Menopause: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2018 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

News Release: More than 140,000 die from measles as cases surge worldwide – World Health Organization (free)

WHO Fact Sheet: Measles (free)

Commentaries: Global measles deaths rise to 140,000; young kids hit hard – CIDRAP (free) AND With vaccine rates stalled, measles outbreaks deliver deadly, debilitating impacts worldwide – Global ID News (free) AND WHO decries ‘collective failure’ as measles kills 140,000 – Reuters (free) Measles Numbers Were Bad In 2018. This Year, They’re Even Worse – NPR (free)

World malaria report 2019 – World Health Organization (free PDF)

Summary: World malaria report 2019 – World Health Organization (free)

News Release: More pregnant women and children protected from malaria, but accelerated efforts and funding needed to reinvigorate global response, WHO report shows (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

WHO releases the new World Malaria Report 2019: https://t.co/rBObT5YmVc.

The report shows that global malaria cases have increased while deaths have decreased.

2018: 228 million people afflicted & around 405 000 killed
2017: 231 million people afflicted & around 416 000 killed pic.twitter.com/fzOdNGJWih

— World Health Organization Philippines (@WHOPhilippines) December 4, 2019

The 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Classification Criteria for IgG4‐Related Disease – Arthritis & Rheumatology (free)

Commentary: ACR and EULAR release new classification criteria for IgG4-related disease – American College of Rheumatology (free)

An international multidisciplinary consensus statement on fasting before procedural sedation in adults and children – Anaesthesia (free)

See also (preoperative fasting 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) AND Clear fluids fasting for elective paediatric anaesthesia: The European Society of Anaesthesiology consensus statement – European Journal of Anaesthesiology (free) AND Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society statement on clear fluid fasting for elective pediatric anesthesia – Canadian Journal of Anesthesia (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

🔐We are delighted to publish the first fasting and aspiration prevention recommendations specific to procedural sedation!

Join us for tonight's TweetChat at 7pm GMT!@SteveGreenMD @mgirwin @gandolfattoNV @LucyOsoyoos @RobackMark @dougcarlson1

🔗https://t.co/dTBLoCMU0A pic.twitter.com/XTDN98Fy9g

— Anaesthesia (@Anaes_Journal) December 3, 2019

American Society of Hematology 2019 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: prevention of venous thromboembolism in surgical hospitalized patients – Blood Advances (free)

Related: European guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis – European Journal of Anaesthesiology (comprehensive resource on the subject) AND American Society of Hematology 2018 Guidelines for Management of Venous Thromboembolism: Prophylaxis for Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Medical Patients (free)

American Society of Hematology 2019 guidelines for sickle cell disease: cardiopulmonary and kidney disease – Blood Advances (free)

American Society of Hematology 2019 guidelines for immune thrombocytopenia – Blood Advances (free)

Related: Consensus Report: Investigation and Management of Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia (guidelines and reviews on the subject)

British Society of Gastroenterology/Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland/Public Health England post-polypectomy and post-colorectal cancer resection surveillance guidelines – Gut (free)

Related Studies: Association of Colonoscopy Adenoma Findings With Long-term Colorectal Cancer Incidence – JAMA (free) AND Long-term Risk of Colorectal Cancer and Related Death After Adenoma Removal in a Large, Community-based Population – Gastroenterology (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Baseline Colonoscopy Findings Associated with 10-Year Outcomes in a Screening Cohort Undergoing Colonoscopy Surveillance – Gastroenterology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related Reviews: Optimizing post‐polypectomy surveillance: A practical guide for the endoscopist – Digestive Endoscopy (free) AND Optimal Colonoscopy Surveillance Interval after Polypectomy – Clinical Endoscopy (free)

Related Guidelines: Endoscopic surveillance after surgical or endoscopic resection for colorectal cancer: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and European Society of Digestive Oncology (ESDO) Guideline – Endoscopy (free) AND Guidelines for Colonoscopy Surveillance After Screening and Polypectomy: A Consensus Update by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer (free) AND Korean Guidelines for Postpolypectomy Colonoscopy Surveillance – Digestive Endoscopy (free) AND Colorectal cancer surveillance after index colonoscopy: Guidance from the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (free) AND Post-polypectomy colonoscopy surveillance: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline (free)

