Editor's Choice – European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines on Radiation Safety

Funding Information: On behalf of the Public and Community Oversight Group (PCOG) of the Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards: Ian Wright; John Phipps; Colette Kelly; Robert Goundry; Eve Smyth; Andrew Wood; Paul Dale (also of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency). On behalf of the Society and College of Radiographers Patient Advisory Group: Lynda Johnson; Philip Plant; Michelle Carmichael – Specialist Senior Staff Nurse Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation trust.Peer reviewe

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Dementia in Australia: A step towards improving uptake of research findings in health and aged-care settings

This author accepted manuscript (post print) is made available following a 12 month embargo form date of publication (21 April 2016) in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

Guidelines for conducting birth defects surveillance

"In January of 1999, the National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) established a Surveillance Guidelines and Standards Committee (SGSC) in order to develop and promote the use of standards and guidelines for birth defects surveillance programs in the United States. This set of guidelines is designed to serve as an important first step in the documentation of this process and as the vehicle for dissemination of the committee's findings. The Guidelines for Conducting Birth Defects Surveillance (henceforth referred to as The Surveillance Guidelines) were developed with three major long-term objectives in mind: To improve the quality of state birth defects surveillance data, including accuracy, comparability, completeness, and timeliness; To enhance the utility of state birth defects surveillance data for research on the distribution and etiology of birth defects; To encourage and promote the use of state birth defects surveillance data for the purposes of linking affected children with services and evaluation of those services. The technical guidelines that make up this document provide a way of improving the quality of birth defects surveillance data, which in turn enhances their use in support of the latter two objectives. Fundamental to quality is ensuring that procedures for all aspects of data definition, collection, management, and analysis are established and followed. Because state-based surveillance systems operate with different objectives and data needs, it is clear that, with respect to procedures and standards, 'one size does not fit all.' It is also clear, however, that common guidelines can provide a basis for the development of system-specific operating procedures and supporting manuals." - p. iIntroduction -- -- Chapter 1. The Whys and Hows of Birth Defects Surveillance - Using Data -- -- Chapter 2. Legislation -- Appendix 2.1. Sample State Legislation -- Appendix 2.2. Table of Birth Defects Legislation -- Appendix 2.3. Definitions Used to Determine Covered Entity Status Under the Privacy Rule -- Appendix 2.4. Office of Civil Rights (OCR) HIPAA Privacy Regulation Text -- -- Chapter 3.Case Definition -- Appendix 3.1. Birth Defects Included in the Case Definition of the National Birth Defects Prevention Network -- Appendix 3.2. NBDPN Abstractor's Instructions -- Appendix 3.3. Examples of Conditions Considered to Be Minor Anomalies -- Appendix 3.4. Conditions Related to Prematurity in Infants Born at Less Than 36 Weeks Gestation -- -- Chapter 4. Data Variables -- Appendix 4.1. Descriptions of Minimum (Core) Data Variables -- Appendix 4.2. Descriptions of Recommended Data Variables -- -- Chapter 5. Classification and Coding -- Appendix 5.1. Texas Disease Index -- Appendix 5.2. 6-Digit CDC Codes (updated 8/2007) -- -- Chapter 6. Case Ascertainment Methods -- Appendix 6.1. Data Source Described in Detail - Vital Records -- Appendix 6.2. Data Source Described in Detail - Hospital Data Sets -- Appendix 6.3. Data Source Described in Detail - Hospital and Patient Services Logs -- Appendix 6.4. Data Source Described in Detail - Genetic Services -- -- Chapter 7. Data Quality Management -- Appendix 7.1. Data Sources Descriptive Assessment Tool -- -- Chapter 8. Statistical Methods -- -- Chapter 9. Data Management and Security -- -- Chapter 10. Data Collaboration and Dissemination through the NBDPN -- -- Chapter 11. Data Presentation -- Appendix 11.1. Data Suppression -- Appendix 11.2. Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Map Data -- Appendix 11.3. Data Users Matrix -- Appendix 11.4. What Type of Chart or Graph Should I Use?edited by Lowell E. Sever."June 2004."Support for development, production, and distribution of these guidelines was provided by the Birth Defects State Research Partnerships Team, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Title from title caption (viewed on Jan. 6, 2012).Mode of access: Internet from the CDC web site as an Acrobat .pdf file ((7.6 MB, 627 p.).System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.Includes bibliographical references.Text in PDF format.National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN). Guidelines for Conducting Birth Defects Surveillance. Sever, LE, ed. Atlanta, GA: National Birth Defects Prevention Network, Inc., June 2004

The pain of low status: the relationship between subjective socio-economic status and analgesic prescriptions in a Scottish community sample

There is a strong positive relationship between objective measures of socioeconomic status (OSS) and general health. However, there is an increasing interest in the relationship between health and subjective socioeconomic status (SSS), which describes one’s perceived rank in relation to the rest of society, based on factors such as income, occupation, and education. While the relationship between SSS and general health is well2established, the relationship between SSS and pain has received little attention. Gathering both self2report questionnaire data and General Practitioner medical data from a large representative community sample in Scotland between 2012 and 2013 ( N = 1824), we investigated the relationship between SSS and prescriptions for analgesic drugs. We found that higher levels of SSS significantly predicted lower odds of participants having been prescribed at least one analgesic drug in the previous six months. We obtained this result even after controlling for OSS2related variables (education, occupational status, and geographical location) and demographic variables (age and gender). This suggests that, just like the relationship between SSS and general health, SSS has important effects on pain that go beyond the influence of OSS

Trauma-focused treatment outcome for complex PTSD patients: results of an intensive treatment programme

Objective The objective of the current study is to determine whether individuals classified as having CPTSD can benefit from an intensive trauma-focused treatment, resulting in decreased PTSD and CPTSD symptoms, and loss of diagnoses. Method Patients diagnosed with PTSD (N = 308) took part in an intensive 8-day treatment programme combining prolonged exposure, EMDR therapy, psycho-education, and physical activity. The treatment was not phase-based in that it did not contain a stabilization phase or skill training prior to therapy. CPTSD diagnosis was assessed by means of the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) and PTSD diagnosis was assessed with both the ITQ and CAPS-5. Treatment response was measured with the CAPS-5, PCL-5, and ITQ. Results Symptoms of both PTSD and CPTSD significantly decreased from pre- to post-treatment resulting in a significant loss of CAPS-5 based PTSD (74.0%) and ITQ-based PTSD and CPTSD diagnoses (85.0% and 87.7%, respectively). No adverse events occurred in terms of suicides, suicide attempts, or hospital admissions. Conclusions The results are supportive of the notion that the majority of patients classified as having CPTSD strongly benefit from an intensive trauma-focused treatment for their PTSD