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Waldenström's Macroglobulinaemia

• Guidelines on the management of Waldenström's Macroglobulinaemia British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2005)

Warts And Verrucas

• Guidelines for the management of cutaneous warts British Association of Dermatologists (2001)
• Guidelines on the Management of Communicable Diseases: Warts and Verrucas Health Protection Agency (2003)
• Warts and verrucae Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)

Wegener's Granulomatosis

• BSR and BHPR guidelines for the management of adults with ANCA associated vasculitis British Society for Rheumatology (Sept 2007)

Weight Loss (intentional)

• Management of obesity in children and young people SIGN (2003)
• Obesity Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)

Wernicke's Encephalopathy

• Guidelines for managing Wernicke's encephalopathy in the accident and emergency department Royal College of Physicians (2002)

Whitlow

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

Whooping Cough

• Guidance for immunisation against pertussis in the absence of single antigen pertussis vaccine Department of Health (2002)
• The Green Book - immunisation against infectious diseases Department of Health (various dates for individual immunisations)

Wisdom Teeth

• Management of Unerupted and Impacted Third Molar Teeth SIGN (2000)
• Wisdom teeth removal based on NICE guidance (April 2002).

Wound Care

• Best Practice Statement Minimising Trauma and Pain in Wound Management Produced by an Independent Advisory Group and endorsed by the Tissue Viability Nurses Association (2004)
• Wound care - debriding agents (NICE guidance) Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2002)
• Wound care - debriding agents NICE (2001)