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Volume 12 Issue 3 - March 2009

  Colour Key:
  NICE or Department of Health guideline
  SIGN guideline
  Independent professional body guideline
  Working party guideline
  Other articles
Guidelines in Practice - March 2009 cover
  Editorial
  Are you ready to implement the changes to the QOF?
  News
  NICE advises on best practice for patients with breast cancer
  NICE guideline on rheumatoid arthritis has been published
  Personal View
  Guideline on FH emphasises importance of diagnosis
  Dr Judith Hayward reviews the NICE guideline on familial hypercholesterolaemia, and discusses the implications for GPs
  New Guideline
  Breakthrough pain should be distinguished from background pain
  Dr Giovambattista Zeppetella discusses the new guideline from the Association for Palliative Medicine on the management of breakthrough pain in patients with cancer
  Hot Topic
  The ABPI Code of Practice: key points for primary care
  Steven Gray outlines how the ABPI Code of Practice regulates the actions of the pharmaceutical industry and how companies are moving towards partnership working
  New Guideline
  The majority of patients with headache can be managed in primary care
  The SIGN guideline on the diagnosis and management of headache in adults is a comprehensive resource for GPs, says Dr David PB Watson
  Guideline Revisited
  Cardiovascular risk should be reduced in patients with CKD
  Dr Alan Begg reviews the guidelines on chronic kidney disease from NICE and SIGN, and highlights key clinical points for management in primary care
  Out of Hours
  When did you last witness a cardiac arrest?
  Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol