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Recommendation on screening adults for asymptomatic thyroid dysfunction in primary care

MeSH Terms: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Asymptomatic Diseases; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Primary Health Care* / methods; Primary Health Care* / standards; Risk Factors; Thyroid Diseases / diagnosis*; Unnecessary Procedures / standards; Young Adult
Guideline Contact: info@canadiantaskforce.ca
English Title Translation: Recommandation sur le dépistage de la dysfonction thyroïdienne en soins primaires chez l’adulte
Keywords: Clinical Practice Guidelines; Evidence-based Medicine; Family Medicine; Primary Care; Thyroid Dysfunction
Date for Review: 18-11-2024
Publication Date: 18-11-2019
Date of Last Evidence Search: 25/07/2018
Methods Applied: Systematic review; GRADE; Knowledge Translation
Publication Scope: implementation; patient_education; prevention; screening
Countries of Application: Canada
Guideline Publication Status: Published
Languages: English; French
Authors: CTFPHC (Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care)
Publication Year: 2019

Recommendation on screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea in primary care for individuals not known to be at high risk

MeSH Terms: Adolescent; Adult; Canada; Chlamydia / isolation & purification; Chlamydia Infections / diagnosis*; Female; Gonorrhea / diagnosis*; Humans; Male; Mass Screening / methods*; Neisseria gonorrhoeae / isolation & purification; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / diagnosis; Primary Health Care / methods*; Risk Factors; Sexual Behavior; Young Adult
Guideline Contact: info@canadiantaskforce.ca
English Title Translation: Recommandation relative au dépistage de la chlamydia et de la gonorrhée en soins primaires chez les personnes non connues comme appartenant à un groupe à risque
Keywords: Clinical Practice Guidelines;Evidence-based Medicine;Family Medicine; Primary Care;Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
Date for Review: 19/04/2026
Publication Date: 19/04/2021
Date of Last Evidence Search: 26/01/2020
Methods Applied: Systematic review;GRADE;Knowledge Translation
Publication Scope: implementation; management; patient_education; prevention; screening; treatment
Countries of Application: Canada
Languages: English; French
Authors: CTFPHC (Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care)
Publication Year: 2021

Recommendations for growth monitoring, and prevention and management of overweight and obesity in children and youth in primary care

MeSH Terms: Adolescent; Canada; Child; Child; Preschool; Female; Growth Charts; Humans; Male; Obesity / diagnosis; Obesity / prevention & control*; Obesity / therapy; Overweight / diagnosis; Overweight / prevention & control*; Overweight / therapy; Primary Health Care*
Guideline Contact: info@canadiantaskforce.ca
Keywords: Clinical Practice Guidelines; Evidence-based Medicine; Family Medicine; Primary Care; Obesity in Children and Youth
Date for Review: 07-04-2020
Publication Date: 07-04-2015
Date of Last Evidence Search: 10/01/2015
Methods Applied: Systematic review; GRADE; Knowledge Translation
Publication Scope: implementation; management; patient_education; prevention; screening
Countries of Application: Canada
Guideline Publication Status: Published
Languages: English
Authors: CTFPHC (Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care)
Publication Year: 2015

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Recommendations for prevention of weight gain and use of behavioural and pharmacologic interventions to manage overweight and obesity in adults in primary care

MeSH Terms: Adult; Behavior Therapy*; Comorbidity; Counseling; Diabetes Mellitus; Type 2 / epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus; Type 2 / prevention & control; Energy Metabolism; Humans; Life Style; Obesity / epidemiology; Obesity / prevention & control*; Overweight / prevention & control*; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Primary Health Care; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Weight Gain
Guideline Contact: info@canadiantaskforce.ca
English Title Translation: Recommandations pour la prévention du gain pondéral et l’utilisation d’interventions comportementales et pharmacologiques dans la gestion du surpoids et de l’obésité chez les adultes en soins primaires
Keywords: Clinical Practice Guidelines; Evidence-based Medicine; Family Medicine; Primary Care; Obesity in Adults
Date for Review: 17-02-2020
Publication Date: 17-02-2015
Date of Last Evidence Search: 04/2013
Methods Applied: Systematic review; GRADE; Knowledge Translation
Publication Scope: implementation; management; patient_education; prevention; screening
Countries of Application: Canada
Guideline Publication Status: Published
Languages: English; French
Authors: CTFPHC (Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care)
Publication Year: 2015

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Recommendations for screening, monitoring, prevention, prophylaxis and therapy of hepatitis B virus reactivation in patients with haematologic malignancies and patients who underwent haematologic stem cell transplantation—a position paper

