Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with major morbidity, reduced life expectancy, and impaired quality of life.
Transformative therapies for SCD include allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant and gene therapy.
After successful transformative therapy, people with SCD no...
Aim: The "2026 ACC/AHA/AACVPR/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Dyslipidemia" retires and replaces the "2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol."
Methods: A comprehensive literature...
Importance: Hypertension, defined as office systolic blood pressure (SBP) 130 mm Hg or greater and/or diastolic blood pressure 80 mm Hg or greater, affects 43.9% of women and 49.5% of men in the US. Approximately 19.7% of patients treated for hypertension have apparent resistant hypertension (...
Hypertension is the leading modifiable risk factor worldwide for ASCVD, and approximately half of US adults have hypertension.1 Uncontrolled BP contributes to heart failure, stroke, atrial fibrillation, and sudden cardiac death and is associated with development of kidney failure and dementia.2...
Guideline title ACG Clinical Guideline: Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection
Release date September 2024
Prior version 2017
Developer American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
Target population Outpatients aged 18 years or older with H pylori infection, with...
Each year in the US, an estimated 200 000 patients1 receive a diagnosis of precancerous cervical lesions caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common of which are cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grades 2 (CIN2) and 3 (CIN3), also known as high-grade squamous intraepithelial...
Importance: Chronic diarrhea is defined as loose or watery stools lasting longer than 4 weeks and affects approximately 6% to 7% of adults in the US. More than 90% of patients with chronic diarrhea have a noninfectious etiology.
Observations: The most common causes of chronic,...
The risk of recurrent ischemic stroke can be reduced by managing modifiable risk factors and instituting a regimen of mechanism-specific secondary stroke prevention. Strategies for secondary prevention should be instituted as early as possible. Poststroke monitoring of risk metrics, lifestyle...
Female pattern hair loss (FPHL) is a common, nonscarring hair-loss disorder. Prevalence of FPHL increases with age; 12% of females will have symptoms by age 29 years, 25% by age 50 years, and 41% to 50% at age 70 years and older. Risk factors include genetics and endocrinological diseases (e.g...
Importance IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is a chronic kidney disease involving deposition of IgA-containing immune complexes in the glomerulus, causing glomerular inflammation and scarring. It is the most common immune-mediated glomerular disease worldwide, and affects an estimated 198 887 to 208 184...
