The list below identifies guidelines submitted to the National Guideline Clearinghouse
(NGC) that have not yet been posted to the Web site. This list includes both new and
updated guidelines that meet the NGC Inclusion Criteria
and for which NGC has received the necessary copyright permissions for posting to the Web
site. Guideline titles are listed alphabetically by submitting organization.
The National Guideline Clearinghouse currently contains
409 guidelines in progress.
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
- Analgesia and anesthesia for the breastfeeding mother.
- Breastfeeding friendly physician's office, part 1: optimizing care for infants and children.
- Breastfeeding the hypotonic infant.
- Breastfeeding the near-term infant (35-37 weeks gestation).
- Contraception during breastfeeding.
- Guidelines for glucose monitoring and treatment of hypoglycemia in breastfed neonates.
- Guidelines for hospital discharge of the breastfeeding term newborn and mother: "Going home protocol".
- Guidelines for the evaluation and management of neonatal ankyloglossia and its complications in the breastfeeding dyad.
- Human milk storage information for home use for healthy full-term infants.
- Model breastfeeding policy.
- Transitioning the breastfeeding/breastmilk fed premature infant from the neonatal intensive care unit to home.
- Use of galactogogues in initiating or augmenting maternal milk supply.
Alzheimer's Association
- Guideline for alzheimer's disease management.
American Academy of Dermatology
- Guidelines of care for the management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: section 1. overview of psoriasis and guidelines of care for the treatment of psoriasis with biologics.
- Guidelines of care for the management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: section 2. psoriatic arthritis: overview and guidelines of care for treatment with an emphasis on the biologics.
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation
- Clinical practice guideline: adult sinusitis.
American College of Cardiology Foundation
- (1) ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to revise the 1999 guidelines for the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction). (2) 2007 focused update of the ACC/AHA 2004 guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.
- (1) ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/SCAI Writing Committee to update the 2001 guidelines for percutaneous coronary intervention). (2) 2007 focused update of the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.
- ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices).
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Asthma in pregnancy.
- Diagnosis and management of vulvar skin disorders.
- Invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy.
- Management of adnexal masses.
- Management of herpes in pregnancy.
- Medical management of ectopic pregnancy.
- Pelvic organ prolapse.
- Prevention of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
- Treatment of urinary tract infections in nonpregnant women.
- Use of psychiatric medications during pregnancy and lactation.
- Viral hepatitis in pregnancy.
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
American College of Physicians
- Screening for osteoporosis in men: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians.
American College of Radiology
- Practice guideline for breast conservation therapy in the management of invasive breast carcinoma.
- Practice guideline for the management of ductal carcinoma in-situ of the breast (DCIS).
American Dietetic Association
- New Adult weight management evidence-based nutrition practice guideline.
- New Critical illness evidence-based nutrition practice guideline.
- New Diabetes type 1 and 2 evidence-based nutrition practice guideline for adults.
- New Hypertension evidence-based nutrition practice guideline.
- New Oncology evidence-based nutrition practice guideline.
- New Pediatric weight management evidence-based nutrition practice guideline.
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- New Antibiotic prophylaxis for GI endoscopy.
- New Infection control during GI endoscopy.
- Modifications in endoscopic practice for pediatric patients.
- New Role of endoscopy in bariatric surgery patient.
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- Labeling parenteral nutrition formulations. In: safe practices for parenteral nutrition.
- Nutrient requirements. In: safe practices for parenteral nutrition.
- Ordering parenteral nutrition. In: safe practices for parenteral nutrition.
- Parenteral nutrition administration. In: safe practices for parenteral nutrition.
- Stability and compatibility of parenteral nutrition formulations. In: safe practices for parenteral nutrition.
- Sterile compounding of parenteral nutrition formulations. In: safe practices for parenteral nutrition.
American Society of Anesthesiologists
- Practice advisory for the prevention and management of operating room fires.
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
- Practice parameters for anal squamous neoplasms.
- Practice parameters for the evaluation and management of constipation.
- Practice parameters for the surgical management of Crohn's disease.
- Practice parameters for the treatment of fecal incontinence.