MeSH Terms: Hepatitis B (C02.256.430.400); Hepatitis B (C02.440.435); Hepatitis B (C06.552.380.705.437); Hepatitis B virus (B04.280.375.650.425); Hepatitis B virus (B04.450.390.650.425); Hepatitis B virus (B04.909.204.340.650.425); Stem Cell Transplantation (E04.936.225.687); Hematologic Diseases (C15.378); Hematologic Neoplasms (C04.588.448); Hematologic Neoplasms (C15.378.400)
Guideline Contact: Chiara Speziale (guidancedocuments@escmid.org)
Publication Scope: assessment; management; prevention; screening; treatment
Guideline Publication Status: Published
Languages: English
Authors: ESCMID
Publication Year: 2017

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Recommendations for the Use of WBC Growth Factors: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update

MeSH Terms: Chemotherapy-Induced Febrile Neutropenia (C15.378.553.546.184.564.750.500); Colony-Stimulating Factors (D23.529.374.410.240); Neoplasms (C04)
Guideline Contact: guidelines@asco.org
Publication Date: 13-Jul-15
Publication Scope: management; prevention
Countries of Application: United States
Guideline Publication Status: Published
Languages: English
Authors: ASCO (US)
Publication Year: 2015

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Recommendations on behavioural interventions for the prevention and treatment of cigarette smoking among school-aged children and youth

MeSH Terms: Adolescent; Canada; Child; Humans; Patient Education as Topic*; Smoking / therapy; Smoking Cessation*; Smoking Prevention*
Guideline Contact: info@canadiantaskforce.ca
English Title Translation: Recommandations sur les interventions comportementales de prévention et de traitement du tabagisme chez les enfants et adolescents d’âge scolaire
Keywords: Clinical Practice Guidelines;Evidence-based Medicine;Family Medicine; Primary Care; Tobacco Smoking in School-aged Children and Youth
Date for Review: 27-02-2022
Publication Date: 27-02-2017
Date of Last Evidence Search: 15/04/2015
Methods Applied: Systematic review; GRADE; Knowledge Translation
Publication Scope: implementation; patient_education; prevention; screening; treatment
Countries of Application: Canada
Guideline Publication Status: Published
Languages: English; French
Authors: CTFPHC (Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care)
Publication Year: 2017

Recommendations on Disease Management for Patients With Advanced Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update

MeSH Terms: Neoplasms (C04); Breast Neoplasms (C04.588.180)
Guideline Contact: guidelines@asco.org
Publication Date: 25-Jun-18
Publication Scope: implementation; management
Countries of Application: United States
Guideline Publication Status: Published
Languages: English
Authors: ASCO (US)
Publication Year: 2018

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Recommendations on hepatitis C screening for adults

MeSH Terms: Adult; Advisory Committees; Canada; Hepatitis C / diagnosis*; Humans; Mass Screening / standards*; Preventive Health Services*
Guideline Contact: info@canadiantaskforce.ca
English Title Translation: Recommandation sur le dépistage de l’hépatite C chez l’adulte
Keywords: Clinical Practice Guidelines; Evidence-based Medicine; Family Medicine; Primary Care; Hepatitis C
Date for Review: 24-04-2022
Publication Date: 24-04-2017
Date of Last Evidence Search: 11/12/2016
Methods Applied: Systematic review; GRADE; Knowledge Translation
Publication Scope: implementation; prevention; screening
Countries of Application: Canada
Guideline Publication Status: Published
Languages: English; French
Authors: CTFPHC (Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care)
Publication Year: 2017

Recommendations on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in primary care

MeSH Terms: Aortic Aneurysm; Abdominal / diagnosis*; Aortic Aneurysm; Abdominal / epidemiology*; Canada / epidemiology; Diagnostic Imaging / standards*; Humans, Mass Screening / organization & administration*; Morbidity / trends; Primary Health Care / methods*
Guideline Contact: info@canadiantaskforce.ca
English Title Translation: Recommandations sur le dépistage de l’anévrisme de l’aorte abdominale en context de soins primaires
Keywords: Clinical Practice Guidelines;Evidence-based Medicine;Family Medicine; Primary Care; Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Date for Review: 11-09-2022
Publication Date: 11-09-2017
Date of Last Evidence Search: 01/2017
Methods Applied: Systematic review; GRADE; Knowledge Translation
Publication Scope: implementation; prevention; screening
Countries of Application: Canada
Guideline Publication Status: Published
Languages: English; French
Authors: CTFPHC (Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care)
Publication Year: 2017