22 Feb 2008
of those over 80 in the UK. NICE guidance on dementia, published in 2007, recommends using ...
moderate Alzheimer s disease. NICE recommends that these drugs only be used to treat patients who score ...
with cholinesterase inhibitors. NICE recommends that memory assessment services should be the single point ...
20 Oct 2006
recommended for use in patients with Alzheimer s disease. New NICE guidance will be finalised next month ...
: 1). Implications for practice When NICE adjusted costs to take account of the benefits ...
-adjusted life year gained of 48,000, 32,000, and 38,000 respectively. Draft NICE guidance issued ...
01 Jun 2007
antihypertensive drug choice according to a patient s ethnic group and age (the ABCD approach), NICE guidelines for hypertension initially conflicted this. However, NICE reviewed and altered their guidelines in 2006. A study ...
-3). Implications for practice NICE was established to advise the NHS in England and Wales not only ...
02 Jun 2006
| by Dr Louise Newson
patient s ethic group and age (the ABCD approach), the NICE guidelines for hypertension initially conflicted with this. In February 2006, NICE stated beta-blockers should not be used as first-line treatment ...
doctors is at least 300 (BMJ 2006; 332: 793). - NICE was established to advise the NHS, not only ...
10 Apr 2009
| by Dr Louise Newson, a GP in the West Midlands
). The three cholinesterase inhibitors, donepezil, galantamine and rivastigmine are recommended by NICE ...
of diagnosis (Eur J Neurology 2007, 14: e1-e26). NICE does not recommend memantine for moderately severe ...
treatments for Alzheimer's disease are based on the current NICE guidance. Guidelines ...
05 Dec 2008
Database Syst Rev 2008; (1): CD001155). Guidelines October 2008 NICE guidance recommends using ...
.shef.ac.uk/FRAX), a simple online tool supported by the WHO to assess 10-year fracture risk. However, NICE ruled out ...
. NICE states that if women cannot take alendronic acid, then risedronate sodium and disodium etidronate ...
23 Feb 2007
Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2006; 77: 193 8). Implications for practice NICE guidance states ...
of injectables, and the interval length should remain at 12 weeks. NICE recommends a 10-week interval ...
occurs in more than 50 per cent of patients. Further reading NICE recommends that lamotrigine ...
21 Apr 2006
who think that at least the criteria make it a nice standardised affair. Having just attended ...
into writing down the latest NICE recommendations. If you can make your answer as wordy as NICE summaries, you ...
07 Apr 2011
| by Dr Louise Newson
Health Serv 2008; 46 : 19-23 ).
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NICE guidance advises that clinicians should ...
should include a full discussion with the patient and/or carers ( NICE. Dementia. CG42. London, NICE 2006 ...
for behavioural and psychiatric symptoms of dementia, clinicians should take both NICE and the RCP guidelines ...
06 Jul 2007
| by Louise Newson, a GP in the West Midlands and author of 'HotTopics for MCRGP and General Practitioners' PasTest 2006
/ERS) and NICE. - NICE guidelines are evidence-based and serve to clarify, standardise and improve the treatment of patients with COPD. USEFUL WEBSITES www.brit-thoracic.org.uk - British Thoracic Society www.nice.org.uk - NICE www.goldcopd.com - GOLD KEY POINTS - COPD is still underdiagnosed. - Many patients are also ...