28 Mar 2008
Dr Niel Amin gives an overview of recent NICE guidelines on the care of osteoarthritis in adults....-centred, and outline lifestyle changes and pharmaceutical agents recommended to help ease OA symptoms. NICE delivers ...
for GPs, heralding a move to active OA management. Q: If I follow the NICE guidelines, how will I ...
and obese patients. As an adjunct to core treatment, NICE recommends topical NSAIDs are offered ...
06 Oct 2011
| by Abhijit Bhattacharyya
for women with a multiple pregnancy were not standardised.
The new NICE multiple pregnancy guideline sets ...
of delivery in different delivery units, the NICE guideline considered the best available evidence ...
should be provided to women with an uncomplicated multiple pregnancy. This is the first time that NICE ...
16 Sep 2010
| by Dr Zoe Rawlinson
Recent NICE guidance will assist in assessing and managing constipation, explains Dr Zoe Rawlinson....In May 2010, NICE published guidelines on managing idiopathic childhood constipation in primary ...
2 and hypothyroidism.
If there is concern about child maltreatment, refer to NICE guideline 89. 3
Dr Rawlinson is a GP in London and a member of the NICE guideline development group ...
26 Feb 2009
NICE has released new guidance on the management of RA. Dr Louise Warburton looks at key points...This week NICE released its guidance on the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). 1 The key ...
. While developing the new NICE guidelines, the development group felt that it was very important ...
that a patient may have an inflammatory arthritis. Investigations According to NICE, GPs should ...
04 Sep 2007
questions concerning the NICE guidance on feverish illness in children....Q. If I was following NICE guidance perfectly, how would I manage a feverish child? A. You ...
by the NICE team showed parents report of fever can be trusted and there is only a weak correlation between ...
this may be down to failures in secondary care (hence NICE s drive to ensure feverish children are cared ...
05 Sep 2007
Dr James Cave answers key questions concerning the NICE guidance on feverish children....If I was following NICE guidance perfectly, how would I manage a feverish child? You should ...
carried out by the NICE team showed that parents reports of fever can be trusted, and there is only a ...
of Europe. Partly, this may be down to failures in secondary care (hence NICE s drive to ensure feverish ...
23 Jun 2011
| by Dr Barbara Compitus
to navigate.
The aim of the new NICE guideline for common mental health disorders, which is written ...
two key elements for GPs.It pulls together a number of existing NICE guideline recommendations ...
of common mental health disorders.
The NICE guideline, Common mental health disorders: identification ...
19 Jun 2008
Dr Rubin Minhas talks to GP about the latest lipid modification guidelines from NICE....Q: Are the NICE guidelines designed for primary or secondary prevention? Both ...
the NICE target? Guidelines need to be realistic. Up-titration of initial statin treatment to achieve ...
, the younger the event in the family member, the greater the risk. Q The NICE guidelines advise calculating ...
10 Nov 2011
| by Dr Jamie Nicholls
The recently published NICE guideline on the recognition, referral and diagnosis of autism ...
by NICE. Further guidelines on diagnosis and management in adults, and on management in children and young ...
and SIGN, has not been followed widely, but the hope is that a NICE guideline will have a greater impact ...
24 Feb 2011
| by Dr Linda Harris
This NICE guideline outlines diagnosis and treatment. By Dr Linda Harris...with specialist community alcohol services are the cornerstone of this response.
The NICE clinical guideline ...
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The NICE guideline contains 94 recommendations about how care can be improved but nine key recommendations ...
for implementation.
This is the first time that NICE has published guidance specifically on diagnosing alcohol ...