American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
- Opioids in the management of chronic non-cancer pain: an update of American Society of the Interventional Pain Physicians' (ASIPP) guidelines.
Association of Community Cancer Centers
- Leptomeningeal metastases.
- Non-small cell lung cancer.
- Renal cell carcinoma.
Association of Comprehensive Cancer Centres
- Nausea and vomiting.
- Palliative sedation.
- Prostate cancer.
- Skin melanoma.
- Soft tissue tumours.
- Thyroid carcinoma.
Brain Trauma Foundation
- Assessment: Glasgow Coma Scale score. In: Guidelines for the prehospital management of severe traumatic brain injury, second edition.
- Assessment: oxygenation and blood pressure. In: Guidelines for the prehospital management of severe traumatic brain injury, second edition.
- Assessment: pupil examination. In: Guidelines for the prehospital management of severe traumatic brain injury, second edition.
- Decision making within the EMS system: dispatch, scene, transportation, and destination. In: Guidelines for the prehospital management of severe traumatic brain injury, second edition.
- Treatment: airway, ventilation, and oxygenation. In: Guidelines for the prehospital management of severe traumatic brain injury, second edition.
- Treatment: cerebral herniation. In: Guidelines for the prehospital management of severe traumatic brain injury, second edition.
- Treatment: fluid resuscitation. In: Guidelines for the prehospital management of severe traumatic brain injury, second edition.
Brazilian Society of Cardiology
- Additional perioperative assessment. In: I guidelines for perioperative evaluation.
- Emergency surgery. In: I guidelines for perioperative evaluation.
- General approach to the patient. In: I guidelines for perioperative evaluation.
- Specific assessment. In: I guidelines for perioperative evaluation.
- Steps to reduce surgical risk. In: I guidelines for perioperative evaluation.
British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
- 2007 national guideline for the management of genital herpes.
- 2007 national guideline on the management of non-gonococcal urethritis.
- Anogenital warts. In: sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines.
- Bacterial vaginosis. In: sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines.
- BASHH 2006 national guidelines - consultations requiring sexual history-taking.
- Chancroid. In: sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines.
- Chlamydia trachomatis. In: sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines.
- Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale). In: sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines.
- Genital herpes. In: sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines.
- Gonorrhoea. In: sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines.
- Hepatitis A, B and C. In: sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines.
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In: sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines.
- Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV). In: sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines.
- Syphilis. In: sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines.
- Trichomonas vaginalis infection. In: sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines.
- UK guideline for the use of post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV following sexual exposure.
- Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC). In: sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines.
British Association of Dermatologists
- Guidelines for evaluation and management of urticaria in adults and children.
- Guidelines for prescribing azathioprine in dermatology.
British Committee for Standards in Haematology
- (1) Transfusion guidelines for neonates and older children. (2) Amendments and corrections to the transfusion guidelines for neonates and older children.
- An evidence-based review and guidelines for patient self-testing and management of oral anticoagulation.
- Guidelines on oral anticoagulation (warfarin): third edition - 2005 update.
- Guidelines on the use and monitoring of heparin.
- Guidelines on use of vena cava filters.
- Procedures for the outpatient management of patient with deep venous thrombosis.
- Safety indicators for inpatient and outpatient oral anticoagulant care: recommendations from the British Committee for Standards in Haematology and National Patient Safety Agency.
- The management of heparin induced thrombocytopenia.
