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Evidence-based recommendations on adalimumab (Humira), etanercept (Enbrel), infliximab (Remicade), rituximab (MabThera) and abatacept (Orencia). These drugs are for adults with severe rheumatoid arthritis who have tried other disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) but cannot tolerate them or they haven’t worked well enough.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

25 August 2010

Evidence-based recommendations on living-donor lung transplantation for end-stage lung disease. This involves removing a lung from each of the two donors and replacing the recipient's lungs with the donor lungs.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

24 May 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous laser therapy for fetal tumours. This involves inserting a needle through the mother's abdomen to the tumour and using laser energy to shrink it.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

28 June 2006

explanatory notes(if applicable) Why this is important: Intrauterine sepsis is more likely to develop in pregnancies that continue after...

Result type

Research recommendation

Published

15 December 2021

Summary of the evidence on eculizumab to prevent the recurrence of C3 glomerulopathy post-transplant to inform local NHS planning and decision-making

Result type

Evidence summary

Published

26 June 2015

birth). Effective treatment of infection is particularly important given that sepsis is a common direct cause of maternal death. There...

Result type

Research recommendation

Published

11 December 2015

Evidence-based recommendations on extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal for acute respiratory failure. This involves taking blood out of the circulatory system and passing it across a synthetic membrane that allows some of the carbon dioxide in the blood to be removed. The blood is then returned to the circulatory system.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

15 November 2023

Evidence-based recommendations on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe acute respiratory failure in adults. This involves using a tube to carry blood from the right side of the heart and then pump it through an artificial lung where it picks up oxygen.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

27 April 2011

Summary of the evidence on infliximab for treating refractory extrapulmonary sarcoidosis to inform local NHS planning and decision-making

Result type

Evidence summary

Published

17 January 2017

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous retroperitoneal endoscopic necrosectomy. This involves inserting a thin telescope through a small cut in the side above the hip and using it to wash out and remove the dead tissue.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 March 2011

Evidence-based recommendations on rapid tests for group A streptococcal infections in people aged 5 and over with a sore throat

Result type

Diagnostics guidance

Published

13 November 2019

is important:- People who are entering the last days of life may develop sepsis, dehydration and various biochemical disorders which may...

Result type

Research recommendation

Published

27 January 2016

Evidence-based recommendations on pembrolizumab (Keytruda) with lenvatinib (Lenvima) for treating advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

21 June 2023

Evidence-based recommendations on irreversible electroporation for treating primary lung cancer and metastases in the lung. This involves using electrical pulses to kill cancer cells.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 February 2013

Evidence-based recommendations on irreversible electroporation (IRE) for treating renal cancer. This involves using electrical pulses to kill cancer cells, applied directly to the tumour through special needles.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 February 2013