Emergency Medicine Clinical Guidelines
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Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: management
Jun 2012Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common medical emergency that has a 10% hospital mortality rate. Despite..
Initial assessment and referral following emergency treatment for an anaphylactic episode
Dec 2011This guideline offers best practice advice on the care of adults, young people and children following emergency..
The Differential Diagnosis of Hypernatraemia in Children, with Particular Reference to Salt Poisoning
Sep 2009As well as the causes of excessive sodium intake there are a number of other causes of significant hypernatraemia, all..
Early management of patients with a head injury
May 2009One aim of the guideline is to determine which patients are at risk of intracranial complications. Another is how to..
Guideline for the Screening and Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity
May 2008Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is one of the few causes of childhood visual disability which is largely preventable...
Head injury - Triage, assessment, investigation and early management of head injury in infants, children and adults
Sep 2007This guideline was first published in June 2003. The present guideline is a partial update of only some areas where new..
Violence, The short-term management of disturbed/violent behaviour in in-patient psychiatric settings and emergency departments
Feb 2005The NICE clinical guideline on managing disturbed/violent behaviour covers how people in the NHS should try to prevent..
Clinical practice guideline for the assessment and prevention of falls in older people
Nov 2004The NICE clinical guideline on falls covers older people who live in the community, either at home, in a retirement..
Self-harm, The short-term physical and psychological management and secondary prevention of self-harm in primary and secondary care
Nov 2004The NICE clinical guideline on self-harm covers: - the care people who harm themselves can expect to receive from..
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