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)

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)

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)

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)

Evaluation and Management of Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free)

News Release: ATS Publishes Clinical Guideline on Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome – American Thoracic Society (free)

Clinical Practice Guideline: Sudden Hearing Loss – Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (free)

Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guideline: Sudden Hearing Loss (free)

News Release: Sudden hearing loss: Update to guideline to improve implementation and awareness – American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (free)

Primary Prevention of ASCVD and T2DM in Patients at Metabolic Risk: An Endocrine Society^* Clinical Practice Guideline – The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (free)

Commentaries: Older adults should be regularly screened for heart disease, diabetes risk – The Endocrine Society (free) AND Why older adults need regular metabolic risk screening – Medical News Today (free)

International Guidelines for the Treatment of Huntington’s Disease – Frontiers in Neurology (free)

Related Guideline: Evidence-based guideline: Pharmacologic treatment of chorea in Huntington disease: Report of the Guideline Development Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology (free)

Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Position Statement: Use of Cannabis in Gastroenterological and Hepatic Disorders – Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (free)

Canadian expert consensus: management of hypersensitivity reactions to intravenous iron in adults – Vox Sanguinis (free)

The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health – Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: Pediatrics Group Issues Policy Statement on Racism in Child and Adolescent Health – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Diet and inflammatory bowel disease: The Asian Working Group guidelines – Indian Journal of Gastroenterology (free)

Yellow Book 2020 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free chapters)

See also: CDC Travelers’ Health Website (free resources) AND Table of Contents (free Chapters)

2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Part 1, Lifestyle and Behavioral Factors – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period)

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

Management of Severe Bleeding in Patients Treated With Oral Anticoagulants – Critical Pathways in Cardiology (free)

Related: 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Management of Bleeding in Patients on Oral Anticoagulants (free guideline and summary)

Levels of Maternal Care: Obstetric Care Consensus No, 9 – Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)

Summary: Levels of Maternal Care: Obstetric Care Consensus No, 9 (free)

Resistance Training for Older Adults: Position Statement From the National Strength and Conditioning Association – The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research (free)

Commentary: How and Why Resistance Training Is Imperative for Older Adults – University of Michigan (free)

Anaesthetic care of patients undergoing primary hip and knee arthroplasty: consensus recommendations from the International Consensus on Anaesthesia-Related Outcomes after Surgery group (ICAROS) based on a systematic review and meta-analysis – British Journal of Anaesthesia (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related: General anesthesia vs spinal anesthesia for patients undergoing total-hip arthroplasty: A meta-analysis – Medicine (free) AND Enhanced recovery after surgery for primary hip and knee arthroplasty: a review of the evidence – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free) AND Enhanced recovery pathways in orthopedic surgery – Journal of Anesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology (free)

“Based on current evidence, the consensus group recommends neuraxial over general anaesthesia for hip/knee arthroplasty.”

Joint American Academy of Dermatology–National Psoriasis Foundation guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis with phototherapy – Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (free)

Related: Guidelines on the Systemic Treatment of Psoriasis (several Guidelines on the subject)

International clinical practice recommendations on the definition, diagnosis, assessment, intervention, and psychosocial aspects of developmental coordination disorder – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (free)

EAACI Guidelines on Allergen Immunotherapy: House dust mite‐driven allergic asthma- Allergy (free PDF)

Related: EAACI Guidelines on Allergen Immunotherapy: Executive Statement – Allergy (free PDF) AND EAACI guidelines on allergen immunotherapy (free)

WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2019 – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: WHO launches new report on the global tobacco epidemic (free)

Commentaries: UN sees progress in fight against tobacco, warns more action needed to help people quit deadly product – United Nations (free) AND Battle against tobacco epidemic is far from won, WHO report finds – The Guardian (free) AND Expanding tobacco control measures to reach 5 billion people – Bloomberg Philanthropies (free) AND WHO Says e-Cigarettes,’ Smoke-Free’ Products Do Not Help Reduce Cancer – Reuters (free)

Generalised anxiety disorder and panic disorder in adults: management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related Guideline: Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and generalised anxiety disorder (free)

