary – The Lancet (free registration required)

Homepage: The Lancet Commission on Malaria Eradication (free article and commentaries – registration required)

Commentaries: Malaria can and should be eradicated within a generation, declare global health experts – The Lancet (free) AND Malaria can be eradicated by 2050, say global experts – Reuters (free) AND Defeat malaria in a generation – here’s how – BBC (free) AND It’s ‘Ambitious’ — But Possible — to Eradicate Malaria by 2050, According to a Landmark Report – TIME (free)

Disclosure of Interests and Management of Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Guidelines and Guidance Statements: Methods From the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Commentaries: American College of Physicians Releases Paper on Methods for Managing Conflicts of Interests in Clinical Guidelines – American College of Physicians (free) AND ACP Releases Policy Statement on DOI, COI Management for Clinical Guideline Development – Clinical Advisor (free)

NCCN Guidelines Insights: Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Colorectal, Version 2.2019 – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)

Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma, Version 1.2020, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)

Physical activity guidelines: UK Chief Medical Officers’ report (free PDF)

News Release: New physical activity guidelines issued by UK Chief Medical Officers (free)

Commentaries: UK CMOs: When it comes to physical activity some is good, but more is better – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Strengthen muscles as well as heart to stay fit and healthy, say top doctors – BBC (free) AND No such thing as too little exercise, says Chief Medical Officer, as ten minute minimum is scrapped – The Telegraph (free)

Related: ACSM Scientific Pronouncements: Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (free)

Criteria for Critical Care Infants and Children: PICU Admission, Discharge, and Triage Practice Statement and Levels of Care Guidance – Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (free)

Executive Summary: Criteria for Critical Care of Infants and Children: PICU Admission, Discharge, and Triage Practice Statement and Levels of Care Guidance – Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: Critical Care for Infants and Children – Updated Guidance and Practice Statement Released – American Academy of Pediatrics (free) AND Updated recommendations, levels of care categorized for pediatric ICUs – MedicalXpress (free) AND ‘Explosive’ growth in PICUs prompt updated policy in levels, practice of critical care – AAP News (free)

A systematic review of clinical guidelines on the management of acute, community-acquired CNS infections – BMC Medicine (free)

Related: The UK joint specialist societies guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults (free) AND ESCMID guideline: diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial meningitis (free) AND Meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal septicaemia in under 16s: recognition, diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND Management of suspected viral encephalitis in adults – Association of British Neurologists and British Infection Association National Guidelines (free) AND Management of suspected viral encephalitis in children – Association of British Neurologists and British Paediatric Allergy, Immunology and Infection Group National Guidelines (free)

Expert Consensus Recommendations for the Suspicion and Diagnosis of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis – Circulation: Heart Failure (free)

Related: Cardiac Amyloidosis: Updates in Imaging (several reviews on the subject)

Global Consensus Position Statement on the Use of Testosterone Therapy for Women – The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (free)

Commentary: Coalition issues international consensus on testosterone treatment for women – The Endocrine Society (free)

CT and MR imaging prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation: standardisation of scanning protocols, measurements and reporting—a consensus document by the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR) – European Radiology (free)

Twin and triplet pregnancy – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

American Society for Clinical Pathology: Thirty Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – Choosing Wisely (free)

Commentary: “Choosing Wisely” Calls Out Inappropriate Testing in Patients with Diarrhea or Hepatitis C – 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

Report: Essential Nutrition Actions: mainstreaming nutrition throughout the life course – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: Stronger focus on nutrition within health services could save 3.7 million lives by 2025 – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: Healthier Diets Key To Reducing Obesity And NCDs: Says New WHO Report – Health Policy Watch (free) AND 3.7 million lives could be saved by 2025 if health services ramp up nutrition actions: WHO – UN News (free)

Use of Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer Risk Reduction: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

Related: USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer (free)

Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

Recommendation Summary: Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer (free)

Editorials: Medications to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk: Promise and Limitations (free for a limited period) AND Breast Cancer Chemoprevention—Can We Make a Case for Precision Medicine? (free for a limited period)

