21 Mar 2012
| by Dr Klaus Witte
A clinical review of the diagnosis and management of hypertension, according to the latest NICE...function.
NICE guidelines have focused on ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM). 5 Patients with a clinic BP ...
/95mmHg.
Recent changes to guidelines The latest NICE guidelines aim to improve the accuracy ...
benefit but was associated with more side-effects.
Guidelines
NICE. The clinical management ...
21 Mar 2012
| by Dr Louise Newson
should have an abdominal examination performed, including a digital rectal examination. NICE recommends ...
reversible causes of LUTS should be determined (for example, use of diuretics).
NICE guidance also ...
, unless renal impairment is suspected.
NICE recommends that PSA testing should only be offered to men ...
08 Feb 2012
| by Dr Simon Bourne
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Severity grading of COPD according to NICE 2010 4
Stage
FEV 1 /FVC
Post-bronchodilator FEV ...
be diagnosed and managed within primary care in the majority of cases. NICE has recently published not only ...
The 13 NICE quality standards cover both primary and secondary care management in the stable ...
16 May 2012
| by Miss Jane Borley and Miss Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami
and feeling full quickly. 4
NICE guidance agrees with this and suggests that symptoms of increased ...
by the clinical absence of a pelvic mass.
Initial investigations NICE guidance recommends preliminary ...
transvaginal USS). If the CA125 is within normal limits ( 35IU/ml), NICE recommends careful assessment ...
07 Mar 2012
| by Dr Mark Cooper
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Further guidance The drugs used to treat osteoporosis have been evaluated by NICE (see online resources). Guidelines from NICE for the management of osteoporosis are in draft form. These guidelines are heavily based ...
intake.
On the basis of NICE guidance, she was started on alendronic acid 70mg once weekly along ...
15 Feb 2012
| by Dr Louise Newson
pregnancy incidence of GDM to more than 16%.
However, NICE recommends that women with any one of the risk ...
-28 weeks. 4 Around 30-50% of pregnant women in the UK have at least one of these risk factors.
NICE ...
of diabetes. Guideline No 116; March 2010.
4. NICE. Diabetes in pregnancy. CG63. NICE, London, 2008.
5 ...
20 Oct 2011
| by Professor Robin Davidson
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Comorbidities The NICE guidance emphasises that in a primary care setting, PTSD may present as some ...
in any effective cognitive intervention for PTSD.
Drug treatment NICE guidance notes ...
16 Jun 2011
| by Dr David Breen
are also relatively common. The current NICE guidelines advise an urgent chest X-ray in a number ...
of metastatic disease
Adapted from NICE guideline CG121
Section 3: Managing ...
pathological stage.
The NICE guidelines advise open or thoracoscopic lobectomy as the surgical treatment ...
10 Nov 2011
| by Dr Louise Newson
and guidelines to standardise this are in development.
1. Clinical guidelines Currently, NICE clinical ...
References 1. NICE. Routine postnatal care of women and their babies. CG37. London, NICE, 2006.
2 ...
09 Sep 2010
| by Dr Unni Krishnan and Dr Robert Cooper
with MS to ensure adequate diastolic filling of the LV.
According to NICE, antibiotic prophylaxis ...
with valvular heart disease. Circulation 2006; 114(5): e84-231. See the flow chart on page e131.
NICE has several guidelines covering MV diseases.
Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis CG64. NICE ...