Jun 9th, 2021 - To develop updated guidelines for the pharmacologic management of rheumatoid arthritis. We developed clinically relevant population, intervention, comparator, and outcomes (PICO) questions. After conducting a systematic literature review, the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach was used to rate the certainty of evidence. A voting panel comprising c...

Aug 23rd, 2019 - To update evidence-based recommendations for the treatment of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). We conducted updated systematic literature reviews for 20 clinical questions on pharmacologic treatment addressed in the 2015 guidelines, and for 26 new questions on pharmacologic treatment, treat-to-target strategy, and use of imaging. New q...

Mar 13th, 2023 - The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to unprecedented mental health disturbances, burnout, and moral distress among healthcare workers, impacting their ability to care for themselves and their patients. The Workforce Sustainment subcommittee of the Task Force for Mass Critical Care (TFMCC) utilized a consensus development process, incorporating evidence from literature revie...

Feb 24th, 2023 - Biomarkers are used frequently for noninvasive monitoring and treatment decision making in the management of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). This American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) guideline is intended to support practitioners in decisions about the use of biomarkers for the management of UC. A multidisciplinary panel of content experts and guideline methodologists used the ...

Feb 17th, 2023 - This clinical practice guideline from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy provides an evidence-based approach for strategies to manage biliary strictures in liver transplant recipients. This document was developed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation framework. The guideline addresses the role of Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograp...

Feb 16th, 2023 - This clinical practice guideline from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy provides an evidence-based approach for strategies to manage biliary strictures in liver transplant recipients. This document was developed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation framework. The guideline addresses the role of ERCP versus percutaneous transhepatic biliar...

Feb 14th, 2023 - UK screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity Updated 2022 Guidelines.|2023|Wilkinson AR,Adams GGW,Fleck BW,Nieto-Hernandez R, ,|diagnosis,

Feb 11th, 2023 - In the past few years, we have seen a surge in the development of relevant artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms addressing a variety of needs in GI endoscopy. To accept AI algorithms into clinical practice, their effectiveness, clinical value, and reliability need to be rigorously assessed. In this article, we provide a guiding framework for all stakeholders in the endoscopy AI ecosystem reg...

Feb 2nd, 2023 - This guideline presents evidence and recommendations for cervical ripening and induction of labour. It aims to provide information to birth attendants and pregnant individuals on optimal perinatal care while avoiding unnecessary obstetrical intervention. All pregnant patients. Consistent interprofessional use of the guideline, appropriate equipment, and trained professional staff enhance safe i...

Feb 2nd, 2023 - Présenter des données probantes et des recommandations sur la maturation cervicale et le déclenchement artificiel du travail. Fournir de l'information aux professionnels accoucheurs et aux personnes enceintes sur les soins périnataux optimaux et la prévention des interventions obstétricales inutiles. Toutes les patientes enceintes. BéNéFICES, RISQUES ET COûTS: La mise en application interprofes...

Feb 2nd, 2023 - Présenter des données probantes et des recommandations sur la maturation cervicale et le déclenchement artificiel du travail. Fournir de l'information aux professionnels accoucheurs et aux personnes enceintes sur les soins périnataux optimaux et la prévention des interventions obstétricales inutiles. Toutes les patientes enceintes. BéNéFICES, RISQUES ET COûTS: La mise en application interprofes...

Feb 2nd, 2023 - Présenter des données probantes et des recommandations sur la maturation cervicale et le déclenchement artificiel du travail. Fournir de l'information aux professionnels accoucheurs et aux personnes enceintes sur les soins périnataux optimaux et la prévention des interventions obstétricales inutiles. Toutes les patientes enceintes. BéNéFICES, RISQUES ET COûTS: La mise en application interprofes...

Feb 2nd, 2023 - This guideline presents evidence and recommendations for cervical ripening and induction of labour. It aims to provide information to birth attendants and pregnant individuals on optimal perinatal care while avoiding unnecessary obstetrical intervention. All pregnant patients. Consistent interprofessional use of the guideline, appropriate equipment, and trained professional staff enhance safe i...

Feb 2nd, 2023 - This guideline presents evidence and recommendations for cervical ripening and induction of labour. It aims to provide information to birth attendants and pregnant individuals on optimal perinatal care while avoiding unnecessary obstetrical intervention. All pregnant patients. Consistent interprofessional use of the guideline, appropriate equipment, and trained professional staff enhance safe i...

Dec 27th, 2022 - To update recommendations for administration of antenatal corticosteroids in the late preterm period. Pregnant individuals at risk of preterm birth from 34 to 366 weeks gestation. Administration or non-administration of a single course of antenatal corticosteroids at 34 to 366 weeks gestation. Neonatal morbidity (respiratory distress, hypoglycemia), long-term neurodevelopment, and other long-te...

Dec 27th, 2022 - Mettre à jour les recommandations sur la corticothérapie prénatale dans la période de prématurité tardive. Personnes enceintes à risque d'accouchement prématuré entre 34 SA + 0 j et 36 SA + 6 j. Administrer ou non un traitement unique de corticothérapie prénatale entre 34 SA + 0 j et 36 SA + 6 j. RéSULTATS: Morbidité néonatale (détresse respiratoire, hypoglycémie), troubles neurodéveloppementau...

Dec 26th, 2022 - This guideline aims to provide evidence for prevention, recognition, and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage including severe hemorrhage leading to hemorrhagic shock. All pregnant patients. Appropriate recognition and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage can prevent serious morbidity while reducing costs to the health care system by minimizing more costly interventions and length of hospital stays...

Dec 17th, 2022 - This workgroup aimed to develop an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the use of noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) for pregnant individuals at general risk for fetal trisomy 21, trisomy 18, or trisomy 13 and to evaluate the utility of NIPS for other chromosomal disorders. The NIPS Evidence-Based Guideline Work Group (n = 7) relied on the results from the recent American College ...

Dec 9th, 2022 - Hypoglycemia in people with diabetes is common, especially in those taking medications such as insulin and sulfonylureas (SU) that place them at higher risk. Hypoglycemia is associated with distress in those with diabetes and their families, medication nonadherence, and disruption of life and work, and it leads to costly emergency department visits and hospitalizations, morbidity, and mortality...

Nov 28th, 2022 - Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System (CAD-RADS) was created to standardize reporting system for patients undergoing coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and to guide possible next steps in patient management. The goal of this updated 2022 CAD-RADS 2.0 is to improve the initial reporting system for CCTA by considering new technical developments in Cardiac CT, including data from recent cl...