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Volume 12 Issue 3 - March 2009
| Colour Key: | |
| NICE or Department of Health guideline | |
| SIGN guideline | |
| Independent professional body guideline | |
| Working party guideline | |
| Other articles |
| Editorial | |
| Are you ready to implement the changes to the QOF? | |
| News | |
| NICE advises on best practice for patients with breast cancer | |
| NICE guideline on rheumatoid arthritis has been published | |
| Personal View | |
| Guideline on FH emphasises importance of diagnosis | |
| Dr Judith Hayward reviews the NICE guideline on familial hypercholesterolaemia, and discusses the implications for GPs | |
| New Guideline | |
| Breakthrough pain should be distinguished from background pain | |
| Dr Giovambattista Zeppetella discusses the new guideline from the Association for Palliative Medicine on the management of breakthrough pain in patients with cancer | |
| Hot Topic | |
| The ABPI Code of Practice: key points for primary care | |
| Steven Gray outlines how the ABPI Code of Practice regulates the actions of the pharmaceutical industry and how companies are moving towards partnership working | |
| New Guideline | |
| The majority of patients with headache can be managed in primary care | |
| The SIGN guideline on the diagnosis and management of headache in adults is a comprehensive resource for GPs, says Dr David PB Watson | |
| Guideline Revisited | |
| Cardiovascular risk should be reduced in patients with CKD | |
| Dr Alan Begg reviews the guidelines on chronic kidney disease from NICE and SIGN, and highlights key clinical points for management in primary care | |
| Out of Hours | |
| When did you last witness a cardiac arrest? | |
| Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |
Guidelines in Practice, March 2009, Volume 12 (3)
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