Key Points 26 June 2009
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Your weekly library bulletin from InfoKey - the libraries of Gateshead and South Tyneside Primary Care Trusts and Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust.
A monthly bulletin to keep you up to date with developments in commissioning, produced by the North West Primary Care Librarians Group
Your weekly library bulletin from InfoKey - the libraries of Gateshead and South Tyneside Primary Care Trusts and Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust.
Annual Evidence Update on Oesophago-gastric Cancers (NHS Evidence - cancer and NHS Evidence - gastroenterology and liver diseases)
www.library.nhs.uk/cancer and www.library.nhs.uk/gastroliver
This is the first Annual Evidence Update (AEU) on Oesophago-gastric cancers and is a collaboration between NHS Evidence - cancer and NHS Evidence - gastroenterology and liver diseases. It presents the results of a search for new guidance and systematic reviews that have appeared in the last 2 years. As this is first AEU in this topic area an overview will be presented, highlighting significant new evidence, together with other important resources. Commentaries will be sought for the AEU in 2010.
Continue reading "Annual Evidence Update on Oesophago-gastric Cancers - 22 June 2009" »
Annual Evidence Update on Age Related Macular Degeneration (NHS Evidence - eyes and vision)
www.library.nhs.uk/eyes
The Age Related Macular Degeneration Annual Evidence Update (AEU) is available from 15 June 2009. A collection of the evidence that has emerged since the 2008 AEU will be presented under a number of topics reflecting aspects of the care pathway. The evidence will be categorised into secondary publications (systematic reviews and meta-analyses), interventional studies (randomised control trials and clinical control trials) and observational studies. The emphasis of the AEU will be on the sight threatening or visually impairing forms of age-related macular degeneration.
Continue reading "Annual Evidence Update on Age Related Macular Degeneration - 15 June 2009" »
Your weekly library bulletin from InfoKey - the libraries of Gateshead and South Tyneside Primary Care Trusts and Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust.
This current awareness bulletin, produced by the Health Sciences Library at East Cheshire NHS Trust, was updated on 8 June 2009 and can be found at:
Radiology Bulletin
You can search the postings by using the search box, or by viewing the subject index in the right hand column.
Continue reading "Radiology current awareness bulletin - updated 8 June 2009" »
Your weekly library bulletin from InfoKey - the libraries of Gateshead and South Tyneside Primary Care Trusts and Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust.
Annual Evidence Update on Drugs Misuse (NHS Evidence - National Library for Public Health)
www.library.nhs.uk/publichealth
The National Library for Public Health will run its first Annual Evidence Update (AEU) on drugs misuse from 8 June 2009. The theme for this first update is drugs misuse treatment in offender populations. We have teamed up with experts from the Addictions Centre based at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London to evaluate the evidence and put it into context. The AEU runs in conjunction with the Home Office Drugs Week.
Continue reading "Annual Evidence Update on Drugs Misuse - 8 June 2009" »
Annual Evidence Update on Atrial Fibrillation (NHS Evidence - cardiovascular)
www.library.nhs.uk/cardiovascular
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and if left untreated is a significant risk factor for stroke and other morbidities. NICE published a guideline on management of AF in June 2006. The NHS Evidence - cardiovascular team has systematically identified high quality evidence that has appeared since then, and presents this with summaries written by leading experts in the field.
Continue reading "Annual Evidence Update on Atrial Fibrillation - 1 June 2009" »