The NHS Evidence Specialist Collections have been developed to identify and meet the information needs of particular communities of practice. They are web-based collections containing clinical and non-clinical information on the major health priority areas. Each specialist collection identifies and provides access to quality assessed information of relevance to the community that it serves.
An aspect of this involves the production of Annual Evidence Updates, which aim to highlight the best current evidence for selected healthcare topics. Annual Evidence Updates consist of the good quality evidence from a search of research evidence on a particular topic over a 12 month period, plus user-friendly summaries written by relevant experts, and links to guidelines, secondary research and primary research, if applicable. All information included in Annual Evidence Updates has been subject to rigorous selection criteria.
The calendar of Annual Evidence Updates until March 2010 is available here. The following Annual Evidence Updates are scheduled for December:
Alcoholic liver disease (gastroenterology and liver diseases specialist collection) 7th December
Alcohol misuse produces a spectrum of liver injury ranging from simple fatty change through alcoholic hepatitis to cirrhosis and, in some 20% of individuals, to hepatocellular carcinoma. We will be presenting an overview of the best systematic reviews and selected primary research from the past two years, along with commentary from experts in the field. We will also provide links to useful policy documents and other items of interest.
Malignancies post kidney transplant (kidney diseases specialist collection) 7th December
This update is on post transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) in renal transplant patients. We have used the latest guidelines on PTLD in adult solid organ transplant recipients from the British Committee for Standards in Haematology and the British Transplant Society as a starting point for our update, to retrieve evidence on this topic from 2004 and present on the following topics: science, presentation, diagnosis and treatment.
Familial hypercholesterolaemia (genetic conditions specialist collection) 14th December
This update will publish the results of a search for new evidence published since the NICE clinical guidance 71 Identification and management of familial hypercholesterolaemia was published in August 2008. It includes a list of relevant guidelines, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and selected randomised controlled trials, along with a commentary written by an expert in the field.
Spinal disease (trauma and orthopaedics specialist collection) 14th December
Included in this update are guidelines and systematic reviews published within the last year covering low back pain, ankylosing spondylitis, disc herniation and spinal fractures.
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