Canadian Stroke Network
- Acute stroke management. Acute aspirin therapy. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Acute stroke management. Acute thrombolytic treatment. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Acute stroke management. Blood glucose. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Acute stroke management. Brain imaging. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Acute stroke management. Carotid artery imaging. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Acute stroke management. Dysphagia assessment. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Acute stroke management. Management of subarachnoid and intracerebral hemorrhage. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Acute stroke management. Stroke unit care. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Follow-up and community reintegration after stroke. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Patient and caregiver education. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Public awareness and responsiveness. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Stroke prevention. Antiplatelet therapy. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Stroke prevention. Antithrombotic therapy for atrial fibrillation. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Stroke prevention. Blood pressure management. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Stroke prevention. Carotid intervention. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Stroke prevention. Diabetes management. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Stroke prevention. Life style and risk factor management. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Stroke prevention. Lipid-management. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Stroke rehabilitation and community reintegration. Community-based rehabilitation. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Stroke rehabilitation and community reintegration. Components of inpatient stroke rehabilitation. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Stroke rehabilitation and community reintegration. Identification and management of post-stroke depression. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Stroke rehabilitation and community reintegration. Initial stroke rehabilitation assessment. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Stroke rehabilitation and community reintegration. Provision of inpatient stroke rehabilitation. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
- Stroke rehabilitation and community reintegration. Shoulder pain assessment and treatment. In: Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care: 2006.
Caring for Australasians with Renal Impairment
- ACE inhibitor and angiotensin II antagonist combination treatment.
- ACE inhibitor treatment in diabetic nephropathy.
- Acidosis in pre-dialysis patients.
- Acidosis.
- Anaemia and growth in children.
- Analgesic-associated kidney disease.
- Angiotensin II antagonists.
- Antihypertensive therapy in diabetic nephropathy.
- Assessment of donors with sub-optimal kidney function/structure.
- Blood pressure control: role of specific anti-hypertensives.
- Blood pressure control: targets.
- Blood urea sampling methods.
- Bone disease and growth in children.
- Carbohydrates in pre-dialysis patients.
- Complementary medicines in pre-dialysis patients.
- Control of hypercholesterolaemia and progression of diabetic nephropathy.
- Dialysis adequacy in children.
- Dialysis membranes.
- Donor cancer.
- Dose of haemodialysis.
- Duration and frequency of haemodialysis therapy.
- Energy intake in children.
- Energy intake in pre-dialysis patients.
- Erythropoietin.
- Evaluation and management of nutrition in children.
- Exercise.
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: correction of secondary causes.
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: cytotoxic therapy.
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: treatment with steroids.
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: use of cyclosporine A.
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: use of other therapies.
- Glucose control and progression of diabetic nephropathy.
- Haemodialysis anticoagulation and adequacy.
- Haemoglobin.
- Idiopathic membranous nephropathy: use of other therapies.
- Iron.
- Level of renal function at which to initiate dialysis.
- Lipid lowering therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease.
- Lipids.
- Lipids/fats in pre-dialysis patients.
- Membranous nephropathy: role of cyclosporine therapy.
- Metabolic acidosis and growth in children.
- Mode of dialysis at initiation.
- Monitoring patients on peritoneal dialysis.
- Multifactorial therapy and the progression of diabetic nephropathy.
- Non-heart-beating donors.
- Optimising small solute clearances in peritoneal dialysis.
- Other agents.
- Other criteria for starting dialysis.
- Other forms of dietary interventions.
- Peritoneal transport and ultrafiltration.
- Phosphate.
- Predialysis education.
- Pregnancy.
- Protein intake in children.
- Protein restriction to prevent the progression of diabetic nephropathy.
- Reducing proteinuria.
- Reflux nephropathy.
- Renal artery stenosis.
- Selection of patients for automated peritoneal dialysis versus continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
- Small solute clearance targets in peritoneal dialysis.
- Smoking and the progression of diabetic nephropathy.
- Smoking.
- Sodium chloride and water intake in children.
- Sodium in pre-dialysis patients.
- Specific effects of calcium channel blockers in diabetic nephropathy.
- Specific management of IgA nephropathy: role of fish oil.
- Specific management of IgA nephropathy: role of steroid therapy.
- Treatment of secondary membranous nephropathy.
- Uric acid.
- Use of calcimimetic drugs.
- Use of phosphate binders in kidney disease.
- Vitamin D in dialysis patients.
- Vitamins in pre-dialysis patients.
- Water quality for haemodialysis.
- Water/fluid in pre-dialysis patients.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New Public Health Service Task Force recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV transmission in the United States.
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
- Blunt cerebrovascular injury practice management guidelines.
- Clinical practice guidelines: penetrating neck trauma.
- Practice management guidelines for nonoperative management of penetrating abdominal trauma.
