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Chronic heart failure in adults: diagnosis and management (NG106)
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing chronic heart failure in people aged 18 and over. It aims to improve diagnosis and treatment to increase the length and quality of life for people with heart failure.
This quality standard covers preventing, detecting and managing acute kidney injury in adults, young people and children. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS76
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Raising awareness in people at risk
- Quality statement 2: Identifying acute kidney injury in people admitted to hospital
- Quality statement 3: Response to acute kidney injury warning stage 2 test result
- Quality statement 4: Response to acute kidney injury warning stage 3 test result
- Quality statement 5: Referral for renal replacement therapy
- Quality statement 6: Clinical review after hospital discharge
- Update information
Evidence-based recommendations on Parafricta Bootees and Undergarments to reduce skin breakdown in people with or at risk of pressure ulcers.
Vitamin B12 deficiency in over 16s: diagnosis and management (NG239)
This guideline covers recognising, diagnosing and managing vitamin B12 deficiency in people aged 16 and over, including deficiency caused by autoimmune gastritis. It also covers monitoring for gastric cancer in people with autoimmune gastritis.
This guideline covers organising and delivering end of life care services, which provide care and support in the final weeks and months of life (or for some conditions, years), and the planning and preparation for this. It aims to ensure that people have access to the care that they want and need in all care settings. It also includes advice on services for carers.
This quality standard covers admissions into, and discharge from, inpatient hospital settings for adults (aged 18 years and over) with social care needs. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS136
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- Quality statement 1: Information sharing on admission
- Quality statement 2: Comprehensive geriatric assessment
- Quality statement 3: Coordinated discharge
- Quality statement 4: Discharge plans
- Quality statement 5: Involving carers in discharge planning
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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...
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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long-term physical and mental health problems, people with well-defined frailty, people frequently using unscheduled care, people...
Zanubrutinib for treating marginal zone lymphoma after anti-CD20-based treatment (TA1001)
Evidence-based recommendations on zanubrutinib (Brukinsa) for marginal zone lymphoma after anti-CD20-based treatment in adults.
homes, people who are housebound, people of all ages with well-defined frailty, people with high levels of multimorbidity or...
This quality standard covers prevention of type 2 diabetes in adults (aged 18 and over) and care and treatment for adults with type 2 diabetes. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS209
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Preventing type 2 diabetes
- Quality statement 2: Structured education programme
- Quality statement 3: Continuous glucose monitoring for adults on multiple daily insulin injections who cannot self-monitor using capillary blood glucose monitoring
- Quality statement 4: Continuous glucose monitoring for adults who use insulin and need help monitoring their blood glucose
- Quality statement 5: Treatment with an SGLT2 inhibitor
- Quality statement 6: 9 key care processes
- Quality statement 7: Assessing the risk of diabetic foot problems on admission to hospital
Recent-onset chest pain of suspected cardiac origin: assessment and diagnosis (CG95)
This guideline covers assessing and diagnosing recent chest pain in people aged 18 and over and managing symptoms while a diagnosis is being made. It aims to improve outcomes by providing advice on tests (ECG, high-sensitivity troponin tests, multislice CT angiography, functional testing) that support healthcare professionals to make a speedy and accurate diagnosis.
Evidence-based recommendations on apixaban (Eliquis) for treating and preventing recurrent deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism in adults.