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Volume 13 Issue 3 - March 2010

  Colour Key:
  NICE or Department of Health guideline
  SIGN guideline
  Independent professional body guideline
  Working party guideline
  Other articles
Guidelines in Practice - March 2010 cover
  Editorial
  Better access to psychological therapies is needed
  News
  Guideline published to help GPs identify early cervical cancer in young women
  SIGN updates guideline on the management of obesity
  Updated Guideline
  All patients admitted to hospital should be assessed for risk of VTE
  Professor Tom Treasure, Dr Lee-Yee Chong, and Dr Jennifer Hill outline the NICE guideline on the prevention of venous thromboembolism and the use of prophylaxis
  Guideline Revisited
  NICE post-MI guideline provides a framework for primary care
  Dr Rajiv Rampat and Professor Adam Timmis discuss the lifestyle and drug treatment recommendations on secondary prevention following a myocardial infarction
  New Guideline
  Gastroenteritis in young children should trigger a dehydration assessment
  Dr Stephen Murphy and Shona Burman-Roy outline the NICE recommendations on managing diarrhoea and vomiting caused by gastroenteritis in children under 5 years
  Hot Topic
  Joint working can bring benefits to all parties involved
  Martin Anderson summarises the available guidance on joint working between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry, and provides examples of successful case studies
  Out of Hours
  Should EU states have equal access to drug information?
  Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol