Tag: guidelines

US and Chinese experts introduce new aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage guidelines

Expert groups from the USA and China have separately introduced new guidelines relating to the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH). The updated guidelines—spearheaded...

ESVS publishes “pioneering” clinical practice guidelines on radiation safety

The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has released clinical practice guidelines on radiation safety, which the writing committee notes are the first guidelines...

ESVS publishes 2023 guidelines on management of atherosclerotic carotid and vertebral...

The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has just released 2023 clinical practice guidelines on the management of atherosclerotic carotid and vertebral artery disease....

New ESVS carotid guidelines: Key questions answered

Clark Zeebregts (University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands) and Kosmas Paraskevas (Central Clinic of Athens, Athens, Greece) answer some key questions about the...

American Academy of Neurology provides ethical guidance on consent for people...

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has issued a position statement for neurologists on how to navigate consent issues for people who have experienced acute ischaemic...
aha/asa secondary stroke prevention

Behavioural interventions and more holistic approach signal “paradigm shift” in latest...

In May 2021, the American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA) updated one of its flagship guidelines—the secondary prevention of stroke guideline—for the first...

New guidelines promote safety for patients on antithrombotic drugs undergoing anaesthesia...

Patient safety is the focus of newly published updates to consensus statements that address the use of antithrombotic drugs by individuals who may require...

New ischaemic stroke guidelines widen mechanical thrombectomy window to 24 hours...

The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association released updated ischaemic stroke guidelines that were published in Stroke, and released during the International Stroke...

AAN releases new guideline on how to map brain prior to...

Before epilepsy surgery, doctors may consider using brain imaging to locate language and memory functions in the brain instead of the more invasive procedure...

ECTRIMS and EAN join forces to formulate the first European MS...

A late-breaking session at the 32nd Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS; 14–17 September, London, UK) presented the Clinical Guideline on...