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That is why <em>The BMJ</em> is working with <a href="http://www.magicproject.org/">MAGIC</a>, a non-profit research and innovation programme, <a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i5191">to develop Rapid Recommendations</a>. These accelerate evidence into practice to answer the questions that matter quickly and transparently through trustworthy recommendations.</p> <p>Find out more about how it works by watching this video below. </p> <div style="display: block; position: relative; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <div style="padding-top: 56.25%;"> <iframe src="//players.brightcove.net/2696240571001/4JJk0etnl_default/index.html?videoId=5145024838001" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;"></iframe></div> </div> <p><strong>How it works:</strong> The Rapid Recommendations team from MAGIC, including <em>The BMJ</em>, will identify and confirm which studies might change practice and are of interest to readers. Researchers will then perform systematic reviews on the benefit and harm of the intervention, baseline risk of important outcomes, and the values and preferences of patients. In parallel a panel including researchers, patients, and doctors will choose the most important outcomes. They will consider the systematic reviews and evaluate the evidence using a GRADE approach, and produce recommendations for practice. The research and recommendations will be submitted to <em>The BMJ</em> for peer review and publication.</p> <h2>Our rapid recommendations</h2> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #e8f4f2;"> <div style="background-color: #1bb1a6; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Proactive therapeutic drug monitoring of biologic drugs in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory arthritis, and psoriasis</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 170px;"> <img src="https://www.bmj.com/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2024/10/rrbio_landing_thumb.png" width="150px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj-2024-079830">Proactive therapeutic drug monitoring of biologic drugs in adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory arthritis, or psoriasis: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>BMJ Medicine Research: <a href="https://bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/3/1/e000998">Proactive therapeutic drug monitoring of biologic drugs in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory arthritis, and psoriasis: systematic review and meta-analysis</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>BMJ Medicine Editorial: <a href="https://bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/3/1/e001130">Therapeutic drug monitoring for immune mediated inflammatory diseases</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #ececed;"> <div style="background-color: #7c8695; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2024/10/ckd-rr-landing-thumb.png" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj-2024-080257">Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors for adults with chronic kidney disease: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #7c8695;"> <p>BMJ Medicine research: <a href="https://bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/3/1/e001009">Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease with or without type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #FBECDF;"> <div style="background-color: #E37222; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Management of chronic pain associated with temporomandibular disorders</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2024/01/rapid-recs-page-thumb.png" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj-2023-076227">Management of chronic pain associated with temporomandibular disorders: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>The BMJ Research: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj-2023-076226">Management of chronic pain secondary to temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>The BMJ Editorial: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p2877">Chronic pain associated with temporomandibular disorders</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #eaf0f8;"> <div style="background-color: #2f6eb5; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;"> PCSK9 inhibitors and ezetimibe</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2022/05/rr-lipids-landing-thumb.png" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069066">PCSK9 inhibitors and ezetimibe for the reduction of cardiovascular events</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #2f6eb5;"> <p>The BMJ Research: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069116">PCSK9 inhibitors and ezetimibe with or without statin therapy for cardiovascular risk reduction</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #2f6eb5;"> <p>BMJ Medicine: <a href="https://bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/1/1/e000134">Safety of ezetimibe in lipid-lowering treatment</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #2f6eb5;"> <p>Heart: <a href="https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2022/05/03/heartjnl-2022-321063">BMJ Rapid Recommendations on use of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 inhibitors and ezetimibe to reduce cardiovascular risk</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #2f6eb5;"> <p>Heart: <a href="https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2022/05/03/heartjnl-2021-320556">Safety of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 inhibitors</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #2f6eb5;"> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #f1eff6;"> <div style="background-color: #7661A6; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Plasma exchange and glucocorticoid dosing for patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2022/02/rrvasc-landing.png" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-064597">Plasma exchange and glucocorticoid dosing for patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis<br /> </a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #765fa8;"> <p>The BMJ Research: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-064604">The effects of plasma exchange in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #765fa8;"> <p>BMJ Open Research: <a href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/2/e050507">Comparative