Guidelines for Management of Pulmonary Nodules Found Incidentally on CT Scan Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 Dec 2017 7:00 PM ISTAt times treating doctors come across CT scan reports in which “according to the Fleischner Society guidelines…” appears during the discussion of an...
NICE releases First guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of Asthma Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli3 Dec 2017 7:02 PM ISTNICE has released its first-ever guidelines on Asthma after two years of delay.The new guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of Asthma were published...
FeNO Testing Must for Asthma Diagnosis: NICE Guidelines Anjali Nimesh Nimesh1 Dec 2017 8:30 PM ISTNew clinical guidelines by the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommend the use of fractional exhaled nitric oxide...
New lung cancer screening guidelines by American College of Chest Physicians Anjali Nimesh Nimesh27 Oct 2017 7:00 PM ISTEach year, more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast and prostate cancers combined, and low-dose CT (LDCT) screening for lung cancer has...
Guidelines for treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis and patient care (2017 update) Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli19 Oct 2017 7:10 PM ISTThe update of the Guidelines for treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis and patient care is important in the context of the End TB Strategy, which...
COPD Guidelines Update Treatment, Management Options Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli13 Oct 2017 8:00 PM ISTThis Executive Summary of the Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of COPD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung...
European Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli7 Oct 2017 1:56 PM ISTBronchiectasis in adults is a chronic disorder associated with poor quality of life and frequent exacerbations in many patients. There have been no...
Diagnosis, Management of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in adults: NICE updates Guidelines Ruby khatun khatun12 Jun 2017 11:39 AM ISTIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic, progressive fibrotic interstitial lung disease of unknown origin. It is a difficult disease to diagnose...
Imaging of possible tuberculosis: ACR Appropriateness Criteria supriya kashyap kashyap7 Jun 2017 3:49 PM ISTTuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but can...
Chronic cough due to gastroesophageal reflux in adults : ACP Guideline supriya kashyap kashyap15 May 2017 1:25 PM ISTGastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common causes of chronic cough in all age groups. When GERD is the cause of chronic cough,...
Interstitial Lung Disease - Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap7 May 2017 10:04 AM ISTInterstitial lung disease (ILD) is a heterogeneous group of disorders with a common clinico-radiological presentation, hence grouped together. These...
Pleural Diseases - Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap26 April 2017 9:40 AM ISTThere are 4 types of pleural diseases: pleurisy, pleural effusion, pneumothorax and pleural mesothelioma. Pleural mesothelioma is a malignant...
