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This guideline covers managing hip fracture in adults. It aims to improve care from the time people aged 18 and over are admitted to hospital through to when they return to the community. Recommendations emphasise the importance of early surgery and coordinating care through a multidisciplinary Hip Fracture Programme to help people recover faster and regain their mobility.
Percutaneous image-guided cryoablation of peripheral neuroma for chronic pain (IPG747)
Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous image-guided cryoablation of peripheral neuroma for chronic pain. This involves using a needle-like probe to freeze and destroy small parts of nerves in neuromas to stop the pain signals.
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Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for calcific tendinopathy in the shoulder (IPG742)
Evidence-based recommendations on extracorporeal shockwave therapy for calcific tendinopathy in the shoulder. This involves placing a device on the skin that delivers short pulses of sound into the shoulder. The aim is to reduce pain and improve shoulder function.
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Rheumatology National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Stakeholders have identified the following key...
This quality standard covers diagnosing, assessing and managing osteoarthritis in adults aged over 16. It includes treatment and support, and referral for joint surgery. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS87
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Diagnosis
- Quality statement 2: Assessment at diagnosis
- Quality statement 3: Information and support
- Quality statement 4: Therapeutic exercise
- Quality statement 5: Weight loss
- Quality statement 6: Follow-up
- Quality statement 7: Core treatments before referral for consideration of joint surgery
Five promising technologies that could help improve symptoms and quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease have been conditionally recommended by NICE.
This quality standard covers routine postnatal care in the first 8 weeks after birth. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS37
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- Quality statement 1: Communication between healthcare professionals at transfer of care
- Quality statement 2: Information and advice about babies' feeding
- Quality statement 3: Symptoms and signs of illness in babies
- Quality statement 4: Face-to-face feeding support
- Quality statement 5: Safer practices for bed sharing
- Quality statement 6: GP postnatal check for women
- Update information
Differential target multiplexed spinal cord stimulation for chronic lower back and leg pain (MIB305)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on differential target multiplexed spinal cord stimulation for chronic lower back and leg pain .
Evidence-based recommendations on iFuse for treating chronic sacroiliac joint pain.
Vertebral body tethering for idiopathic scoliosis in children and young people (IPG728)
Evidence-based recommendations on vertebral body tethering for idiopathic scoliosis in children and young people. This involves fixing a cord to screws that have been placed into the vertebral bodies (bone discs in the spine), and pulling it taut to restrict growth on the long side of the spine.
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The NICE real-world evidence framework aims to improve the quality of real-world evidence informing our guidance. The framework does not set minimum standards for the acceptability of evidence. The framework is mainly targeted at those developing evidence to inform NICE guidance. It is also relevant to patients, those collecting data, and reviewers of evidence
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- Overview
- Introduction to real-world evidence in NICE decision making
- Conduct of quantitative real-world evidence studies
- Assessing data suitability
- Methods for real-world studies of comparative effects
- Appendix 1 - Data Suitability Assessment Tool (DataSAT)
- Appendix 2 - Reporting on methods used to minimise risk of bias
- Appendix 3 - Reporting information for selected analytical methods
Evidence-based recommendations on synthetic cartilage implant insertion for first metatarsophalangeal joint osteoarthritis (hallux rigidus). This involves replacing damaged cartilage with an artificial (synthetic) implant.
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Evidence-based recommendations on selumetinib (Koselugo) for treating symptomatic and inoperable plexiform neurofibromas associated with type 1 neurofibromatosis in children aged 3 and over.
Intramedullary distraction for upper limb lengthening (IPG722)
Evidence-based recommendations on intramedullary distraction for upper limb lengthening in children, young people and adults. This involves surgically inserting a metal lengthening device in the shorter arm.
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This quality standard covers care for adults before, during and after primary elective hip, knee or shoulder joint replacement. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. It does not cover joint replacement as treatment for primary or secondary cancer affecting the bones.
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Sections for QS206
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Preoperative rehabilitation advice for hip and knee replacement
- Statement 2: Choice between partial and total knee replacement
- Statement 3: Tranexamic acid during hip and knee replacement
- Quality statement 4: Preventing implant selection errors
- Statement 5: Postoperative rehabilitation
- Update information
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