Contents of EGP Update 1: 20
items of new and changing information
1. Opioids for chronic
low back pain.Deshpande A, Furlan A, Mailis-ganon A et
al. Cochrane database of Systematic Reviews 2007. Issue 3.
www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD004959/pdf_fs.html
2. Inhaled
corticosteroids for the treatment of chronic asthma in children
under the age of 12 years. NICE; 2007 www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/TA131guidance.pdf
3. Urinary tract
infection: diagnosis, treatment and long-term management of urinary
tract infection in children. NICE; 2007.
www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG54fullguideline.pdf
4. Deep vein
thrombosis. CKS; 2007.
cks.library.nhs.uk/deep_vein_thrombosis/view_whole_guidance
5. Mental Health Act
2007 (England and Wales). www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2007/ukpga_20070012_en_1
6. Primary hypercholesterolaemia.
Ezetimibe for the treatment of primary (heterozygous-familial and
non-familial) hypercholesterolaemia. NICE; 2007.
www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/TA132guidance.pdf
7. Secondary prevention
in primary and secondary care for patients following a myocardial
infarction. NICE; 2007. www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG48FullGuideline.pdf
8. Atopic eczema in children: management
of atopic eczema in children from birth up to the age of 12
years.NICE; 2007. www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG057NICEguideline.pdf
9. The assessment of
pain in older people. Royal College of Physicians, British
Geriatrics Society, and The British Pain Society; 2007.
www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/contents/ff4dbcd6-ffb7-41ad-b2b8-61315fd75c6f.pdf
10. Bronchiolitis in children.
SIGN, 2006. www.sign.ac.uk/pdf/sign91.pdf
11. Management of cervical
cancer. SIGN; 2008. http://www.sign.ac.uk/pdf/sign99.pdf
12. Feverish illness in
children: assessment and initial management in children younger
than 5 years. NICE;2007. www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG47NICEGuideline.pdf
13. Guidance for the
prevention, testing, treatment and management of hepatitis C in
primary care. RCGP Substance Misuse Unit, the
RCGP Sex, Drugs & HIV Task Group and Substance Misuse
Management in General Practice (SMMGP); 2007. www.rcgp.org.uk/pdf/Hep%20C%20Guidance1.pdf
14. Varenicline for
smoking cessation. NICE; 2007. www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/TA123Guidance.pdf
15. The prevention, diagnosis, referral
and management of melanoma of the skin. Royal College of
Physicians and British Association of Dermatologists; 2007.
www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/contents/f36b1656-cc74-4867-8498-cc94b378312a.pdf
16. Chronic fatigue syndrome / myalgic
encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)NICE;
2007; NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination; 2007.
www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/ShowRecord.asp?View=Full&ID=32007000365
www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG53NICEGuideline.pdf
17. Suicide and Older
People: what you need to know. Staffordshire University,
the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the RCGP; 2007.
www.rcgp.org.uk/docs/MH%20GP%20Crib%20Sheet.doc
18.
Menorrhagia. National Collaborating Centre for
Women's and Children's Health, published by Royal College of
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; 2007 http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG44FullGuideline.pdf
19. Evidence-based treatment of
adolescent major depression. B Dubicka and P
Wilkinson. . Evid Based Ment Health 2007;
10(4): 100-2
20. Drug misuse and dependence: UK
guidelines on clinical management. Department of Health,
The Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly Government and Northern
Ireland Executive; 2007. www.smmgp.org.uk/download/clinical/clinicalguidelines.pdf
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