Multiple sclerosis in adults: management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related Guidelines: AAN Guideline: Disease-modifying Therapies for Adults with Multiple Sclerosis (free guideline and commentaries) AND ECTRIMS/EAN guideline on the pharmacological treatment of people with multiple sclerosis – European Journal of Neurology (free) AND Brazilian Consensus for the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis: Brazilian Academy of Neurology and Brazilian Committee on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (free PDF) AND Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis: 2017 Revisions of the McDonald Criteria (free registration required)

Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Measles in Healthcare Settings – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentary: CDC Updates Measles Prevention Guidelines for Healthcare Workers – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Recommendations by the Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy, the Spanish Society of Oncology Nursing and the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology for the safe management of antineoplastic medication in cancer patients – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

Guideline on myeloproliferative neoplasms: Associacão Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Cellular – Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy (free)

Related Study: Classification and Personalized Prognosis in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Related Guideline: NCCN Guidelines Insights: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, Version 2.2018 (free)

The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer consensus statement on immunotherapy for the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC) – Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (free)

Latin American Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Systemic Treatment of Psoriasis SOLAPSO – Sociedad Latinoamericana de Psoriasis (Latin American Psoriasis Society) – International Journal of Dermatology (free)

Related Guidelines: Psoriasis: AAD Guidelines of Care with Awareness and Attention to Comorbidities (free) AND Psoriasis: assessment and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free) AND European S3-Guideline on the systemic treatment of psoriasis vulgaris – European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (free) AND Highlights of the updated Dutch evidence‐ and consensus‐based guideline on psoriasis 2017 – British Journal of Dermatology (free) AND Japanese guidelines for the management and treatment of generalized pustular psoriasis: The new pathogenesis and treatment of GPP – The Journal of Dermatology (free) AND French guidelines on the use of systemic treatments for moderate‐to‐severe psoriasis in adults – Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (free)

V Brazilian consensus guidelines for detection of anti-cell autoantibodies on hep-2 cells – Advances in Rheumatology (free)

ACG Clinical Guideline: Hereditary Hemochromatosis – The American Journal of Gastroenterology (free PDF)

Related Guidelines: Diagnosis and management of hemochromatosis: 2011 Practice Guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (free) AND Therapeutic recommendations in HFE hemochromatosis for p.Cys282Tyr (C282Y/C282Y) homozygous genotype – Hepatology International (free)

Preventing dementia by preventing stroke: The Berlin Manifesto – Alzheimer’s & Dementia (free)

Commentaries: Group calls on international community to prevent dementia by preventing stroke – University of Western Ontario (free) AND Stroke Prevention Best Path to Dementia Reduction, Experts Say – Medscape (free registration required)

Consensus Guidelines on Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast Cancer from the American Society of Breast Surgeons – Annals of Surgical Oncology (free)

2019 ACC/AHA/ASE Key Data Elements and Definitions for Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (Writing Committee to Develop Clinical Data Standards for Transthoracic Echocardiography) and the American Society of Echocardiography – Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging (free)

See also: 2019 ACC/AHA/ASE Advanced Training Statement on Echocardiography (Revision of the 2003 ACC/AHA Clinical Competence Statement on Echocardiography): A Report of the ACC Competency Management Committee – Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Motor neurone disease: assessment and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related Guideline: EFNS guidelines on the Clinical Management of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (MALS) – revised report of an EFNS task force (free)

Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: MASCC/ISOO/ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women – U.S Preventive Services Task Force (free)

See also: Evidence Report and Systematic Review (free) AND Editorial (free) AND Author Interview (free audio)

Commentary: USPSTF Reaffirms Benefit of Hep B Screening in Pregnant Women – Physician’s Briefing (free)

Refining diagnosis and management of chronic venous disease: Outcomes of a modified Delphi consensus process – European Journal of Internal Medicine (free)

Related Guidelines: Management of Chronic Venous Disease: Clinical Practice Guidelines of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (free) AND The care of patients with varicose veins and associated chronic venous diseases: Clinical practice guidelines of the Society for Vascular Surgery and the American Venous Forum (free)

Clinical practice guideline on peri- and postoperative care of arteriovenous fistulas and grafts for haemodialysis in adults – Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (free)

