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Pacemakers

• Dual-chamber pacemakers for the treatment of symptomatic bradycardia NICE Technology Appraisal (February 2005)
• Guidelines for the perioperative management of patients with implantable pacemakers or implantable cardioverter defibrillators, where the use of surgical diathermy/electrocautery is anticipated MHRA (2006)
• Laser sheath removal of pacing leads NICE (2004)

Paediatric Advanced Life Support

• Paediatric Advanced Life Support Algorithm Resuscitation Council UK (2005) (pdf)
• Paediatric Advanced Life Support Guideline Resuscitation Council UK (2005)

Paediatric Basic Life Support

• Paediatric Basic Life Support Algorithm Resuscitation Council UK (2005) (pdf)
• Paediatric Basic Life Support Guideline Resuscitation Council UK (2005) (pdf)

Paget's Disease Of Bone

• Guidelines on the Management of Paget's Disease of Bone Bone and Tooth Society of Great Britain and the National Association for the Relief of Paget's Disease (2002)

Pain

• Control of Pain in Patients with Cancer SIGN (2000)
• Good practice in the management of continuous epidural analgesia in the hospital setting Association of Anaesthetists (2004)
• Gudelines on pain management (for cancers of the bladder, kidney, prostate, penis and adrenal gland) European Association of Urology (2007)
• Guideline for Ketamine Sedation in Accident and Emergency Departments British Association for Emergency Medicine (2004)
• Guideline for the Management of pain in adults British Association for Emergency Medicine (2004)
• Intrathecal drug delivery for the management of pain and spasticity in adults; recommendations for best clinical practice - provisional British Pain Society (2006)
• Management of pain in children British Assocoation for Accident and Emergency Medicine (2004)
• Management of Pain in Patients with Cancer NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (2004)
• Pain and substance misuse British Pain Society (2007)
• Pain management in children - implementation guide Royal College of Nursing (2001)
• Postoperative Pain Management - Best Practice Statement NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (2004)
• Recommendations for the appropriate use of opioids in persistent non-cancer pain British Pain Society (2005)
• Recommendations on the use of epidural injections for the treatment of leg pain and back pain of spinal origin British Pain Society (2002)
• Recommended guidelines for pain management programmes for adults British Pain Society (2007)
• Spinal cord stimulation for the management of pain: recommendations for best clinical practice Britsh Pain Society (2005)
• The assessment of pain in older people British Pain Society (2007)
• The recognition and assessment of acute pain in children - technical report Royal College of Nursing (2002)
• The use of drugs beyond licence in palliative care and pain management British Pain Society (2005)

Pain Management

• Control of Pain in Patients with Cancer SIGN (2000)
• Good practice in the management of continuous epidural analgesia in the hospital setting Association of Anaesthetists (2004)
• Gudelines on pain management (for cancers of the bladder, kidney, prostate, penis and adrenal gland) European Association of Urology (2007)
• Guideline for Ketamine Sedation in Accident and Emergency Departments British Association for Emergency Medicine (2004)
• Guideline for the Management of pain in adults British Association for Emergency Medicine (2004)
• Intrathecal drug delivery for the management of pain and spasticity in adults; recommendations for best clinical practice - provisional British Pain Society (2006)
• Management of pain in children British Assocoation for Accident and Emergency Medicine (2004)
• Management of Pain in Patients with Cancer NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (2004)
• Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis - cox II inhibitors NICE Technology Appraisal (2001)
• Pain management in children - implementation guide Royal College of Nursing (2001)
• Postoperative Pain Management - Best Practice Statement NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (2004)
• Recommendations for the appropriate use of opioids in persistent non-cancer pain British Pain Society (2005)
• Recommendations on the use of epidural injections for the treatment of leg pain and back pain of spinal origin British Pain Society (2002)
• Recommended guidelines for pain management programmes for adults British Pain Society (2007)
• Spinal cord stimulation for the management of pain: recommendations for best clinical practice Britsh Pain Society (2005)
• The assessment of pain in older people British Pain Society (2007)
• The recognition and assessment of acute pain in children - technical report Royal College of Nursing (2002)
• The use of drugs beyond licence in palliative care and pain management British Pain Society (2005)

