OBJECTIVE To compare recent U.S. and U.K. guidelines on gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The guidelines from the American Diabetes Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the U.K. were collated and compared using a general inductive approach. RESULTS There ar...

Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the United Kingdom, with more than 13 000 cases diagnosed in 2011 and its incidence is rising rapidly. Clinical practice seems to vary in the UK, especially with regard to the use of dermoscopy and photography, access to sentinel lymph node biopsy, vitamin D measurement and advice, follow-up policies, and the use of routine follow-up imaging. Patient ...

NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) produces a range of advice and guidance on medical practice and technologies. NICE was established in 1999, and in 2009 set up its Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme. This assesses new devices in terms of whether their use would offer benefits to the patient and NHS at a lower cost compared with current practice, or increased b...

Emergency CS response time guidelines by National Institute for Health Care Excellence (NICE) were difficult to implement in many countries and these constraints have led poor neonate outcome several previous study. This research aim determine the affordability of emergency based on NICE recommendation its correlation lower-middle income factors related time. scoping review data was extracted f...

Following reviews on the available evidence of the value of routine pre-operative testing in healthy or asymptomatic adults, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produced guidance on the subject. [1] It covers tests that are often carried out when a patient is scheduled for elective surgery. They may be performed by a variety of health professionals, in different setting...

Following reviews on the available evidence of the value of routine pre-operative testing in healthy or asymptomatic adults, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produced guidance on the subject. [1] It covers tests that are often carried out when a patient is scheduled for elective surgery. They may be performed by a variety of health professionals, in different setting...

### What you need to know Shared decision-making is widely accepted as a core feature of good healthcare. Principle 4 the NHS constitution states that “Patients, with their families and carers, where appropriate, will be involved in consulted on all decisions about care treatment.”1 Because most practitioners commissioners acknowledge this involvement consultation not always offered, National ...

British Journal of General Practice, February 2014 e120 baCKGROUND Thrombophilia describes inherited and acquired prothrombotic states which predispose to venous, but not arterial thromboembolism. The heritable states are of limited clinical significance in primary care and while they may underlie a patient’s presentation with deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) of uncertain...

Cancer constitutes a huge burden on societies in countries with any level of economic development. Prostate cancer is the first most diagnosed cancer of men in developed countries and the forth one in developing countries in terms of incidence rate. It is also the third incident cancer of men in Iran along with a prevalence of about 10,000 cases. Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is a...

Cancer constitutes a huge burden on societies in countries with any level of economic development. Prostate cancer is the first most diagnosed cancer of men in developed countries and the forth one in developing countries in terms of incidence rate. It is also the third incident cancer of men in Iran along with a prevalence of about 10,000 cases. Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is a...