Guideline on diagnostic procedures for suspected hypersensitivity to beta-lactam antibiotics – Allergo Journal International (free)

Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Frostbite: 2019 Update – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)

Diagnosis and management of individuals with Fetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder; a consensus statement from the European Reference Network for Congenital Malformations and Intellectual Disability – Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases (free)

ESCMID-EUCIC clinical guidelines on decolonization of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria carriers – Clinical Microbiology and Infection (free)

Oral Health – The Lancet (free articles and commentaries – registration required)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Oral diseases present a major global public health burden, affecting 3.5 billion people worldwide, yet #oralhealth has been largely ignored by the global health community: new @TheLancet Series aims to get #GlobalOralHealth on the #NCD and #UHC agendas https://t.co/SgtlTweJUh pic.twitter.com/sA0a1OuZJO

— The Lancet (@TheLancet) July 18, 2019

Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Luminal Crohn’s Disease – Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (free)

Related Guidelines: 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)

Management of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Original Guideline: 2018 AHA/ASA Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke (free)

Related Guidelines: Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for acute high risk transient ischaemic attack and minor ischaemic stroke – The BMJ (free) AND Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Acute Stroke Management (free)

The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: a blueprint for protecting physical health in people with mental illness – The Lancet Psychiatry (free registration required)

Executive Summary and Podcast: A blueprint for protecting physical health in people with mental illness (free summary, audio and other resources)

Commentaries: Global commission into health inequities of mental illness gives blueprint for change – NICM Health Research Institute at Western Sydney University (free) AND People with mental illness experience poorer physical health, and the gap may be getting worse, experts say – ABC News (free) AND Why people with mental illness may face poorer physical health and early death – CNN (free)

Related WHO Guideline: Management of Physical Health Conditions in Adults with Severe Mental Disorders (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter (Thread – Click for More)

Our new @TheLancetPsych Commission #BlueprintMPH tackles the growing health inequalities associated with mental illness – presenting a 'blueprint for protecting physical Health in people with mental illness" https://t.co/l6P3owTnq9 across 5 different Parts, as follows (thread): pic.twitter.com/lCiKvQbzQK

— Joseph Firth (@joefirth7) July 16, 2019

Korean Alcohol Guidelines for Moderate Drinking Based on Facial Flushing – Korean Journal of Family Medicine (free PDF)

“individuals with flushing reaction should maintain an alcohol consumption level half of that for non-flushers.”

Bowel preparation for colonoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline – Update 2019 (free)

Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline for the Medical Management of Pediatric Luminal Crohn’s Disease – Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (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)

Joint UK societies’ 2019 consensus statement on renal denervation – Heart (free)

Quality Improvement Goals for Acute Kidney Injury – Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Quality Improvement Goals for Acute Kidney Injury: "The AKI care process starts with the community, continues in the hospital, and ends in community, and each of these phases requires specific intervention." https://t.co/V4nkKQLZuL #FridayReads #ICYMI #AKI

— Crit Care Nephrology (@CCCNPitt) May 24, 2019

News Release: WHO updates global guidance on medicines and diagnostic tests to address health challenges, prioritize highly effective therapeutics, and improve affordable access – World Health Organization (free)

Guidance: World Health Organization model list of essential medicines: 21st list 2019 (free PDF) AND Executive summary: the selection and use of essential medicines 2019 (free PDF) AND World Health Organization model list of essential medicines for children: 7th list 2019 (free PDF) AND Second WHO Model List of Essential In Vitro Diagnostics (free PDF)

Commentaries: WHO List of Essential Tests Gets An Upgrade – Forbes (free) AND WHO adds new antibiotics to essential medicines list – CIDRAP (free)

Consensus statement from the International Consensus Meeting on the Role of Decompressive Craniectomy in the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury – Acta Neurochirurgica (free)

Management of Infants at Risk for Group B Streptococcal Disease – Pediatrics (free)

News Releases: AAP Updates Guidance on Preventing, Managing Infants with Group B Strep Disease – American Academy of Pediatrics (free) AND Early-onset group B strep: New guidance includes changes in dosing, assessment – AAP News (free)

