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Vaginal And Cervical Prolapse

• Infracoccygeal sacropexy using mesh for uterine prolapse repair NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (January 2009)
• Infracoccygeal sacropexy using mesh for vaginal vault prolapse repair NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (January 2009)
• Insertion of mesh uterine suspension sling (including sacrohysteropexy) for uterine prolapse repair NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (January 2009)
• Mesh sacrocolpopexy for vaginal vault prolapse NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (2007)
• Posterior infracoccygeal sacropexy for vaginal vault prolapse NICE (2005)
• Sacrocolpopexy using mesh for vaginal vault prolapse repair NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (January 2009)
• Sacrocolpopexy with hysterectomy using mesh for uterine prolapse repair NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (January 2009)
• Surgical repair of vaginal wall prolapse using mesh NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (June 2008)
• The Management of Post Hysterectomy Vaginal Vault Prolapse Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2007)

Vaginal Atrophy

• Urogenital atrophy consensus statement British Menopause Society (2008)

Vaginal Bleeding

• Best Practice in Outpatient Hysteroscopy Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (April 2011)
• Clinical practice guidelines for the assessment of young women aged 20-24 with abnormal vaginal bleeding Dept of Health (March 2010)
• Management of Unscheduled Bleeding in Women Using Hormonal Contraception Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (2009)
• The Use of Anti-D Immunoglobulin for Rhesus D Prophylaxis Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (April 2011)

Vaginal Discharge

• Antenatal care: routine care for the healthy pregnant woman NICE Clinical Guideline (March 2008)
• Management of bacterial vaginosis British Association for Sexual Health & HIV (2006)
• Management of vulvovaginal candidiasis British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (2007)
• The management of women of reproductive age attending non-genitourinary medicine settings complaining of vaginal discharge Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care and British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (2006)
• Vaginal discharge - guideline for primary care Health Protection Agency (October 2009)
• Vaginal discharge Clinical Knowledge Summaries (January 2009)

Vaginal Thrush

• Antenatal care: routine care for the healthy pregnant woman NICE Clinical Guideline (March 2008)
• Candida - female genital Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• Management of Infection - Guidance for Primary Care, Health Protection Agency various dates
• Management of vulvovaginal candidiasis British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (2007)
• The management of women of reproductive age attending non-genitourinary medicine settings complaining of vaginal discharge Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care and British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (2006)

Valvular Heart Disease

• Endoaortic balloon occlusion for cardiac surgery NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (May 2008)
• Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease European Society of Cardiology (2007)
• Percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (July 2010)
• Percutaneous mitral valve leaflet repair for mitral regurgitation NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (August 2009)
• Thoracoscopically-assisted mitral valve surgery NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (December 2007)
• Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for aortic stenosis NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (June 2008)

Varicocele

• Fertility: assessment and treatment for people with fertility problems NICE Clinical Guideline (2004)
• Infertility Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• Scrotal swellings Clinical Knowledge Summaries (February 2010)
• Varicocele Clinical Knowledge Summaries (November 2008)

Varicose Eczema

• Atopic dermatitis (eczema) - topical steroids NICE Technology Appraisal (2004)
• Compression stockings Clinical Knowledge Summaries (October 2008)
• Venous eczema and lipodermatosclerosis Prodigy (October 2008)

Varicose Vein

• Compression stockings Clinical Knowledge Summaries (October 2008)
• Endovenous laser treatment of the long saphenous vein NICE (2004)
• Radiofrequency ablation of varicose veins NICE (2003)
• Referral Advice NICE Clinical Guideline (2001)
• Transilluminated powered phlebectomy for varicose veins NICE (2004)
• Ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (August 2009)
• Varicose veins Clinical Knowlege Summaries (October 2008)

Vascular

• Lipid modification NICE Clinical Guideline (May 2008)
• Vascular disease - clopidogrel and dipyridamole NICE Technology Appraisal Guideline (December 2010)

Vascular Skin Lesions

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

Vasculitis

• Guidelines for the management of adults with ANCA associated vasculitis British Society for Rheumatology (Sept 2007)

Vasectomy

• Contraception - sterilization Prodigy (Sept 2007)

Ventilation

• Intramuscular diaphragm stimulation for ventilator-dependent chronic respiratory failure due to neurological disease NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (July 2009)
• Weaning from mechanical ventilation European Respiratory Society (2007)