Guidelines for the management of hereditary colorectal cancer from the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)/Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI)/United Kingdom Cancer Genetics Group (UKCGG) – Gut (free)

Related Guidelines: Clinical Practice Guideline on Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Individuals With a Family History of Nonhereditary Colorectal Cancer or Adenoma: The Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Banff Consensus – Gastroenterology (free) AND Endoscopic management of Lynch syndrome and of familial risk of colorectal cancer: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline – Endoscopy (free)

Guidelines to the Practice of Anesthesia – Revised Edition 2020 – Canadian Journal of Anesthesia (free)

Emergency Contraception – Pediatrics (free)

Related: Committee Opinion No 707: Access to Emergency Contraception – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free) AND Interventions for emergency contraception – Cochrane Library (free)

Kidney and uro-trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)

Related: Urotrauma: AUA Guideline – The Journal of Urology (free) AND Urological Trauma – European Association of Urology (free) AND Guideline of guidelines: a review of urological trauma guidelines – BJU International (free) AND Renal trauma: the current best practice – Therapeutic Advances in Urology (free)

Updated guidelines for the management of paracetamol poisoning in Australia and New Zealand – The Medical Journal of Australia (free for a limited period)

Guidelines for safe transfer of the brain‐injured patient: trauma and stroke, 2019 – Anaesthesia (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

🔐These new @AAGBI and @naccsuk guidelines aim to support the safe transfer between hospitals of patients with a brain injury.

They are essential reading for all doctors working in acute specialties, hospitals, trusts and departments. #FOAMed

🔗https://t.co/8tMCKcXvny pic.twitter.com/qiv9JxU5lR

— Anaesthesia (@Anaes_Journal) December 2, 2019

Perinatal Palliative Care – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)

Endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (free statement)

WSES consensus conference guidelines: monitoring and management of severe adult traumatic brain injury patients with polytrauma in the first 24 hours – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free) (via @CritCareReviews)

Related: Head injury: assessment and early management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND A management algorithm for patients with intracranial pressure monitoring: the Seattle International Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Consensus Conference (SIBICC) – Intensive Care Medicine (free) AND 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)

Guidance For: Prone Positioning in Adult Critical Care – Intensive Care Society (free PDF) (via @CritCareReviews)

Related: Prone Positioning in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free) AND Meta-Analysis: Assessment of Therapeutic Interventions and Lung Protective Ventilation in Patients with Moderate to Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (free meta-analysis and guidelines on the subject) AND Research: ECMO versus Prone Position in ARDS (link to abstract) AND Prone Positioning in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Antimicrobial de-escalation in critically ill patients: a position statement from a task force of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Critically Ill Patients Study Group (ESGCIP) – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Related: Antibiotic de-escalation in the ICU: how is it best done? – Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases (free) AND Is de-escalation of antimicrobials effective? A systematic review and meta-analysis – International Journal of Infectious Diseases (free)

European Dermatology Forum guidelines on topical photodynamic therapy 2019 Part 1: treatment delivery and established indications – actinic keratoses, Bowen’s disease and basal cell carcinomas – Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (free)

Related: British Association of Dermatologists and British Photodermatology Group guidelines for topical photodynamic therapy 2018 – British Journal of Dermatology (free) AND Photodynamic Therapy: A Clinical Consensus Guide – Dermatologic Surgery (free)

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology Guidelines for Management of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults and Patients Transitioning From Pediatric to Adult Care – Endocrine Practice (free)

Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free for 50 days)

Guidelines for the management of myocardial infarction/injury with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA): a position paper from the Dutch ACS working group – Netherlands Heart Journal (free)

Related: Prognosis and Predictors of Mortality in Patients Suffering Myocardial Infarction With Non‐Obstructive Coronary Arteries (studies, guidelines and reviews on the subject)

Consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services for a changing epidemic – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: WHO Releases New HIV Testing Guidelines To Help Expand Treatment Coverage, Reduce HIV Transmission – Health Policy Watch (free) AND WHO releases new HIV testing guidelines – Global ID News (free)

Updated international consensus report on the investigation and management of primary immune thrombocytopenia – Blood Advances (free)