Related: ACOG Guideline: Prevention of Early-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease in Newborns (free)

British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines on the diagnosis and management of patients at risk of gastric adenocarcinoma – Gut (free)

ERS statement on chest imaging in acute respiratory failure – European Respiratory Journal (free PDF)

2018 Update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)

Related Guideline: EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging in large vessel vasculitis in clinical practice – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)

Guideline for the Antibiotic Use in Acute Gastroenteritis – Infection & Chemotherapy (free)

Related: ACG Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Acute Diarrheal Infections in Adults – American Journal of Gastroenterology (free)

The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia recommendations for the use of opioids in children during the perioperative period – Pediatric Anesthesia (free)

The Romanian Society of Internal Medicine’s Choosing Wisely Campaign – Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine (free)

Related: Choosing Wisely: Case Studies from the Top 10 Recommendations Across Campaigns – The Commonwealth Fund (free case studies)

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

School-based violence prevention: a practical handbook – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: New handbook promotes schools as an ideal setting for violence prevention (free)

Evaluation and Management of the Child and Adult With Fontan Circulation: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

News Release: More people born with a single lower heart chamber survive, but face challenges in quality and length of life (free)

Top Ten Things to Know: Evaluation and Management of the Child and Adult With Fontan Circulation (free)

Prevention of Early-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease in Newborns – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)

Related Guideline: Prevention of Early‐onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease – Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (free)

Current guidelines in peritoneal dialysis – Part I – Portuguese Journal of Nephrology & Hypertension (free PDF)

Part II: Current guidelines in peritoneal dialysis (free PDF)

EAES and SAGES 2018 consensus conference on acute diverticulitis management: evidence-based recommendations for clinical practice – Surgical Endoscopy (free)

Related Guidelines: American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on the Management of Acute Diverticulitis – Gastroenterology(free) AND Guidelines for Colonic Diverticular Bleeding and Colonic Diverticulitis: Japan Gastroenterological Association – Digestion (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) AND The Mexican Consensus on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diverticular Disease of the Colon – Revista de Gastroenterología de México (free)

The Real Deal on Brain Health Supplements: GCBH Recommendations on Vitamins, Minerals, and Other Dietary Supplements – Global Council on Brain Health (free PDF)

Commentaries: On supplements preventing cognitive decline, ‘science says that doesn’t work’ – University of Pennsylvania (free) AND Supplements for Brain Health Panned – Medscape (free registration required)

Related Cochrane Review: Supplements for Preventing Cognitive Decline in People with Mild Cognitive Impairment (free)

Moving Matters – Interventions to Increase Physical Activity – National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (free)

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

Very-low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) in the management of metabolic diseases: systematic review and consensus statement from the Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE) – Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (free)

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Epidermolysis Bullosa Laboratory Diagnosis – British Journal of Dermatology (free PDF)

EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging in large vessel vasculitis in clinical practice summary – La radiologia medica (free)

Original Guideline: EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging in large vessel vasculitis in clinical practice – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)

Primary care implications of the British Thoracic Society Guidelines for bronchiectasis in adults 2019 – npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (free)

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

Related: 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) AND Cochrane Review: macrolide antibiotics for bronchiectasis (free)

Pediatric Post–Cardiac Arrest Care: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

Top Ten Things to Know: Pediatric Post–Cardiac Arrest Care (free)

Podcast: Care Considerations for the Pediatric Post-Cardiac Arrest Patient (free)

2019 European guideline on the management of lymphogranuloma venereum – Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (free)

IDSA/AAN/ACR Draft Lyme Disease Guidelines – Infectious Diseases Society of America (free PDF)

Commentary: New Draft Lyme Disease Guidelines Issued – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Perioperative Care of Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Undergoing Upper Airway Surgery: A Review and Consensus Recommendations – JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (free for a limited period)

Society of Interventional Radiology Consensus Guidelines for the Periprocedural Management of Thrombotic and Bleeding Risk in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Image-Guided Interventions—Part I: Review of Anticoagulation Agents and Clinical Considerations – Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (free)

Part II: Recommendations (free)

Pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of peripartum cardiomyopathy: a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Study Group on peripartum cardiomyopathy – European Journal of Heart Failure (free)