Palliative Care

• Advance care planning: A guide for health & social care staff NHS End of Life Care Programme (2007)
• Control of Pain in Patients with Cancer SIGN (2000)
• Introductory guide to end of life care in care home NHS End of Life Care Programme (2006)
• Long-term neurological conditions - management at the interface between neurology rehabilitation and palliative care Royal College of Physicians (March 2008)
• Palliative cancer care - constipation; Clinical Knowledge Summaries.
• Palliative cancer care - secretions Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• Palliative care - cough Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• Palliative care - dyspnoea Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• Palliative care - malignant ulcer of the skin Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2006)
• Palliative care - nausea and vomiting Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• Palliative care - oral problems Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• Palliative care - pain Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2005)
• Supportive and palliative care NICE (2004)
• The use of drugs beyond licence in palliative care and pain management British Pain Society (2005)

Pancreatic Cancer

• Guidelines for the management of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine (including carcinoid) tumours British Society of Gastroenterology (2005)
• Guidelines for the management of patients with pancreatic cancer periampullary and ampullary carcinomas British Society of Gastroenterology (2005)
• Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2007)
• Pancreatic cancer - gemcitabine NICE Technology Appraisal (2001)

Pancreatitis

• Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2007)
• Percutaneous pancreatic necrosectomy NICE (2003)

Pancreatitis Acute

• Guidelines for Acute Pancreatitis British Society of Gastroenterology (2005)

Panic Disorder

• Anxiety: management of anxiety (panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia, and generalised anxiety disorder) in adults in primary, secondary and community care NICE (2004 - amended 2007)
• Depression and anxiety - computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT) NICE (2006)

Paraphimosis

• Management of foreskin conditions British Association of Paediatric Urologists (November 2006).

Parathyroid Disorders

• Cinacalcet for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with end-stage renal disease on maintenance dialysis therapy NICE Technology Appraisal (2007)
• Paediatric Endocrine Tumours British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (2005)
• Thoracoscopic excision of mediastinal parathyroid tumours NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (December 2007)

Parenteral Nutrition

• CREST - Guidelines on The Management of Enteral Tube Feeding in Adults (2004)
• Nutrition support in adults: oral nutrition support enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition. NICE (2006).
• Serial transverse enteroplasty procedure (STEP) for bowel lengthening in parenteral nutrition-dependent children NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2007)

Parkinson's Disease

• Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease NICE (2003)
• Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease NICE Interventional Procedure (Nov 2003)
• Long-term neurological conditions - management at the interface between neurology rehabilitation and palliative care Royal College of Physicians (March 2008)
• Parkinson's Aware in Primary Care - A guide for primary care teams Parkinson's Disease Society (2003)
• Parkinson's disease Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• Parkinson's disease: diagnosis and management in primary and secondary care NICE (2006)
• Subthalamotomy for Parkinson's disease NICE (2004)
• The professional's guide to Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's Disease Society (November 2007)

Paronychia

• Boils, carbuncles, paronychia and staphylococcal whitlow Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)

Parotid Tumour

• Interstitial photodynamic therapy for malignant parotid tumours NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (April 2008)

Patent Ductus Arteriosus

• Endovascular closure of patent ductus arteriosus NICE (2004)

Patent Foramen Ovale

• Percutaneous closure of the patent foramen ovale for the prevention of cerebral embolic stroke NICE (2005)

Patient Safety

• Technical patient safety solutions for medicines reconciliation on admission of adults to hospital NICE Patient Safety Solutions Pilot Guidance (December 2007)

Pectus Excavatum

• Minimally invasive placement of pectus bar NICE (2003)

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

• Guidelines on chronic pelvic pain European Association of Urology (2008)
• Management of acute pelvic inflammatory disease Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2003)
• Management of Infection - Guidance for Primary Care (for consultation and local adaption) Health Protection Agency (Dec 2006 - due review Oct 2007)
• Management of PID British Association for Sexual Health & HIV (2005)
• Pelvic inflammatory disease Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2006)

Pelvic Pain

• Guidelines on chronic pelvic pain European Association of Urology (2008)
• Laparoscopic uterine nerve ablation (LUNA) for chronic pelvic pain NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (October 2007)
• The initial management of chronic pelvic pain Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2005)

Pemphigoid

• Guidelines for the management of bullous pemphigoid British Association of Dermatologists (2002)

Pemphigus Vulgaris

• Guidelines for the management of pemphigus vulgaris British Association of Dermatologists (2003)

Penile Cancer

• Guidelines on penile cancer European Association of Urology (2004)

Penis Problems

• Management of foreskin conditions British Association of Paediatric Urologists (November 2006).