Related: Immune Thrombocytopenia – Current Diagnostics and Therapy: Recommendations of a Joint Working Group of DGHO, ÖGHO, SGH, GPOH, and DGTI – Oncology Research and Treatment (free) AND Clinical updates in adult immune thrombocytopenia – Blood (free) AND Management of immune thrombocytopenia: Korean experts recommendation in 2017 – Blood Research (free)

What You Need to Know (And What We’re Working to Find Out) About Products Containing Cannabis or Cannabis-derived Compounds, Including CBD – U.S. Food & Drug Administration (free)

Commentaries: FDA’s Warning On CBD: Cannabis Stocks Drop, Companies Object – Forbes (free) AND ‘CBD has the potential to harm you,’ FDA warns consumers – MarketWatch (free)

Related: Cannabidiol Products Are Everywhere, but Should People Be Using Them? – JAMA (free for a limited period) AND NICE Guideline: Cannabis-Based Medicinal Products (free Guideline and other resources)

Searching for Atrial Fibrillation Poststroke: A White Paper of the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration – Circulation (free)

Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis: A Synopsis of the European Breast Guidelines – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Commentary: European guidelines for breast cancer screening differ from U.S. recommendations – ACP Internist (free)

Related: ACP Guideline: Screening for Breast Cancer in Average-Risk Women (other guidelines and commentaries on the subject)

Guidance for Using Tafenoquine for Prevention and Antirelapse Therapy for Malaria — United States, 2019 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentary: CDC Offers Guidance on Tafenoquine for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Use of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentary: PCV13 No Longer Recommended for All Seniors – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) international consensus document on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat cardiac implantable electronic device infections—endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS), International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases (ISCVID) and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) (free)

Health, safety and dignity of sanitation workers: An initial assessment – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: Toxic Conditions Expose Millions Of Sanitation Workers To Infectious Disease & Death – Health Policy Watch (free) AND On World Toilet Day, UN Highlights Plight of Sanitation Workers – IISD (free) AND Even Researchers Were Shocked By How Tough Life Is For Sanitation Workers – NPR (free)

Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diabetes Management – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)

ECCO Guidelines on Therapeutics in Crohn’s Disease: Surgical Treatment – Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis (free PDF)

Consistent Definitions of Clinical Practice Guidelines, Consensus Statements, Position Statements, and Practice Alerts – Anesthesia & Analgesia (free)

Potassium homeostasis and management of dyskalemia in kidney diseases: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference – Kidney International (free)

Related: Physiology and Pathophysiology of Potassium Homeostasis: Core Curriculum 2019 – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (free)

Diagnosis and treatment of xerosis cutis – a position paper – Journal of the German Society of Dermatology (free)

Guidelines on suicide amongst anaesthetists 2019 – Anaesthesia (free)

Practical Guide to Vaccination in All Stages of CKD, Including Patients Treated by Dialysis or Kidney Transplantation – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (free)

EAU-ESMO Consensus Statements on the Management of Advanced and Variant Bladder Cancer—An International Collaborative Multistakeholder Effort – European Urology (free)

Management Of Adults And Children Undergoing CAR T-Cell Therapy: Best Practice Recommendations Of The European Society For Blood And Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) And The Joint Accreditation Committee Of ISCT And EBMT (JACIE) – Haematologica (free PDF)

Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free)

News Release: New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: Challenges in global surveillance of physical activity – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free) AND Most Adolescents Around The World Are Insufficiently Active, Risking Current And Future Health – Health Policy Watch (free) AND A Majority of The World’s Teens Aren’t Getting Enough Physical Activity – TIME (free) AND More than 80% of adolescents not active enough, warns WHO – The Guardian (free) AND Sedentary teens risk health, hearts and minds: WHO study – Reuters (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

NEW: Majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk: findings from first ever global trends for girls and boys aged 11-17 years across 146 countries @WHO https://t.co/hGg1LpJuVr pic.twitter.com/CPDhikMXhi

— The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (@LancetChildAdol) November 21, 2019

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

See also: Characteristics of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Patients in a Nationwide Outbreak of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use–Associated Lung Injury — United States, November 2019 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentaries: Two Vaping Advisories Released by CDC – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND CDC Updates Interim Guidance on Vaping-Linked Lung Illness – Physician’s Briefing (free)

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

The Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs: 2019 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free PDF)

CDC Page: Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (free resources)

