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This quality standard covers the clinical care of adults (aged 18 and over) who are dying, during the last 2 to 3 days of life. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
This guideline covers helping adults and young people over 16 who are dependent on opioids to stop using drugs. It aims to reduce illicit drug use and improve people’s physical and mental health, relationships and employment.
Intrauterine fetal death after previous caesarean birth: How should labour be induced in women with intrauterine fetal...
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
all-cause epilepsy-related death: Development of a risk prediction tool to detect all-cause mortality including sudden unexpected...
How can fetuses at risk of intrauterine death be identified in women with diabetes?
of intrauterine death be identified in women with diabetes? Any explanatory notes(if applicable) Unexpected intrauterine...
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
- Introduction
- List of 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
- Using the quality standard
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.
Nivolumab with ipilimumab for untreated advanced renal cell carcinoma (TA780)
Evidence-based recommendations on nivolumab (Opdivo) with ipilimumab (Yervoy) for untreated advanced renal cell carcinoma in adults.
Evidence-based recommendations on nivolumab (Opdivo) for adjuvant treatment of completely resected melanoma with lymph node involvement or metastatic disease in adults.
Preventing excess winter deaths and illness associated with cold homes (QS117)
This quality standard covers reducing the health risks (including preventable deaths) associated with cold homes. It includes identifying people at risk who are particularly vulnerable to the cold, such as young children, older people, and people with cardiovascular disease or mental health problems. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS117
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Year-round planning to identify vulnerable local populations
- Quality statement 2: Identifying people vulnerable to health problems associated with a cold home
- Quality statement 3: Single-point-of-contact health and housing referral service
- Quality statement 4: Asking people about keeping warm at home
- Quality statement 5: Identifying people vulnerable to health problems associated with cold homes on admission
- Quality statement 6: Discharge plan
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Unintentional injuries on the road: interventions for under 15s (PH31)
This guideline covers road speed limits, 20 mph zones and engineering measures to reduce speed or make routes safer.
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Sections for PH31
- Introduction
- 1 Recommendations
- 2 Public health need and practice
- 3 Considerations
- 4 Recommendations for research
- 5 References
- Appendix A: Membership of the Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee (PHIAC), the NICE project team and external contractors
- Appendix B: Summary of the methods used to develop this guidance
Subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm: diagnosis and management (NG228)
This guideline covers diagnosing and treating an aneurysmal (caused by a ruptured aneurysm) subarachnoid haemorrhage and its complications. It provides recommendations to improve diagnosis and ensure that the most effective treatments are offered. It includes guidance on follow-up care and information for people (aged 16 and over) who have had an aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage, their families and carers.
Physical activity: brief advice for adults in primary care (PH44)
This guideline covers providing brief advice on physical activity to adults in primary care. It aims to improve health and wellbeing by raising awareness of the importance of physical activity and encouraging people to increase or maintain their activity level.
This quality standard covers care for adults (aged 18 and over) with suspected or confirmed pneumonia. It includes diagnosing and managing community-acquired pneumonia. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS110
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Mortality risk assessment in primary care using CRB65 score
- Quality statement 2: Antibiotic therapy for diagnosed low-severity community-acquired pneumonia
- Quality statement 3: Chest X-ray and diagnosis within 4 hours of hospital presentation
- Quality statement 4: Mortality risk assessment in hospital using CURB65 score
- Quality statement 5: Antibiotic therapy within 4 hours in hospital
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- About this quality standard