A Critical Need for National Guidelines

A critical need for national guidelines.

guideline recommendations while the language barrier was perceived as an obstacle for implementation. The team made use of existing guidelines of AUA, EAU, NICE, and EBRO in The Netherlands, next to the Cochrane library and PubMed for systematic reviews. Worldwide there is a need for guidance of clinicians in their daily work when faced with dilemmas and the need to take appropriate decisions. ...

Critical National Need Idea

National and international guidelines for COPD: the need for evidence.

The introduction of guidelines for the management of asthma has led to standardization of management and better care of patients with the condition. Many national and international respiratory societies have developed guidelines for COPD. The World Health Organization and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute are jointly developing guidelines that will present evidence-based recommendat...

Coping with the residency scramble: the need for national guidelines.

For pharmacy students and others seeking postgraduate pharmacy residency training, March has become the most stressful month of the year. While 2011 brought the highest fill rate for residency positions since the ASHP Resident Matching Program was launched in 1979, the demand for postgraduate pharmacy training far exceeded the supply of residency training programs. With approximately 1250 postg...

Do we need national guidelines on human immunodeficiency virus treatment?

Potent combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) dramatically changed the history of HIV/AIDS, and constitutes one of the major achievements of modern medicine. From the introduction of zidovudine in 19871 to contemporary cART, physicians and patients have been continuously on a challenging and demanding roller coaster through a constantly evolving field. The short initial excitement and hope acco...