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Tear Duct Blocked

• Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy, NICE (2005)
• Nasolacrimal duct obstruction, College of Optometrists (January 2009)

Temperature Raised

• Caring for children with fever - RCN good practice guidance for nurses working with infants children and young people, Royal College of Nursing (September 2008)
• Feverish illness in children - Assessment and initial management in children younger than 5 years, NICE Clinical Guideline (2007)
• Management of febrile neutropenia: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines, European Society for Medical Oncology (2010)

Temporal Arteritis

• BSR and BHPR guidelines for the management of giant cell arteritis, British Society for Rheumatology (March 2010)

Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

• Total prosthetic replacement of the temporomandibular joint, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (December 2009)

Tendonitis

• Extra-corporeal shockwave lithotripsy for calcific tendonitis (teninopathy) of the shoulder, NICE (2003)

Tennis Elbow

• Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for refractory tennis elbow, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (August 2009)

Tension Headache

• Guideline on the treatment of tension-type headache, European Federation of Neurological Societies (2010)
• Guidelines for All Healthcare Professionals in the Diagnosis and Management of Migraine, Tension-Type, Cluster and Medication-Overuse Headache; British Association for the Study of Headache - BASH (2010)
• Headaches: diagnosis and management of headaches in young people and adults, NICE Clinical Guideline (September 2012)

Terminal Care

• A guide to involving patients, carers and the public in palliative care and end of life care services; National Council for Palliative Care (July 2009)
• Advance care planning national guidelines, Royal College of Physicians (2009)
• Advance decisions to refuse treatment: a guide for health and social care professionals, NHS End of Life Care Programme and the National Council for Palliative Care (2008)
• Breaking Bad News Regional Guidelines, National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services (2003)
• Control of pain in adults with cancer, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN (November 2008)
• End of life care for adults in the Emergency Department, College of Emergency Medicine (Feb 2012)
• General Palliative Care Guidelines for the Management of Pain at the End of Life in Adult Patients, Guidelines and Audit Implementation Network (February 2011)
• Long-term neurological conditions - management at the interface between neurology rehabilitation and palliative care, Royal College of Physicians (March 2008)
• Opioids in palliative care, NICE Clinical Guideline (May 2012)
• Palliative and End of Life Care for Older People - Good Practice Guide, British Geriatrics Society (2010)
• Palliative Care (supportive and end of life care) - a framework for clinical practice in perinatal medicine, British Association of Perinatal Medicine (2010)
• Supportive and palliative care, NICE (2004)
• The use of drugs beyond licence in palliative care and pain management, British Pain Society (2005)
• Treatment and care towards the end of life: good practice in decision making, General Medical Council (May 2010)

Testes Undescended

• Guidelines on Paediatric Urology, European Association of Urology (Mar 2013)

Testicular Cancer

• Guidelines on Testicular Cancer, European Association of Urology (2011)
• Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancer, NICE (2006)
• Management of adult testicular germ cell tumours, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN (March 2011)
• Testicular non-seminoma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up; European Society for Medical Oncology (2010)
• Testicular seminoma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up; European Society for Medical Oncology (2010)

Testosterone

• Guidelines on the management of sexual problems in men: the role of androgens, British Society for Sexual Medicine (December 2010)
• Guidelines on the management of sexual problems in women: the role of androgens, British Society of Sexual Medicine (December 2010)

Thalassaemias

• Significant haemoglobinopathies: guidelines for screening and diagnosis, British Committee for Standards in Haematology (September 2009)

Thalidomide

• Bortezomib and thalidomide for the first-line treatment of multiple myeloma, NICE Technology Appraisal Guideline (July 2011)

Threadworm

• Guidance on Infection Control in Schools and other Childcare Settings, Health Protection Agency (April 2010)

Thrombocytopenia

• Clinical Guidelines for Immunoglobulin Use (second edition), Dept of Health, May 2008
• Eltrombopag for the treatment of chronic immune or idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, NICE Technology Appraisal Guideline (October 2010)
• Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of thrombocytopenic purpura and other thrombotic microangiopathies; British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2012)
• International consensus report on the investigation and management of primary immune thrombocytopenia, Various contributers (January 2010)
• Romiplostim for the treatment of chronic immune or idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, NICE Technology Appraisal Guideline (April 2011)
• The management of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2006)

Thrombocytopenic Purpura

• Eltrombopag for the treatment of chronic immune or idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, NICE Technology Appraisal Guideline (October 2010)
• Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of thrombocytopenic purpura and other thrombotic microangiopathies; British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2012)
• International consensus report on the investigation and management of primary immune thrombocytopenia, Various contributers (January 2010)
• Romiplostim for the treatment of chronic immune or idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, NICE Technology Appraisal Guideline (April 2011)
• The management of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2006)