Ventricular Septal Defect

• Adult Congenital Heart Disease (A commissioning guide for services for young people and Grown Ups with Congenital Heart Disease (GUCH)) Dept of Health (2006)
• Endovascular closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect NICE (2006)
• Transcatheter endovascular closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (March 2010)

Ventricular Tachycardia

• Arrhythmia - implantable cardioverter defibrillators NICE Technology Appraisal (January 2006)
• Percutaneous (non-thoracoscopic) epicardial catheter radiofrequency ablation for ventricular tachycardia NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (March 2009)

Verrucas

• Guidance on Infection Control in Schools and other Childcare Settings Health Protection Agency (April 2010)
• Warts and verrucae, Prodigy June 2009

Vertigo

• Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo Clinical Knowledge Summaries (February 2011)
• Meniere's disease Prodigy (October 2007)
• Migraine related vertigo : classification and diagnostic criteria British Association of Audiological Physicians (November 2008)
• Vertigo Clinical Knowledge Summaries (April 2010)
• Vestibular neuronitis Clinical Knowledge Summaries (February 2011)

Vesico-ureteric Reflux

• Guidelines on Paediatric Urology European Association of Urology (2011)

Vestibular Neuronitis

• Vertigo Clinical Knowledge Summaries (April 2010)
• Vestibular neuronitis Clinical Knowledge Summaries (February 2011)

Vigabatrin

• The Ocular Side-Effects of Vigabatrin (Sabril) - Information and Guidance for Screening Royal College of Ophthalmologists (March 2008)

Violence

• Female genital mutilation: multi-agency practice guidelines Dept of Health (February 2011)
• Guidance on child protection Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Brtitain (August 2007)
• Guidelines for the Management of Domestic Violence British Association of Emergency Medicine (2005)
• Improving safety, Reducing harm: Children, young people and domestic violence Dept of Health (November 2009)
• Standards for Radiological Investigations of Suspected NAI Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2008)
• When to suspect child maltreatment NICE Clinical Guideline (July 2009)

Viral Encephalitis

• Viral meningoencephalitis: a review of diagnostic methods and guidelines for management European Federation of Neurological Societies (2010)

Viral Haemorrhagic Fever

• Guidelines for action in the event of a deliberate release - Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers Health Protection Agency (August 2008)

Viral Meningitis

• Viral meningoencephalitis: a review of diagnostic methods and guidelines for management European Federation of Neurological Societies (2010)

Visually Impaired

• Social care for deafblind children and adults Dept of Health (June 2009)

Vitiligo

• Guideline for the diagnosis and management of vitiligo British Association of Dermatologists (October 2008)
• Vitiligo Clinical Knowledge Summaries (May 2010)

Vomiting Blood

• Management of acute upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN (September 2008)

Vomiting Due To Gastroenteritis

• Diarrhoea - adults assessment Prodigy (December 2010)
• Diarrhoea - antibiotic associated Prodigy (September 2009)
• Diarrhoea - prevention and advice for travellers Prodigy (September 2009)
• Diarrhoea and vomiting in children under 5 NICE Clinical Guideline (April 2009)
• Gastroenteritis Prodigy (September 2009)
• Guidance on Infection Control in Schools and other Childcare Settings Health Protection Agency (April 2010)
• Guideline for the management of children presenting to hospital with diarrhoea, with or without vomiting Paediatric Accident and Emergency Research Group of Nottingham University (2002)
• Guidelines for the management of norovirus outbreaks in acute and community health and social care settings Health Protection Agency (November 2011)
• Infectious Diarrhoea - The Role of Microbiological Examination of Faeces Health Protection Agency (October 2009)
• Management of Infection - Guidance for Primary Care, Health Protection Agency various dates
• Preventing person-to-person spread following gastrointestinal infections: guidelines for public health physicians and environmental health officers Health Protection Agency (2005)

Vulval Cancer

• Endoscopic radical inguinal lymphadenectomy NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (June 2011)
• Gynaecological cancer - suspected Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2005)
• Management of Vulval Cancer Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2006)
• Referral for suspected cancer NICE Clinical Guideline (2005)
• The Management of Vulval Skin Disorders Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (February 2011)

Vulval Itching

• Pruritus vulvae Clinical Knowledge Summaries (February 2011)
• The Management of Vulval Skin Disorders Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (February 2011)

Vulval Problems

• Guidelines for the management of vulvodynia British Society for the Study of Vulval Diseases Guideline Group (March 2010)
• Pruritus vulvae Clinical Knowledge Summaries (February 2011)
• The Management of Vulval Skin Disorders Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (February 2011)