Peptic Ulcer

• Current concepts in the management of Helicobacter pylori infection The Maastricht III Consensus Report (2006)
• Dyspepsia - proven DU, GU, or NSAID-associated ulcer Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2005)
• Dyspepsia SIGN (2003)
• Dyspepsia: Managing dyspepsia in adults in primary care NICE (2004)
• Dyspepsia: Managing dyspepsia in adults in primary care NICE (2004)
• Practice guidance: OTC omeprazole Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Brtitain (May 2004)

Perennial Rhinitis

• Allergic rhinitis Clinical Knowledge Summaries (January 2008).
• Guidelines for the management of allergic and non-allergic rhinitis British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (January 2008)

Perianal Fistula

• Closure of anorectal fistula using a suturable bioprosthetic plug NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2007)

Pericarditis

• Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases European Society of Cardiology (2004)

Period Pains

• Dysmenorrhoea Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2006)
• First prescription of combined oral contraception Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care RCOG. (2006)

Periods Heavy

• Balloon thermal endometrial ablation (using data from Cavaterm and Gynecare as specified by SERNIP) NICE (2003)
• Endometrial cryotherapy for menorrhagia NICE (2006)
• Free fluid thermal endometrial ablation NICE (2004)
• Heavy menstrual bleeding NICE Clinical Guideline (January 2007)
• Impedance-controlled endometrial ablation for menstrual bleeding NICE (2004)
• Menorrhagia Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• Menstrual bleeding - fluid-filled thermal balloon and microwave endometrial ablation NICE (2004)
• Microwave endometrial ablation NICE (2003)
• Photodynamic endometrial ablation NICE (2004)
• Referral Advice (2001)

Peripheral Vascular Disease

• Diagnosis and management of peripheral arterial disease SIGN (2006)

Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

• Complete cytoreduction and heated intraperitoneal intraoperative chemotherapy (Sugarbaker technique) for peritoneal carcinomatosis NICE (2005)

Pernicious Anaemia

• Anaemia - B12 and folate deficiency Clinical Knowledge Summaries (April 2008)

Personality Disorders

• Personality disorder: no longer a diagnosis of exclusion Department of Health (2003)

Peyronie's Disease

• Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for Peyronie's disease NICE (2003)

Pharyngeal Pouch

• Endoscopic stapling of pharyngeal pouch NICE (2003)

Phenylketonuria

• Management of PKU (Phenylketonuria) (Second edition) National Society for Phenylketonuria UK (2004)

Pheochromocytoma

• Paediatric Endocrine Tumours British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (2005)

Phimosis

• Guidelines on Paediatric Urology European Society of Urology (2008)
• Management of foreskin conditions British Association of Paediatric Urologists (November 2006).

Photodynamic Therapy

• Guidelines for dosimetry and calibration in ultraviolet radiation therapy: a report of a British Photodermatology Group workshop British Association of Dermatologists (2002)
• Guidelines for topical photodynamic therapy: report of a workshop of the British Photodermatology Group. British Journal of Dermatology (2002)
• Guidelines for topical PUVA: a report of a workshop of the British Photodermatology Group British Association of Dermatologists (2000)
• Interstitial photodynamic therapy for malignant parotid tumours NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (April 2008)
• Palliative photodynamic therapy for advanced oesophageal cancer NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2007)
• Photodynamic therapy for advanced bronchial carcinoma NICE (2004)
• Photodynamic therapy for bile duct cancer NICE (2005)
• Photo-dynamic therapy for early oesophageal cancer NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2006)
• Photodynamic therapy for high-grade dysplasia in Barrett's oesophagus NICE (2004)
• Photodynamic therapy for localised inoperable endobronchial cancer NICE (2005)
• Photodynamic therapy for non-melanoma skin tumours (including premalignant and primary non-metastatic skin lesions) NICE (2006)

