Useful Guidelines

Quick convenience access to all the clinical guidelines you need on the subjects which matter to and directly affect people living with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus

Nice Guidelines

• NICE: Open prenatal repair for open neural tube defects in the fetus
• NICE: Fetoscopic prenatal repair for open neural tube defects in the fetus 
• NICE: Pressure ulcers: prevention and management 
• NICE: Urinary incontinence in neurological disease: assessment and management 
• NICE: Faecal incontinence in adults: management
• NICE: Maternal and child nutrition
• NICE: Lumbar infusion test for the investigation of normal pressure hydrocephalus
• NICE: Drainage, irrigation and fibrinolytic therapy (DRIFT) for post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus in preterm infants
• NICE: Lumbar subcutaneous shunt
• NICE: Neurological conditions
• NICE: Suspected neurological conditions: recognition and referral
• NICE: Neuropathic pain in adults: pharmacological management in non-specialist settings 
• NICE: Lumbar infusion test for the investigation of normal pressure hydrocephalus 

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Other useful guidance:

• Government guide to inclusive language
• Consensus Guidelines on the Communication of Unexpected News via Ultrasound 
• SBNS: Antibiotic shunt guidelines