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The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) Web site is updated weekly. The "What's New Archive" contains each weekly update file, organized by year since the release of the NGC Web site. To view a guideline summary, click on a title. If the guideline you select has been updated or withdrawn, you will be redirected to the Guideline Archive.

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MARCH 8, 2010

Canadian Stroke Network

Acute inpatient stoke care. Stroke unit care. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Acute inpatient stroke care. Components of acute inpatient care. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care.

Hyperacute stroke management. Acute ASA therapy. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Hyperacute stroke management. Acute management of transient ischemic attack and minor stroke. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care.

Hyperacute stroke management. Acute thrombolytic therapy. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Hyperacute stroke management. Blood glucose abnormalities. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Hyperacute stroke management. Emergency medical services management of acute stroke patients. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care.

Hyperacute stroke management. Management of subarachnoid and intracerebral hemorrhage. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Hyperacute stroke management. Neurovascular imaging. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Prevention of stroke. Antiplatelet therapy. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Prevention of stroke. Antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Prevention of stroke. Blood pressure management. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Prevention of stroke. Carotid intervention. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Prevention of stroke. Diabetes management. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Prevention of stroke. Lifestyle and risk factor management. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Prevention of stroke. Lipid management. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Public awareness and patient education. Patient and family education. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Public awareness and patient education. Public awareness and responsiveness. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Selected topics in stroke management. Dysphagia assessment. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Selected topics in stroke management. Identification and management of post-stroke depression. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Selected topics in stroke management. Shoulder pain assessment and treatment. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Selected topics in stroke management. Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care.

Stroke rehabilitation and community reintegration. Components of inpatient stroke rehabilitation. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Stroke rehabilitation and community reintegration. Follow-up and community reintegration. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Stroke rehabilitation and community reintegration. Initial stroke rehabilitation assessment. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Stroke rehabilitation and community reintegration. Outpatient and community-based rehabilitation. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Stroke rehabilitation and community reintegration. Provision of inpatient stroke rehabilitation. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

MARCH 1, 2010

American College of Emergency Physicians

Clinical policy: critical issues in the management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with community-acquired pneumonia. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians

Comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)

Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

European Association of Urology

Guidelines on TaT1 (non-muscle invasive) bladder cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Infectious Diseases Society of America

Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection: 2009 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions

Type 2 diabetes. The management of type 2 diabetes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care

Lipid modification. Cardiovascular risk assessment and the modification of blood lipids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Coeliac disease. Recognition and assessment of coeliac disease.

Respiratory tract infections - antibiotic prescribing. Prescribing of antibiotics for self-limiting respiratory tract infections in adults and children in primary care.

World Health Organization

Improving the diagnosis and treatment of smear-negative pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis among adults and adolescents. Recommendations for HIV-prevalent and resource-constrained settings.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

The role of cytotoxic therapy with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the therapy of acute myeloid leukemia in adults.

The role of cytotoxic therapy with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the therapy of acute myeloid leukemia in children.

The role of cytotoxic therapy with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the therapy of myelodysplastic syndromes.

The role of cytotoxic therapy with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults.

Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Guideline recurrent miscarriage.

European Association of Urology

Guidelines on testicular cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

Diagnosis and initial treatment of ischemic stroke. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Routine prenatal care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening clinical practice guideline.

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

British guideline on the management of asthma. A national clinical guideline. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Treatment of pediatric diaphyseal femur fractures.

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

Liver biopsy.

Vascular disorders of the liver.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Polycystic ovary syndrome. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Cochlear implants for children and adults with severe to profound deafness.

Machine perfusion systems and cold static storage of kidneys from deceased donors.

Program in Evidence-based Care

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) targeted therapy in stage III and IV head and neck cancer: guideline recommendations.

Interferon-alfa in the treatment of patients with inoperable locally advanced metastatic renal cell cancer: guideline recommendations.

Intraspinal techniques for pain management in cancer patients: guideline recommendations.

The use of inhibitors of angiogenesis in patients with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic renal cell cancer: guideline recommendations.

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Best evidence statement (BESt). Airway clearance technique with patients with cystic fibrosis.

Best evidence statement (BESt). Blood pressure measurement in children.

Best evidence statement (BESt). Infection control in cystic fibrosis (CF).

Best evidence statement (BESt). Long-term outcomes in obstructive sleep apnea.

Best evidence statement (BESt). Readiness for transition to adult care: pediatric kidney transplant patients.

Best evidence statement (BESt). Screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

Best evidence statement (BESt). Treatment of amblyopia in children.

