Prevention of hip fracture is covered by other NICE guidance (on falls4 and osteoporosis5 6). NICE recommendations are based on systematic reviews of best available evidence and explicit consideration of cost effectiveness. When minimal evidence is available, recommendations are based on the Guideline...
A case of insufficient evidence equipoise: the NICE guidance on antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of infective endocarditis. J Med Ethics 2010;36:567--70.A case of insufficient evidence equipoise: the NICE guidance on antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of infective endocarditis. Mohindra...
Infinal guidance, NICE recommended pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck, Sharp & Dohme), with pemetrexed (Alimta, Eli Lilly) and platinum chemotherapy, as a treatment option for some people with lung cancer. It said the treatment should be made available on England's Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) for pat...
The recommendations are for all adults but are based on surgical, anaesthetic, and orthogeriatric evidence and expertise acquired among older patients (the group in whom hip fracture is most common). Prevention of hip fracture is covered by other NICE guidance (on falls and osteoporosis).Ftouh...