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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force A and B recommendations

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

The USPSTF strongly recommends that clinicians screen persons at increased risk for syphilis infection. Recommendation Grade A

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force A and B recommendations

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

The USPSTF strongly recommends Rh (D) blood typing and antibody testing for all pregnant women during their first visit for pregnancy-related care. Recommendation Grade A

Evidencias COVID-19

Cochrane - Colección Especial - medidas de prevención y control de la infección

Newborns, particularly those admitted to neonatal intensive care units, are at risk of contracting a variety of bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. High infection rates among newborns are due to low resistance to disease-causing agents, exposure to endemic pathogens in the newborn unit, prolonged use of central venous catheters, and exposure to intrauterine infections. Various barrier methods are used to control cross infection in hospitals. Gowns are an infection control barrier method ...

Choosing Wisely UK

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

The diagnosis of fetal macrosomia is imprecise. For suspected fetal macrosomia, the accuracy of estimated fetal weight using ultrasound biometry is no better than that obtained with clinical palpation (Leopold's maneuvers).

Choosing Wisely UK

Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine

Many mechanically ventilated ICU patients are deeply sedated as a routine practice despite evidence that using less sedation reduces the duration of mechanical ventilation and ICU and hospital length of stay. Several protocol-based approaches can safely limit deep sedation, including the explicit titration of sedation to the lightest effective level, the preferential administration of analgesic medications prior to initiating anxiolytics and the performance of daily interruptions of sedation in ...