Evidence-based care guideline for pediatric constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT).

Evidence-based care guideline for serial casting of the lower extremity.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

Primary prevention of chronic disease risk factors. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Stable coronary artery disease. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care

Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia. The management of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in adults.

New York State Department of Health

Aspects of primary care for the HIV-infected substance user. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

European Association of Urology

Cryptorchidism. In: Guidelines on paediatric urology. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Daytime lower urinary tract conditions. In: Guidelines on paediatric urology. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Dilatation of the upper urinary tract (ureteropelvic junction and ureterovesical junction obstruction). In: Guidelines on paediatric urology. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Management of neurogenic bladder in children. In: Guidelines on paediatric urology. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Monosymptomatic enuresis. In: Guidelines on paediatric urology. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

New York State Department of Health

Care of the hospitalized HIV-infected substance user.

Medical care of HIV-infected substance-using women. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Prevention of secondary disease: preventive medicine. Gynecological care.

Prevention of secondary disease: preventive medicine. Viral hepatitis.

Somatic symptoms: mental health approach and differential diagnosis.

Substance use and dependence among HIV-infected adolescents and young adults.

Syphilis.

JANUARY 25, 2010

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Best evidence statement (BESt). Failure to thrive treatment protocol.

Best evidence statement (BESt). Inpatient support groups for families of children with intractable epilepsy.

Best evidence statement (BESt). Intra-hospital registered nurse (RN) transport teams impact on patient safety.

Evidence-based care guideline for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxis following solid organ transplants. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Evidence-based care guideline for therapy management of congenital muscular torticollis in children age 0 to 36 months.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

Major depression in adults in primary care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Management of labor. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Amantadine, oseltamivir and zanamivir for the treatment of influenza. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Endovascular stent-grafts for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Rivaroxaban for the prevention of venous thromboembolism after total hip or total knee replacement in adults.

Sunitinib for the first-line treatment of advanced and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

1) Screening for breast cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. 2) December 2009 addendum. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Using nontraditional risk factors in coronary heart disease risk assessment: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.

JANUARY 18, 2010

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Induction of labor. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring: nomenclature, interpretation, and general management principles. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

Antithrombotic therapy supplement. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health

Antisocial personality disorder. Treatment, management and prevention.

National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care

Medicines adherence. Involving patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence.

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

(1) Donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine (review) and memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (2) 2007 addendum. (3) 2009 addendum. This is an addendum to a previously published guideline summary.

Rehabilitation after critical illness.

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

Management of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection. A national clinical guideline. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

University of Michigan Health System

Managing chronic non-terminal pain including prescribing controlled substances.

Washington State Department of Labor and Industries

Work-related acute cauda equina syndrome (CES) diagnosis and treatment. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Work-related proximal median nerve entrapment (PMNE) diagnosis and treatment.

JANUARY 11, 2010

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

Diagnosis, management, and treatment of hepatitis C: an update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Management of adult patients with ascites due to cirrhosis: an update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Primary biliary cirrhosis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

American Association of Diabetes Educators

Guidelines for the practice of diabetes education.

Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium

Management of overweight and obesity in the adult. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Prevention of unintended pregnancy in adults 18 years and older. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Routine preventive services for children and adolescents (ages 2 - 21). This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Routine preventive services for infants and children (birth - 24 months). This updates a previously published guideline summary.

National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health

Diabetes in pregnancy. Management of diabetes and its complications from pre-conception to the postnatal period.

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis. Antimicrobial prophylaxis against infective endocarditis in adults and children undergoing interventional procedures.

North American Spine Society

Antithrombotic therapies in spine surgery.

Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada

Management guidelines for obstetric patients and neonates born to mothers with suspected or probable severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

Management of meconium at birth.

JANUARY 4, 2010

University of Pennsylvania Health System

Management of acute lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding.

World Health Organization

Case-finding strategies. In: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Category IV recording and reporting system. In: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

DR-TB and HIV infection. In: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Drug resistance and infection control. In: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Initial evaluation, monitoring of treatment and management of adverse effects. In: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Laboratory aspects. In: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Management of contacts of MDR-TB patients. In: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Management of patients after MDR-TB treatment failure. In: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Management of second-line antituberculosis drugs. In: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Managing DR-TB through patient-centred care. In: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Mono-resistant and poly-resistant strains. In: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Treatment delivery and community-based DR-TB support. In: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Treatment of DR-TB in special conditions and situations. In: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Treatment strategies for MDR-TB and XDR-TB. In: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.


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