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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
Recommendation ID NG134/3 Question What is the clinical and cost effectiveness, post-treatment and at longer-term follow‑up, of family therapy
Recommendation ID NG131/2 Question What is the most clinically and cost-effective follow‑up protocol for people with prostate cancer who
Recommendation ID NG135/5 Question How effective are education-based alcohol prevention interventions (universal or targeted) for children
Recommendation ID NG131/4 Question What is the most clinically and cost-effective pathway for excluding the clinically significant progression
Recommendation ID NG25/7 Question At what gestation should treatment with prophylactic vaginal progesterone for the prevention of preterm
Recommendation ID NG25/6 Question Does progesterone reduce the risk of preterm birth in women who have a short cervix (cervical length of
Recommendation ID NG25/5 Question Does progesterone reduce the risk of preterm birth in women who have risk factors for preterm birth, but
Recommendation ID NG132/2 Question What is the best and most cost-effective management strategy for people whose first surgery for primary
Recommendation ID NG132/4 Question What are the optimal management strategies for primary hyperparathyroidism during pregnancy? Any
Recommendation ID NG134/1 Question What is the clinical and cost effectiveness, post-treatment and at longer-term follow‑up, of psychological
Recommendation ID NG135/6 Question What methods and techniques help secondary schools and providers to effectively engage with parents and
Recommendation ID TA171/1 Question The Committee considered that rigorous data collection is needed on the life-extending benefits of lenalidomide
Recommendation ID NG132/3 Question What are the long-term outcomes of different management strategies for primary hyperparathyroidism? Which
Recommendation ID NG131/5 Question What is the natural history of people with a Likert score on MRI of less than 3 without biopsy at long-term
Recommendation ID NG140/7 Question What is the optimal regimen for general anaesthesia for women having surgical abortion? Any explanatory
Recommendation ID NG140/5 Question What local anaesthetic techniques are most effective for women having surgical abortion? Any explanatory
Recommendation ID NG140/1 Question What is the optimal antibiotic prophylaxis regimen for women who are having a surgical abortion?
Recommendation ID NG140/3 Question Should women having a surgical abortion up to and including 10+0 weeks' gestation have anti-D prophylaxis
Recommendation ID NG136/1 Question Which automated blood pressure monitors are suitable for people with hypertension and atrial fibrillation
Recommendation ID NG136/3 Question What is the optimum blood pressure target for people aged over 80 with treated primary hypertension?
Recommendation ID NG140/2 Question What are the most effective and acceptable methods of cervical priming before dilatation and evacuation
Recommendation ID NG33/2 Question Apart from culture, what other diagnostic tests or combinations of tests are effective inestablishing
Recommendation ID IPG650/1 Question The evidence on percutaneous insertion of a cerebral protection device to prevent cerebral embolism
Recommendation ID IPG651/2 Question Current evidence on the safety of percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy for acute deep vein thrombosis
Recommendation ID IPG651/1 Question Current evidence on the safety of percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy for acute deep vein thrombosis
Recommendation ID IPG654/1 Question The evidence on the safety of reinforcement of a permanent stoma with a synthetic or biological mesh
Recommendation ID IPG644/1 Question Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of radially emitting laser fibre treatment of an anal fistula
Recommendation ID IPG658/1 Question Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of endovascular insertion of an intrasaccular wire-mesh
Recommendation ID IPG655 Question The evidence on cardiac contractility modulation device implantation for heart failure raises no major
Recommendation ID IPG659/1 Question Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of low-energy contact X‑ray brachytherapy (the Papillon
Recommendation ID IPG660/1 Question Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of implant insertion for prominent ears is inadequate in
Recommendation ID IPG661/1 Question Evidence on the safety and efficacy of high-intensity focused ultrasound for glaucoma is inadequate
Recommendation ID IPG652/1 Question Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of bronchoscopic thermal vapour ablation for upper-lobe
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