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What's New This Week

January 25, 2010
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Best evidence statement (BESt). Failure to thrive treatment protocol.

Best evidence statement (BESt). Inpatient support groups for families of children with intractable epilepsy.

Best evidence statement (BESt). Intra-hospital registered nurse (RN) transport teams impact on patient safety.

Evidence-based care guideline for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxis following solid organ transplants.
This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Evidence-based care guideline for therapy management of congenital muscular torticollis in children age 0 to 36
months.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

Major depression in adults in primary care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Management of labor. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Amantadine, oseltamivir and zanamivir for the treatment of influenza. This updates a previously published
guideline summary.

Endovascular stent-grafts for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Rivaroxaban for the prevention of venous thromboembolism after total hip or total knee replacement in adults.

Sunitinib for the first-line treatment of advanced and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

United States Preventive Services Task Force

1) Screening for breast cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. 2) December
2009 addendum. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Using nontraditional risk factors in coronary heart disease risk assessment: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
recommendation statement.
recommendation statement.

Newly Submitted
CDC has updated the recommended adult immunization schedule.
AAOS has submitted the following new guidelines:
The diagnosis and treatment of acute achilles tendon rupture
Treatment of distal radius fractures
The treatment of glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis
NZGG has submitted suspected cancer in primary care: guidelines for investigation, referral and reducing
ethnic disparities.

Health Awareness Topics - January 2010

Cervical Health Awareness Month (see related guidelines and Guideline Synthesis)
Glaucoma Awareness Month (see related guidelines)

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H1N1 Flu
Visit the CDC Web site for the latest information on H1N1 flu including new interim guidance on infection
control measures for 2009 H1N1 influenza in healthcare settings and updated interim recommendations on
H1N1 influenza and HIV-infected adults and adolescents.

Conference News
The Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) Conference 2010, will be held August 25-28, 2010 in
Chicago, Illinois (USA). Submit abstracts until February 1, 2010. The G-I-N Conference 2010 will bring together
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Healthy People 2010

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Recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory

January 21, 2010: Meridia (sibutramine hydrochloride): FDA requested and the manufacturer agreed to
add a new contraindication to the sibutramine drug label stating that sibutramine is not to be used in
 patients with a history of cardiovascular disease.

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