Physical Activity Advice

• Exercise and Pregnancy Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2006)
• Physical activity and environment NICE Public Health Programme Guidance (Jan 2008)
• Physical activity NICE (2006)

Physiotherapy

• Clinical guidelines for the physiotherapy management of persistent Low Back Pain Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (2006)
• Clinical guidelines for the pre and post operative physiotherapy management of adults with lower limb amputation Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (2006)

Piles

• Circular stapled haemorrhoidectomy NICE (2003)
• Haemorrhoid - stapled haemorroidopexy NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance (2007)
• Haemorrhoids Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2005)
• Pruritus Ani Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2005)

Pituitary Tumours

• Endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma resection NICE (2003)
• Paediatric Endocrine Tumours British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (2005)

Plague

• Plague - deliberate release Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2001)

Plantar Fasciitis

• Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for refractory tendinopathies (plantar fasciitis and tennis elbow) NICE (2005)

Plasmacytoma

• Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of solitary plasmacytoma of bone and solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2004)

Plastic Surgery

• Action on plastic surgery : a strategic approach to the delivery of the NHS plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery service Department of Helath (2005)

Pleural Disease

• BTS Guidelines for the Insertion of a Chest Drain British Thoracic Society (2003)
• BTS guidelines for the investigation of a unilateral pleural effusion in adults British Thoracic Society (2005)
• BTS guidelines for the management of a malignant pleural effusion British Thoracic Society (2003)
• BTS guidelines for the management of pleural infection in children British Thoracic Society (2005)
• BTS guidelines for the management of pleural infection British Thoracic Society (2003)
• BTS Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax British Thoracic Society (2003)

Pleural Effusion

• BTS guidelines for the investigation of a unilateral pleural effusion in adults British Thoracic Society (2005)
• BTS guidelines for the management of a malignant pleural effusion British Thoracic Society (2003)
• Insertion of pleuro-amniotic shunt for fetal pleural effusion NICE (2006)

Pneumococcal Immunisation

• Pneumococcal Vaccination Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• The Green Book - immunisation against infectious diseases Department of Health (various dates for individual immunisations)

Pneumonia

• British Thoracic Society; Guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults. 2001. Thorax. 2001 Dec; 56 Suppl 4:IV1-64.
• Chest infection - adult Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• Community Management of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Adults SIGN (2002)
• Cough - acute with chest signs in children Clinical Knowledge Summaries (November 2007)
• Management of Infection - Guidance for Primary Care (for consultation and local adaption) Health Protection Agency (Dec 2006 - due review Oct 2007)

Pneumothorax

• BTS Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax British Thoracic Society (2003)

Poisoning

• Health Protection Agency - Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division. Various Guidelines HPA (various dates)
• Poisoning or overdose Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• Treatment of poisoning by selected chemical compounds Department of Health (2003)

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

• Long-term consequences of polycystic ovary syndrome Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2007)
• Polycystic ovary syndrome Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)

Polycythaemia

• British Committee for Standards in Haematology. Guidelines for the Diagnosis Investigation and Management of Polycythaemia/Erythrocytosis. 2004.

Polymyalgia Rheumatica

• Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2005)

Polyp Of Colon

• Surveillance guidelines after removal of colorectal adenomatous polyps British Society of Gastroenterology (2002)

Port Wine Stain

• Intralesional photocoagulation of subcutaneous congenital vascular disorders NICE (2004)

Post Mortem Examinations

• Code of practice for post mortem examination Human Tissue Authority (2006)

Post Natal Illness

• Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance NICE Clinical Guideline (2007)
• Depression - antenatal and postnatal Clinical Knowledge Summaries (March 2008)
• Depression: management of depression in primary and secondary care NICE (2004 - amended 2007)
• Postnatal depression and puerperal psychosis SIGN (2002)

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance NICE Clinical Guideline (2007)
• Anxiety: Management of post-traumatic stress disorder in adults in primary, secondary and community care NICE (2005)
• The management of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in adults CREST (2003)

