Clinical Guidelines

INDIANAPOLIS — In a session on melatonin use in children, Judith Owens, MD, MPH, aimed to pique discussion among attendees about the challenges of talking with parents and families about the supplement’s use in this patient population.

The 2020 European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of non ST-elevation ACS may help clinicians determine the thrombotic risk categories of patients being considered for PCI, a speaker reported.

Testing the effectiveness of an innovative, clinic-level educational intervention to improve management of people with type 2 diabetes and CVD.

A deep learning model utilized unstructured electronic health record data to identify specific patient-, physician- and system-level reasons for statin nonuse among patients with diabetes, researchers reported.

NEW ORLEANS — Implementing a coordinated care intervention in U.S. cardiology clinics led to a fourfold increase in the prescription of three groups of guideline-recommended therapies in adults with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic CVD.

NEW ORLEANS — Implementing a coordinated care intervention in U.S. cardiology clinics led to a fourfold increase in the prescription of three groups of guideline-recommended therapies in adults with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic CVD.

Of nearly 80 dietary clinical practice guidelines, most were aligned in their recommendations for consumption of plant-based diets and avoidance of salt, sodium and alcohol, a recent study found.

The prevalence of medical cannabis use in the United States has increased significantly from 2013 to 2020, according to study results published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In this interview from the Annual Dialysis Conference, Michael A. Kraus, MD, discussed the 2026 home dialysis training guidelines being developed by the Facility Guidelines Institute.

PCI without surgery on-site is as safe as PCI at centers with on-site surgery across randomized controlled trials, observational studies and international experiences, according to an expert consensus statement.