Guidelines and statements

Thanks to the families’ willingness to donate tissues of their child’s tumour, new clinical trials are exploring novel therapies for the treatment of DIPG

Santosh Valvi · Neevika Manoharan · Marion K Mateos · Timothy EG Hassall · David S Ziegler · Geoffrey B McCowage · Matthew D Dun · David D Eisenstat · Nicholas G Gottardo · Jordan R Hansford

The 2023 Australian CVD guideline provides a pathway for early detection, clinical assessment and management of CVD risk

Mark R Nelson · Emily Banks · Alex Brown · Clara K Chow · David P Peiris · Nigel P Stocks · Rebecca Davies AO · Natalie Raffoul · Lisa Kalman · Emily Bradburn · Garry Jennings

This consensus statement on doxy-PEP provides clinicians with appropriate and accurate information on doxy-PEP

Vincent J Cornelisse · Benjamin Riley · Nicholas A Medland

Management of critical bleeding requires a multidisciplinary approach to haemorrhage control, correction and prevention of coagulopathy, and normalisation of physiological derangements

for the Clinical and Consumer Reference Group for the Update of Patient Blood Management Guidelines (Module 1: Critical Bleeding/Massive Transfusion)

The NHMRC e-cigarette statement assists consumers and policy makers in understanding the current evidence relevant to the marketing and use of e-cigarettes, their impact on smoking initiation and cessation, and their overall implications on individual and population health

Becky Freeman · Matthew J Peters · Renee Bittoun · Richard Brightwell · Dallas R English · David P Thomas · Margaret FA Otlowski · Nicholas A Zwar · Catherine Chamberlain

Updated recommendations from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and Lung Foundation Australia for managing chronic cough in children and adults

Julie M Marchant · Anne B Chang · Emma Kennedy · David King · Jennifer L Perret · Andre Schultz · Maree R Toombs · Lesley Versteegh · Shyamali C Dharmage · Rebecca Dingle · Naomi Fitzerlakey · Johnson George · Anne Holland · Debbie Rigby · Jennifer Mann · Stuart Mazzone · Mearon O'Brien · Kerry‐Ann O'Grady · Helen L Petsky · Jonathan Pham · Sheree MS Smith · Danielle F Wurzel · Anne E Vertigan · Peter Wark

Despite the large national DFD burden, Australian regions implementing guideline-based care have demonstrated large reductions in their regional DFD burdens and costs

Peter A Lazzarini · Anita Raspovic · Jenny Prentice · Robert J Commons · Robert A Fitridge · James Charles · Jane Cheney · Nytasha Purcell · Stephen M Twigg

The incidence, prevalence and burden of chronic kidney disease in First Nations Australians is one of the highest in the world, which is reflective of the social gradient of disadvantage

David J Tunnicliffe · Samantha Bateman · Melissa Arnold‐Chamney · Karen M Dwyer · Martin Howell · Azaria Gebadi · Shilpa Jesudason · Janet Kelly · Kelly Lambert · Sandawan William Majoni · Dora Oliva · Kelli J Owen · Odette Pearson · Elizabeth Rix · Ieyesha Roberts · Ro‐Anne Stirling‐Kelly · Kimberly Taylor · Gary A Wittert · Katherine Widders · Adela Yip · Jonathan Craig · Richard K Phoon

New recommendations for primary care assessment of ear health and hearing status of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Samantha Harkus · Vivienne Marnane · Isabel O'Keeffe · Carmen Kung · Meagan Ward · Neil Orr · John Skinner · Kelvin Kong · Lose Fonua · Michelle Kennedy · Mary Belfrage

Incidentally found white matter hyperintensities on neuroimaging are an opportunity to address cardiovascular risk factors to prevent progression to cognitive decline

Thomas P Ottavi · Elizabeth Pepper · Grant Bateman · Mark Fiorentino · Amy Brodtmann

Opioid deprescribing is a complex and challenging practice, with continued prescribing the default behaviour

Aili V Langford · Christine CW Lin · Lisa Bero · Fiona M Blyth · Jason Doctor · Simon Holliday · Yun‐Hee Jeon · Joanna Moullin · Bridin Murnion · Suzanne Nielsen · Rawa Osman · Jonathan Penm · Emily Reeve · Sharon Reid · Janet Wale · Carl R Schneider* · Danijela Gnjidic*

Prison settings are risk environments for HCV transmission and should therefore be a priority setting for harm reduction and clinical and educational interventions

