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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Guidelines and Cochrane Reviews

Guidelines and Cochrane Reviews

Frequency: Monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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October 2024

Cochrane reviews – new (unless specified as updated)

Assistive technologies, including orthotic devices, for the management of contractures in adults after a stroke

Automated peritoneal dialysis versus continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for people with kidney failure (updated)

Cardiovascular training versus resistance training for fatigue in people with cancer

Donor human milk for preventing necrotising enterocolitis in very preterm or very low‐birthweight infants (updated)

Erythropoiesis‐stimulating agents for preventing acute kidney injury

Exercise‐based cardiac rehabilitation for adults with atrial fibrillation (updated)

Exergaming for dementia and mild cognitive impairment

Fertility‐sparing surgical interventions for low‐risk, non‐metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasia

Immunomodulators and immunosuppressants for progressive multiple sclerosis: a network meta‐analysis

Interleukin‐receptor antagonist and tumour necrosis factor inhibitors for the primary and secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases

Intermittent preventive treatment regimens for malaria in HIV‐positive pregnant women (updated)

Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under (updated)

Long‐term antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of rheumatic fever recurrence and progression to rheumatic heart disease

Lubricating drops for contact lens discomfort in adults

Occlusal interventions for managing temporomandibular disorders

Oral vitamin D supplementation for adults with obesity undergoing bariatric surgery

Psychedelic‐assisted therapy for treating anxiety, depression, and existential distress in people with life‐threatening diseases

Rehabilitation for ankle fractures in adults (updated)

Vitamin D for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

NICE guidelines – new/updated

Burosumab for treating X-linked hypophosphataemia in children and young people (HST8 – updated)

Single-step scaffold insertion for repairing symptomatic chondral knee defects (IPG793 – new)

Sources

Cochrane Library (Sep); NICE website (Sep)

September 2024

Cochrane reviews – new

Accuracy of routine laboratory tests to predict mortality and deterioration to severe or critical COVID‐19 in people with SARS‐CoV‐2

Cardiovascular training versus resistance training for fatigue in people with cancer

Diabetes as a risk factor for tuberculosis disease

Educational and psychological interventions for managing atopic dermatitis (eczema)

Healthcare workers’ informal uses of mobile phones and other mobile devices to support their work: a qualitative evidence synthesis

Immune checkpoint inhibitors plus platinum‐based chemotherapy compared to platinum‐based chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab for first‐line treatment of older people with advanced non‐small cell lung cancer

Liver fibrosis stage based on the four factors (FIB‐4) score or Forns index in adults with chronic hepatitis C

Local corticosteroid injection versus surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome

Non‐surgical interventions for preventing contralateral tissue loss and amputation in dysvascular patients with a primary major lower limb amputation

Nutritional therapy for reducing disability and improving activities of daily living in people after stroke

Shunting for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Tamoxifen for adults with hepatocellular carcinoma

Topical anti‐inflammatory treatments for eczema: network meta‐analysis

Transarterial (chemo)embolisation versus systemic chemotherapy for colorectal cancer liver metastases

Transitional discharge interventions for people with schizophrenia

NICE guidelines – new

Diabetic retinopathy: management and monitoring (NG242)

Sources

Cochrane Library (Aug); NICE website (Aug)

August 2024

Cochrane reviews – new

Adjunctive antimicrobial photodynamic therapy for treating periodontal and peri‐implant diseases

Bone‐modifying agents for reducing bone loss in women with early and locally advanced breast cancer: a network meta‐analysis

Cenobamate add‐on therapy for drug‐resistant focal epilepsy

Clinical service organisation for adults with atrial fibrillation

Cognitive behavioural therapy and third‐wave approaches for anxiety and related disorders in older people

Haloperidol (oral) versus olanzapine (oral) for people with schizophrenia and schizophrenia‐spectrum disorders

Preoperative coronary interventions for preventing acute myocardial infarction in the perioperative period of major open vascular or endovascular surgery

Strategies for cessation of caffeine administration in preterm infants

Surgical interventions for treating hallux valgus and bunions

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for pain control in women with primary dysmenorrhoea

Treatment of uncomplicated hepatic cystic echinococcosis (hydatid disease)

Trifocal versus extended depth of focus (EDOF) intraocular lenses after cataract extraction

Cochrane reviews – updated

Antihypertensive treatment for kidney transplant recipients

Normothermic and hypothermic machine perfusion preservation versus static cold storage for deceased donor kidney transplantation

Preoperative statin therapy for adults undergoing cardiac surgery

Routine intraoperative ureteric stenting for kidney transplant recipients

Transabdominal pre‐peritoneal (TAPP) versus totally extraperitoneal (TEP) laparoscopic techniques for inguinal hernia repair

Ultrasonography for confirmation of gastric tube placement

Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy

NICE guidelines – updated

Anaphylaxis (QS119)

Sources

Cochrane Library (Jul); NICE website (Jul)