Thrombocytosis

• Guideline for investigation and management of adults and children presenting with a thrombocytosis, British Committee for Standards in Haematology (April 2010)

Thrombophilia

• Clinical guidelines for testing for heritable thrombophilia, British Committee for Standards in Haematology (January 2010)
• Reducing the Risk of Thrombosis and Embolism during Pregnancy and the Puerperium, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (November 2009)

Thrush

• Guidelines on the management of invasive fungal infection during therapy for haematological malignancy, British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2008)
• Management of vulvovaginal candidiasis, British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (2007)

Thrush (Vaginal)

• Management of Infection - Guidance for Primary Care, Health Protection Agency (various dates)
• Management of vulvovaginal candidiasis, British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (2007)

Thyroid Cancer

• Guidelines for the management of thyroid cancer, British Thyroid Association and Royal College of Physicians (2007)
• Intraoperative nerve monitoring during thyroid surgery, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (March 2008)
• Paediatric Endocrine Tumours, British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (2005)
• Thyroid cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up; European Society for Medical Oncology (2010)

Thyroid Eye Disease

• Retrobulbar irradiation for thyroid eye disease, NICE (2005)

Thyroid Hormone Excess

• Intraoperative nerve monitoring during thyroid surgery, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (March 2008)
• UK Guidelines for the Use of Thyroid Function Tests, British Thyroid Association (2006)

Thyroid Lumps

• Guidelines for the management of thyroid cancer, British Thyroid Association and Royal College of Physicians (2007)

Thyroid Underactive

• Intraoperative nerve monitoring during thyroid surgery, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (March 2008)
• The diagnosis and management of primary hypothyroidism, Royal College of Physicians and others (June 2011)
• UK Guidelines for the Use of Thyroid Function Tests, British Thyroid Association (2006)

Thyrotoxicosis

• Intraoperative nerve monitoring during thyroid surgery, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (March 2008)
• UK Guidelines for the Use of Thyroid Function Tests, British Thyroid Association (2006)

Tia - Transient Ischaemic Attack

• Antithrombotics: indications and management, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN (August 2012)
• Carotid artery stent placement for asymptomatic extracranial carotid stenosis, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (April 2011)
• Carotid artery stent placement for symptomatic extracranial carotid stenosis, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (April 2011)
• Extracranial to intracranial bypass for intracranial atherosclerosis, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (June 2010)
• Management of patients with stroke or TIA: assessment, investigation, immediate management and secondary prevention; Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN (December 2008)
• National clinical guidelines for stroke (fourth edition), Royal College of Physicians, 2012
• Stroke: The diagnosis and acute management of stroke and transient ischaemic attacks, NICE Clinical Guideline (July 2008)
• Vascular disease - clopidogrel and dipyridamole, NICE Technology Appraisal Guideline (December 2010)

Tic

• European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Part I: assessment, European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (April 2011)
• European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Part II: pharmacological treatment, European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (April 2011)
• European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Part III: behavioural and psychosocial interventions, European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (April 2011)
• European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Part IV: deep brain stimulation, European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (April 2011)

Tinea Capitis

• Fungal Skin & Nail Infections - Diagnosis & Laboratory Investigation, Health Protection Agency (April 2009)
• Tinea capitis in the United Kingdom: a report on its diagnosis, management and prevention; Health Protection Agency (2007)

Tinea Cruris

• Fungal Skin & Nail Infections - Diagnosis & Laboratory Investigation, Health Protection Agency (April 2009)

Tinea Pedis

• Fungal Skin & Nail Infections - Diagnosis & Laboratory Investigation, Health Protection Agency (April 2009)
• Guidance on Infection Control in Schools and other Childcare Settings, Health Protection Agency (April 2010)

Tongue-Tie

• Division of ankyloglossia (tongue tie) for breastfeeding, NICE (2005)

Tonsil Or Adenoid Disorder

• Management of sore throat and indications for tonsillectomy, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN (April 2010)
• Suction diathermy adenoidectomy, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (December 2009)

Tonsillectomy

• Coblation tonsillectomy, NICE (2003)
• Electrosurgery for tonsillectomy, NICE (2005)
• Management of sore throat and indications for tonsillectomy, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN (April 2010)
• Tonsillectomy using laser, NICE (2006)
• Tonsillectomy using ultrasonic scalpel, NICE (2006)