Rebecca J Winter · Yumi Sheehan · Timothy Papaluca · Graeme A Macdonald · Joy Rowland · Anton Colman · Mark Stoove · Andrew R Lloyd · Alexander J Thompson

The Taskforce has made seven specific recommendations on care for pregnant women and those who have recently given birth

for the National COVID‐19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce

Eight drug treatments are currently recommended for people who do not require supplemental oxygen and six for those who do

Heath White · Steve J McDonald · Bridget Barber · Joshua Davis · Lucy Burr · Priya Nair · Sutapa Mukherjee · Britta Tendal · Julian Elliott · Steven McGloughlin · Tari Turner

Modification of lifestyle behaviour, management of reversible risk factors and optimisation of existing medical conditions remain pivotal

Eric Chung · Michael Lowy · Michael Gillman · Chris Love · Darren Katz · Graham Neilsen

The COPD-X guidelines aspire to standardise COPD care, optimise health outcomes, and enhance the quality of life of people with COPD

Eli Dabscheck · Johnson George · Kelcie Hermann · Christine F McDonald · Vanessa M McDonald · Renae McNamara · Mearon O’Brien · Brian Smith · Nicholas A Zwar · Ian A Yang

New recommendations for the pharmacological management of heart failure

Andrew P Sindone · Carmine De Pasquale · John Amerena · Christine Burdeniuk · Alicia Chan · Andrew Coats · David L Hare · Peter Macdonald · Aaron Sverdlov · John J Atherton

Where applicable, recommendations are harmonised with current national guidance for type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents

Jencia Wong · Glynis P Ross · Sophia Zoungas · Maria E Craig · Elizabeth A Davis · Kim C Donaghue · Louise J Maple‐Brown · Margaret J McGill · Jonathan E Shaw · Jane Speight · Natalie Wischer · Stephen Stranks

Recommendations are based on evidence-based knowledge of safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of the vaccines in the general population, plus emerging data regarding COVID-19 vaccination in immunocompromised individuals

Eliska Furlong · Rishi S Kotecha · Rachel Conyers · Tracey A O'Brien · Jordan R Hansford · Leanne Super · Peter Downie · David D Eisenstat · Gabrielle Haeusler · Brendan McMullan · Marianne B Phillips · Bhavna Padhye · Luciano Dalla‐Pozza · Frank Alvaro · Christopher J Fraser · Wayne Nicholls · Julia E Clark · Matthew O'Connor · Benjamin R Saxon · Heather Tapp · John Heath · Sarah E Hunter · Karen Tsui · Mark Winstanley · Amanda Lyver · Emma J Best · Ushma Wadia · Daniel Yeoh · Christopher C Blyth · Nicholas G Gottardo

This statement provides guidance to managing hepatitis B, recognising groups at increased risk of HBV infection and appropriate, timely screening strategies

John S Lubel · Simone I Strasser · Alexander J Thompson · Benjamin C Cowie · Jennifer MacLachlan · Nicole L Allard · Jacinta Holmes · William W Kemp · Avik Majumdar · David Iser · Jess Howell · Gail V Matthews

The Care of Older People and Palliative Care Panel developed two clinical flow charts with practice points providing guidance on the delivery of quality geriatric and palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic

for the National COVID‐19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce

These revised guidelines have three key recommendations which provide evidence-based advice on how to reduce the health risks from alcohol consumption

Katherine M Conigrave · Robert L Ali · Rebecca Armstrong · Tanya N Chikritzhs · Peter d’Abbs · Mark F Harris · Nicole Hewlett · Michael Livingston · Dan I Lubman · Anne McKenzie · Colleen O’Leary · Alison Ritter · Scott Wilson · Melanie Grimmond · Emily Banks

Clinical guidelines must be continually updated and tailored to specific populations, including children and adolescents.

Clinical care of children and adolescents with COVID-19: recommendations from the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce

Widespread adoption of high value cancer care practices during the pandemic will benefit cancer care delivery into the future

Vivienne Milch · Rhona Wang · Carolyn Der Vartanian · Melissa Austen · Debra Hector · Cleola Anderiesz · Dorothy Keefe

The absence of high quality evidence for basic clinical dilemmas in immune thrombocytopenic purpura underlines the need for contemporary guidelines relevant to the local treatment context

Philip YI Choi · Eileen Merriman · Ashwini Bennett · Anoop K Enjeti · Chee Wee Tan · Isaac Goncalves · Danny Hsu · Robert Bird