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Guideline Index

This feature provides a complete list of guideline summaries available through the National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC™) Web site. The listing is organized alphabetically, by organization name.

NGC currently contains 1421 individual summaries.

Alzheimer's Association of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties (1)

Guidelines for Alzheimer's disease management.

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (2)

Allergen immunotherapy: a practice parameter.

The diagnosis and management of urticaria: a practice parameter part I: acute urticaria/angioedema part II: chronic urticaria/angioedema.

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (7)

Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with schizophrenia.

Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with suicidal behavior.

Practice parameter for the prevention and management of aggressive behavior in child and adolescent psychiatric institutions with special reference to seclusion and restraint.

Practice parameter for the use of stimulant medications in the treatment of children, adolescents, and adults.

Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents who are sexually abusive of others.

Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders.

Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with mental retardation and comorbid mental disorders.

American Academy of Dermatology (3)

Guidelines of care for atopic dermatitis.

Guidelines of care for liposuction.

Guidelines of care for primary cutaneous melanoma.

American Academy of Family Physicians (19)

AAOS clinical guideline on knee injury.

Benefits and risks of controlling blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Cancer. Nutrition management for older adults.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Nutrition management for older adults.

Congestive heart failure. Nutrition management for older adults.

Coronary heart disease. Nutrition management for older adults.

Dementia. Nutrition management for older adults.

Diabetes mellitus. Nutrition management for older adults.

Diagnosis and management of acute otitis media.

General recommendations on immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).

Hypertension. Nutrition management for older adults.

Management of minor closed head injury in children.

Management of newly detected atrial fibrillation: a clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians.

Osteoporosis. Nutrition management for older adults.

Otitis media with effusion.

Pharmacologic management of acute attacks of migraine and prevention of migraine headache.

Summary of policy recommendations for periodic health examinations.

Updated recommendations for use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: reinstatement of the third dose.

American Academy of Neurology (37)

Anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents in acute ischemic stroke: report of the Joint Stroke Guideline Development Committee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Stroke Association (a division of the American Heart Association).

Assessment: Neurologic risk of immunization. Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Assessment: prevention of post-lumbar puncture headaches. Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Assessment: transcranial Doppler ultrasonography: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Clinical utility of surface EMG: Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Disease modifying therapies in multiple sclerosis: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the MS Council for Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs I: treatment of new onset epilepsy: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee and Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society.

Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs II: treatment of refractory epilepsy: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee and Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society.

Evaluation of surgery for Parkinson's disease. A report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. The Task Force on Surgery for Parkinson's Disease.

Immunization and multiple sclerosis: a summary of published evidence and recommendations.

Practice advisory: the use of felbamate in the treatment of patients with intractable epilepsy. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society.

Practice parameter: Anticonvulsant prophylaxis in patients with newly diagnosed brain tumors. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: antiepileptic drug prophylaxis in severe traumatic brain injury: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: diagnosis of dementia (an evidence-based review). Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: diagnostic assessment of the child with cerebral palsy: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society.

Practice parameter: early detection of dementia: mild cognitive impairment (an evidence-based review). Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: electrodiagnostic studies in carpal tunnel syndrome.

Practice parameter: Evaluating a first nonfebrile seizure in children. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, the Child Neurology Society, and the American Epilepsy Society.

Practice parameter: evaluation of children and adolescents with recurrent headaches: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society.

Practice parameter: evaluation of the child with global developmental delay: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and The Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society.

Practice parameter: evidence-based guidelines for migraine headache (an evidence-based review). Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: immunotherapy for Guillain-Barre syndrome: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: initiation of treatment for Parkinson’s disease: an evidence-based review.

Practice parameter: management of dementia (an evidence-based review). Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: medical treatment of infantile spasms: report of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society.

Practice parameter: neuroimaging of the neonate: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society.

Practice parameter: recurrent stroke with patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: Screening and diagnosis of autism. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society.

Practice parameter: Steroids, acyclovir, and surgery for Bell’s palsy (an evidence-based review). Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: temporal lobe and localized neocortical resections for epilepsy: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, in association with the American Epilepsy Society and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.

Practice parameter: the care of the patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (an evidence-based review). Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology: ALS Practice Parameters Task Force.

Practice parameter: the role of corticosteroids in the management of acute monosymptomatic optic neuritis. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: thymectomy for autoimmune myasthenia gravis (an evidence-based review). Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: treatment of the child with a first unprovoked seizure: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society.

Quantitative sensory testing: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

The use of mitoxantrone (Novantrone) for the treatment of multiple sclerosis: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

The utility of MRI in suspected MS: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society.

American Academy of Ophthalmology (20)

Age-related macular degeneration.

Amblyopia.

Bacterial keratitis.

Blepharitis.

Cataract in the adult eye.

Comprehensive adult medical eye evaluation.

Conjunctivitis.

Corneal opacification and ectasia.

Diabetic retinopathy.

Dry eye syndrome.

Esotropia and exotropia.

Idiopathic macular hole.

Pediatric eye evaluations.

Posterior vitreous detachment, retinal breaks, and lattice degeneration.

Primary angle closure.

Primary open-angle glaucoma suspect.

Primary open-angle glaucoma. Limited revision.

Refractive errors.

Screening examination of premature infants for retinopathy of prematurity.