Evidence Report and Systematic Review: Medication Use for the Risk Reduction of Primary Breast Cancer in Women – US Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer (free audio)

Commentaries: Medication can lower some women’s risk of breast cancer – Reuters (free) AND USPSTF: Aromatase Inhibitors Recommended to Help Prevent Breast Cancer – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

British Heart Rhythm Society Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Patients Developing QT Prolongation on Antipsychotic Medication – Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review (free)

How to diagnose heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: the HFA–PEFF diagnostic algorithm: a consensus recommendation from the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) – European Heart Journal (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter (Thread – Click for more)

1/8 Twitter editorial by coordinator of the HFpEF study @rudolf_deboer on new #HFA_ESC position paper ‘How to Diagnose #HF w/ Preserved Ejection Fraction – The HFA-PEFF-SCORE" https://t.co/n9VOls5ITE pic.twitter.com/XE3ao0Rq6w

— European Society of Cardiology Journals (@ESC_Journals) August 31, 2019

Microbiological Laboratory Testing in the Diagnosis of Fungal Infections in Pulmonary and Critical Care Practice. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free)

Commentary: New ATS Clinical Practice Guideline: Diagnosing Fungal Infections – American Thoracic Society (free)

Contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV: Guidance statement – Recommendations on contraceptive methods used by women at high risk of HIV – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: WHO revises recommendations on hormonal contraceptive use for women at high HIV risk (free)

Commentary: WHO: All Forms of Contraception OK for Women at High HIV Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Related Randomized Trial: No Difference in HIV Incidence with Different Forms of Contraception (free study and commentaries)

Dutch guideline for preventing nosocomial transmission of highly-resistant micro-organisms (HRMO) in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) – Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control (free)

Practice guideline update summary: Vaccine-preventable infections and immunization in multiple sclerosis: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology (free PDF)

Commentaries: AAN Releases Multiple Sclerosis Vaccination Guidelines – Neurology Live (free) AND Regular vaccines safe, necessary for people with multiple sclerosis – UPI (free)

2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes: The Task Force for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

News Release: Pollution and noise reduction advised in ESC guidelines on chronic coronary syndromes (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

JUST RELEASED: 2019 #ESCGuidelines for Chronic Coronary Syndromes – what's new? what has changed? what are the 2019 new major recommendations? https://t.co/wPPZCYdRfH

@escardio #ESCCongress #ESCCoT #cardiotwitter pic.twitter.com/RBhIKgV9Uq

— European Society of Cardiology (@escardio) August 31, 2019

2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism developed in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society (ERS): The Task Force for the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

JUST RELEASED: 2019 #ESCGuidelines for Acute Pulmonary Embolism – what's new? what has changed? what are the main 2019 recommendations? https://t.co/nyLf7eWk5G@escardio #ESCcongress #ESCCoT #cardiotwitter pic.twitter.com/DEFBMKdwcO

— European Society of Cardiology (@escardio) August 31, 2019

The Task Force for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardia of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC): Developed in collaboration with the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

JUST RELEASED: 2019 #ESCGuidelines for the management of Supraventricular Tachycardia – what's new? what has changed? what are the main 2019 recommendations? https://t.co/A3Y15T3Dy8#ESCcongress #cardiotwitter pic.twitter.com/GVkMoOvYQQ

— European Society of Cardiology (@escardio) August 31, 2019

2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk: The Task Force for the management of dyslipidaemias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

JUST RELEASED: 2019 #ESCGuidelines for the management of Dyslipidaemias – what's new? what has changed? what are the main 2019 recommendations? https://t.co/aBU1PkGc2k

@escardio #ESCCongress #ESCCoT #cardiotwitter pic.twitter.com/NChfhPNXDq

— European Society of Cardiology (@escardio) August 31, 2019

2019 ESC Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases developed in collaboration with the EASD: The Task Force for diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

JUST RELEASED: 2019 #ESGuidelines on Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases – what's new? what has changed? what are the main 2019 recommendations? https://t.co/FY6xt34jNo#ESCCongress #cardiotwitter pic.twitter.com/q1HBPfRO5f

