Consensus statement from the 2014 International Microdialysis Forum

Position statement on youth resistance training: the 2014 International Consensus.

The current manuscript has been adapted from the official position statement of the UK Strength and Conditioning Association on youth resistance training. It has subsequently been reviewed and endorsed by leading professional organisations within the fields of sports medicine, exercise science and paediatrics. The authorship team for this article was selected from the fields of paediatric exerc...

International Consensus Statement on ADHD.

2014 consensus statement from the first Economics of Physical Inactivity Consensus (EPIC) conference (Vancouver).

This article describes major topics discussed from the 'Economics of Physical Inactivity Consensus Workshop' (EPIC), held in Vancouver, Canada, in April 2011. Specifically, we (1) detail existing evidence on effective physical inactivity prevention strategies; (2) introduce economic evaluation and its role in health policy decisions; (3) discuss key challenges in establishing and building healt...

Management of kidney cancer: Canadian Kidney Cancer Forum Consensus Statement.

• History and physical examination • Laboratory tests: CBC, LDH, metabolic panel (creatinine, electrolytes, AST, ALT, alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin, INR, PTT, calcium, magnesium, phosphate, albumin), urinalysis and urine cytology • Imaging • Primary tumour i. Abdominal/pelvic CT with and without intravenous contrast ii. Abdominal MRI if CT suggests caval thrombus or because of a contrast alle...

International consensus statement on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

In the new millennium, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is not what it was thought to be 20 years ago. In the past, the term was used for a heterogeneous group of interstitial lung disorders of unknown cause, after exclusion of possible exposures or associated conditions. Now IPF is more narrowly defined as a distinct clinical entity, with certain characteristic clinical, radiological and mo...