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Guideline summary

National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: Australian clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation 2018

David Brieger, John Amerena, John R Attia, Beata Bajorek, Kim H Chan, Cia Connell, Ben Freedman, Caleb Ferguson, Tanya Hall, Haris M Haqqani, Jeroen Hendriks, Charlotte M Hespe, Joseph Hung, Jonathan M Kalman, Prashanthan Sanders, John Worthington, Tristan Yan and Nicholas A Zwar

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (8): Free

Guideline summary

National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: Australian clinical guidelines for the management of heart failure 2018

John J Atherton, Andrew Sindone, Carmine G De Pasquale, Andrea Driscoll, Peter S MacDonald, Ingrid Hopper, Peter Kistler, Tom G Briffa, James Wong, Walter P Abhayaratna, Liza Thomas, Ralph Audehm, Phillip J Newton, Joan O'Loughlin, Cia Connell and Maree Branagan

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (8): Free

Position statement summary

Australian standards of care and treatment guidelines for transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents

Michelle M Telfer, Michelle A Tollit, Carmen C Pace and Ken C Pang

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (3):

Position statement summary

Clinical Oncology Society of Australia position statement on exercise in cancer care

Prue Cormie, Morgan Atkinson, Lucy Bucci, Anne Cust, Elizabeth Eakin, Sandra Hayes, Alexandra L McCarthy, Andrew Murnane, Sharni Patchell and Diana Adams

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (4):

Guideline summary

Updated evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of melanoma: definitive excision margins for primary cutaneous melanoma

Michael J Sladden, Omgo E Nieweg, Julie Howle, Brendon J Coventry and John F Thompson

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (3):

Guideline summary

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders: major depression summary

Gin S Malhi, Tim Outhred, Amber Hamilton, Philip M Boyce, Richard Bryant, Paul B Fitzgerald, Bill Lyndon, Roger Mulder, Greg Murray, Richard J Porter, Ajeet B Singh and Kristina Fritz

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (4):

Guideline summary

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders: bipolar disorder summary

Gin S Malhi, Tim Outhred, Grace Morris, Philip M Boyce, Richard Bryant, Paul B Fitzgerald, Malcolm J Hopwood, Bill Lyndon, Roger Mulder, Greg Murray, Richard J Porter, Ajeet B Singh and Kristina Fritz

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (5):

Position statement

Position statement: a clinical approach to the management of adult non-neurogenic overactive bladder

Eric Chung, Dominic Lee, Johan Gani, Michael Gillman, Christopher Maher, Janelle Brennan, Lydia Johns Putra, Laura Ahmad and Lewis LW Chan

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (1):

Guideline summary

COPD-X Australian and New Zealand guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 2017 update

Ian A Yang, Juliet L Brown, Johnson George, Sue Jenkins, Christine F McDonald, Vanessa M McDonald, Kirsten Phillips, Brian J Smith, Nicholas A Zwar and Eli Dabscheck

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (10):

Position statement summary

Diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and Lung Foundation Australia position statements summary

Helen E Jo*, Jyotika D Prasad*, Lauren K Troy, Annabelle Mahar, Jane Bleasel, Samantha J Ellis, Daniel C Chambers, Anne E Holland, Fiona R Lake, Gregory Keir, Nicole S Goh, Margaret Wilsher, Sally de Boer, Yuben Moodley, Christopher Grainge, Helen M Whitford, Sally A Chapman, Paul N Reynolds, David Beatson**, Leonie J Jones, Peter Hopkins, Heather M Allan, Ian Glaspole*** and Tamera J Corte***

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2):

Position statement summary

Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand position statement executive summary: coronary artery calcium scoring

Christian R Hamilton-Craig, Clara K Chow, John F Younger, V M Jelinek, Jonathan Chan and Gary YH Liew

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (8):

Guideline summary

Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of melanoma: melanomas that lack classical clinical features

Victoria J Mar, Alex J Chamberlain, John W Kelly, William K Murray and John F Thompson

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (8):

