Guidelines

Insufficient evidence found for assessing benefits, harms of screening and iron supplementation for preventing adverse outcomes.

Thirty-four recommendations developed in 5 topic areas, including assessment and diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

Transplant is recommended on completion of standard-of-care antibiotics for immunocompetent adults with recurrent infection.

Tools available to help health care providers include guided communication styles, clinical screening tools for psychosocial conditions.

Physicians should serve as role model for promoting sustainability in practice, including by reducing home energy use.

Lab tests for T. pallidum categorized into nontreponemal, treponemal tests; both needed to help differentiate untreated from past treated infection.

Consensus reached on 52 recommendations covering services provided by specialized epilepsy centers.

The new guidelines include 18 evidence-based recommendations and 5 good practice statements.

Current evidence is inadequate for assessing balance of benefits and harms of screening in asymptomatic children.