ESMO Interactive Guidelines vs EBMT Educational Tools

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) guidelines are developed by experts. They are concise, practical and offer users treatment recommendations that are based on the latest scientific research. This application uses interactive tools to support decision making and help the user navigate the guidelines easily, so they can access the information they require quickly. Each guideline offers best practice recommendations for screening, diagnosis, staging, treatment and follow up. The ESMO Interactive Guidelines application ensures the user has the highest standard of information at their figure tips. A variety of interactive treatment algorithms, tables, calculators and scores can be utilised to assist the treating doctor. The user can also perform key word searches, bookmark useful pages, add notes and email pages to colleagues or patients. The app features news and push notifications. Disclaimer: The app is intended to assist healthcare professionals and allied healthcare professionals as an educational tool to provide information that may support them in providing care to patients. Patients or other community members using this app shall do so only after consultation with a health professional and shall not mistake these guidelines as professional medical advice. These guidelines must not substitute seeking professional medical and health advice from a health professional. These guidelines may not apply to all situations and shall be interpreted in the light of specific clinical situations and resource availability. It is up to every clinician to adapt these guidelines to local regulations and to each patient’s individual circumstances and needs. The app contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources (http://www.esmo.org). Although every effort has been made to ensure that treatment and other information are presented accurately in this publication, the ultimate responsibility rests with the prescribing physician.This application is updated regularly with more tumour types, guidelines and interactive tools.

The new 2018 EBMT Educational Tools application provides a SOS/VOD Severity Grading calculator based on the 2016 Revised diagnosis and severity criteria for SOS/VOD (Bone Marrow Transplant. 2016 Jul; 51(7): 906–912., M. Mohty et. all). Abstract: Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome, also known as veno-occlusive disease (SOS/VOD), is a potentially life threatening complication that can develop after hematopoietic cell transplantation. Although SOS/VOD progressively resolves within a few weeks in most patients, the most severe forms result in multi-organ dysfunction and are associated with a high mortality rate (>80%). Therefore, careful attention must be paid to allow an early detection of SOS/VOD and severity assessment. The aim of this educational application is to help investigators in the diagnosis, and a severity-grading system for SOS/VOD in adult patients, on behalf of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. The European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) is a non-profit organisation that was established in 1974 in order to allow scientists and physicians involved in clinical bone marrow transplantation to share their experience and develop co-operative studies. The EBMT is devoted to the promotion of all aspects associated with the transplantation of haematopoietic stem cells from all donor sources and donor types including basic and clinical research, education, standardisation, quality control, and accreditation for transplant procedures. Development of this EBMT Educational Tool was made possible thanks to an unrestricted educational grant from Jazz Pharmaceuticals.