Commentary: CDC updates ‘core’ antibiotic stewardship elements for hospitals – CIDRAP (free)

Fever in under 5s: assessment and initial management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

APSIC guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infections – Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control (free)

Related Guidelines: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 – JAMA Surgery (free) AND Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection – World Health Organization (free) AND Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

The Management of Stroke Rehabilitation: A Synopsis of the 2019 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Commentary: Nonpharmaceutical interventions have strongest evidence support for poststroke rehab – ACP Internist (free)

Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis. An Official ATS/CDC/ERS/IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free)

News Release: New clinical guideline for the treatment and prevention of drug-resistant tuberculosis – American Thoracic Society (free)

Related: WHO Consolidated Guidelines on Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Treatment (free guideline and commentary) AND Randomized Trial: 9-month Treatment for Multi-drug Resistant TB is as Effective as 24-month Treatment (free article and commentaries) AND The Lancet Commission: Management of Multidrug-resistant and Incurable Tuberculosis (free registration required)

Recommendation on screening adults for asymptomatic thyroid dysfunction in primary care – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

News Release: Screening for thyroid dysfunction in people without symptoms: Don’t routinely check that box – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

See also: Asymptomatic Thyroid Dysfunction (2019): Summary of recommendations for clinicians and policy-makers – Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (free resources) AND Infographic (free PDF)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Should asymptomatic patients be screened for thyroid disease? The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care says no: https://t.co/RLjRQwHsUX @cantaskforce #primarycare pic.twitter.com/CsBDvUQ2Po

— CMAJ (@CMAJ) November 18, 2019

Difficult Airway Society guidelines for awake tracheal intubation (ATI) in adults – Anaesthesia (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

🔐Published today and #FOAMed! The new @dasairway awake tracheal intubation guidelines are about to be presented at @WAMM_2019 ! @dr_imranahmad @elboghdadly @altgm @ravibhagrath @ProfEllenO @oldandbaffled @WAMM_2019 #DASATI

🔗https://t.co/uwqILqCfeD pic.twitter.com/1HBUoGntzj

— Anaesthesia (@Anaes_Journal) November 15, 2019

– Using Antibiotics Wisely in Primary Care – Choosing Wisely Canada (free)

– Using Antibiotics Wisely in Long-Term Care – Choosing Wisely Canada (free)

– Using Antibiotics Wisely in Hospitals – Choosing Wisely Canada (free)

– NICE Antimicrobial prescribing guidelines (resource covering many common conditions)

– NICE Summary of antimicrobial prescribing guidance – managing common infections (free PDF)

– 2019 American Heart Association Focused Update on Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support: Use of Advanced Airways, Vasopressors, and Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation During Cardiac Arrest – Circulation (free PDF)

– 2019 American Heart Association and American Red Cross Focused Update for First Aid: Presyncope – Circulation (free PDF)

– 2019 American Heart Association Focused Update on Systems of Care: Dispatcher-Assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Cardiac Arrest Centers – Circulation (free PDF)

– 2019 American Heart Association Focused Update on Pediatric Advanced Life Support – Circulation (free PDF)

– 2019 American Heart Association Focused Update on Neonatal Resuscitation – Circulation (free PDF)

– 2019 American Heart Association Focused Update on Pediatric Basic Life Support – Circulation (free PDF)

2019 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations: Summary From the Basic Life Support; Advanced Life Support; Pediatric Life Support; Neonatal Life Support; Education, Implementation, and Teams; and First Aid Task Forces – Circulation (free PDF)

A consensus document for the clinical management of invasive fungal diseases in pediatric patients with hematologic cancer and/or undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Brazilian medical centers – The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases (free)

Advanced imaging for detection and differentiation of colorectal neoplasia: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline – Update 2019 – Endoscopy (free)

The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate – The Lancet (free registration required)

Editorial: Health and climate change: making the link matter (free)

Video: The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: 2019 report (free)

Commentaries: How the Climate Crisis Is Killing Us, in 9 Alarming Charts – Wired (free) AND Climate Change Poses Threats to Children’s Health Worldwide – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND The climate crisis will profoundly affect the health of every child alive today, report says – CNN (free) AND Doctors: Warmer world is unhealthier place for children – AP (free)