efficacy and safety of alternative glucocorticoids regimens in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis: a systematic review</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #765fa8;"> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #f5e5ee;"> <div style="background-color: #c12183; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 170px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2020/08/remdesivir_v28_landing_thumb.png" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3379">A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>The BMJ research: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n2231">Antibody and cellular therapies for treatment of covid-19</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>The BMJ research: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m2980">Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #e8f4f2;"> <div style="background-color: #1bb1a6; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic pain</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 170px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2021/09/rrcann_website_thumb.png" width="150px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n2040">Medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic pain</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>The BMJ Research: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1034">Medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic non-cancer and cancer related pain</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>The BMJ Editorial: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1942">Medical cannabis for chronic pain</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #ececed;"> <div style="background-color: #7c8695; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">SGLT-2 inhibitors or GLP-1 receptor agonists for adults with type 2 diabetes</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2021/05/rr-diabetes-thumb.png" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1091">SGLT-2 inhibitors or GLP-1 receptor agonists for adults with type 2 diabetes: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #7c8695;"> <p>The BMJ research: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.m4573">Sodium-glucose cotransporter protein-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for type 2 diabetes</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #FBECDF;"> <div style="background-color: #E37222; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">A living WHO guideline on drugs to prevent covid-19</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2021/03/rrc19pep-landing-thumb.png" alt="covid-19" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n526">A living WHO guideline on drugs to prevent covid-19</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>The BMJ research: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n949">Prophylaxis against covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #f5e5ee;"> <div style="background-color: #c12183; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Gastrointestinal bleeding prophylaxis for critically ill patients</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 170px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2020/01/ppithumb.png" width="150px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.l6722">Gastrointestinal bleeding prophylaxis for critically ill patients: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>The BMJ research: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.l6744">Efficacy and safety of gastrointestinal bleeding prophylaxis in critically ill patients: systematic review and network meta-analysis</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>MAGICapp: <a href="https://app.magicapp.org/public/guideline/j96g2L ">Expanded version of the results</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #e8f4f2;"> <div style="background-color: #1bb1a6; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Colorectal cancer screening with faecal immunochemical testing, sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 170px;"> <img src="https://www.bmj.com/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2019/10/rrcrc_landing_thumb.png" width="150px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l5515">Colorectal cancer screening with faecal immunochemical testing, sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>BMJ Open: <a href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/10/e032773">Colorectal cancer screening with faecal testing, sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>The BMJ research: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l5383">Colorectal cancer screening with faecal immunochemical testing, sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy: a microsimulation modelling study</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>MAGICapp: <a href="https://app.magicapp.org/public/guideline/EQNVKj ">Expanded version of the results</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #ececed;"> <div style="background-color: #7c8695; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Thyroid hormones treatment for subclinical hypothyroidism</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2019/05/rrltx_landing_thumb.png" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l2006">Thyroid hormones treatment for subclinical hypothyroidism: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #7c8695;"> <p>JAMA research: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.13770">Association of thyroid hormone therapy with quality of life and thyroid-related symptoms in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism: a systematic review and meta-analysis</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #7c8695;"> <p>MAGICapp: <a href="https://app.magicapp.org/public/guideline/nyqWPn">Expanded version of the results</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #FBECDF;"> <div style="background-color: #E37222; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Subacromial decompression surgery for adults with shoulder pain</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2019/02/rrSS_landing_thumb.png" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.l294">Subacromial decompression surgery for adults with shoulder pain: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #E37222;"> <p>British Journal of Sports Medicine: <a