This updated guideline from NICE looks at obesity. The big changes from the 2006 guideline have been well publicised in the news and mainly advise that referral for bariatric surgery be considered at ...
The big changes from the 2006 guideline have been well publicised in the news and mainly advise that referral for bariatric surgery be considered at a lower BMI to previously, especially where ...
There is a new statement from the FSRH reassuring us that the use of oral emergency contraception (EC) in obese women is OK. Levonorgestrel is available in Europe with the brand name 'Norlevo' and it ...
Most of this guideline is aimed at secondary care. From our point of view:Elective Caesarean may be offered to diabetic women with an estimate birth weight of over 4.5kg (though it is acknowledged t...
A lot of this is what we already do. However there is a good flow chart at page 14. New things for me were:In a pregnancy with 2 or more episodes of reduced fetal movements (RFM), there is a worse o...
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