Tonsillitis

• Guidance on Infection Control in Schools and other Childcare Settings, Health Protection Agency (April 2010)
• Management of sore throat and indications for tonsillectomy, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN (April 2010)

Tooth Problems

• Clinical Guidelines & Integrated Care Pathways for the Oral Health Care of People with Learning Disabilities, British Society for Disability and Oral Health (2012)
• Clinical Holding Guidelines, British Society for Disability and Oral Health (2009)
• Dental recall - Recall interval between routine dental examinations, NICE (2004)
• Diagnosis prevention and management of dental erosion, Royal College of Surgeons of England - Faculty of Dental Surgery (January 2007)
• Extraction of primary teeth - balance and compensation, British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (2002)
• Guideline for the use of general anaesthesia in paediatric dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons of England - Faculty of Dental Surgery (May 2008)
• Guidelines for oral health care for people with a physical disability, British Society for Disability and Oral Health (2000)
• Guidelines for the Development of Local Standards of Oral Health Care for Dependent, Dysphagic, Critically and Terminally Ill Patients; British Society for Disability and Oral Health (2000)
• Guidelines for the management of patients on oral anticoagulants requiring dental surgery, British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2007)
• Management of unerupted and impacted third molar teeth, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN (2000)
• Mini/micro screw implantation for orthodontic anchorage, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (November 2007)
• Multi-disciplinary Guidelines for the Oral Management of Patients following Oncology Treatment, Royal College of Surgeons of England and The British Society for Disability and Oral Health (2012)
• Nutrition and dental health: guidelines for professionals, Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland (June 2008)
• Prevention and management of dental decay in the pre-school child, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN (2005)
• Principles on Intervention for People Unable to Comply with Routine Dental Care, British Society for Disability and Oral Health (2004)
• Standards for Conscious Sedation in Dentistry: Alternative Techniques, Royal College of Surgeons of England (October 2007)
• The Development of Standards for Domiciliary Dental Care Services: Guidelines and recommendations, British Society for Disability and Oral Health (2000)
• The provision of oral health care under general anaesthesia in special care dentistry - a professional Consensus Statement, British Society for Disability and Oral Health (March 2009)
• Tooth decay - HealOzone, NICE (2005)
• UK national clinical guidelines in paediatric dentistry - pulp therapy for primary molars, British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (September 2006)
• Wisdom teeth - removal, NICE (2000)

Tourette Syndrome

• European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Part I: assessment, European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (April 2011)
• European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Part II: pharmacological treatment, European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (April 2011)
• European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Part III: behavioural and psychosocial interventions, European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (April 2011)
• European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Part IV: deep brain stimulation, European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (April 2011)

Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Due To Drug

• Clinical Guidelines for Immunoglobulin Use (second edition), Dept of Health, May 2008

Trachea Problems

• Endoscopic balloon dilatation for subglottic or tracheal stenosis, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (April 2012)

Tracheomalacia

• Thoracoscopic aortopexy for severe primary tracheomalacia, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (December 2007)

Tracheostomy

• Best practice statement: caring for the child/young person with a tracheostomy, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (September 2008)
• Best practice statement: caring for the patient with a tracheostomy, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (2007)
• Standards for the care of adult patients with a temporary tracheostomy, Intensive Care Society (2008)

Transient Ischaemic Attack

• Carotid artery stent placement for asymptomatic extracranial carotid stenosis, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (April 2011)
• Carotid artery stent placement for symptomatic extracranial carotid stenosis, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (April 2011)
• Extracranial to intracranial bypass for intracranial atherosclerosis, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (June 2010)
• Management of patients with stroke or TIA: assessment, investigation, immediate management and secondary prevention; Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN (December 2008)
• National clinical guidelines for stroke (fourth edition), Royal College of Physicians, 2012
• Stroke: The diagnosis and acute management of stroke and transient ischaemic attacks, NICE Clinical Guideline (July 2008)
• Vascular disease - clopidogrel and dipyridamole, NICE Technology Appraisal Guideline (December 2010)

