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This guideline covers care and management for adults (aged 18 and over) with type 2 diabetes. It focuses on education, dietary advice, managing cardiovascular risk, managing blood glucose levels, and identifying and managing long-term complications.
Suspected sepsis in people aged 16 or over: recognition, assessment and early management (NG253)
This guideline covers the recognition, diagnosis and early management of suspected sepsis in people aged 16 or over who are not and have not recently been pregnant. It includes recommendations on recognition and early assessment, initial treatment, escalating care, finding and controlling the source of infection, early monitoring, information and support, and training and education.
This guideline covers assessing and reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE or blood clots, including deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism) in people aged 16 and over in hospital. It aims to help healthcare professionals identify people most at risk and describes interventions that can be used to reduce the risk of VTE.
Evidence-based recommendations on empagliflozin (Jardiance) for treating chronic heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction in adults.
Evidence-based recommendations on rivaroxaban (Xarelto) for preventing atherothrombotic events in adults with coronary or peripheral artery disease.
Evidence-based recommendations on caplacizumab (Cablivi) with plasma exchange and immunosuppression for treating acute acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in adults, and in young people aged 12 years and over who weigh at least 40 kg.
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on SYNE-COV for predicting COVID-19 outcomes .
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing epilepsy in children, young people and adults in primary and secondary care, and referral to tertiary services. It aims to improve diagnosis and treatment for different seizure types and epilepsy syndromes, and reduce the risks for people with epilepsy.
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Sections for NG217
- Overview
- 1 Diagnosis and assessment of epilepsy
- 2 Information and support
- 3 Referral to tertiary specialist services
- 4 Principles of treatment, safety, monitoring and withdrawal
- 5 Treating epileptic seizures in children, young people and adults
- 6 Treating childhood-onset epilepsies
- 7 Treating status epilepticus, repeated or cluster seizures, and prolonged seizures
This quality standard covers preventing further cardiovascular disease after a myocardial infarction (heart attack). It includes assessment and cardiac rehabilitation. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS99
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Assessment of left ventricular function
- Quality statement 2: Referral for cardiac rehabilitation
- Quality statement 3: Communication with primary care
- Quality statement 4: Cardiac rehabilitation – assessment appointment
- Quality statement 5 (developmental): Options for cardiac rehabilitation
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Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence (NG209)
This guideline covers support to stop smoking for everyone aged 12 and over, and help to reduce people's harm from smoking if they are not ready to stop in one go. It also covers ways to prevent children, young people and young adults aged 24 and under from taking up smoking.
Brentuximab vedotin in combination for untreated systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (TA641)
Evidence-based recommendations on brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and prednisone for untreated systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma in adults.
Recommendation ID NG31/1 Question Recognising dying:- What can multiprofessional teams do to reduce the impact of uncertainty of...
This guideline covers preventing and managing foot problems in children, young people and adults with diabetes. It aims to reduce variation in practice, including antibiotic prescribing for diabetic foot infections.
What is the best way to control delirium, with or without agitation, in the dying person, without causing undue sedation and without...
Brain tumours (primary) and brain metastases in over 16s (NG99)
This guideline covers diagnosing, monitoring and managing any type of primary brain tumour or brain metastases in people aged 16 or over. It aims to improve diagnosis and care, including standardising the care people have, how information and support are provided, and palliative care.