Related Reviews: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy – Circulation (free) AND Practical management of peripartum cardiomyopathy – Korean Journal of Internal Medicine (free) AND A contemporary review of peripartum cardiomyopathy – Clinical Medicine (free) AND State of the Art Review: Peripartum cardiomyopathy – The BMJ (free)

Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Services – Edition 2 – Intensive Care Society (free PDF)

Diagnosing and managing work‐related mental health conditions in general practice: new Australian clinical practice guidelines – The Medical Journal of Australia (free)

New Guidelines Aim to Expand Palliative Care Beyond Specialists – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Audio Summary: New Guidelines Aim to Expand Palliative Care Beyond Specialists (free)

Original Guideline: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care (free article and commentaries)

Related: Building a Better Death, One Conversation at a Time – JAMA (free for a limited period)

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

Related Guidelines: WHO recommendations: Drug treatment for severe hypertension in pregnancy – World Health Organization (free) AND Hypertension Canada’s 2018 Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy (free)

Related Reviews: State-of-the-Art Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertension in Pregnancy – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free) AND Hypertension in pregnancy: Pathophysiology and treatment – SAGE Open Medicine (free)

Depression in children and young people: identification and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related: AAP Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (free)

WHO consolidated guideline on self-care interventions for health: sexual and reproductive health and rights – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News release: Expanding access to health services with self-care interventions – World Health Organization (free)

Related BMJ Supplement: Self care interventions for sexual and reproductive health and rights (free articles)

Alcohol Use by Youth – Pediatrics (free)

Technical Report: Alcohol Use by Youth – Pediatrics (free)

News Release: American Academy of Pediatrics Emphasizes Dangers of Alcohol to Children, Teens and Young Adults – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

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

Arthroscopic meniscal surgery: a national society treatment guideline and consensus statement – British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) (free)

Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2000-2017: Special focus on inequalities – World Health Organization / UNICEF (free PDF)

News Releases: 1 in 3 people globally do not have access to safe drinking water – UNICEF, WHO (free) AND Billions globally lack ‘water, sanitation and hygiene’, new UN report spells out – United Nations (free)

See also: JMP Website (free resources)

Epilepsy: a public health imperative – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Releases: WHO highlights scarcity of treatment for epilepsy in low-income countries – World Health Organization (free) AND First-ever WHO global report on epilepsy highlights care gap in poorer countries – United Nations (free)

Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology practical guidance on the use of natriuretic peptide concentrations – European Journal of Heart Failure (free) (via @paomorejon)

A Clinical Reference Guide on Sexual Devices for Obstetrician–Gynecologists – Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)

Commentary: A Clinician’s Guide to Sexual Devices: What We Didn’t Learn in School – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)

Wellcome Global Monitor How does the world feel about science and health? (free PDF)

Report Summary: Wellcome Global Monitor 2018 (free)

News Release: How much does the world trust medical experts and vaccines? (free)

Commentaries: Japan and Ukraine most likely to doubt safety of vaccines – Nature (free) AND Global trust strong in healthcare, scientists, vaccines—with exceptions – CIDRAP (free) AND Eroding trust in vaccines leaves populations vulnerable, global study finds – Reuters (free) AND Vaccines: Low trust in vaccination ‘a global crisis’ – BBC (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter (Thread – Click for more)

THREAD: Some take-aways from a major global @wellcometrust survey about vaccines, science, and society:

1) higher-income countries (France!) are among the least confident in vaccines.

2) vaccine trust is highest where preventable diseases still spread (Bangladesh, Rwanda).

