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Lacerations

• Lacerations Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)

Lambert-eaton Myasthenic Syndrome

• Clinical guidelines for the use of intravenous immunoglobulin Department of Health (November 2007)

Lazy Eye

• Guidelines for the Management of Strabismus and Amblyopia in Childhood Royal College of Ophthalmologists (2000)

Learning Disability

• Mental health nursing of adults with learning disabilities Royal College of Nursing (September 2007)
• Using medication to manage behaviour problems among adults with a learning disability University of Birmingham (2006)

Leg Cramps

• Leg cramps Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2005)

Leg Length

• Intramedullary distraction for lower limb lengthening NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2006)

Leg Ulcers

• Leg ulcers - venous Clinical Knowledge Summaries (February 2008)
• Subfascial endoscopic perforator vein surgery NICE (2004)
• The nursing management of patients with venous leg ulcers Royal College of Nursing (2006)
• Venous leg ulcers - guideline for primary care Health Protection Agency (September 2006)

Legionnaires' Disease

• British Thoracic Society; Guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults. 2001. Thorax. 2001 Dec; 56 Suppl 4:IV1-64.
• Community Management of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Adults SIGN (2002)
• European Guidelines for Control and Prevention of Travel Associated Legionnaires' Disease European Surveillance Scheme for Travel Associated Legionnaires' Disease and the European Working Group for Legionella Infections (2005)
• Legionnaires' disease Various Guidelines from the Health Protection Agency (various dates)
• Management of Infection - Guidance for Primary Care (for consultation and local adaption) Health Protection Agency (Dec 2006 - due review Oct 2007)

Leukaemia

• Guidelines on the diagnosis and Management of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2003)
• Guidelines on the management of Waldenström's Macroglobulinaemia British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2005)
• Interim guidelines on the management of acute myeloid leukaemia in adults British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2005)
• Leukaemia (chronic myeloid) - imatinib NICE (2003)
• Leukaemia (lymphocytic) - fludarabine NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance (2007)
• Recommendations for the management of BCR-ABL-positive chronic myeloid leukaemia British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2007)

Lichen Planus

• Grenz rays therapy for inflammatory skin conditions NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (November 2007)

Lipid Disorders

• Hypercholesterolemia - ezetimibe NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance (November 2007)
• Lipids management Clinical Knowledge Summaries (October 2006)
• Practice guidance on cholesterol testing Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Brtitain (July 2005)
• Practice Guidance on the Sale of Over the Counter Simvastatin Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (2004)

Liver Biopsy

• Guidelines on the use of Liver Biopsy in Clinical Practice British Society of Gastroenterology (2004)

Liver Cancer

• Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cholangiocarcinoma British Society of Gastroenterology (2002)
• Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) in adults British Society of Gastroenterology (2003)
• Laparoscopic liver resection NICE (2005)
• Microwave ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2007)
• Radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of colorectal metastases in the liver NICE (2004)
• Radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma NICE (2003)
• Radiofrequency-assisted liver resection NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2007)
• Selective internal radiation therapy for colorectal metastases of the liver NICE (2004)

Liver Disorders

• Alcohol - problem drinking Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)

Liver Failure

• Extracorporeal albumin dialysis for acute-on-chronic liver failure NICE (2004)

Liver Transplant

• Codes of practice related to the removal, storage, use and disposal of human tissue and organs. Includes donation of organs, tissue and cells, bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells for transplantation Human Tissue Authority (various dates)
• Living-donor liver transplantation NICE interventional procedure guidance (2006)
• Transplantation guidelines (various) British Transplantation Society (various dates)

Long Sighted

• Laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) NICE (2004)
• Photorefractive (laser) surgery for the correction of refractive error NICE (2006)

Lung Biopsy

• Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) for mediastinal masses NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (February 2008)
• Guidelines for radiologically guided lung biopsy British Thoracic Society (2003)

Lung Cancer

• Cryosurgery for malignant endobronchial obstruction NICE (2005)
• Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) for mediastinal masses NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (February 2008)
• Lung cancer - suspected Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2005).
• Lung cancer - the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer NICE (2005)
• Lung cancer (non-small cell) - pemetrexed NICE Technology Appraisal (2007)
• Management of patients with lung cancer SIGN (2005).
• Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for primary and secondary lung cancers NICE (2006)
• Photodynamic therapy for advanced bronchial carcinoma NICE (2004)
• Photodynamic therapy for localised inoperable endobronchial cancer NICE (2005)
• Stent placement for vena caval obstruction NICE (2004)

Lung Transplant

• Living donor lung transplantation for end-stage lung disease NICE (2006)
• Transplantation guidelines (various) British Transplantation Society (various dates)

Lyme Disease

• Guidelines on the Management of Communicable Diseases: Lyme Disease Health Protection Agency (2003)

Lymphoedema

• Consensus Document on the Management of Cellulitis in Lymphoedema British Lymphology Society (2006)
• Guidelines for the use of Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) and Simple Lymphatic Drainage (SLD) in Lymphoedema British Lymphology Society (2001)
• Liposuction for chronic lymphoedema NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (January 2008)
• Strategy for lymphodoema care British Lymphology Society (2001)

Lymphogranuloma Venereum

• National guideline for the management of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) British Association for Sexual Health & HIV (2006)

Lymphoma

• Best practice in lymphoma diagnosis and reporting British Committee for Standards in Haematology (January 2008)
• Follicular lymphoma - rituximab NICE Technology Appraisal (2006)
• Guidelines on diagnosis and therapy: Nodal non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2002)
• Guidlines for the Management of Primary Cutaneous T-cell Lymphomas British Association of Dermatologists (2003)
• Lymphoma (follicular non-Hodgkin's) - rituximab NICE Technology Appraisal (January 2008)
• Non-hodgkin's lymphoma - rituximab NICE Technology Appraisal (2003)

Lysosomal Storage Diseases

• National service standards for care of people with lysosomal storage disorders Department of Health (2005)