Postpartum Haemorrhage

• Blood transfusion in obstetrics Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (December 2007)
• The role of emergency and elective interventional radiology in postpartum haemorrhage Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2007)

Postviral Fatigue Syndrome

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalopathy (CFS/ME) Department of Health Education and Skills (2004)
• Occupational aspects of the management of chronic fatigue syndrome : a national guideline Department of Health (2006)

Potassium Excess

• Guidelines for the treatment of hyperkalaemia in adults CREST (2006)

Preconceptual Counselling

• Antenatal care (October 2003).
• Periconceptional Folic Acid and Food Fortification in the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (April 2003)
• Pre-conception - advice and management Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)

Pre-eclampsia

• Antenatal care (October 2003).
• Hypertension in pregnancy Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2006)
• Management of Severe Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia CREST (2001)
• Management of severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2006)
• Pre-eclampsia community guideline Action on preeclampsia (2004)

Pregnancy

• Alcohol consumption and the outcomes of pregnancy Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2006)
• Amniocentesis Guideline Royal College of Obtetricians and Gynecologists (2005)
• Antenatal care (March 2008).
• Antenatal care (October 2003).
• Antenatal Corticosteroids to Prevent RDS Guideline RCOG (2004)
• Antenatal Corticosteroids to Prevent Respiratory Distress Syndrome Royal College of Obstretricians and Gynaecologists (2004)
• Blood transfusion in obstetrics Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (December 2007)
• Chickenpox in pregnancy Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (September 2007)
• Depression - antenatal and postnatal Clinical Knowledge Summaries (March 2008)
• Diabetes in pregnancy NICE Clinical Guideline (March 2008)
• Dyspepsia - pregnancy-associated.
• Exercise and Pregnancy Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2006)
• Expert consensus document on management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy European Society of Cardiology (2004)
• External cephalic version and reducing the incidence of breech presentation Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2006)
• Guidelines on the management of, and exposure to rash illness in pregnancy (including consideration of relevant antibody screening programmes in pregnancy) 2003
• Home Births Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (April 2007)
• Immersion in Water During Labour and Birth Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (April 2006)
• Management of genital herpes in pregnancy Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (September 2007)
• Management of severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2006)
• Maternal and child nutrition NICE Public Health Programme Guidance (March 2008)
• Modernising maternity care : a commissioning toolkit for England Royal College of Midwives (2006)
• Obstetric Cholestasis RCOG (2006)
• Pre-conception - advice and management Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• Pregnancy and breast cancer Royal College of Obstretricians and Gynaecologists (2004)
• Safer Childbirth: Minimum Standards for the Organisation and Delivery of Care in Labour Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (October 2007)
• Septostomy with or without amnioreduction for the treatment of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2006)
• The Investigation and Management of the Small-for-Gestational-Age Fetus Royal College of Obstretricians and Gynaecologists (2002)
• Thromboembolic disease in pregnancy and the puerperium: acute management. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2007).

Premature Labour

• Antenatal Corticosteroids to Prevent RDS Guideline RCOG (2004)
• Tocolytic Drugs for Women in Preterm Labour Royal College of Obstretricians and Gynaecologists (2001)

Premenstrual Syndrome

• Management of premenstrual syndrome Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (December 2007)

Presbyopia

• Photorefractive (laser) surgery for the correction of refractive error NICE (2006)
• Scleral expansion surgery for presbyopia NICE (2004)

Pressure Sores

• Pressure ulcer prevention; Pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention, including the use of pressure-relieving devices (beds attresses and overlays) for the prevention of pressure ulcers in primary and secondary care (2003).
• Pressure ulcers - risk assessment and prevention (April 2001)
• Pressure ulcers: The management of pressure ulcers in primary and secondary care (2005).