— Julia Belluz (@juliaoftoronto) June 19, 2019

Adopt AWaRe Website: Handle antibiotics with care – World Health Organization (free)

News Release: In the face of slow progress, WHO offers a new tool and sets a target to accelerate action against antimicrobial resistance (free)

Commentaries: UN health agency steps up fight against ‘invisible pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance – United Nations (free) AND New AWaRe tool aims to guide antibiotic use globally – CIDRAP (free)

Canadian consensus statement: enhanced recovery after surgery in bariatric surgery – Surgical Endoscopy (free)

Related: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines (free articles)

Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurism – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Commentary: USPSTF Reaffirms Recommendations on AAA Screening in Draft Statement – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Management of suspected immediate perioperative allergic reactions: an international overview and consensus recommendations – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)

Related Report: Anesthesia, Surgery and Life-Threatening Allergic Reactions (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Management of a surgical patient with a label of penicillin allergy: narrative review and consensus recommendations – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Consensus clinical scoring for suspected perioperative immediate hypersensitivity reactions – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Care of Women Presenting with Suspected Preterm Prelabour Rupture of Membranes from 24⁺⁰ Weeks of Gestation – BJOG (free)

News Release: RCOG provides new guidance for doctors and women on when to give birth if waters break early (free)

When more is not better: 10 ‘don’ts’ in endometriosis management. An ETIC^* position statement – Human Reproduction Open (free)

Management of the child’s airway under anaesthesia: The French guidelines – Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine (free)

Related: Current Concepts in the Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway – Current Anesthesiology Reports (free) AND Unanticipated difficult airway management in children – the consensus statement of the Paediatric Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Section and the Airway Management Section of the Polish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy and the Polish Society of Neonatology. Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy (free PDF)

Human papillomavirus vaccination: The ESGO–EFC position paper of the European society of Gynaecologic Oncology and the European Federation for colposcopy – European Journal of Cancer (free)

Commentary: European organizations strongly in favor of gender-neutral HPV vaccination – Univadis (free registration required)

Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2019 for the treatment of colorectal cancer – International Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

Update Breast Cancer 2019 Part 3 – Current Developments in Early Breast Cancer: Review and Critical Assessment by an International Expert Panel – Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde (free)

See also: Interdisciplinary Screening, Diagnosis, Therapy and Follow-up of Breast Cancer. Guideline of the DGGG and the DKG (S3-Level, AWMF Registry Number 032/045OL, December 2017) – Part 1 with Recommendations for the Screening, Diagnosis and Therapy of Breast Cancer (free) AND Update Breast Cancer 2019 Part 2 – Implementation of Novel Diagnostics and Therapeutics in Advanced Breast Cancer Patients in Clinical Practice (free)

Revision of expert panel’s guidelines on postoperative pain management – Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine (free)

Blood pressure in chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference – Kidney International (free)

ASIPP Guidelines for Sedation and Fasting Status of Patients Undergoing Interventional Pain Management Procedures – Pain Physician (free PDF)

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

“Based on extensive literature and consensus, a minimum fasting period is established as 2 hours before a procedure for clear liquids and 4 hours before procedure for light meals, rather than having all patients fast for 8 hours or even fasting beginning at midnight the night before the procedure.”

2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)

Related Guidelines: American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on Initial Management of Acute Pancreatitis (free) AND Pancreatitis – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND American College of Gastroenterology Guideline: Management of Acute Pancreatitis (free)

Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow Up of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Consensus Practice from the PERT Consortium – Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis (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)

Formal guidelines: management of acute respiratory distress syndrome – Annals of Intensive Care (free)

Related: Guidelines on the Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (free guidelines and reviews on the subject)

Updated Geriatric Cardiology Guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology – 2019 – Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (free PDF)

Screening for HIV Infection: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (free)

Editorials: HIV Screening and Preexposure Prophylaxis Guidelines: Following the Evidence (free) AND New USPSTF Guidelines for HIV Screening and Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): Straight A’s (free)

Evidence Reports and Systematic Reviews: Screening for HIV Infection in Asymptomatic, Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults (free) AND Screening for HIV Infection in Pregnant Women (free)

Author Interviews: Screening for HIV infection and Use of Preexposure Prophylaxis for Prevention of HIV Infection: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statements (free audio) AND HIV Screening and Preexposure Prophylaxis Guidelines (free audio)

Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (free)

Editorials: HIV Screening and Preexposure Prophylaxis Guidelines: Following the Evidence (free) AND New USPSTF Guidelines for HIV Screening and Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): Straight A’s (free)

Evidence Report and Systematic Review: Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection (free)