— European Society of Cardiology (@escardio) August 31, 2019

News Release: FDA recommends health care facilities and manufacturers begin transitioning to duodenoscopes with disposable components to reduce risk of patient infection – U.S. Food & Drug Administration (free)

Commentaries: FDA: Hospitals Should Start Switching to Duodenoscopes with Disposable Endcaps – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Hospitals Should Replace Infection-Prone Scopes With Safer Models, F.D.A. Says – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND FDA Urges Transition to Disposable Duodenoscopes – Medscape (free registration required)

Related: Duodenoscopes: These Medical Devices Are Inserted Into 500,000 Patients Each Year — but Are Tough to Sterilize (free commentary, reviews and guidelines)

Type 2 diabetes in adults: management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

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

Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related Guidelines: 2017 Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines (free) AND 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension – European Heart Journal (free)

Clinical guidelines for the management of treatment-resistant depression: French recommendations from experts, the French Association for Biological Psychiatry and Neuropsychopharmacology and the fondation FondaMental – BMC Psychiatry (free)

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

Draft Recommendation Statement: Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Commentary: HCV Screening Now Recommended for All Adults – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Screening and Management of Bleeding Disorders in Adolescents With Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: ACOG Committee Opinion Summary – Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)

Commentary: ACOG advises bleeding disorder screening for teens with heavy menstruation – ObGyn News (free)

Diagnosis and treatment of acute alcohol intoxication and alcohol withdrawal syndrome: position paper of the Italian Society on Alcohol – Internal and Emergency Medicine (free PDF)

Renal replacement therapy in the management of intoxications in children: recommendations from the Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (PCRRT) workgroup – Pediatric Nephrology (free for a limited period)

2019 European Thyroid Association Guidelines on the Management of Thyroid Dysfunction following Immune Reconstitution Therapy – European Thyroid Journal (free)

Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide: Synopsis of the 2019 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Related Guidelines: Preventing suicide: A community engagement toolkit – World Health Organization (free PDF) AND Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

ASGE guideline on screening and surveillance of Barrett’s esophagus – Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (free)

Evidence-based recommendations for the management of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture – Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology (free)

Safe Use of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in the Multidisciplinary Management of Urological Cancer: The European Association of Urology Position in 2019 – European Urology (free)

Related: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Toxicities (free guidelines and reviews on the subject)

Guidelines for the Management of Retinal Vein Occlusion by the European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA) – Ophthalmologica (free)

Related: The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Guidelines on retinal vein occlusions: executive summary – Eye (free) AND Retinal Vein Occlusions Preferred Practice Pattern Guidelines – Ophthalmology (free PDF)

EANM guideline for ventilation/perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and beyond – European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (free)

Position Statement on Indications of Echocardiography in Adults – 2019 – Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (free PDF)

Related: EACVI appropriateness criteria for the use of transthoracic echocardiography in adults: a report of literature and current practice review – European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging (free)

Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Pediatric Myelomeningocele (free articles)

– Executive Summary

– Incidence of Shunt-Dependent Hydrocephalus in Infants With Myelomeningocele After Prenatal Versus Postnatal Repair

– Whether Prenatal or Postnatal Closure Affects Future Ambulatory Status

– Closure of Myelomeningocele Within 48 Hours to Decrease Infection Risk

– Whether Persistent Ventriculomegaly Adversely Impacts Neurocognitive Development

– Incidence of Tethered Cord Syndrome in Infants With Myelomeningocele With Prenatal Versus Postnatal Repair

2019 Update of the American College of Rheumatology/Spondylitis Association of America/Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network Recommendations for the Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis and Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis – Arthritis Care & Research (free)

News Release: Rheumatology and Spondylitis Organizations Release Updated Treatment Guideline for Axial Spondyloarthritis (free)