Guideline summary

Diagnosis and management of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency

Mehrdad Nikfarjam, Jeremy S Wilson and Ross C Smith, Australasian Pancreatic Club Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy Guidelines Working Group

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (4):

Guideline summary

The 2016 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists guidelines for the management of schizophrenia and related disorders

David J Castle, Cherrie A Galletly, Frances Dark, Verity Humberstone, Vera A Morgan, Eóin Killackey, Jayashri Kulkarni, Patrick McGorry, Olav Nielssen, Nga T Tran and Assen Jablensky

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (11):

Guideline summary

The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds: an abridged outline

Nadia J Chaves, Georgia A Paxton, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Aesen Thambiran, Joanne Gardiner, Jan Williams, Mitchell M Smith and Joshua S Davis

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (7): Free

Position statement summary

Australian Institute of Sport and Australian Medical Association position statement on concussion in sport

Lisa J Elkington and David C Hughes

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (1):

Consensus statement

Sexual transmission of HIV and the law: an Australian medical consensus statement

Mark Boyd, David Cooper, Elizabeth A Crock, Levinia Crooks, Michelle L Giles, Andrew Grulich, Sharon R Lewin, David Nolan and Trent Yarwood

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (9):

Guideline summary

Endocrine Society of Australia position statement on male hypogonadism (part 2): treatment and therapeutic considerations

Bu B Yeap, Mathis Grossmann, Robert I McLachlan, David J Handelsman, Gary A Wittert, Ann J Conway, Bronwyn GA Stuckey, Douglas W Lording, Carolyn A Allan, Jeffrey D Zajac and Henry G Burger

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): Free

Position statement

Endocrine Society of Australia position statement on male hypogonadism (part 1): assessment and indications for testosterone therapy

Bu B Yeap, Mathis Grossmann, Robert I McLachlan, David J Handelsman, Gary A Wittert, Ann J Conway, Bronwyn GA Stuckey, Douglas W Lording, Carolyn A Allan, Jeffrey D Zajac and Henry G Burger

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (4): Free

Guideline summary

National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: Australian clinical guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2016

Derek P Chew, Ian A Scott, Louise Cullen, John K French, Tom G Briffa, Philip A Tideman, Stephen Woodruffe, Alistair Kerr, Maree Branagan and Philip EG Aylward

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (3): Free

Guideline summary

Guideline for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in adults — 2016

Genevieve M Gabb, Arduino A Mangoni, Craig S Anderson, Diane Cowley, John S Dowden, Jonathan Golledge, Graeme J Hankey, Faline S Howes, Les Leckie, Vlado Perkovic, Markus Schlaich, Nicholas A Zwar, Tanya L Medley and Leonard Arnolda

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (2): Free

Clinical focus / Consensus statement

Refining the care of patients with pancreatic cancer: the AGITG Pancreatic Cancer Workshop consensus

Robert C Gandy, Andrew P Barbour, Jaswinder Samra, Mehrdad Nikfarjam, Koroush Haghighi, James G Kench, Payal Saxena and David Goldstein

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (11):

Clinical focus / Guidelines

Acute pain management: scientific evidence, fourth edition, 2015

Stephan A Schug, Greta M Palmer, David A Scott, Richard Halliwell and Jane Trinca

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (8): Free

Clinical focus

Australian recommendations for the management of hepatitis C virus infection: a consensus statement

Alexander JV Thompson

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): Free

Clinical focus / Guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines for dementia in Australia

Kate Laver, Robert G Cumming, Suzanne M Dyer, Meera R Agar, Kaarin J Anstey, Elizabeth Beattie, Henry Brodaty, Tony Broe, Lindy Clemson, Maria Crotty, Margaret Dietz, Brian M Draper, Leon Flicker, Margeret Friel, Louise Mary Heuzenroeder, Susan Koch, Susan Kurrle, Rhonda Nay, C Dimity Pond, Jane Thompson, Yvonne Santalucia, Craig Whitehead and Mark W Yates

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (5): Free