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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