Author Interviews: Screening for HIV infection and Use of Preexposure Prophylaxis for Prevention of HIV Infection: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statements (free audio) AND HIV Screening and Preexposure Prophylaxis Guidelines (free audio)

Commentaries: Expert Panel Recommends Wider Use Of Daily Pill To Prevent HIV Infections – NPR (free) AND HIV prevention pill recommended for healthy people at risk – Reuters (free)

Related: British Guidelines on the Use of HIV Pre–exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) (several guidelines on the subject)

Cancer treatment and survivorship statistics, 2019 – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)

Commentaries: Cancer survivors to reach 22 million by 2030 – UPI (free) AND Cancer survivors predicted to number over 22 million by 2030 – American Cancer Society (free)

2018 updated European League Against Rheumatism evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of gout – Annals of Rheumatic Disease (free)

Acute-on-chronic liver failure: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific association for the study of the liver (APASL): an update – Hepatology International (free)

Related: Management of acute-on-chronic liver failure: an algorithmic approach – Hepatology International (free) AND cute-on-chronic liver failure: an update – Gut (free)

European Stroke Organisation (ESO) – European Society for Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) Guidelines on Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke – Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery (free)

Clinical Consensus Statement: Balloon Dilation of the Eustachian Tube – Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (free for a limited period)

Homepage: New Guidelines from the Brazilian Society of Dermatology – Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Editorial: Consensuses, guidelines and position papers: the role of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology in the contribution to the best practice of Dermatology (free PDF)

– Consensus on the treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa (free PDF)

– Consensus on the treatment of autoimmune bullous dermatoses: pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus (free PDF)

– Consensus on the treatment of autoimmune bullous dermatoses: bullous pemphigoid, mucous membrane pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (free PDF)

– Consensus on the treatment of autoimmune bullous dermatoses: dermatitis herpetiformis and linear IgA bullous dermatosis (free PDF)

– Consensus on the diagnostic and therapeutic management of chronic spontaneous urticaria in adults (free PDF)

– Consensus on the therapeutic management of atopic dermatitis (free PDF)

– Diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines for plaque psoriasis (free PDF)

Management of targeted therapies in cancer patients with chronic kidney disease, or on haemodialysis: An Associazione Italiana di Oncologia Medica (AIOM)/Societa’ Italiana di Nefrologia (SIN) multidisciplinary consensus position paper – Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology (free)

More than 1 million new curable sexually transmitted infections every day – World Health Organization (free)

Read the Study: Estimates of four sexually transmitted infections, 2016 – World Health Organization (free)

Related Report: Progress report on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections 2019: Accountability for the global health sector strategies, 2016–2021 – World Health Organization (free PDF)

Commentary: One million new STIs every day, says WHO – BBC (free)

Hyperparathyroidism (primary): diagnosis, assessment and initial management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force Report: Updates, Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (free PDF)

Commentary: Best Pain Management Practices Outlined in New HHS Report – Medscape (free registration required)

Managing opioid use disorder in primary care: PEER simplified guideline – Canadian Family Physician (free)

Related: Opioid use disorder in primary care: PEER umbrella systematic review of systematic reviews – Canadian Family Physician (free)

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America – Circulation (free PDF)

News Release: Diabetes and heart failure are linked; treatment should be too – American Heart Association (free)

Global vascular guidelines on the management of chronic limb-threatening ischemia – Journal of Vascular Surgery (free)

Editorial: Global Vascular Guidelines for patients with critical limb-threatening ischemia (free)

EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research – Drugs & Aging (free)

British HIV Association guidelines for the management of tuberculosis in adults living with HIV 2019 – HIV Medicine (free)

British Society of Gastroenterology and UK-PSC guidelines for the diagnosis and management of primary sclerosing cholangitis – Gut (free)

Physician Impairment and Rehabilitation: Reintegration into Medical Practice While Ensuring Patient Safety: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

News Release: ACP issues ethical guidance for responding to physician impairment – American College of Physicians (free)

Commentary: ACP issues ethical guidance on responding to physician impairment – ACP Internist (free)

Characteristics, Prevention, and Management of Cardiovascular Disease in People Living With HIV: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

