Clinical Guidelines
NIH updates guidance for diagnosis, management, treatment of asthma
The NIH has released new recommendations for the diagnosis, management and treatment of asthma in adolescents and adults, the first updates to federal comprehensive asthma guidelines in more than a decade.
ACR RA guidelines ‘push the needle away’ from glucocorticoids as primary option
Glucocorticoids should no longer be the “default” option for many patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to authors of a new recommendation document presented at ACR Convergence 2020.
Pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma guidelines to help clinicians weigh treatment safety, efficacy
Although Hodgkin lymphoma is a highly curable form of pediatric cancer, treatment often results in life-threatening or debilitating long-term adverse effects.
EULAR recommends first core data set for pregnancy registries in rheumatology
EULAR has released its first consensus-based recommendations for a core data set for prospective pregnancy registries in rheumatology, with a total of 51 items covering maternal information and treatment.
Expert explores updated antiphospholipid syndrome guidelines via patient cases
The emergence of multiple documents outlining treatment recommendations for antiphospholipid syndrome between 2018 and 2020 has saved lives, according to a presenter at the 2020 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West.
ASH guidelines address ‘major gaps in our knowledge’ regarding sickle cell disease care
Pain is one of the most common symptoms of sickle cell disease, and severe pain is the leading cause of ED visits and hospital stays among patients with this disease.
In high-risk younger patients, cholesterol guideline suitability questioned
A new paper has questioned whether the 2018 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol appropriately identifies younger high-risk patients as candidates for statin therapy.
VA, DOD dyslipidemia guideline focuses on doses, tests, prevention, healthy lifestyle
A dyslipidemia guideline from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense provided recommendations on statin dosing, tests for predicting CVD risk, primary and secondary CVD prevention, nutrition and exercise.
ACG develops clinical guidelines for diagnosis, treatment of achalasia
ESC adult congenital heart disease guideline stresses lifelong management
The European Society of Cardiology released a new guideline on adult congenital heart disease emphasizing lifelong follow-up and endorsing catheter-based interventions when possible.