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Adrenal insufficiency: identification and management (NG243)
This guideline covers identifying and managing adrenal insufficiency (hypoadrenalism) in babies, children, young people and adults. It aims to improve the treatment of primary, secondary and tertiary adrenal insufficiency, and the prevention and management of adrenal crisis.
This manual explains the processes and methods used to develop and update NICE guidelines, the guidance that NICE develops covering topics across clinical care (in primary, secondary and community care settings), social care and public health. For more information on the other types of NICE guidance and advice (including technology appraisal guidance), see about NICE
This guideline covers managing COVID-19 in babies, children, young people and adults in community and hospital settings. It includes recommendations on communication, assessment, therapeutics for COVID-19, non-invasive respiratory support, preventing and managing acute complications, and identifying and managing co-infections.
A range of fictional scenarios which show how NICE's guidelines and quality standards could be used by social workers in different settings.
An outline of the roles and responsibilities of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Suspected sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management (NG51)
This guideline covers the recognition, diagnosis and early management of suspected sepsis. 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.
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Sections for NG51
- Overview
- Could this be sepsis?
- Face to face assessment
- Under 16s: evaluating risk and managing suspected sepsis
- Pregnant or recently pregnant people: evaluating risk and managing suspected sepsis
- Over 16s (not pregnant or recently pregnant): evaluating risk and managing suspected sepsis
- Antibiotic therapy, intravenous fluid and oxygen
- Finding and controlling the source of infection
Our health inequalities guidance supports strategies that improve population health as a whole, while offering particular benefit to the most disadvantaged
This guideline covers preventing, identifying and managing latent and active tuberculosis (TB) in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve ways of finding people who have TB in the community and recommends that everyone under 65 with latent TB should be treated. It describes how TB services should be organised, including the role of the TB control board.
A quick, easy way to access key information from NICE on social care topics.
Angela sets out to understand some of the challenges, benefits and considerations of setting up and running a virtual ward, from the perspective of teams on the front lines.
This quality standard covers the initial assessment and management of suspected acute respiratory infection in over 16s, including acute respiratory infection virtual wards.
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Sections for QS210
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Documented initial assessment
- Quality statement 2: Prescribing antimicrobials
- Quality statement 3: Antibiotic duration
- Quality statement 4: Information about acute respiratory infection virtual wards
- Quality statement 5: Multidisciplinary team
- Quality statement 6: Support to self-manage on a virtual ward
- Quality statement 7: Virtual ward discharge summaries
This guideline covers rehabilitation after stroke for over 16s. It aims to ensure people are assessed for common problems and conditions linked to stroke, and get the care and therapy they need. It includes recommendations on the organisation and delivery of rehabilitation in hospital and the community.
Training resources for those working in social care
This guideline covers some aspects of assessing and managing hearing loss in primary, community and secondary care. It aims to improve the quality of life for adults with hearing loss by advising healthcare staff on assessing hearing difficulties, managing earwax and referring people for audiological or specialist assessment and management.
reablement take place in people's own homes or care homes. Bed-based intermediate care takes place in hospitals, care...