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Leadless cardiac pacemaker implantation for bradyarrhythmias (IPG626)
Evidence-based recommendations on leadless cardiac pacemaker implantation for bradyarrhythmias in adults. This involves inserting a device into the heart that helps it beat at a normal rate.
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risk of fragility fracture. This is probably related to increased age and frailty with multiple comorbidities, which increase fracture...
information systems cannot adequately serve the complex needs of people with frailty or multimorbidity. However, the experience of the...
long-term physical and mental health problems, people with well-defined frailty, people frequently using unscheduled care, people...
homes, people who are housebound, people of all ages with well-defined frailty, people with high levels of multimorbidity or...
Integrated health and social care for people experiencing homelessness (NG214)
This guideline covers providing integrated health and social care services for people experiencing homelessness. It aims to improve access to and engagement with health and social care, and ensure care is coordinated across different services.
Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management (NG128)
This guideline covers interventions in the acute stage of a stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA). It offers the best clinical advice on the diagnosis and acute management of stroke and TIA in the 48 hours after onset of symptoms.
Neighbourhood Integrated Medicines Optimisation Team: Improving medicines use at home
very useful as we have access to discharge letters, bloods, SCR's and the frailty team who we communicate with regularly and they also...
Dementia, disability and frailty in later life – mid-life approaches to delay or prevent onset
work to develop a pilot for enhanced out of hours End of Life Care and Frailty support. Innovative use of the existing resources (for...
nursing home with very little or no rehabilitation input. Given the patient frailty and comorbidities, rehabilitation may have no effect...
moved area, 4 died (due to non-related reasons), 5 had difficulty due to frailty, 5 stopped warfarin treatment, 1 returned to clinic)....
This guideline covers care and treatment for people with, or at risk of, chronic kidney disease (CKD). It aims to prevent or delay the progression, and reduce the risk of complications and cardiovascular disease. It also covers managing anaemia and hyperphosphataemia associated with CKD.
This guideline covers referral and assessment for intermediate care and how to deliver the service. Intermediate care is a multidisciplinary service that helps people to be as independent as possible. It provides support and rehabilitation to people at risk of hospital admission or who have been in hospital. It aims to ensure people transfer from hospital to the community in a timely way and to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospitals and residential care.
people in nursing homes, people who are housebound, people with well-defined frailty, people with high levels of multimorbidity or...
This quality standard covers the initial management of self-harm and the provision of longer-term support for children and young people (aged 8 to 18) and adults (aged 18 and over) who self-harm. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS34
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Compassion, respect and dignity
- Quality statement 2: Initial assessments
- Quality statement 3: Psychosocial assessments
- Quality statement 4: Observation
- Quality statement 5: Safe physical environments
- Quality statement 6: Care plans
- Quality statement 7: Psychological interventions
This guideline covers care for adults (aged 18 and over) having elective or emergency surgery, including dental surgery. It covers all phases of perioperative care, from the time people are booked for surgery until they are discharged afterward. The guideline includes recommendations on preparing for surgery, keeping people safe during surgery and pain relief during recovery.
providing proactive anticipatory care for patients with moderate to severe frailty. Ugochi uses her experiences as a gynaecology patient...
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 the clinical care of adults (18 years and over) who are dying during the last 2 to 3 days of life. It aims to improve end of life care for people in their last days of life by communicating respectfully and involving them, and the people important to them, in decisions and by maintaining their comfort and dignity. The guideline covers how to manage common symptoms without causing unacceptable side effects and maintain hydration in the last days of life.
Evidence-based recommendations on apixaban (Eliquis) for treating and preventing recurrent deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism in adults.
This guideline covers assessing, diagnosing and managing physical health problems of people in prison. It aims to improve health and wellbeing in the prison population by promoting more coordinated care and more effective approaches to prescribing, dispensing and supervising medicines.
This quality standard covers care and treatment for adults (aged 18 and over) with type 1 diabetes. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS208
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Structured education programmes
- Quality statement 2: Continuous glucose monitoring
- Quality statement 3: Statin therapy for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
- Quality statement 4: 9 key care processes
- Quality statement 5: Assessing the risk of diabetic foot problems on admission to hospital
- Quality statement 6: Support to self-manage diabetes during inpatient admissions
- Quality statement 7 (placeholder): Identification of eating disorders in adults with type 1 diabetes
Renal replacement therapy and conservative management (NG107)
This guideline covers renal replacement therapy (dialysis and transplantation) and conservative management for people with chronic kidney disease stages 4 and 5. It aims to improve quality of life by making recommendations on planning, starting and switching treatments, and coordinating care.
Pembrolizumab with axitinib for untreated advanced renal cell carcinoma (TA650)
Evidence-based recommendations on pembrolizumab (Keytruda) with axitinib (Inlyta) for untreated advanced renal cell carcinoma in adults.
This guideline covers support for adults (aged 18 and over) who provide unpaid care for anyone aged 16 or over with health or social care needs. It aims to improve the lives of carers by helping health and social care practitioners identify people who are caring for someone and give them the right information and support. It covers carers’ assessments, practical, emotional and social support and training, and support for carers providing end of life care.
Mental health of adults in contact with the criminal justice system (NG66)
This guideline covers assessing, diagnosing and managing mental health problems in adults (aged 18 and over) who are in contact with the criminal justice system. It aims to improve mental health and wellbeing in this population by establishing principles for assessment and management, and promoting more coordinated care planning and service organisation across the criminal justice system.
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This guideline covers assessment and early management of head injury in babies, children, young people and adults. It aims to ensure that people have the right care for the severity of their head injury, including direct referral to specialist care if needed.
ethnic background• religion or belief• deprivation or socioeconomic status• frailty• BMI of 30 or higher• pregnant women (including...
Virtual ward platform technologies for acute respiratory infections (HTE13)
Early value assessment (EVA) guidance on virtual ward platform technologies for acute respiratory infections....
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Mosunetuzumab for treating relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (TA892)
Evidence-based recommendations on mosunetuzumab (Lunsumio) for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma in adults.
Tepotinib for treating advanced non-small-cell lung cancer with MET gene alterations (TA789)
Evidence-based recommendations on tepotinib (Tepmetko) for treating advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with MET gene alterations in adults.
Evidence-based recommendations on azacitidine (Onureg) for maintenance treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia after induction therapy in adults.
Evidence-based recommendations on romosozumab (EVENITY) for severe osteoporosis in people after menopause who are at high risk of fracture.
Evidence-based recommendations on dapagliflozin (Forxiga) for treating chronic heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction in adults.
COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 (NG188)
This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing the long-term effects of COVID-19, often described as ‘long COVID’. It makes recommendations on care in all healthcare settings for adults, children and young people who have new or ongoing symptoms 4 weeks or more after the start of acute COVID-19. It also includes advice on organising services for long COVID.
Heart valve disease presenting in adults: investigation and management (NG208)
This guideline covers investigation and management of heart valve disease presenting in adults. It aims to improve quality of life and survival for people with heart valve disease through timely diagnosis and appropriate intervention.
This guideline covers care and treatment for adults (aged 18 and over) with type 1 diabetes. It includes advice on diagnosis, education and support, blood glucose management, cardiovascular risk, and identifying and managing long-term complications.
This guideline covers the short-term management of violence and aggression in adults (aged 18 and over), young people (aged 13 to 17) and children (aged 12 and under). It is relevant for mental health, health and community settings. The guideline aims to safeguard both staff and people who use services by helping to prevent violent situations and providing guidance to manage them safely when they occur.
Pelvic floor dysfunction: prevention and non-surgical management (NG210)
This guideline covers the prevention, assessment and non-surgical management of pelvic floor dysfunction in women aged 12 and over. It aims to raise awareness and help women to reduce their risk of pelvic floor dysfunction. For women who have pelvic floor dysfunction, the guideline recommends interventions based on their specific symptoms.
Clostridium difficile infection: risk with broad-spectrum antibiotics (ESMPB1)
Summary of the evidence on the risk of using broad-specturm antibiotics associated with clostridium difficile infection
Spinal metastases and metastatic spinal cord compression (NG234)
This guideline covers recognition, referral, investigation and management of spinal metastases and metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC). It is also relevant for direct malignant infiltration of the spine and associated cord compression. It aims to improve early diagnosis and treatment to prevent neurological injury and improve prognosis.
Self-harm: assessment, management and preventing recurrence (NG225)
This guideline covers assessment, management and preventing recurrence for children, young people and adults who have self-harmed. It includes those with a mental health problem, neurodevelopmental disorder or learning disability and applies to all sectors that work with people who have self-harmed.
Nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir, sotrovimab and tocilizumab for treating COVID-19 (TA878)
Evidence-based recommendations on nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir (Paxlovid), sotrovimab (Xevudy) and tocilizumab (RoActemra) for treating COVID-19.
protective factors in mid-life for the development of dementia, disability and frailty, and what are the longitudinal relationships...
This guideline covers complex rehabilitation needs after traumatic injury, including assessment and goal setting, rehabilitation plans and programmes, physical, psychological and cognitive rehabilitation, rehabilitation for specific injuries, coordination of rehabilitation in hospital, at discharge and in the community, and commissioning and organising rehabilitation services.
Guide to the methods of technology appraisal 2013
Guide to the processes of technology appraisal
An early introduction to NICE’s ongoing activity in virtual wards
NICE has welcomed proposed new guidelines on alcohol which aim to limit the health risks that result from drinking.