Guidelines
Guidelines
ACR gives guidance on rheumatic disease management during pandemic
When COVID-19 is suspected, rheumatic disease patients may continue their hydroxychloroquine but other rheumatic disease treatments may need to be...
News
Management of infants born to mothers with COVID-19
Clinicians should protect themselves with Contact and Droplet PPE at all times until an infant’s viral status is known.
Guidelines
AASLD: Liver transplants should proceed despite COVID-19
Immunosuppression may be protective; the advice comes from a document a recently released from AASLD to help hepatologists and liver transplant...
Guidelines
Guidelines on delaying cancer surgery during COVID-19
The American College of Surgeons has issued new guidelines for cancer surgery in the era of COVID-19.
Commentary
Perspective from the heartland: Cancer care and research during a public health crisis
Dr. Alan P. Lyss examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has and will affect cancer care and research.
Latest News
AGA and colleague societies issue clinical insights for COVID-19
Screening patients, personal protection, procedure postponement, and special precautions with infected patients are discussed.
Conference Coverage
Draft ACR Takayasu’s guidelines: Surgery is the last resort
ATLANTA – One of the goals in soon-to-be-published Takayasu’s arteritis guidelines from the American College of...
Conference Coverage
New ASH guideline: VTE prophylaxis after major surgery
ORLANDO – The chair of VTE guidelines panel presented highlights of the latest guidelines in a special session at the annual meeting of the...
Guidelines
New practice guideline: CRC screening isn’t necessary for low-risk patients aged 50-75 years
For individuals aged 50-79 with no symptoms and an estimated 15-year CRC risk below 3%, no screening is recommended by BMJ Rapid Recommendations...
Original Research
Evaluation of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Appropriate Use Criteria for the Nonarthroplasty Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis in Veterans
While patients without knee instability use more nonarthroplasty treatments over a longer period prior to total knee arthroplasty, patients with...
From the Journals
ASCO publishes new guideline for treatment, follow-up of early-stage colorectal cancer
The multidisciplinary, multinational panel identified and reviewed previous guidelines from 12 different developers to create the new ASCO...