Transplanation

• Codes of practice related to: removal, storage, use and disposal of human tissue and organs; Human Tissue Authority (various dates)
• Diagnosis and management of acute graft-versus-host disease, British Committee for Standards in Haematology and the British Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (2012)
• Diagnosis and management of chronic graft-versus-host disease, British Committee for Standards in Haematology and the British Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (2012)
• Diagnosis of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder in solid organ transplant recipients, British Committee for Standards in Haematology and British Transplantation Society (2010)
• EFNS guidelines on management of neurological problems in liver transplantation, European Federation of Neurological Societies (2006)
• Guidelines for kidney transplantation in patients with hiv disease, British HIV Association (2005)
• Guidelines for Liver Transplantation for Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis, British Society of Gastroenterology (2012)
• Guidelines for selection and HLA matching of related, adult unrelated donors and umbilical cord units for haematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation; United Kingdom Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Group (2012)
• Guidelines on Renal Transplantation, European Association of Urology (2009)
• Hand Allotransplantation, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (March 2011)
• Living donor lung transplantation for end-stage lung disease, NICE (2006)
• Living-donor liver transplantation, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (2006)
• Machine perfusion systems and cold static storage of kidneys from deceased donors, NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance (January 2009)
• Management of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder in adult solid organ transplant recipients, British Committee for Standards in Haematology and British Transplantation Society (2010)
• Organ donation, NICE Clinical Guideline (December 2011)
• Organ-specific Management and Supportive Care in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease, British Committee for Standards in Haematology and the British Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (2012)
• Renal transplantation - immunosuppressive regimens for children and adolescents, NICE (2006)
• Short-term circulatory support with left ventricular assist devices as a bridge to cardiac transplantation or recovery, NICE (2006)
• Transplantation guidelines (various), British Transplantation Society (various dates)
• Umbilical Cord Blood Banking, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2006)

Trauma

• Spinal clearance in the trauma patient, British Orthopaedic Association (January 2009)
• Trauma - fluid replacement therapy, NICE (2004)

Travel Health

• Assessing fitness to fly, Aviation Health Unit, UK Civil Aviation Authority (Dec 2010)
• Guidelines for malaria prevention in travellers from the United Kingdom, Health Protection Agency (January 2007)
• Immunisation against infectious disease - the Green Book; Dept of Health (latest edition)

Tremor

• Deep brain stimulation for tremor and dystonia (excluding Parkinson's disease), NICE (2006)

Trichomonas Infection

• Management of sexually transmitted infections and related conditions in children and young people, British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (2010)
• Sexually Transmitted Infections in Primary Care, Royal College of General Practitioners and British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (Apr 2013)

Trigeminal Neuralgia

• AAN-EFNS guidelines on trigeminal neuralgia management, European Federation of Neurological Societies (2008)
• Deep brain stimulation for intractable trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (March 2011)
• Guidelines on the management of neuropathic pain, Clinical Resource Efficiency Support Team (February 2008)
• Guidelines on the pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain, European Federation of Neurological Societies (2010)
• Stereotactic radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia using the gamma knife, NICE (2004)

Trochanteric Bursitis

• Distal iliotibial band lengthening for refractory greater trochanteric pain syndrome, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (January 2011)
• Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for refractory greater trochanteric pain syndrome, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (January 2011)

Trophoblastic Disease

• Management of Gestational Trophoblastic Disease, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (February 2010)

Tuberculosis

• Guidance on Infection Control in Schools and other Childcare Settings, Health Protection Agency (April 2010)
• Guidelines for the prevention and management of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in adult patients with chronic kidney disease, British Thoracic Society (July 2010)
• Guidelines for the treatment of TB/HIV coinfection, British HIV Association (2011)
• Guidelines for tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment, Health Protection Agency (2008)
• Recommendations for assessing risk and for managing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in patients due to start anti-TNF-alpha treatment, British Thoracic Society (2005)
• Tuberculosis - hard-to-reach groups, NICE Public Health Guideline (March 2012)
• Tuberculosis prevention and treatment, Dept of Health (June 2007)
• Tuberculosis, NICE Clinical Guideline (March 2011)

Tumour Of Brain

• EFNS Guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of brain metastases: report of an EFNS Task Force, European Federation of Neurological Societies (2006)
• Glioma (newly diagnosed and high grade) - carmustine implants and temozolomide, NICE Technology Appraisal (2007)
• Guidance for Primary Care on who to Image when Brain Tumour is Suspected, British Association for the Study of Headache (2008)
• Guidelines on management of low-grade gliomas, European Federation of Neurological Societies (2010)
• Photodynamic therapy for brain tumours, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (March 2009)
• Service guidance for improving outcomes for people with brain and other central nervous system tumours, NICE (2006)

Twins

• Management of monochorionic twin pregnancy, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (December 2008)
• Multiple pregnancy, NICE Clinical Guideline (September 2011)
• Septostomy with or without amnioreduction for the treatment of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (2006)

Typhoid

• Guidance on Infection Control in Schools and other Childcare Settings, Health Protection Agency (April 2010)
• Public Health Operational Guidelines for Typhoid and Paratyphoid (Enteric Fever), Health Protection Agency (Feb 2012)