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This guideline covers diagnosing and managing hypertension (high blood pressure), including pre-eclampsia, during pregnancy, labour and birth. It also includes advice for women with hypertension who wish to conceive and women who have had a pregnancy complicated by hypertension. It aims to improve care during pregnancy, labour and birth for women and their babies.
This guideline covers assessing and managing non-complex fractures that can be treated in the emergency department or orthopaedic clinic. It aims to improve practice so that people with fractures receive the care that they need without unnecessary tests and treatments.
This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for acute sore throat. It aims to limit antibiotic use and reduce antimicrobial resistance. Acute sore throat is often caused by a virus, lasts for about a week, and most people get better without antibiotics. Withholding antibiotics rarely leads to complications.
EarlySense for heart and respiratory monitoring and predicting patient deterioration (MIB49)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on EarlySense for heart and respiratory monitoring and predicting patient deterioration
Canagliflozin in combination therapy for treating type 2 diabetes (TA315)
Evidence-based recommendations on canagliflozin (Invokana) in combination therapy for treating type 2 diabetes in adults.
Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers (NG97)
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease). It aims to improve care by making recommendations on training staff and helping carers to support people living with dementia.
Prasugrel with percutaneous coronary intervention for treating acute coronary syndromes (TA317)
Evidence-based recommendations on prasugrel (Efient) with percutaneous coronary intervention for treating acute coronary syndromes in adults.
Evidence-based recommendations on osimertinib (Tagrisso) for adjuvant treatment of stage 1b to 3a non-small-cell lung cancer after complete tumour resection in adults.
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Rehabilitation for chronic neurological disorders including acquired brain injury (NG252)
This guideline covers rehabilitation in all settings for children, young people and adults with a chronic neurological disorder, neurological impairment or disabling neurological symptoms due to acquired brain injury, acquired spinal cord injury, acquired peripheral nerve disorder, functional neurological disorder or progressive neurological disease.
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Sections for NG252
- Overview
- Designing and commissioning rehabilitation services
- Assessing rehabilitation needs and goal setting
- Rehabilitation planning and delivery
- Information, advice and learning as part of rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation to maintain, improve or support function
- Rehabilitation to support education, work, social and leisure activities, relationships and sex
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This guideline covers the main risk factors linked with cardiovascular disease: poor diet, physical inactivity, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption. It aims to reduce the high incidence of cardiovascular disease. This, in turn, will help prevent other major causes of death and illness, such as type 2 diabetes and many cancers.
Lenalidomide plus dexamethasone for previously untreated multiple myeloma (TA587)
Evidence-based recommendations on lenalidomide (Revlimid) plus dexamethasone for previously untreated multiple myeloma in adults.
This guideline covers preventing and treating surgical site infections in adults, young people and children who are having a surgical procedure involving a cut through the skin. It focuses on methods used before, during and after surgery to minimise the risk of infection.
This guideline covers recognising, assessing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve quality of life by reducing symptoms of PTSD such as anxiety, sleep problems and difficulties with concentration. Recommendations also aim to raise awareness of the condition and improve coordination of care.
Active B12 assay for diagnosing vitamin B12 deficiency (MIB40)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on the Active-B12 assay for diagnosing vitamin B12 deficiency
Birch bark extract for treating epidermolysis bullosa (HST28)
Evidence-based recommendations on birch bark extract (Filsuvez) for treating partial thickness wounds associated with dystrophic and junctional epidermolysis bullosa in people aged 6 months and over.