Related Guidelines: Spondyloarthritis in over 16s: diagnosis and management – NICE Updated Guideline (free) AND 2016 update of the ASAS-EULAR management recommendations for axial spondyloarthritis (free) Treating axial spondyloarthritis and peripheral spondyloarthritis, especially psoriatic arthritis, to target: 2017 update of recommendations by an international task force – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free) AND 2018 APLAR axial spondyloarthritis treatment recommendations – International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases (free)

Prevention and Therapy of Preterm Birth. Guideline of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG – Part 1 with Recommendations on the Epidemiology, Etiology, Prediction, Primary and Secondary Prevention of Preterm Birth – Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde (free)

See also: Part 2 with Recommendations on the Tertiary Prevention of Preterm Birth and the Management of Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes (free)

Related: Preterm labour and birth – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND Practice Bulletin: Management of Preterm Labor – Obstetrics & Gynecology (free) AND Preterm Labor: One Syndrome, Many Causes – Science (free)

BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing – US Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Editorials: Broadening Criteria for BRCA1/2 Evaluation: Placing the USPSTF Recommendation in Context – JAMA (free for a limited period) AND Hereditary Cancer Evaluation in 2019—a Rapidly Evolving Landscape – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period) AND US Preventive Services Task Force Breast Cancer Recommendation Statement on Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period) AND USPSTF Recommendations for BRCA1 and BRCA2Testing in the Context of a Transformative National Cancer Control Plan – JAMA Network Open (free)

Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Assessment, Counseling, and Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer (free audio)

Commentaries: More women should be assessed for BRCA mutations, new recommendations say – CNN (free) AND Expert panel updates advice on BRCA cancer gene screening – Reuters (free)

Omega-3 Fatty Acids for the Management of Hypertriglyceridemia: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

News Release: Prescription omega-3 fatty acid medications effectively lower high triglycerides – American Heart Association (free)

Related: Omega-3 Supplements Do Not Reduce the Risk of Cancer or Cardiovascular Disease (randomized trial and systematic reviews on the subject)

New clinical guidelines on the spinal stabilisation of adult trauma patients – consensus and evidence based – Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (free)

Related: The Norwegian guidelines for the prehospital management of adult trauma patients with potential spinal injury (free) AND Cervical spine collar clearance in the obtunded adult blunt trauma patient: A systematic review and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (free) AND Prehospital Cervical Spinal Immobilization After Trauma – Neurosurgery (free) AND Pre-Hospital Care Management of a Potential Spinal Cord Injured Patient: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Evidence-Based Guidelines – Journal of Neurotrauma (free) AND Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for Spine Immobilization in the Austere Environment (free)

Diagnosis and management of sepsis‐induced coagulopathy and disseminated intravascular coagulation – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (free)

Related Reviews: Diagnosis of sepsis‐induced disseminated intravascular coagulation and coagulopathy – Acute Medicine & Surgery (free) AND Sepsis-associated disseminated intravascular coagulation and its differential diagnoses – Journal of Intensive Care (free) AND Advance in the Management of Sepsis-Induced Coagulopathy and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Difficult airway management algorithms: a directed review – Anaesthesia (free)

Related Guidelines: Difficult intubation and extubation in adult anaesthesia – Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine (free) AND Difficult Airway Society 2015 guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult intubation in adults – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free) AND Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway – Anesthesiology (free) AND The difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 1 – Difficult tracheal intubation encountered in an unconscious/induced patient – Canadian Journal of Anesthesia (free) AND The difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 2 – The anticipated difficult airway – Canadian Journal of Anesthesia (free) AND Guidelines for the management of tracheal intubation in critically ill adults – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free) AND S1 guidelines on airway management – German Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Pregnancy after bariatric surgery: Consensus recommendations for periconception, antenatal and postnatal care – Obesity Reviews (free)

Related: Pregnancy after bariatric surgery and adverse perinatal outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS Medicine (free)

2019 update of EULAR recommendations for vaccination in adult patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Update of the @eular_org #recommendations for #vaccination in adult patients with #autoimmune #inflammatory #rheumatic diseases just published. See the overarching priniciples at first glance attached!
FULTTEXT: https://t.co/BxNO6JfOws pic.twitter.com/m3yowT4zVm

