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Practice Guidelines

Browse MedConnect's list of current Practice Guidelines below from Australia's leading medical and educational resources.

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Absolute cardiovascular disease risk: Technical report: review of the evidence and evidence-based recommendations for practice [1.4MB]

National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance. Technical report: review of the evidence and evidence-based recommendations for practice. 2009.
Source:The Heart Foundation
Publication Year: 2009

ASID/TSANZ guidelines: treatment and prevention of H1N1 influenza 09 (human swine influenza) with antiviral agents

Cheng et al. ASID/TSANZ guidelines: treatment and prevention of H1N1 influenza 09 (human swine influenza) with antiviral agents. eMJA - Rapid Online Publication 18 June 2009
Source:Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and The Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand
Publication Year: 2009

Australian Guidelines to Reduce Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol

National Health and Medical Research Council. Australian Guidelines to Reduce Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol. 2009. National Health and Medical Research Council, Canberra, ACT.
Source:National Health and Medical Research Council
Publication Year: 2009

Diagnosis, management and prevention of infections in recently arrived refugees

Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Refugee Health Guidelines Writing Group. Diagnosis, management and prevention of infections in recently arrived refugees. 2009. Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases, Sydney, NSW.
Source:Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases
Publication Year: 2009

Guidelines for the assessment of Absolute cardiovascular disease risk [690KB]

National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance. Guidelines for the assessment of absolute cardiovascular disease risk. 2009.
Source:The Heart Foundation
Publication Year: 2009

Guidelines for the Management of Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Coronary Stents Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery

Source:The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Publication Year: 2009

Quick reference guide for health professionals - Absolute cardiovascular disease risk assessment [454KB]

This quick reference guide is a summary of the key steps involved in assessing absolute cardiovascular risk (otherwise known as heart and stroke risk). It is based on the National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance’s Guidelines for the assessment of absolute cardiovascular disease risk, available at www.heartfoundation.org.au.
Source:The Heart Foundation
Publication Year: 2009

The COPD-X Plan: Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2009

David K McKenzie, Michael Abramson, Alan J Crockett, Nicholas Glasgow, Sue Jenkins, Christine McDonald, Richard Wood-Baker, Peter A Frith. The COPD-X Plan: Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2008.
Source:Australian Lung Foundation and the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
Publication Year: 2009

Basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and related keratinocyte dysplasias - a guide to clinical management in Australia

Cancer Council Australia. Basal Cell Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Related Keratinocyte Dysplasias - A Guide to Clinical Management in Australia. 2008. The Cancer Council Australia, Sydney, NSW.
Source:Cancer Council Australia
Publication Year: 2008

Chronic Hepatitis B recommendations

[1.2MB] Digestive Health Foundation. Chronic Hepatitis B. 2007. Digestive Health Foundation, Sydney NSW.
Source:Gastroenterological Society of Australia
Publication Year: 2008

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