- Practice management guidelines for small bowel obstruction.
- Practice management guidelines for stress ulcer prophylaxis.
- Practice management guidelines for the screening of thoracolumbar spine fracture.
European Association of Urology
- Acute scrotum in children. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections. In: guidelines on the management of urinary and male genital tract infections.
- Chronic pelvic pain. In: guidelines on chronic pelvic pain.
- Complicated urinary tract infections due to urological disorders. In: guidelines on the management of urinary and male genital tract infections.
- Congenital penile curvature. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Cryptorchidism. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Daytime lower urinary tract conditions. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Dilatation of the upper urinary tract (ureteropelvic junction and ureterovesical junction obstruction). In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Disorders of sex development. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Epididymitis and orchitis. In: guidelines on the management of urinary and male genital tract infections.
- General treatment of chronic pelvic pain. In: guidelines on chronic pelvic pain.
- Guidelines on bladder cancer: muscle-invasive and metastatic.
- Guidelines on neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction.
- Guidelines on TaT1 (non-muscle invasive) bladder cancer.
- Guidelines on testicular cancer.
- Guidelines on urolithiasis.
- Hydrocele. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Hypospadias. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Management of neurogenic bladder in children. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Micropenis. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Monosymptomatic enuresis. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Neurogenic conditions. In: guidelines on chronic pelvic pain.
- Neurological aspects. In: guidelines on chronic pelvic pain.
- Obstructive pathology of renal duplication: Ureterocele and ectopic ureter. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Pelvic floor function and dysfunction. In: guidelines on chronic pelvic pain.
- Pelvic pain in gynaecological practice. In: guidelines on chronic pelvic pain.
- Peri-operative antibacterial prophylaxis in urology. In: guidelines on the management of urinary and male genital tract infections.
- Phimosis. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Posterior urethral values. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome. In: guidelines on the management of urinary and male genital tract infections.
- Psychological factors in chronic pelvic pain. In: guidelines on chronic pelvic pain.
- Sepsis in urology (urosepsis). In: guidelines on the management of urinary and male genital tract infections.
- Uncomplicated urinary tract infections in adults. In: guidelines on the management of urinary and male genital tract infections.
- Urethritis. In: guidelines on the management of urinary and male genital tract infections.
- Urinary stone disease. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Urinary tract infections in children. In: guidelines on the management of urinary and male genital tract infections.
- Urinary tract infections in renal insufficiency, transplant recipients, diabetes mellitus and immunosuppression. In: guidelines on the management of urinary and male genital tract infections.
- Varicocele in children and adolescents. In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Vesicoureteruc reflux (VUR). In: guidelines on paediatric urology.
European Federation of Neurological Societies
- EFNS guidelines on management of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder in sleep.
European Society of Cardiology
- European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice.
Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Progestogen-only implants.
Finnish Medical Society Duodecim
- Acute coronary syndromes: unstable angina pectoris and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI).
- Aortic aneurysm and dissection.
- Blood transfusion: indications and administration.
- Chronic cough in a children.
- Coronary heart disease (CHD): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
- Diagnostic coronary angiography.
- Differential diagnosis of chest pain.
- Drug treatment for hyperlipidaemias.
- Haematuria.
- Myocardial infarction.
- Paediatric food hypersensitivity and allergy.
- Physical activity in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases.
- Prevention and screening of colorectal cancer.
- Prevention of venous thrombosis.
- Psoriasis.
- Syphilis.
- Thrombolytic therapy and balloon angioplasty in acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
- Treatment of obesity.
- Tularaemia.
- Ultrasound scanning during pregnancy.
- Viral hepatitis.
Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC)
- Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC): I. Identification, assessment, and initial management.
- Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC): II. Treatment and ongoing management.
Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
- Advance directives. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Age-related changes in health. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Assessing cognitive function. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Assessment of function. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Comprehensive assessment and management of the critically ill. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Delirium: prevention, early recognition, and treatment. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Dementia. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Depression. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Excessive sleepiness. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Family caregiving. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Health care decision making. in: evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Issues regarding sexuality. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Managing oral hydration. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Mealtime difficulties. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Nutrition. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Pain management. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Preventing falls in acute care. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Preventing pressure ulcers and skin tears. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Reducing adverse drug events. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- Substance misuse and alcohol use disorders. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
HealthPartners Dental Group
- HealthPartners Dental Group and Clinics caries guideline.
Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Clinical practice guidelines for the management of blastomycosis: 2008 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
- Colorectal cancer screening.
- Diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults.
- Diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in adults.
- Major depression in adults in primary care.
- Palliative care.
IRSA
- New Stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with metastatic brain tumors.
Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium
- Management of acute low back pain.
- Management of adults with major depression.
- Management of uncomplicated acute bronchitis in adults.
National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care
- Triage, assessment, investigation and early management of head injury in infants, children and adults.
- Venous thromboembolism. Reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism) in inpatients undergoing surgery.
National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions
- Parkinson's disease. National clinical guideline for diagnosis and management in primary and secondary care.
National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health
- Depression in children and young people. Identification and management in primary, community and secondary care.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder: core interventions in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder and body dysmorphic disorder.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
- (1) Clinical guidelines for the management of anxiety. Management of anxiety (panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia, and generalised anxiety disorder) in adults in primary, secondary and community care. (2) 2007 addendum.
- (1) Depression: management of depression in primary and secondary care. (2) 2007 addendum.
- (1) Essential hypertension: managing adult patients in primary care. (2) Hypertension. Management of hypertension in adults in primary care: partial update.
- Abatacept for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
- Acutely ill patients in hospital: recognition of and response to acute illness in adults in hospital.
- Adalimumab, etanercept and infliximab for ankylosing spondylitis.
- Atopic eczema in children: management of atopic eczema in children from birth up to the age of 12 years.
- Bipolar disorder. The management of bipolar disorder in adults, children and adolescents, in primary and secondary care.
- Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy): diagnosis and management of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy) in adults and children.
- Dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care.
- Drug misuse: opioid detoxification.
- Drug misuse: psychosocial interventions.
- Epoetin alfa, epoetin beta and darbepoetin alfa for cancer treatment-induced anaemia.
- Faecal incontinence: the management of faecal incontinence in adults.
- Familial breast cancer. The classification and care of women at risk of familial breast cancer in primary, secondary and tertiary care.
- Feverish illness in children: assessment and initial management in children younger than 5 years.
- Guidance on the use of drugs for early thrombolysis in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction.
- Guidance on the use of electroconvulsive therapy.
- Guidance on the use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes.
- Guidance on the use of surgery to aid weight reduction for people with morbid obesity.
- Guidance on the use of ultrasound locating devices for placing central venous catheters.
- Heavy menstrual bleeding.
- Improving outcomes for people with brain and other CNS tumours.
- Improving the nutrition of pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and children in low-income households.
- Infliximab for subacute manifestations of ulcerative colitis.
- Intrapartum care.
- Obesity: the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children.
- Post myocardial infarction: secondary prevention in primary and secondary care for patients following a myocardial infarction.
- Urinary incontinence: the management of urinary incontinence in women.
- Urinary tract infection in children: diagnosis, treatment and long-term management.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Sickle Cell Disease
- National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference statement: hydroxyurea treatment for sickle cell disease.
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on cesarean delivery on maternal request.
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on improving end-of-life care.
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on management of menopause-related symptoms.
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on manifestations and management of chronic insomnia in adults.
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on multivitamin/mineral supplements and chronic disease prevention.
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on preventing violence and related health-risking social behaviors in adolescents.
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on tobacco use: prevention, cessation, and control.
- Prevention of fecal and urinary incontinence in adults.
New York State Department of Health
- New Depression and mania in patients with HIV/AIDS.
- New Hepatitis B virus.
- New New antiretroviral drugs: maraviroc, raltegravir, and etravirine.
- New Prevention of secondary disease: preventive medicine: VIII. oral health care.
Newcastle Guideline Development and Research Unit
- (1) Dyspepsia: management of dyspepsia in adults in primary care. (2) 2005 addendum.
