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Nappy Rash

• Nappy rash Clinical Knowledge Summaries (June 2009)

Narcolepsy

• EFNS guidelines on management of narcolepsy European Federation of Neurological Societies (2006)

Nasal Obstruction

• Management of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnea syndrome in adults Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN (2003)
• Radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction of turbinate hypertrophy NICE (2004)

Nasal Polyps

• Guidelines for the management of rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposis British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2007)

Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction

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

Nausea

• Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy Prodigy (May 2008)
• Palliative cancer care - nausea & vomiting Prodigy (October 2007)

Neck Pain

• Neck pain - acute torticollis Clinical Knowledge Summaries (January 2009)
• Neck pain - cervical radiculopathy Clinical Knowledge Summaries (January 2009)
• Neck pain - non specific Clinical Knowledge Summaries (January 2009)
• Neck pain - whiplash injury Clinical Knowledge Summaries (January 2009)
• Percutaneous endoscopic laser cervical discectomy NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (June 2009)

Needle Stick Injury

• Guidelines for the treatment of HIV-infected adults with antiretroviral therapy The British HIV Association (2008)
• HIV and AIDS: information and guidance in the occupational setting Health Protection Agency (2008)
• HIV Post exposure Guidelines Dept of Health (2004)

Neonatal Jaundice

• Neonatal jaundice NICE Clinical Guideline (May 2010)

Neonatal Screening

• Guidelines for surveillance and audiological monitoring of infants and children following the newborn hearing screen (Version 4.1) NHSP Clinical Group (July 2009)
• Guidelines for the interpretation of the neonatal electrocardiogram European Society of Cardiology (2002)
• Postnatal care: Routine postnatal care of women and their babies NICE Clinical Guideline (2006)

Neonatology

• Postnatal care: Routine postnatal care of women and their babies NICE Clinical Guideline (2006)
• Toolkit for high-quality neonatal services Dept of Health (November 2009)

Nephrectomy

• Laparoscopic live donor simple nephrectomy NICE (2004)
• Laparoscopic nephrectomy (including nephroureterectomy) NICE (2005)
• Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy NICE (2006)
• Single-port laparoscopic nephrectomy NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (November 2011)

Neuroblastoma

• 131I/123I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) Scintigraphy - Procedure Guidelines for Tumour Imaging European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2003)
• Procedure guidelines for 131I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine (131I-mIBG) therapy European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2008)

Neuroborelliosis

• Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of European Lyme neuroborreliosis European Federation of Neurological Societies (2010)

Neuroendocrine Tumours

• 131I/123I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) Scintigraphy - Procedure Guidelines for Tumour Imaging European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2003)
• Procedure guidelines for 131I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine (131I-mIBG) therapy European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2008)

Neurogenic Bladder

• Guidelines on Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction European Association of Neurology (2011)

Neuromyelitis Optica

• Guidelines on diagnosis and management of neuromyelitis optica European Federation of Neurological Societies (2010)

Neuropathic Pain

• EFNS guidelines on neurostimulation therapy for neuropathic pain European Federation of Neurological Societies (2007)
• Guidelines on neuropathic pain assessment European Federation of Neurological Societies (2009)
• 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)
• Neuropathic pain - drug treatment Clinical Knowledge Summaries (September 2010)
• Neuropathic pain - pharmacological management NICE Clinical Guideline (March 2010)
• Pain (chronic neuropathic or ischaemic) - spinal cord stimulation NICE Technology Appraisal Guideline (October 2008)

Neuropathy

• Neuropathic pain - pharmacological management NICE Clinical Guideline (March 2010)

Night Terrors

• Consensus statement on evidence-based treatment of insomnia, parasomnias and circadian rhythm disorders British Association for Psychopharmacology (2010)

Nocturnal Enuresis

• Bedwetting (enuresis) Clinical Knowledge Summaries (January 2011)
• Guidelines on Paediatric Urology European Association of Urology (2011)
• Nocturnal enuresis - the management of bedwetting in children and young people NICE Clinical Guideline (October 2010)
• Surgical treatment of urodynamic stress incontinence Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2004)

Non Ulcer Dyspepsia

• Dyspepsia: Managing dyspepsia in adults in primary care NICE Clinical Guideline (2004)