Related: Climate Change — A Health Emergency (free reports and commentaries on the subject) AND NEJM Editorial: Prioritizing Health in a Changing Climate (free commentaries) AND Climate change threatens the achievement of effective universal healthcare – The BMJ (free) AND Climate Change Is Having a Major Impact on Global Health – Scientific American (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

#Climatechange is already damaging health of world’s children & threatens lifelong impact: new @LancetCountdown report sets out consequences of rising temperatures for a child born today should the world follow a business-as-usual pathway #LancetClimate19 https://t.co/M8HrqTGOcm pic.twitter.com/B5lmEb2P0l

— The Lancet (@TheLancet) November 13, 2019

Vegetarian diets in childhood and adolescence – Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics (free)

International Society of Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection Following Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass – Journal of Hospital Infection (free)

Guideline for Antibacterial Prophylaxis Administration in Pediatric Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free PDF)

Clinical practice guideline for the management of blood borne viruses within the haemodialysis unit – BMC Nephrology (free)

Guideline on the use of iodinated contrast media in patients with kidney disease 2018 – Clinical and Experimental Nephrology (free)

CDC Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States 2019 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free PDF)

Commentaries: CDC spotlights ‘deadly threat’ of antibiotic resistance – CIDRAP (free) AND CDC report: 35,000 Americans die of antibiotic-resistant infections each year – STAT (free)

2019 AHA/ACC Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Adults With High Blood Pressure – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free)

Commentaries: New Performance and Quality Measures For High BP Released – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Heart Groups Publish New Performance, Quality Measures for BP Management – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Related AHA/ACC Guideline and Summaries: 2017 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults (free) AND Executive Summary (free) AND Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Synopsis of the 2017 ACC/AHA Hypertension Guideline – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Acute Headache – Annals of Emergency Medicine (free)

Consensus Statement on Sports-Related Concussions in Youth Sports Using a Modified Delphi Approach – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Evidence Lacking on Ways to Prevent Youth Sports Concussion – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Podcast: Review of Atrial Fibrillation Treatment – JAMA (free audio)

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

Cannabis-based medicinal products – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Commentaries: Drug experts on the new guidance for medicinal cannabis – The Conversation (free) AND Ian Hamilton: New guidelines for prescribing medicinal cannabis—another dashed hope for patients – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Related: Guideline for Prescribing Medical Cannabinoids in Primary Care – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Cannabinoids for Chronic Pain – Therapeutics Initiative AND (free) Meta-Analysis: Insufficient Evidence for The Use of Cannabinoids for Treating Mental Disorders – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract and commentaries) AND The Effects of Cannabis Among Adults With Chronic Pain – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract and commentaries)

“In short, NICE has concluded that more research is needed before it can recommend the use of cannabis-based products for medicinal use.” (from The Conversation)

Clinical Practice Guidelines for The Perioperative Nutrition, Metabolic, And Nonsurgical Support of Patients Undergoing Bariatric Procedures – 2019 Update: Cosponsored By American Association Of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College Of Endocrinology, The Obesity Society, American Society For Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, Obesity Medicine Association, And American Society Of Anesthesiologists (free PDF)

O-RADS US Risk Stratification and Management System: A Consensus Guideline from the ACR Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System Committee – Radiology (free)

Diagnosis, Therapy and Follow-up of Vaginal Cancer and Its Precursors. Guideline of the DGGG and the DKG – Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde (free)

Updated Cardiovascular Prevention Guideline of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology – 2019 – Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (free PDF)

Related Guidelines: 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (free guideline and resources) AND Cardiovascular disease: risk assessment and reduction, including lipid modification – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Harmonized National Guidelines Endeavour (C-CHANGE) guideline for the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease in primary care: 2018 update – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia, Version 2.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology – Journal of National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)

NCCN Guidelines Insights: Kidney Cancer, Version 2.2020 – Journal of National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)

Subclinical and Device-Detected Atrial Fibrillation: Pondering the Knowledge Gap: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

Commentary: The Management of Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation: The Pathway to True Medical Expertise – American Heart Association (free)

Top Things to Know: Subclinical and Device-Detected Atrial Fibrillation (free)

Related: Apple Watch Can Spot Atrial Fibrillation, But More Research is Needed (several commentaries on the subject)

