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Clinical guideline 2019
Prevention and public health

Diet and inflammatory bowel disease: The Asian Working Group guidelines.

Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology

Introduction These Asian Working Group guidelines on diet in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) present a multidisciplinary focus on clinical nutrition in IBD in Asian countries. Methodology The guidelines are based on evidence from existing published literature

Clinical guideline 2021
Cancer and oncology

Surveillance recommendations for DICER1 pathogenic variant carriers: a report from the SIOPE Host Genome Working Group and CanGene-CanVar Clinical Guideline Working Group.

Familial cancer

DICER1 syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that predisposes to a wide spectrum of tumors. Developing surveillance protocols for this syndrome is challenging because uncertainty exists about the clinical efficacy of surveillance, and appraisal of potential bene

Clinical guideline 2018
Children's health

The Japanese clinical practice guideline for acute kidney injury 2016.

Clinical and experimental nephrology

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a syndrome which has a broad range of etiologic factors depending on different clinical settings. Because AKI has significant impacts on prognosis in any clinical settings, early detection and intervention is necessary to improve t

Clinical guideline 2020
Infections and immunity

Guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of COVID-19. The task-force/consensus guideline of the Brazilian Association of Intensive Care Medicine, the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases and the Brazilian Society of Pulmonology and Tisiology.

Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva

Introduction Different therapies are currently used, considered, or proposed for the treatment of COVID-19; for many of those therapies, no appropriate assessment of effectiveness and safety was performed. This document aims to provide scientifically available

Clinical guideline 2022
Cancer and oncology

MASCC/ISOO expert opinion on the management of oral problems in patients with advanced cancer.

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer

Purpose The Palliative Care Study Group in conjunction with the Oral Care Study Group of the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) formed a sub-group to develop evidence-based guidance on the management of common oral problems in pati

Systematic review / meta-analysis 2023
General medicine and research

A Simple Classification of Pancreatic Duct Size and Texture Predicts Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula: A classification of the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery.

Annals of surgery

Objective The aim of this study was to develop a classification system for pancreas-associated risk factors in pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). Summary background data Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) is the most relevant PD-associated complication. A simple

Systematic review / meta-analysis 2023
Infections and immunity

Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses.

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

Background Viral epidemics or pandemics of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) pose a global threat. Examples are influenza (H1N1) caused by the H1N1pdm09 virus in 2009, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Systematic review / meta-analysis 2023
Infections and immunity

The Race to Retain Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review on Factors that Impact Retention of Nurses and Physicians in Hospitals.

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing

The shortage of healthcare workers is a growing problem across the globe. Nurses and physicians, in particular, are vulnerable as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding why they might leave is imperative for improving retention. This systematic revie

Systematic review / meta-analysis 2023
Mental health

The impact of sports participation on mental health and social outcomes in adults: a systematic review and the 'Mental Health through Sport' conceptual model.

Systematic reviews

Background Sport is a subset of physical activity that can be particularly beneficial for short-and-long-term physical and mental health, and social outcomes in adults. This study presents the results of an updated systematic review of the mental health and so