href="https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/01/15/bjsports-2018-100486">Subacromial decompression surgery versus conservative management in patients with shoulder pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis </a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #E37222;"> <p>BMJ Open Research: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028777">Minimal important differences for improvement in shoulder condition patient-reported outcomes: a systematic review to inform a BMJ Rapid Recommendation</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #E37222;"> <p>Updated Cochrane systematic review: <a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD005619.pub3/full">Subacromial decompression surgery for rotator cuff disease</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #E37222;"> <p>MAGICapp: <a href="http://www.magicapp.org/public/guideline/nBMa0L"> Subacromial decompression surgery for adults with shoulder pain. A BMJ Rapid Recommendation </a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #f1eff6;"> <div style="background-color: #7661A6; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Dual vs single antiplatelet therapy</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2018/12/dapt-landing-illus-2.png" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k5130">Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for acute high risk transient ischaemic attack and minor ischaemic stroke<br /> </a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #765fa8;"> <p>BMJ Research: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k5108">Clopidogrel plus aspirin versus aspirin alone for acute minor ischaemic stroke or high risk transient ischaemic attack</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #eaf0f8;"> <div style="background-color: #2f6eb5; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;"> Oxygen therapy for acutely ill medical patients</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2018/11/oxy-landingPageThumb_0.png" alt="Person wearing oxygen delivery prongs" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4169">Oxygen therapy for acutely ill medical patients: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #2f6eb5;"> <p>The Lancet research: <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673618304793">Mortality and morbidity in acutely ill adults treated with liberal versus conservative oxygen therapy (IOTA): a systematic review and meta-analysis</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #2f6eb5;"> <p>MAGICapp: <a href="https://app.magicapp.org/public/guideline/jxQ7OL">Expanded version of the results</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #f5e5ee;"> <div style="background-color: #c12183; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Prostate cancer screening</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2018/09/psa_icon_rapidrecs.png" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k3581">Prostate cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test: a clinical practice guideline<br /> </a> </p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #C50084;"> <p>The BMJ research: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k3519">Prostate cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test: a systematic review and meta-analysis.</a> </p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #C50084;"> <p>BMJ Open research: <a href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/9/e025470">Values and preferences of men for undergoing prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer: a systematic review </a> </p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #C50084;"> <p>The BMJ editorial: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k3702">What should doctors say to men asking for a PSA test?</a> </p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #C50084;"> <p>MAGICapp: <a href="https://app.magicapp.org/public/guideline/n32gkL">Expanded version of the results</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #f1eff6;"> <div style="background-color: #7661A6; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Corticosteroid therapy for sepsis</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2018/09/sepsis_rapidrecs.png" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k3284">Corticosteroid therapy for sepsis: a clinical practice guideline<br /> </a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #765fa8;"> <p>Crit Care Med: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29979221?dopt=Abstract">Corticosteroids in Sepsis: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #765fa8;"> <p>MAGICapp: <a href="https://app.magicapp.org/public/guideline/EZ1w8n">Expanded version of the results</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #e8f4f2;"> <div style="background-color: #1bb1a6; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Patent foramen ovale closure or drug therapy for management of cryptogenic stroke?</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="https://www.bmj.com/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2018/08/patentovale.png" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k2515">Patent foramen ovale closure, antiplatelet therapy or anticoagulation therapy alone for management of cryptogenic stroke?</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>BMJ Open: <a href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/7/e023761/"> Patent foramen ovale closure, antiplatelet therapy or anticoagulation in patients with patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke: a systematic review and network meta-analysis incorporating complementary external evidence</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>MAGICapp: <a href="https://app.magicapp.org/app#/guideline/2649 ">Expanded version of the results</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #f1eff6;"> <div style="background-color: #765fa8; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Atraumatic (pencil-point) versus conventional needles for lumbar puncture</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2018/05/lumbar.JPG" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k1920">Atraumatic (pencil-point) versus conventional needles for lumbar puncture: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #765fa8;"> <p>BMJ Opinion: <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/03/05/alex-sinclair-and-sandra-doughty-illuminating-the-patient-experience-of-lumbar-puncture/">Alexandra Sinclair and Sandra Doughty: