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Register now for the Guidelines International Network Conference in Philadelphia
This year's theme is “Individualized Guidelines and Clinical Performance Measurement in an Era of Personalized Medicine.”
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/28/5.htm
28 Jun 2016
New methadone safety clinical practice guideline released
New guidelines for prescribing methadone for opioid addiction and pain management offer advice for primary care and specialty providers about safety and electrocardiogram monitoring to identify patients at high risk for cardiac problems.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/06/2.htm
6 May 2014
Guideline issued on diagnostic testing for obstructive sleep apnea
Among other strong recommendations, clinical tools, questionnaires, and prediction algorithms are not recommended for obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis in adults in the absence of polysomnography or home sleep apnea testing.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/21/4.htm
21 Mar 2017
Guidance issued on outpatient testing for fungal infections in CAP
Coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, and blastomycosis can have presentations similar to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and should be considered in certain geographic areas, experts said.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/10/17/1.htm
17 Oct 2023
Guideline-based care underused for PAD, study says
Interventions to optimize secondary prevention, such as physician note “checklists” or other systematic prescription programs, might improve medication use and lifestyle counseling.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/02/4.htm
2 May 2017
LGBTQ care must go beyond guidelines
To make health care more inclusive, physicians can include in the medical record the use of preferred names and pronouns, information on gender-affirming hormones and surgeries, and a record of the organs that patients have and that they were born with.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/09/lgbtq-care-must-go-beyond-guidelines.htm
1 Sep 2020
Joint guidelines issued for drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis
A 4-drug regimen of isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol, followed by a continuation phase of 4 months of isoniazid and rifampin, remains the preferred initial treatment.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/16/5.htm
16 Aug 2016
Statins, gout guidelines fuel debate on best practice
This issue covers the debate about statins guidelines, evidence-based guidelines for gout, and physicians-in-training who face discrimination.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/04/editors.htm
1 Apr 2017
ACP cohosting Guidelines International Network conference in Philadelphia
G-I-N is a global network that supports the implementation of evidence-based care and aims to strengthen and support the development and adaptation of clinical guidelines. This year's theme is “Individualized Guidelines and Clinical Performance Measurement in an Era of Personalized Medicine.”
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/29/7.htm
29 Mar 2016
Updated HIV guidelines issued
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued updated guidelines April 8 on use of antiretroviral treatment in HIV-infected adults and adolescents.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/04/21/5.htm
21 Apr 2015