Commentaries: AHA Offers CVD Guidance for Patients with HIV – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND People Living With HIV Face Higher Risk of CVD, Barriers to Accessing Care – AJMC (free) AND People living with HIV have increased risk for heart diseases and face health challenges – News Medical (free)

Guidance on the Transfer of the Critically Ill Adult – Intensive Care Society (free PDF)

News Release: Launch of Guidance on the Transfer of the Critically Ill Adult – The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Esophageal emergencies: WSES guidelines – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)

Diagnosis and management of pseudohypoparathyroidism and related disorders: first international Consensus Statement – Nature Reviews Endocrinology (free)

Reversal of direct oral anticoagulants: Guidance from the Anticoagulation Forum – American Journal of Hematology (free)

Commentary: Reversal of Direct Oral Anticoagulants – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)

The ABCs of Primary Cardiovascular Prevention: 2019 Update – American College of Cardiology (free) (via @paomorejon)

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

Infectious Diseases Society of America Position Statement on Telehealth and Telemedicine as Applied to the Practice of Infectious Diseases – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)

Commentary: IDSA Issues Updated Statement on Use of Telemedicine and Telehealth Technologies – Clinical Advisor (free)

Infertility Workup for the Women’s Health Specialist: ACOG Committee Opinion, Number 781 – Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pain Management in Acute Musculoskeletal Injury – Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma (free)

Guidelines for Monitoring and Management of Pediatric Patients Before, During, and After Sedation for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures – Pediatrics (free)

News Release: Updated Guidelines on Dental Sedation Address Concerns Over Safety for Pediatric Patients – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

Cardiomyopathy in Children: Classification and Diagnosis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

News Release: What is known — and not known — about heart muscle diseases in children – American Heart Association (free)

Consensus statement from the International Consensus Meeting on the Role of Decompressive Craniectomy in the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury – Acta Neurochirurgica (free)

Current endovascular strategies for posterior circulation large vessel occlusion stroke: report of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery Standards and Guidelines Committee – Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery (free)

British Society for Immunology/United Kingdom Primary Immunodeficiency Network consensus statement on managing non‐infectious complications of common variable immunodeficiency disorders – Clinical & Experimental Immunology (free)

Exercise for ankylosing spondylitis: An evidence-based consensus statement – Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism (free)

Guidelines on the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome – BMJ Open Respiratory Research (free)

Related Reviews: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Nature Reviews Disease Primer (free PDF) AND Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – European Respiratory Review (free)

Related Guidelines: The clinical practice guideline for the management of ARDS in Japan – Journal of Intensive Care (free) AND An Official American Thoracic Society/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline: Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Clinical practice update on heart failure 2019: pharmacotherapy, procedures, devices and patient management. An expert consensus meeting report of The Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology – European Journal of Heart Failure (free PDF)

Change in renal function associated with drug treatment in heart failure: national guidance – Heart (free)

Management of hyperkalemia in patients with kidney disease: a position paper endorsed by the Italian Society of Nephrology – Journal of Nephrology (free)

International consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in children and young people – Nature Reviews Nephrology (free)

Related: Clinical practice guideline: monitoring children and young people with, or at risk of developing autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) – BMC Nephrology (free)

Stress echocardiography in coronary artery disease: a practical guideline from the British Society of Echocardiography – Echo Research and Practice (free)

An updated algorithm recommendation for the management of knee osteoarthritis from the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO) – Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism (free)

Management of acute promyelocytic leukemia: updated recommendations from an expert panel of the European LeukemiaNet – Blood (free)

Management of antiplatelet therapy for non elective invasive procedures of bleeding complications: proposals from the French working group on perioperative haemostasis (GIHP), in collaboration with the French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (SFAR) – Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine (free)

Defining High Bleeding Risk in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Consensus Document From the Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding Risk – Circulation (free PDF)

Consensus on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Clostridium difficile infection – Revista de Gastroenterología de México (free)

Related Guidelines: IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children (free) AND 2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free) AND The use of faecal microbiota transplant as treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection and other potential indications (free) AND Guideline for the Management of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Children and Adolescents With Cancer and Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients (free) AND Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection and Other Conditions in Children (free)