Consensus Statement from the Consensus Conference on Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty Group

NIH Consensus Statement on total knee replacement.

OBJECTIVE To provide health care providers, patients, and the general public with a responsible assessment of currently available data regarding total knee replacement. PARTICIPANTS A non-DHHS, non-advocate 11-member panel representing the fields of orthopaedics, rheumatology, internal medicine, nursing, physical therapy, rehabilitation, biostatistics, epidemiology, and health services resear...

Consensus statement on posttraumatic stress disorder from the International Consensus Group on Depression and Anxiety.

OBJECTIVE To provide primary care clinicians with a better understanding of management issues in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and guide clinical practice with recommendations on the appropriate management strategy. PARTICIPANTS The 4 members of the International Consensus Group on Depression and Anxiety were James C. Ballenger (chair), Jonathan R. T. Davidson, Yves Lecrubier, and Davi...

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...

CONSENSUS STATEMENT ON THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE 411 consensus

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All known medical diseases vary both in severity and duration. While early diagnosis and prompt treatment are always essential, the vast majority of diseases are nevertheless chronic in their manifestations. This chronicity requires not only initial treatment but long-term management. The purpose of all long-term medical management is to minimize the current and future impact of the disease on ...