Non-hodgkin's Lymphoma

• Best practice in lymphoma diagnosis and reporting British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2010)
• Follicular lymphoma - rituximab NICE Technology Appraisal (2006)
• GA Scintigraphy - Procedure Guidelines for Tumour Imaging European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2003)
• Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of adult patients with primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) and primary intra-ocularlymphoma (PIOL) British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2007)
• Guidelines on the investigation and management of follicular lymphoma British Committee for Standards in Haematology (September 2011)
• Improving outcomes in haemato-oncology cancer NICE Cancer Service Guidance (2003)
• Lymphoma (follicular non-Hodgkin's) - rituximab NICE Technology Appraisal Guideline (June 2011)

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

• Lumbar infusion test for the investigation of normal pressure hydrocephalus NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (June 2008)

Norovirus

• Diarrhoea and vomiting in children under 5 NICE Clinical Guideline (April 2009)
• Guidelines for the management of norovirus outbreaks in acute and community health and social care settings Health Protection Agency (November 2011)

Nosebleed

• Epistaxis Clinical Knowledge Summaries (August 2010)

Nuclear Medicine

• 111In-Pentetreotide Scintigraphy - Procedure Guidelines for Tumour Imaging European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2003)
• 131I/123I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) Scintigraphy - Procedure Guidelines for Tumour Imaging European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2003)
• Bone Scintigraphy - Procedure Guidelines for Tumour Imaging European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2003)
• Breast Scintigraphy - Procedure Guidelines for Tumour Imaging European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2003)
• Draft Procedure Guidelines for Radionuclide Lymphoscintigraphy for Sentinel Node Localisation in Breast Carcinoma British Nuclear Medicine Society (2004)
• FDG-PET - Procedure Guidelines for Tumour Imaging European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2003)
• GA Scintigraphy - Procedure Guidelines for Tumour Imaging European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2003)
• Guidelines for 18F-FDG PET and PET-CT imaging in paediatric oncology European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2008)
• Guidelines for 99mTc Diphosphonate Bone Imaging for Metastases British Nuclear Medicine Society (2003)
• Guidelines for Dynamic Renal Radionuclide Studies British Nuclear Medicine Society (2003)
• Guidelines for Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy British Nuclear Medicine Society (2003)
• Guidelines for lung scintigraphy in children European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2007)
• Guidelines for radioiodine therapy of differentiated thyroid cancer European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2008)
• Guidelines for radionuclide imaging of cardiac function European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2008)
• Guidelines for Renal Cortical Scintigraphy (DMSA) British Nuclear Medicine Society (2003)
• Guidelines for the Measurement of Glomerular Filtration Rate using Plasma Sampling British Nuclear Medicine Society (2004)
• Guidelines for Ventilation / Perfusion Imaging for Pulmonary Embolic Disease British Nuclear Medicine Society (2003)
• Guidelines on the Quality Assurance of Intraoperative Gamma Probes British Nuclear Medicine Society (2005)
• Notes for Guidance on the clinical Administration of Radiopharmaceuticals British Nuclear Medicine Society (2005)
• Paediatric Radionuclide Imaging British Nuclear Medicine Society (2003)
• Procedural guidelines for myocardial perfusion imaging in nuclear cardiology European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2005)
• Procedure guideline for 32P phosphate treatment of myeloproliferative diseases European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2007)
• Procedure guideline for treatment of refractory metastatic bone pain European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2008)
• Procedure guideline of radio-immunotherapy for B-cell lymphoma with 90Y-radiolabeled ibritumomab tiuxetan European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2006)
• Procedure guidelines for 131I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine (131I-mIBG) therapy European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2008)
• Procedure Guidelines for Brain Tumour Imaging using Labelled Amino Acid Analogues European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2006)
• Procedure Guidelines for Radionuclide Myocardial Perfusion Imaging British Nuclear Medicine Society (2003)
• Quality Guidelines for Thyroid Imaging British Nuclear Medicine Society (2003)
• Sentinel node in breast cancer procedural guidelines European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2007)

Nutrition

• Caring for children and young people in the community receiving enteral tube feeding: best practice statement NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (September 2007)
• Guidelines for Enteral Feeding in Adult Hospital Patients British Society of Gastroenterology (2003)
• Improving Nutritional Care Dept of Health (Oct 2007)
• Management of Enteral Tube Feeding Clinical Resource Efficiency Support Team CREST (2004)
• Maternal and child nutrition NICE Public Health Programme Guidance (March 2008)
• Nutrition and dental health: guidelines for professionals Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland (June 2008)
• Nutrition support in adults: oral nutrition support, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition NICE (2006)
• Salt and Health Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (2003)
• Weight management before, during and after pregnancy NICE Public Health Guidance (July 2010)

Nystagmus

• Tenotomy of horizontal eye muscles for nystagmus (with reattachment at their original insertions) NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (May 2009)