October 1999
News
BHS updates guidelines
on hypertension
Standard questions
could predict asthma outcomes
Editorial
RCP
Report aims to improve domiciliary oxygen services
Dr Michael Rudolf, respiratory physician and Chairman of
the RCP Working Party on Domiciliary Oxygen Services
Letters
Do junior doctors
recognise their consultants?
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Personal View
Back
pain guidelines highlight psychosocial factors
Yellow flags are an important aid to our management of acute
low back pain, as Dr Charles Sears explains
Guideline Development
RCN
takes child-centred approach to pain assessment in children
Noelle Llewellyn explains how the RCN's guidelines will
help healthcare professionals and parents assess pain accurately in children
of all ages
Locality Protocol
GP
referral protocol cuts waiting times for joint replacements
Dr John Orchard describes the development of a demand management
tool which enables GPs to prioritise patients for hip and knee replacements
and reduces waiting times
Guideline Implementation
Local
guideline aims to unify approach to cancer pain relief
Jayne Wood describes how a multidisciplinary group from
primary and secondary care adapted a national guideline for local use to improve
cancer pain management
Tips on Guideline Use
How to
monitor the progress of a guideline
The effectiveness of a guideline is best measured using
indicators of key processes, explains Dr Mark Charny in the eighth article in
this series
Questions & Answers
Your problems
solved
Our editorial board answer your questions on whether guidelines
will stand up in court and current guidance on tetanus vaccination
Out of Hours
Guidelines
on dealing with road rage
Dr Phil Hammond, GP, lecturer and presenter of BBC2's Trust
Me, I'm a Doctor
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