The UK NICE guideline on the Diagnosis and Assessment of Food Allergy in Children and Young People was published in 2011, highlighting the important role of primary care physicians, dietitians, nurses and other community based health care professionals in the diagnosis and assessment of IgE and non-IgE-mediated food allergies in children. The guideline suggests that those with suspected IgE-med...

BACKGROUND Quality indicators (QIs) are used in assessing the quality of healthcare. Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are relevant sources for generating QIs. In this context, QIs are important tools to assess the implementation of guideline recommendations. However, the methodological approaches to guideline-based QI development vary considerably. In Germany, the guideline cl...

considering the fact that many muslims with diabetes prefer to fast in spite of inhibitory advises and to answer several conflicts and controversies regarding diabetes and ramadan, idf in collaboration with diabetes and ramadan (dar) international in alliance decided to develop a comprehensive guideline to be used by health care professionals. this guideline was then developed on april 2016 by ...

1. cancer research center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran 2. health sector policy coordination group, in charge of minister for policy making affairs bureau, ministry of health and medical education, tehran, iran 3. ncd research center, endocrine and metabolism research institute, tehran university of medical sciences and health services, tehran, iran 4. health ser...

A new guideline has emerged to help regulate the development and certification of software and the delivery of multiple supporting documents and records used on aircraft or engines. The previous guideline — called RTCA DO-178B, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification, and produced by the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics Inc. — served as a de facto stand...

BACKGROUND Evaluation of the structural and/or functional integrity of the mammary gland (MG) across life stages is integral to the assessment of developmental, reproductive, and carcinogenic risk for environmental chemicals. OBJECTIVES In this commentary I characterize MG assessment recommended in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a...

BACKGROUND Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is a leading cause of hospitalization and death of children with sickle cell disease (SCD). An evidence-based ACS/SCD guideline was established to standardize care throughout the institution in February 2008. However, by the summer of 2009 use of the guideline was inconsistent, and did not seem to have an impact on length of stay. As a result, an implementa...

Development of evidence-based clinical guidelines to raising standards of medical care in diabetes is a core element of coping with the global diabetes epidemic. The purpose of this study was to develop a systematic clinical diabetes guideline from the latest scientific evidences and also to localize its recommendations according to regional and cultural needs of our society. Searches were cond...