Illuminating the patient experience of lumbar puncture</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #765fa8;"> <p>MAGICapp: <a href="https://www.magicapp.org/app#/guideline/2310">Expanded version of the results</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #FBECDF;"> <div style="background-color: #E37222; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Antibiotics for uncomplicated skin abscesses</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="http://www.bmj.com/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2018/02/rrscinabscess.png" alt="Skin abscess" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.k243">Antibiotics after incision and drainage for uncomplicated skin abscesses: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #E37222;"> <p>BMJ Open research: <a href="http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/2/e020991">Antibiotics for uncomplicated skin abscesses: systematic review and network meta-analysis</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #E37222;"> <p>MAGICapp: <a href="http://magicapp.org/goto/guideline/jlRvQn/section/ER5RAn" target="_blank">Expanded version of the results</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #e8f4f2;"> <div style="background-color: #00B2A9; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Corticosteroids for treatment of sore throat</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="http://www.bmj.com/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2017/09/summary_graphic_v20.png" alt="pregnant woman living with HIV" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j4090">Corticosteroids for sore throat: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>The BMJ research: <a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j3887">Corticosteroids for treatment of sore throat: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #00B2A9;"> <p>MAGICapp: <a href="http://www.magicapp.org/goto/guideline/JjXYAL/section/j79pvn" target="_blank">Expanded version of the results</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #ececed;"> <div style="background-color: #7c8695; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Antiretroviral therapy in pregnant women living with HIV</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="http://sandpit.bmj.com/site_images/2017/summary_graphic_v55_sm.png" alt="pregnant woman living with HIV" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j3961">Antiretroviral therapy in pregnant women living with HIV: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #7c8695;"> <p>BMJ Open research: <a href="http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/9/e019022">Antiretroviral therapy for pregnant women living with HIV or hepatitis B: a systematic review</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #7c8695;"> <p>BMJ Open research: <a href="http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/9/e019023">Values and preferences of women living with HIV who are pregnant, postpartum or considering pregnancy on choice of antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #7c8695;"> <p>BMJ Opinion: <a href="http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2017/09/11/alice-welbourn-who-and-the-rights-of-women-living-with-hiv">WHO and the rights of women living with HIV</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #eaf0f8;"> <div style="background-color: #2f6eb5; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee arthritis and meniscal tears</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="http://sandpit.bmj.com/site_images/2017/knee-arth-thumb.png" alt="cutaway of knee, with three arthroscopic instruments being inserted through skin" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1982">Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee arthritis and meniscal tears: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #2f6eb5;"> <p>BMJ Open research: <a href="http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/5/e016114">Knee arthroscopy versus conservative management in patients with degenerative knee disease: a systematic review</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #2f6eb5;"> <p>BMJ Open research: <a href="http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/5/e015587">Application of minimal important differences in degenerative knee disease outcomes: a systematic review and case study to inform BMJ Rapid Recommendations.</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #f1eff6;"> <div style="background-color: #765fa8; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) for bone healing</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="http://sandpit.bmj.com/site_images/2017/lipus-thumb.png" alt="Fractured bone, with LIPUS device above" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j576">Low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) for bone healing: a clinical practice guideline</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #765fa8;"> <p>The BMJ Research: <a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j656">Low intensity pulsed ultrasound for bone healing: systematic review of randomized controlled trials</a></p> </div> </div> <div style="overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 15px; background-color: #f5e5ee;"> <div style="background-color: #C50084; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px; min-height: 30px;"> <h3 style="color: #FFF; padding-left: 10px;">Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement</h3> </div> <div style="float: left; width: 110px;"> <img src="http://sandpit.bmj.com/site_images/2016/tavi-thumb.png" alt="cutaway of heart, with transfemoral TAVI valve being implanted" width="90px" style="margin: 10px; float: left;"> </div> <div style="padding: 10px;"> <p>The BMJ Practice: <a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i5085">Transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement for patients with severe, symptomatic, aortic stenosis at low to intermediate surgical risk.</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #C50084;"> <p>The BMJ Research: <a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i5130">Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis at low and intermediate risk</a></p> <hr style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #C50084;"> <p>The BMJ Research: <a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i5065">Prognosis after surgical replacement with a 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