— ARD & RMD Open (@ARD_BMJ) August 16, 2019

Management of chronic urticaria in children: a clinical guideline – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free)

Related Guidelines: BSACI guideline for the management of chronic urticaria and angioedema (free) AND The EAACI/GA²LEN/EDF/WAO guideline for the definition, classification, diagnosis and management of urticaria (free) AND The diagnosis and management of acute and chronic urticaria: 2014 update – American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) (free) AND ASCIA Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU) Position Paper and Treatment Guidelines (free)

Use of Biomarkers to Guide Decisions on Adjuvant Systemic Therapy for Women With Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update—Integration of Results From TAILORx – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

Related Research: ASCO 2018: Many Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer Can Forgo Chemotherapy When Guided by a 21-Gene Expression Assay (free study and commentaries)

NCCN Guidelines Insights: Ovarian Cancer, Version 1.2019 – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)

Position statement on the hormonal management of adult transgender and gender diverse individuals – The Medical Journal of Australia (free)

Related Guidelines: Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline – The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (free) AND Policy Statement: Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents (free statement and commentaries)

Brazilian consensus on non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis – Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia (free PDF)

Related Guidelines: British Thoracic Society Guideline for bronchiectasis in adults – Thorax (free) AND Bronchiectasis (non-cystic fibrosis), acute exacerbation: antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND European Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis (free)

Diagnosis and management of metabolic acidosis: guidelines from a French expert panel – Annals of Intensive Care (free)

Interdisciplinary consensus on indications for transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TF-TAVI) – Clinical Research in Cardiology (free)

Related Guidelines: 2017 AHA/ACC Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease (free) AND 2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease (free)

How doctors in senior leadership roles establish and maintain a positive patient-centred culture – General Medical Council (free PDF)

Summary: How doctors in senior leadership roles establish and maintain a positive patient-centred culture (free)

Commentary: Do You Work in a ‘Diva Subculture’? – Medscape (free registration required)

Related: Healing the Professional Culture of Medicine – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free) AND Understanding organisational culture for healthcare quality improvement – The BMJ (free)

Human Papillomavirus Vaccination for Adults: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentaries: CDC Recommends HPV Catch-Up Vaccine in Those 26 and Younger – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Confused About Who Should Get the HPV Vaccine, and When? The CDC Has New Recommendations – Time (free)

American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Perioperative Opioid Minimization in Opioid-Naïve Patients – Anesthesia & Analgesia (free)

Related Position Statements on Perioperative Opioid Therapy: American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Perioperative Management of Patients on Preoperative Opioid Therapy (free) AND American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative-4 Joint Consensus Statement on Persistent Postoperative Opioid Use: Definition, Incidence, Risk Factors, and Health Care System Initiatives (free)

See also: American Society of Enhanced Recovery (ASER) and Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) joint consensus statements (free) AND Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines (free articles)

Practice guideline update summary: Pharmacologic treatment for pediatric migraine prevention – Neurology (fee PDF)

See also: Practice guideline update summary: Acute treatment of migraine in children and adolescents – Neurology (free PDF)

Commentaries: AAN issues guidelines for treatment of migraine in children and teens – American Academy of Neurology (free) AND Guidelines Updated on Preventing and Treating Migraine in Children and Teens – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Guidelines for the management of common congenital heart diseases: A consensus statement on indications and timing of intervention – Indian Heart Journal (free)

Perfusion Assessment in Critical Limb Ischemia: Principles for Understanding and the Development of Evidence and Evaluation of Devices: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free)

News Release: Evaluating blood flow is key to early diagnosis and treatment for people with critical limb ischemia – American Heart Association (free)

Commentary: AHA Outlines Diagnosis, Treatment Options for Underrecognized Critical Limb Ischemia – TCTMD (free)

ASGE guideline for endoscopic full-thickness resection and submucosal tunnel endoscopic resection – VideoGIE (free)

“Complex abdominal wall” management: evidence-based guidelines of the Italian Consensus Conference – Updates in Surgery (free)

