The article focuses on the new guidelines issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) of Great Britain for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) for adults undergoing total hip or knee replacement surgery.EBSCO_AspPharmacoeconomics & Outcomes News...
Initial promising single-centre and two multi-centre reports with high acute technical and clinical success rates and acceptable longer-term patency rates for femoro-popliteal and below-the-knee lesions resulted in a widespread use of the technology.2–5 Even calcified lesions can nowadays be ...
relief in addition to core treatment (see figure 2) for people with knee or hand osteoarthritis. Topical NSAIDs and/or paracetamol should be considered ahead of oral NSAIDs, COX-2 inhibitors or opioids. • When offering treatment with an oral NSAID/COX-2 inhibitor, the first choice ...
Introducing the updated guidance, Dr Paul Chrisp, director of NICE’s centre for guidelines, said: "Based on evidence, our committee agreed that ear drops containing an anaesthetic and an analgesic may reduce antibiotic consumption and relieve pain in children who did not need immediate antibiotics...
The resolution of joint swelling with TNF inhibitors in psoriatic arthritis varied by joint location, with higher resolution rates in the shoulder and elbow and lower rates in the wrist and knee. Medscape News UK 10 Feb 2025 Do Coffee and Tea Reduce Cancer Risk? A growing body of research ...
NICE gives final guidance on apixaban for VTEThe article focuses on the new guidelines issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) of Great Britain for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) for adults undergoing total hip or knee replacement surgery....
Arthroplasty of kneeTo estimate the impact of NICE approval of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) therapies on the incidence of total hip replacement (THR) and total knee replacement (TKR) among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in England and Wales. Primary care data [Clinical Practice ...
EdwardsChristopherJ.ArdeningentaconnectSeminars in Arthritis & RheumatismHawley S, Cordtz R, Dreyer L, et al. Association between NICE guidance on biologic therapies with rates of hip and knee replacement among rheumatoid arthritis patients in England and Wales: An interrupted time-series analysis. ...
Rheumatoid arthritisBiologic therapyArthroplasty of hipArthroplasty of kneeObjective: To estimate the impact of NICE approval of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) therapies on the incidence of total hip replacement (THR) and total knee replacement (TKR) among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in...
Lene DreyerChristopher J. EdwardsNigel K. ArdenAntonella DelmestriAlan SilmanCyrus CooperAndrew JudgeDaniel Prieto-AlhambraotherHawley S, Cordtz R, Dreyer L, et al. Association between NICE guidance on biologic therapies with rates of hip and knee replacement among rheumatoid arthritis patients in ...