NCCN Guidelines® vs iPancreas

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), is pleased to present the Virtual Library of NCCN Guidelines® app formatted for iPhone & iPad. This easy-to-use and convenient format will further assist health care professionals in their implementation of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®), thus improving the quality and effectiveness of care provided to patients with cancer. NCCN is a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education. NCCN is dedicated to improving and facilitating quality, effective, efficient, and accessible cancer care so patients can live better lives. Through the leadership and expertise of clinical professionals at NCCN Member Institutions, NCCN develops resources that present valuable information to the numerous stakeholders in the health care delivery system. By defining and advancing high-quality cancer care, NCCN promotes the importance of continuous quality improvement and recognizes the significance of creating clinical practice guidelines appropriate for use by patients, clinicians, and other health care decision-makers around the world. Over the past 25 years, NCCN has developed an integrated suite of tools to improve the quality of cancer care. The NCCN Guidelines® document evidence-based, consensus-driven management to ensure that all patients receive preventive, diagnostic, treatment, and supportive services that are most likely to lead to optimal outcomes. The NCCN Guidelines are a comprehensive set of guidelines detailing the sequential management decisions and interventions that apply to 97 percent of cancer cases in the United States. In addition, separate guidelines relate to major prevention and screening topics and another set of pathways focuses on the major supportive care areas. The NCCN Guidelines provide recommendations based on the best evidence available at the time they are derived. Because new data are published continuously, it is essential that the NCCN Guidelines also be continuously updated and revised to reflect new data and new clinical information. The intent of the NCCN Guidelines is to assist in the decision-making process of individuals involved in cancer care—including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, payers, patients and their families—with the ultimate goal of improving patient care and outcomes. The NCCN Guidelines provide recommendations for appropriate care for most but not all patients; however, individual patient circumstances must be considered when applying these recommendations. Visit NCCN.org to learn more about the NCCN Guidelines as well as other NCCN Content.

This application was developed by Acute Pancreatitis Study Group of Santa Casa de de São Paulo School of Medicine, in order to make the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of acute pancreatitis easier, accessible and standardized, avoiding complications of this disease. The content information of this application was based on the management of acute pancreatitis at the Central Emergency of Santa Casa de São Paulo, available at “Pancreatite Aguda” from Tercio de Campos and Samir Rassian, and the American College of Gastroenterology Guideline for management of acute pancreatitis (2013), which can be found at “Full Guideline”, on the main screen of this application. Resource: - Diagnostic criteria - Calculators major severity scores (Apache II, SOFA, Modified Marshall, Atlanta 2013, Severity determinants, Ranson, Balthazar-Ranson) - Indications of specific tests - CT Images Organization: Study group of Acute pancreatitis of Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo Idealization: Dr. Tercio de Campos Realization: Angelo Chelotti Duarte Contribution: Aline Celeghini Rosa Vicente (overall coordination), Vitor Minari Campos, Rodrigo de Almeida Mastrorosa, Bruna do Nascimento Santos Support: Centro Acadêmico Manoel de Abreu --WARNING-- The information provided by this app is solely at your own risk. The authors disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons resulting from use of this app.