Related: Enhanced Recovery Pathway for Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (free)

Arthroscopy Association of Canada Position Statement on Intra-articular Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis – Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine (free)

Second Asian Consensus on Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (free)

Related Guidelines: Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE – UK) (free) AND AGA Guideline on the Laboratory Evaluation of Functional Diarrhea and Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adults (IBS-D) – Gastroenterology (free) AND Clinical Practice Guidelines for Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Korea, 2017 Revised Edition (free) AND Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for irritable bowel syndrome – Journal of Gastroenterology (free) AND Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) (free)

Management of acute liver failure. Clinical guideline from the Catalan Society of Digestology – Gastroenterología y Hepatología (free for a limited period)

Related Guideline: American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Liver Failure – Gastroenterology (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines for oesophageal manometry and oesophageal reflux monitoring – Gut (free)

Update of Guidelines for laparoscopic treatment of ventral and incisional abdominal wall hernias (International Endohernia Society (IEHS))—Part A – Surgical Endoscopy (free)

See also: Update of Guidelines for laparoscopic treatment of ventral and incisional abdominal wall hernias (International Endohernia Society (IEHS)): Part B – Surgical Endoscopy (free)

Utilization of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for the treatment of multiple myeloma: a Mayo Stratification of Myeloma and Risk-Adapted Therapy (mSMART) consensus statement – Bone Marrow Transplantation (free)

Evidence-Based Best-Practice Guidelines for Preventing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Young Female Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – American Journal of Sports Medicine (free)

Imaging in Suspected Renal Colic: Systematic Review of the Literature and Multispecialty Consensus – Annals of Emergency Medicine (free)

Adult Cancer Pain, Version 3.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)

Related Guidelines: WHO Guidelines for the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents – World Health Organization (free PDF) AND Management of cancer pain in adult patients: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines – Annals of Oncology (free) AND Optimal pain management for patients with cancer in the modern era – CA: A Cancer Journal of Clinicians (free) AND 2017 SEOM clinical guideline for treatment of cancer pain – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – Arthritis & Rheumatology (free)

See also: Video Abstract (free)

Palliative Care for people living with heart failure – European Association for Palliative Care Task Force expert position statement – Cardiovascular Research (free PDF)

Related Reviews: Palliative Care for Patients With Heart Failure – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Approach to advanced heart failure at the end of life – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Palliative Care in Heart Failure: Rationale, Evidence, and Future Priorities – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free) AND How Medicine Has Changed the End of Life for Patients With Cardiovascular Disease – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free) AND Dilemmas in end-stage heart failure – Journal of Geriatric Cardiology (free) AND It’s Time to Talk: Challenges in Providing Integrated Palliative Care in Advanced Congestive Heart Failure. A Narrative Review – Cardiology Reviews (free) AND Palliative Care Interventions for Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (free)

Related Randomized Trial: Palliative Care in Heart Failure (link to abstract and commentaries)

Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Treatment in Patients With Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

See also: Summary of Recommendations (free PDF) AND Visual Abstract (free PDF)

Screening for Pancreatic Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (free)

Evidence Report: Screening for Pancreatic Cancer: Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Editorials: Screening for Pancreatic Cancer – JAMA (free for a limited period) AND Screening for Pancreatic Cancer—Is There Hope? – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period) AND Screening for Pancreatic Cancer Gets a D, But the Student Is Improving – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)

American Academy of Pediatrics – Section on Rheumatology: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – Choosing Wisely (free)

Commentary: New Choosing Wisely List Tackles Opioid Prescribing, Lyme Testing – 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

Hereditary gastrointestinal cancers: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up – Annals of Oncology (free PDF)

Related: ACG Clinical Guideline: Genetic Testing and Management of Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancer Syndromes (free)

AGA Guideline on the Laboratory Evaluation of Functional Diarrhea and Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adults (IBS-D) – Gastroenterology (free)

Preterm labour and birth – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related Guideline: Practice Bulletin: Management of Preterm Labor – Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)

Related Review: Preterm Labor: One Syndrome, Many Causes – Science (free)