Medicine : Guidelines list

Below is a list of guidelines for medical emergencies and other common issues facing the medical team which we are developing. Where an entry in the list is a hypertext link (coloured and usually underlined) the link will take you to the current version of the guideline. This may be either another web page, or a printable document in portable document format (pdf, Acrobat). Note that if there is no link to a specific guideline, it hasn't been written yet!

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General
- Using the AGM ultrasound machine
- Medicines Information Leaflets (MILs)
Cardio-Respiratory Arrest & Resuscitaion
- Resuscitation Council (UK) Resuscitation Guidelines
Cardiovascular
- Acute myocardial infarct
- Stable angina
- Unstable angina
- Clopidogrel and ACS
- Cardiac Arrythmias
- Non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation
- Guidelines for prescribing & administration of amiodorone in adults
- Chronic heart failure
- Aortic Dissection
- Secondary prevention following stroke or TIA
- Indications for echocardiography
- Echocardiography request form
- Obtaining echo reports
- Cardiac stress imaging request form
- Cardiac rehabilitation post MI (+Referral form)
- Community Heart Failure Service (criteria and referral form)
- Role of the heart failure (HF) nurse specialist in secondary care
- European Society for Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines
- Infective Endocarditis
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Cardioversion
- Coronary Angiography
Respiratory Medicine
- The management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults
- Acute Severe Asthma
- COPD: NICE Quick Reference Guide
- COPD: NICE Full Guidance
- Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in AGM
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary Embolism See also the Trust VTE Guidelines
- Calculating an alveolar-arterial gradient
- Anticoagulation for ambulant patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) (+Referral form)
- Pleural Effusion
- Suspected Lung Malignancy
- Oxygen Use in Adults
- Home Oxygen Therapy
- Respiratory Nurse Specialist
Gastroenterology
- Management of haematemesis and melaena
- Haematemesis and melaena clerking sheet
- Rockall scoring for haematemesis & melaena
- Glasgow-Blatchford score hor haematemesis
- Urgent vss Routine Endoscopy
- Diarrhoea in hospital
- C. diff.-associated diarrhoea (CDAD)
- Community-acquired diarrhoea
- Prescribing proton-pump inhibitors and Helicobacter pylori eradication in adults
- Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease
- Exacerbation of known UC/Crohn's Disease
- Jaundice
- Dysphagia
- Nutritional Support: guidelines for parenteral nutrition Current version: 2.7 Aug 2004
- Indications for ERCP and MRCP
Haematology
- Coagulation screens: to do or not to do?
- Anticoagulation (oral): ORH guidelines 2009
- Anticoagulation (oral): BCSH Guidelines 2006
- Anticoagulation for ambulant patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) (+Referral form)
- Use and monitoring of unfractionated heparin in adults
- Blood Transfusion: ORH Website
- Electronic Blood Transfusion Tracking Manual
- Pulmonary Embolism See also the Trust VTE Guidelines
- Diagnostic algorithm for suspected DVT.
- Prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism, and flowchart.
- Thrombophilia Screens
- Guidelines for the Use of Blood and Blood Components for ORH Critical Care Units
- Neutrropenic Fever: Summary; Full
- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
- Sickle Cell Crisis
Infectious Diseases/ Microbiology
Elderly Care / Community Care
- Medicines and Falls in Hospital
- Delirium vs Dementia
Endocrinology and metabolic medicine
- Guidelines for intravenous insulin infusions in adults
- Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in adults
- Withdrawal of Mixtard 30 Insulin in adult hospital practice
- Ketone meter guidelines
- Hyperosmolar non-ketotic coma
- Insulin sliding scale in patients on Insulin Glargine or Detemir
- Hyperglycaemia on the Medical Wards
- Myocardial Infarction & Hyperglycaemia
- Hypoglycaemia
- Hypoglycaemia and driving
- Diabetic Foot
- Diabetic Specialist Nurse
- Hyperkalaemia in adults
- Hypokalaemia in adults
- Hypophosphataemia in adults
- Synacthen Test
- Addisonian Crisis
- Thyroid Storm
- Myxoedema Coma
Neurology & Psychiatry
- Acutely Confused / Agitated Patient
- Liaison psychiatry/Barnes Unit referrral pathway
- TIA/CVA
- Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
- Encephalitis/Meningitis
- Lumbar Puncture
- Status Epilepticus
- Cord Compression/Cauda Equina Syndrome
Renal Medicine
- eGFR calculator
- Acute Renal Failure
- Chronic Renal Failure
- Indications For Dialysis
Rheumatology
- Hot Swollen Joint
- Joint Aspiration / Injection
Oncology
- Oxford Cancer Centre Website
- Acute Oncology Pathway
Legal Aspects Of Medicine
- Death Certification & Coroner's Referrals
- Medical Aspects of Fitness to Drive.
Poisoning
- Toxbase/Poisons Information.
- Paracetamol.
- Aspirin.
- Tricyclic anti-depressants
- Benzodiazepines.
- Opiates.
- Carbon Monoxide.
- Alcohol Withdrawl.
Pain Management
- Analgesic Ladder
- Palliative Care
Interpreting Diagnostic Tests

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