North American Spine Society
- Diagnosis and treatment of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis.
Program in Evidence-based Care
- Adjuvant radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy for pathologic T3 or margin-positive prostate cancer: guideline recommendations.
- Adjuvant systemic chemotherapy for stage II and III colon cancer following complete resection: guideline recommendations.
- Advance care planning with cancer patients: guideline recommendations.
- Biochemotherapy for the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma: a clinical practice guideline.
- Management of stage I nonseminomatous testicular cancer: guideline recommendations.
- Management of stage I seminoma: guideline recommendations.
- The management of malignant thrombocytosis in Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative disease: guideline recommendations.
- The role of aromatase inhibitors in adjuvant therapy for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer: guideline recommendations.
- The use of bisphosphonates in men with hormone-refractory prostate cancer.
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
- (1) Assessment and device selection for vascular access. (2) Assessment and device selection for vascular access 2008 supplement.
- (1) Care and maintenance to reduce vascular access complications. (2) Care and maintenance to reduce vascular access complications 2008 supplement.
- (1) Promoting asthma control in children. (2) Promoting asthma control in children 2008 supplement.
- (1) Reducing foot complications for people with diabetes. (2) Reducing foot complications for people with diabetes 2007 supplement.
Royal College of Nursing
- The management of pressure ulcers in primary and secondary care. A clinical practice guideline.
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
- British guideline on the management of asthma. A national clinical guideline.
- New Diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease.
- Management of invasive meningococcal disease in children and young people. A national clinical guideline.
Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Guidelines for evaluation of new fever in critically ill adult patients: 2008 update from the American College of Critical Care Medicine and the Infectious Disease Society of America.
- Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a consensus statement by the American Academy of Critical Care Medicine.
- New Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of corticosteroid insufficiency in critically ill adult patients: consensus statements from an international task force by the American College of Critical Care Medicine.
- Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008.
Spanish Association of Primary Care Pediatrics
- Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines: primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis in primary care.
Task Force on Community Preventive Services
- (1) Recommendations to reduce injuries to motor vehicle occupants: increasing child safety seat use, increasing safety belt use, and reducing alcohol-impaired driving. (2) Mass media campaigns. Recommendations to reduce injuries to motor vehicle occupants: increasing child safety seat use, increasing safety belt use, and reducing alcohol-impaired driving. In: The guide to community preventive services.
- (1) Vaccine-preventable diseases: improving vaccination coverage in children, adolescents, and adults. (2) Vaccination programs in schools. Vaccine-preventable diseases: improving vaccination coverage in children, adolescents, and adults. In: The guide to community preventive services.
- Public health strategies for preventing and controlling overweight and obesity in school and worksite settings. A report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services.
The Endocrine Society
- Evaluation and treatment of hirsutism in premenopausal women: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline.
The North American Menopause Society
- Estrogen and progestogen use in postmenopausal women: July 2008 position statement of The North American Menopause Society.
United States Preventive Services Task Force
- Screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria in adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reaffirmation recommendation statement.
- Screening for lipid disorders in adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.
- Universal screening for hearing loss in newborns: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.
University of Michigan Health System
- Acute rhinosinusitis in adults.
- Adult preventive health care: immunizations.
University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program
- Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pediculosis capitis (head lice) in children and adults 2008.
- Management of molluscum contagiosum.
- Risk factor assessment for osteoporosis and/or increased fracture risk in men.
Work Loss Data Institute
- Ankle & foot (acute & chronic).
- Burns.
- Carpal tunnel syndrome (acute & chronic).
- Elbow (acute & chronic).
- Eye.
- Forearm, wrist, & hand (acute & chronic), not including carpal tunnel syndrome.
- Head (trauma, headaches, etc., not including stress & mental disorders).
- Hernia.
- Hip & pelvis (acute & chronic).
- Knee & leg (acute & chronic).
- Low back - lumbar & thoracic (acute & chronic).
- Mental illness.
- Neck and upper back (acute & chronic).
- Pain (chronic).
- Shoulder (acute & chronic).
Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society
- Guideline for management of wounds in patients with lower-extremity arterial disease.