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Recommendation ID IPG657/1 Question Current evidence on the safety of ultrasound-guided high‑intensity transcutaneous focused ultrasound
Recommendation ID IPG653/1 Question Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Recommendation ID IPG656/1 Question The evidence on the safety of transurethral laser ablation for recurrent non-muscle-invasive bladder
Recommendation ID CG71/6 Question What is the utility of routine cardiovascular evaluation for asymptomatic people with FH? Any explanatory
Recommendation ID NG19/12 Question When is it safe to stop contact casting in the treatment of acute Charcot arthropathy? Any explanatory
Recommendation ID NG19/11 Question Which risk stratification tools can be used to predict the likelihood of Charcot arthropathy? Any
Recommendation ID NG1/2 Question What is the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a trial of hydrolysed formula in formula‑fed infants
Recommendation ID CG137/5 Question What is the malformation rate and longer term neurodevelopmental outcome of children born to mothers
Recommendation ID NG19/10 Question What is the clinical effectiveness of maggot debridement therapy in the debridement of diabetic foot
Recommendation ID NG19/9 Question What is the clinical effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy in the treatment of diabetic foot
Recommendation ID NG19/5 Question What is the clinical effectiveness of different dressing types in treating diabetic foot problems?
Recommendation ID CG184/3 Question What is the clinical effectiveness of double-dose PPIs in people with severe erosive reflux disease (Los
Recommendation ID NG142/2 Question Which of the electronic information-sharing systems perform best for the care of people approaching the
Recommendation ID CG137/2 Question What are the initial and add-on AEDs of choice in the treatment of the epilepsy syndromes with onset
Recommendation ID CG184/2 Question What is the effectiveness of laparoscopic fundoplication compared with medical management in people with
Recommendation ID CG71/4 Question What are the appropriate indications, effectiveness and safety of LDL apheresis in people with heterozygous
Recommendation ID CG71/3 Question What is the clinical effectiveness and safety of differing doses of lipid-modifying therapy in children
Recommendation ID NG142/1 Question Does early review of service provision and referral to additional specialist palliative care services
Recommendation ID NG19/3 Question What is the role of educational models and psycho-behavioural interventions in prevention of diabetic
Recommendation ID NG19/2 Question When and with what criteria should people with diabetes be referred to the foot protection service or
Recommendation ID NG142/3 Question What are the benefits of planned, regular community-based reviews compared with as-required review of
Recommendation ID CG137/3 Question Does treatment response relate to cause in infantile spasms? Does early treatment success in seizure
Recommendation ID NG1/3 Question In infants, children and young people with overt or occult reflux, is fundoplication effective in reducing
Recommendation ID NG142/4 Question What is the optimal way of discharging people approaching the end of their life from hospitals back to
Recommendation ID CG137/1 Question How do the newer AEDs compare in efficacy to the standard AEDs in the treatment of newly diagnosed epilepsy
Recommendation ID NG19/2 Question When and with what criteria should people with diabetes be referred to the foot protection service or
Recommendation ID NG19/6 Question Within the hospital multidisciplinary team, when is it appropriate and effective to refer people with
Recommendation ID CG184/5 Question What specialist investigations should be conducted to exclude a diagnosis of functional dyspepsia in
Recommendation ID NG1/1 Question What are the symptoms of GORD in infants, children and young people with a neurodisability? Any explanatory
Recommendation ID CG184/1 Question In people who experience symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) or symptoms suggestive
Recommendation ID CG71/2 Question What are the long-term effects of statin therapy on sub-clinical atherosclerosis in children with FH who
Recommendation ID IPG663/1 Question Evidence on the safety and efficacy of midcarpal hemiarthroplasty for wrist arthritis is inadequate
Recommendation ID NG19/1 Question Does intensive monitoring of people at risk of diabetic foot disease reduce the morbidity associated with
Recommendation ID NG19/8 Question How often should people with diabetic foot problems (foot ulcers, soft tissue infections, osteomyelitis
Recommendation ID CG184/4 Question What specialist management is effective for people whose symptoms do not respond to PPIs despite optimum
Recommendation ID CG137/4 Question What is the most effective and safest AED to treat: established (usually lasting longer than 30
Recommendation ID CG71/1 Question What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of using different thresholds of LDL‑C concentration in primary
Recommendation ID CG71/5 Question What are the implications of FH for the safety of a mother during pregnancy and what are the risks of
Recommendation ID NG19/7 Question What is the effectiveness of different footwear, insoles and orthoses in the prevention of foot problems
Recommendation ID NG19/4 Question What strategies may be useful in the prevention of Charcot arthropathy? Any explanatory notes(if
Recommendation ID NG134/5 Question What is the clinical and cost effectiveness, post treatment and at longer-term follow‑up, of behavioural
Recommendation ID CG30/4 Question The effect of injectable contraceptives on bone mineral density in women who have used DMPA for longer
Recommendation ID NG132/1 Question What is the clinical utility of bone turnover markers in the diagnosis and management of primary...
Recommendation ID NG134/4 Question What is the clinical and cost effectiveness, post-treatment and at longer-term follow‑up, of a brief
Recommendation ID NG131/7 Question What is the prognostic value of different risk stratification methods for people with locally advanced
Recommendation ID NG131/3 Question What is the most clinically and cost-effective pathway for diagnosing clinically significant prostate
Recommendation ID NG134/2 Question What is the clinical and cost effectiveness, post-treatment and at longer-term follow‑up, of supported