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

Commentary: Choosing Wisely Examines Pediatric Surgical Practices to Avoid – 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

2019 HRS expert consensus statement on evaluation, risk stratification, and management of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: Executive summary – Heart Rhythm (free)

Full Guideline: 2019 HRS Expert Consensus Statement on Evaluation, Risk Stratification, and Management of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy (free guideline and commentary)

2019 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Position Statement for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – Canadian Journal of Cardiology (free)

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

Italian consensus statement (2020) on return to play after lower limb muscle injury in football (soccer) – BMJ Open Sports & Exercise Medicine (free)

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

Related Guidelines: Prevention of Drowning – American Academy of Pediatrics (free) AND Preventing drowning: an implementation guide – World Health Organization (free PDF) AND Global report on drowning: preventing a leading killer – World Health Organization (free PDF) Report: Open Water Drowning and Risks for Children (free)

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

Related: National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement: Exertional Heat Illnesses (free) AND Heat stroke – Journal of Intensive Care (free)

Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Water Disinfection for Wilderness, International Travel, and Austere Situations – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)

Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Asymptomatic Average-Risk Adults: A Guidance Statement From the American College of Physicians – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

News Release: ACP issues guidance for colorectal cancer screening – American College of Physicians (free)

Summaries for Patients: Colorectal Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Adults (free)

Commentaries: ACP issues new guidance on colorectal cancer screening – ACP Internist (free) AND Medical groups differ on when to start colon and rectal cancer screening. Here’s why – CNN (free)

Related: BMJ Guideline: Colorectal Cancer Screening with Fecal Immunochemical Testing, Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy (new guideline suggesting a more selective approach to screening) AND Colorectal cancer screening for average‐risk adults: 2018 guideline update from the American Cancer Society (recent guideline with recommendation to start screening at 45 years, with links to guidelines from other organizations)

Clinical practice guideline on pregnancy and renal disease – BMC Nephrology (free)

Follow-up of patients after revascularisation for peripheral arterial diseases: a consensus document from the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases and the European Society for Vascular Surgery – European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (free)

A systematic review of guidelines for managing rheumatoid arthritis – BMC Rheumatology (free)

Related Guidelines: Rheumatoid arthritis in adults: management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND 2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (free)

European Respiratory Society guidelines on long-term home non-invasive ventilation for management of COPD – European Respiratory Journal (free)

Source: EvidenceAlerts

EULAR recommendations for the management of Sjögren’s syndrome with topical and systemic therapies – Annals of Rheumatic Disease (free)

Related Guideline: The British Society for Rheumatology guideline for the management of adults with primary Sjögren’s Syndrome – Rheumatology (free)

Soccer Injuries in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics (free)

News Release: American Academy of Pediatrics Outlines Soccer Injuries and Prevention Techniques in Clinical Report – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

The Use of Nonnutritive Sweeteners in Children – Pediatrics (free)

News Release: Nonnutritive sweetener use in children – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: AAP: Too Much Unknown About Sugar Substitutes’ Effects on Kids – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Mental Health Competencies for Pediatric Practice – Pediatrics (free)

Technical Report: Achieving the Pediatric Mental Health Competencies – Pediatrics (free)

News Release: American Academy of Pediatrics Provides Guidance on Helping Children With Mental Health Challenges – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

Consensus statement for perioperative care in total hip replacement and total knee replacement surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS^®) Society recommendations – Acta Orthopaedica (free)

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

The Power of Cities: Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases and Road Traffic Injuries – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: New WHO report to bolster efforts to tackle leading causes of urban deaths – World Health Organization (free)

Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: 2019 Update to the 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association – Stroke (free PDF)

Top Things to Know: 2019 Update to the 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke (free)

WHO guidelines for the use of thermal ablation for cervical pre-cancer lesions – World Health Organization (free PDF)

Related WHO Guidelines: Treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2–3 and adenocarcinoma in situ: cryotherapy, large loop excision of the transformation zone, and cold knife conization (free PDF) AND Comprehensive cervical cancer control: A guide to essential practice (free PDF) AND WHO publications on the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer (free resources)

A management algorithm for patients with intracranial pressure monitoring: the Seattle International Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Consensus Conference (SIBICC) – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