Prolapse

• Mesh sacrocolpopexy for vaginal vault prolapse NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2007)
• Posterior infracoccygeal sacropexy for vaginal vault prolapse NICE (2005)
• The Management of Post Hysterectomy Vaginal Vault Prolapse Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (October 2007)

Prostate Cancer

• Cryotherapy as a primary treatment for prostate cancer NICE (2005)
• Cryotherapy for recurrent prostate cancer NICE (2005)
• Docetaxel for the treatment of hormone refractory prostate cancer (NICE 2006).
• Guidelines on prostate cancer European Association of Urology (2007)
• High dose rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer NICE (2006)
• High-intensity focused ultrasound for prostate cancer (2005).
• Intraoperative red blood cell salvage during radical prostatectomy or radical cystectomy NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (April 2008)
• Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy NICE interventional procedure guidance (2006)
• Low dose rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer NICE (2005)
• Prostate cancer (February 2008).

Prostate Enlargement

• Guidelines on benign prostatic hyperplasia European Association of Urology (2004)
• Holmium laser prostatectomy NICE (2003)
• KTP laser vaporisation of the prostate for benign prostatic obstruction NICE (2005)
• Prostate - benign hyperplasia Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2006)
• Transurethral electrovaporisation of the prostate NICE (2003)
• Transurethral radiofrequency needle ablation of the prostate NICE (2003)

Prostatitis

• Guidelines on the Management of Urinary and Male Genital Tract Infections European Association of Urology (2008)
• Management of prostatitis British Association for Sexual Health & HIV (2001)
• Prostatitis Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2005)

Prostatitis Acute

• Guidelines on the Management of Urinary and Male Genital Tract Infections European Association of Urology (2008)

Prosthetics

• Evidence Based Clinical Guidelines for the Physiotherapy Management of Adults with Lower Limb Prostheses British Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Amputation Rehabilitation (2003)
• Standards and Guidelines in Amputee and Prosthetic Rehabilitation British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine (2003)

Pruritus Ani

• Pruritus Ani Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2005)

Pruritus Vulvae

• Pruritis Vulvae Clinical Knowledge Summaries (March 2007)

Pseudoaneurysm

• Thrombin injections for pseudoaneurysms NICE (2004)

Psoriasis

• Etanercept and efalizumab for the treatment of adults with psoriasis NICE Technology Appraisal(2006)
• Grenz rays therapy for inflammatory skin conditions NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (November 2007)
• Guidelines for topical PUVA: a report of a workshop of the British Photodermatology Group British Association of Dermatologists (2000)
• Guidelines for use of biological interventions in psoriasis British Association of Dermatologists (2005)
• Psoriasis - Clinical Guidelines British Association of Dermatologists (2006)
• Psoriasis - infliximab NICE Technology Appraisal (Jan 2008)
• Recommendations for the initial management of psoriasis Primary Care Dermatology Society (2003)
• Referral Advice (2001)

Psoriatic Arthritis

• Etanercept and infliximab for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis NICE Technology Appraisal (2006)
• Guideline for anti-TNF alpha therapy in psoriatic arthritis British Society for Rheumatology (2004)
• Psoriatic arthritis (moderate to severe) - adalimumab NICE Technology Appraisal (2007)

Pubic Lice

• Management of pediculosis pubis British Association for Sexual Health & HIV (2001)
• Pubic lice Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)

Pulmonary Embolism

• BTS guidelines for the management of suspected acute pulmonary embolism British Thoracic Society (2003)
• Consensus guideline for recording a 12 lead ECG Society for Cardiological Science and Technology (2006)
• Thromboembolic disease in pregnancy and the puerperium: acute management. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2007).
• Venous thromboembolism: reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism) in inpatients undergoing surgery NICE Clinical Guideline (2007)

Pulmonary Hypertension

• Guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension European Society of Cardiology (2004)

Pulmonary Valve Atresia

• Radiofrequency valvotomy for pulmonary atresia NICE (2004)

Pulse Oximetry

• Asthma Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• British Thoracic Society; Guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults. 2001. Thorax. 2001 Dec; 56 Suppl 4:IV1-64.
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease NICE Clinical Guideline (2004)

Puva

• Guidelines for topical PUVA: a report of a workshop of the British Photodermatology Group British Association of Dermatologists (2000)

Pyelonephritis

• Guidelines on the Management of Urinary and Male Genital Tract Infections European Association of Urology (2008)
• Pyelonephritis - acute Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2005)