Volume 11 Issue 7 - July 2008
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NICE or Department of Health guideline |
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SIGN guideline |
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Independent professional body guideline |
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Working party guideline |
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Other articles |
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Editorial |
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eGuidelines.co.uk updates will keep GPs informed
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News |
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SIGN publishes guideline on kidney disease
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Lord Darzi’s NHS review promotes quality care and patient rights
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Personal View |
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BTS/SIGN update their guideline on asthma care
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Dr Malcolm Campbell says GPs should look for clinical features of asthma in their patients, and implement a stepped care approach |
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Personal View |
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NICE promotes assessment of cardiovascular risk
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Dr Alan Begg discusses the new guideline on lipid modification, which will prioritise patients on the basis of their clinical history |
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Guideline Implementation |
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Greater evidence of action on urinary incontinence is needed
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Drs Malin Roesner and Adrian Wagg discuss to what extent the NICE guideline has been implemented and suggest how progress could be better monitored |
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New Guideline |
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NICE guideline makes recommendations on prostate cancer care
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Diagnosis is not solely deciding whether a man has prostate cancer, but whether that disease requires treatment, explain Professor Mark Baker and Dr John Graham |
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Guideline Implementation |
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NICE reinforces its guidance on helping smokers to quit
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Jennifer Percival highlights the importance of brief interventions in assisting smoking cessation and the vital role of the primary healthcare team in implementation |
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Out of Hours |
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Tomorrow’s doctors need to be masters of many roles
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |
