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This quality standard covers diagnosing and managing epilepsies in children, young people and adults. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Referral and assessment after first seizure
- Quality statement 2: Referral to tertiary specialist services
- Quality statement 3: Epilepsy specialist nurse
- Quality statement 4: Epilepsy care plan
- Quality statement 5: Mental health and wellbeing
- Quality statement 6: Neurodevelopment and learning disabilities
- Update information
Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous endoscopic colostomy. This involves placing a plastic tube in the bowel that runs back through a small opening in the abdomen to allow waste to pass through to a drainage bag worn outside the body.
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This guideline covers using psychosocial interventions to treat adults and young people over 16 who have a problem with or are dependent on opioids, stimulants or cannabis. It aims to reduce illicit drug use and improve people’s physical and mental health, relationships and employment.
Pancreatic cancer in adults: diagnosis and management (NG85)
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing pancreatic cancer in adults aged 18 and over. It aims to improve care by ensuring quicker and more accurate diagnosis, and by specifying the most effective treatments for people depending on how advanced their cancer is.
Evidence-based recommendations on ataluren (Translarna) for Duchenne muscular dystrophy with a nonsense mutation in the dystrophin gene in people 2 years and over who can walk.
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for aortic stenosis (IPG586)
Evidence-based recommendations on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for aortic stenosis. This involves inserting a new valve through a catheter, usually by way of a large blood vessel at the top of the leg, into the heart and inside the existing faulty valve.
Evidence-based recommendations on auditory brain stem implants for deafness caused by damage to the vestibulocochlear nerve due to tumours or surgery. This involves placing an implant in the part of the brain that processes sound signals, bypassing the nerve, to pick up electrical signals from a sound processor worn outside the ear.
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Evidence-based recommendations on the Foker technique for long-gap oesophageal atresia. This involves pulling slightly on the broken ends of the oesophagus to encourage them to grow towards each other so they can be stitched together to form a complete oesophagus.
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Dupilumab for treating severe asthma with type 2 inflammation (TA751)
Evidence-based recommendations on dupilumab (Dupixent) for treating severe asthma with type 2 inflammation that is inadequately controlled in people 12 years and over.
Evidence-based recommendations on endoscopic transluminal pancreatic necrosectomy in adults. This involves removing dead tissue from the pancreas.
Docetaxel for the treatment of hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer (TA101)
Evidence-based recommendations on docetaxel for treating hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer in adults.
Evidence-based recommendations on baricitinib (Olumiant) for treating severe alopecia areata in adults.
Evidence-based recommendations on autologous chondrocyte implantation using chondrosphere (Spherox) for treating symptomatic articular cartilage defects of the knee in adults.
Lenalidomide plus dexamethasone for previously untreated multiple myeloma (TA587)
Evidence-based recommendations on lenalidomide (Revlimid) plus dexamethasone for previously untreated multiple myeloma in adults.
Evidence-based recommendations on olaparib (Lynparza) for maintenance treatment of BRCA mutation-positive advanced ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer after response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy in adults.