A management algorithm for patients with intracranial pressure monitoring.
A useful resource for everyone interested in traumatic brain injury worldwide…free access at https://t.co/PHjX73Rto9
A "must read" pic.twitter.com/vMoq1ZZgaO

— Intens Care Med (@yourICM) October 29, 2019

Pediatric Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Evidence, Barriers, and Best Practices – Pediatrics (free)

Technical Report: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for Pediatric Patients With Severe Obesity – Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: More kids should get weight-loss surgery, even some preteens, pediatricians say – STAT / Associated Press (free)

Deep Dive: Safe Ambulatory Care, Strategies for Patient Safety and Risk Reduction – ECRI Institute’s Patient Safety Organization (free PDF)

News Release: ECRI Institute: Diagnostic Tests, Medication Pose Biggest Risks to Patients in Ambulatory Care (free)

Commentaries: ECRI Institute: Top 4 Biggest Risks in Ambulatory Care to Watch – HIT Consultant Media (free) AND Top 5 Patient Safety Risks in Ambulatory Care – Medscape (free registration required)

Renal Association Clinical Practice Guideline on Haemodialysis – BMC Nephrology (free)

Homepage: Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being – National Academies of Medicine (free resources)

Full Report: Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being (free PDF – registration required)

Commentary: Improving the System to Support Clinician Well-being and Provide Better Patient Care – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Author Interview: Improving the System to Support Clinician Well-being and Provide Better Patient Care (free audio)

See also: Report Highlights | Key Messages | Report Recommendations | Press Release | Report Release Slides | Social Media Toolkit

Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017 – Nature (free)

Commentaries: Tackling inequality could save millions of children – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free) AND Where You’re Born Even Within A Country Still Matters – NPR (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

A map of death rates in children under 5 years old from low- and middle-income countries estimates that 123 million died between 2000 and 2017, according to a Nature report. The study explores how a child’s risk of dying depends on where they are born. https://t.co/IzjvO43bVz pic.twitter.com/p6LNIp54tB

— nature (@nature) October 22, 2019

Management of Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Guideline Recommendations from the International Consensus Group – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Commentary: Guideline on Managing Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Updated – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and dyspepsia in adults: investigation and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

The Brazilian Society of Rheumatology recommendations on investigation and diagnosis of systemic autoimmune myopathies – Advances in Rheumatology (free)

Related: Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis – Challenges in Diagnosis and Management (free reviews and guidelines)

The Cancer Atlas, 3^rd Edition – American Cancer Society (free PDF)

News Release: Progress in global cancer fight is not only possible, but achievable – American Cancer Society (free)

Global tuberculosis report 2019 – World Health Organization (free)

New Release: 7 million people receive record levels of lifesaving TB treatment but 3 million still miss out – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: WHO TB 2019 report: Unprecedented political commitment leads to unprecedented progress – Science Speaks: Global ID News (free) AND World Falling Short Of 2020 Targets For ‘End TB’ Strategy – Health Policy Watch (free) AND Fighting TB: Slow Progress Should Ignite Action – Forbes (free)

Clinical practice guideline on undernutrition in chronic kidney disease – BMC Nephrology (free)

Exercise is medicine in oncology: Engaging clinicians to help patients move through cancer – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free) AND

See also: Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors: Consensus Statement from International Multidisciplinary Roundtable – Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (free) AND American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable Report on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Cancer Prevention and Control – Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (free)

Commentaries: Exercise can now be prescribed like medicine for people with and beyond cancer – Penn State College of Medicine (free) AND Expert Panel: Cancer Treatment Plans Should Include Tailored Exercise Prescriptions – American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) (free) AND Panel Finds Exercise May Lower Cancer Risk, Improve Outcomes – NIH Director’s Blog (free) AND Exercise Advice for Surviving Cancer, and Maybe Avoiding It – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

End of life care for adults: service delivery – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4^th Edition – National Consensus Project’s (free)

Sarcopenia: A Time for Action. An SCWD Position Paper – Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle (free)

Related: Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis – Age and Ageing (free)

CSACI position statement: Newer generation H₁-antihistamines are safer than first-generation H₁-antihistamines and should be the first-line antihistamines for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and urticaria – Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology (free)

Endoscopic management of Lynch syndrome and of familial risk of colorectal cancer: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline – Endoscopy (free)

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

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

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