NICE guideline committee’s comments on editorial about menopause guideline

What's nice about the new NICE guideline?

A new national guideline for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in June. Although technically only applicable to England andWales (and even thenonly if adopted by theWelshAssembly), itwill be perceived by many international authorities as ‘the British guideline’ (with apologies to our S...

Is National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline a nice guideline?

Pharmacotherapy for borderline personality disorder: NICE guideline.

In their review of drug treatments for borderline personality disorder, Lieb et al, 1 despite considering similar evidence, draw largely different conclusions from those we drew when developing the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline. 2 Lieb et al recommend a range of drugs. These include anticonvulsants for affective dysregulation symptoms (topiramate, valpro...

Risk assessment of fragility fracture: NICE guideline.

British Journal of General Practice, December 2012 667 INTRODUCTION Fragility fractures result from mechanical forces that would not ordinarily result in fracture. The World Health Organization (WHO) has quantified this as forces equivalent to a fall from a standing height or less. Reduced bone density is a major risk factor for fragility fractures. The prevalence of osteoporosis increases mark...

Response to comments on the Editorial on National Guideline and ILD Pak Registry.

ILD PAK registry is an ongoing web based registry, the governance of which is under the auspices of the Pakistan Chest Society (PCS). In the PCS Biennial Conference 2014 ILD session, the registry web interface was introduced and an open invitation was given to all institutions and pulmonologists across the country, interested in research of ILD to join the registry for the collection of a natio...