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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)
• Warts and verrucae Clinical Knowledge Summaries (June 2009)

Wegener's Granulomatosis

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

Weight Loss (intentional)

• At least five a week: Evidence on the impact of physical activity and its relationship to health Department of Health (2004)
• Management of obesity in children and young people SIGN (2003)
• Obesity (morbid) - surgery NICE (2002)
• Obesity Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2008)
• Practice Guidance: OTC Orlistat Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (2009)

Wernicke's Encephalopathy

• Alcohol - problem drinking Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• Guidelines for managing Wernicke's encephalopathy in the accident and emergency department Royal College of Physicians (2002)

Wheeze

• Breathing Difficulty: An evidence based guideline for the management of children presenting with acute breathing difficulty Paediatric Accident and Emergency Research Group (2002)
• British Guideline on the Management of Asthma British Thoracic Society and SIGN (May 2008 - updated 2009)
• Definition, assessment and treatment of wheezing disorders in preschool children: an evidence-based approach European Respiratory Society (2008)

Whiplash Injury

• Neck pain - whiplash injury Clinical Knowledge Summaries (January 2009)
• Triage - assessment - investigation and early management of head injury in infants; children and adults NICE Clinical Guideline (September 2007).

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)
• Immunisation against infectious disease - 'The Green Book' Department of Health (various dates)

Wisdom Teeth

• Management of Unerupted and Impacted Third Molar Teeth SIGN (2000)
• Wisdom teeth removal Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2002)

Wound Care

• Best Practice Statement Minimising Trauma and Pain in Wound Management,Independent Advisory Group endorsed by the Tissue Viability Nurses Association (2004)
• Lacerations Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2007)
• Wound care - debriding agents Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2002)
• Wound care - debriding agents NICE (2001)

Wound Infection

• Surgical site infection NICE Clinical Guideline (October 2008)