NGC Update Service: September 15, 2014

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 09/15/2014 12:00 PM EDT

National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)

September 15, 2014

New This Week

Guideline Summaries

American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics

American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics guideline for the clinical evaluation and etiologic diagnosis of hearing loss.

American College of Radiology

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® hemoptysis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® imaging in the diagnosis of thoracic outlet syndrome.
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® indeterminate renal mass. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® rib fractures. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

National Health and Medical Research Council

Clinical practice guidelines for the management of overweight and obesity in adults, adolescents and children in Australia.

New York State Department of Health

Antiretroviral therapy. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Care of the HIV-exposed infant with indeterminate status.
Guidance for the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV transmission.
HIV prophylaxis for victims of sexual assault. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Announcements

NGC Spotlight

New research reviews added! Visit the AHRQ Evidence Reports page for a listing of reports produced under AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Program and Effective Health Care Program.

Health Awareness Topics - September 2014

National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month (see related guidelines)
National Sickle Cell Month (see related guidelines)
National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month (see related guidelines)
Newborn Screening Awareness Month (see related guidelines)
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (see related guidelines)
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (see related guidelines and guideline synthesis)
World Alzheimer's Month (see related guidelines)

Conference News

The Guidelines International Network North America (G-I-N NA) continues to sponsor a monthly webinar series on topics of interest to the North American guideline community. Information on upcoming webinars, as well as audio files and slides from past webinars, is available on the G-I-N Web site.

NGC's Sister Resource

Look for Quality Measures in AHRQ's National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC).

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