Vision rehabilitation for adults.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (10)

AAOS clinical guideline on knee injury.

AAOS clinical guideline on osteoarthritis of the knee (phase II).

AAOS clinical guideline on osteoarthritis of the knee.

AAOS clinical guideline on shoulder pain.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) clinical guideline on low back pain/sciatica (acute) (phases I and II).

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) clinical guideline on sub-acute (non-traumatic) hip pain in adults (>50 years of age).

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) clinical guideline on wrist pain - phase I.

Guideline for the prevention of falls in older persons.

Health professional's guide to rehabilitation of the patient with osteoporosis.

Physician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (1)

Otitis media with effusion.

American Academy of Pain Medicine (1)

Health professional's guide to rehabilitation of the patient with osteoporosis.

American Academy of Pediatrics (74)

(1) Distinguishing sudden infant death syndrome from child abuse fatalities; (2) Distinguishing sudden infant death syndrome from child abuse fatalities (Addendum).

(1) Guidelines for monitoring and management of pediatric patients during and after sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. (2) Guidelines for monitoring and management of pediatric patients during and after sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures: addendum.

Admission and discharge guidelines for the pediatric patient requiring intermediate care.

Adolescents and human immunodeficiency virus infection: the role of the pediatrician in prevention and intervention.

Apnea, sudden infant death syndrome, and home monitoring.

Assessment of maltreatment of children with disabilities.

Care of the adolescent sexual assault victim.

Changing concepts of sudden infant death syndrome: implications for infant sleeping environment and sleep position.

Circumcision policy statement.

Clinical practice guideline: diagnosis and evaluation of the child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Clinical practice guideline: diagnosis and management of childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Clinical practice guideline: early detection of developmental dysplasia of the hip.

Clinical practice guideline: management of sinusitis.

Clinical practice guideline: treatment of the school-aged child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Condom use by adolescents.

Controversies concerning vitamin K and the newborn.

Diagnosis and management of acute otitis media.

Evaluation of the newborn with developmental anomalies of the external genitalia.

Eye examination in infants, children, and young adults by pediatricians.

Facilities and equipment for the care of pediatric patients in a community hospital.

Families and adoption: the pediatrician's role in supporting communication.

Family-centered care and the pediatrician's role.

Folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects.

Guidelines for referral to pediatric surgical specialists.

Guidelines for the administration of medication in school.

Guidelines for the pediatric perioperative anesthesia environment.

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Head lice.

Health supervision for children with Down syndrome.

Health supervision for children with Turner syndrome.

Hearing assessment in infants and children: recommendations beyond neonatal screening.

Helping children and families deal with divorce and separation.

Hospital stay for healthy term newborns.

Identification and care of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected infants, children, and adolescents in foster care.

Identifying and treating eating disorders.

Immunization of preterm and low birth weight infants.

Increasing immunization coverage.

Infection control in physicians' offices.

Management of minor closed head injury in children.

Maternal phenylketonuria.

Meningococcal disease prevention and control strategies for practice-based physicians (Addendum: recommendations for college students).

Oral health risk assessment timing and establishment of the dental home.

Otitis media with effusion.

Perinatal care at the threshold of viability.

Physicians' roles in coordinating care of hospitalized children.

Policy statement: recommendations for the prevention of pneumococcal infections, including the use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Prevnar), pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, and antibiotic prophylaxis.

Postexposure prophylaxis in children and adolescents for nonoccupational exposure to human immunodeficiency virus.

Postnatal corticosteroids to treat or prevent chronic lung disease in preterm infants.

Practice parameter: long-term treatment of the child with simple febrile seizures.

Prevention and management of pain and stress in the neonate.

Prevention and management of positional skull deformities in infants.

Prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in children, with special emphasis on American Indian and Alaska Native children.

Prevention of drowning in infants, children, and adolescents.

Prevention of Lyme disease.

Prevention of medication errors in the pediatric inpatient setting.

Prevention of pediatric overweight and obesity.

Prevention of rickets and vitamin D deficiency: new guidelines for vitamin D intake.

Protective eyewear for young athletes.

Radiation disasters and children.

Recommendations for influenza immunization of children.

Reduction of the influenza burden in children.

Revised indications for the use of palivizumab and respiratory syncytial virus immune globulin intravenous for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections.

Screening examination of premature infants for retinopathy of prematurity.

Selecting and using the most appropriate car safety seats for growing children: guidelines for counseling parents.

Sexuality education for children and adolescents.

Smallpox vaccine.

The diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of the initial urinary tract infection in febrile infants and young children.

The pediatrician's role in the diagnosis and management of autistic spectrum disorder in children.

Updated recommendations for use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: reinstatement of the third dose.

Use of inhaled nitric oxide.

Use of photoscreening for children's vision screening.

Varicella vaccine update.

When inflicted skin injuries constitute child abuse.

American Academy of Periodontology (13)

Parameter on "refractory" periodontitis.

Parameter on acute periodontal diseases.

Parameter on aggressive periodontitis.

Parameter on chronic periodontitis with advanced loss of periodontal support.

Parameter on chronic periodontitis with slight to moderate loss of periodontal support.

Parameter on comprehensive periodontal examination.

Parameter on mucogingival conditions.

Parameter on occlusal traumatism in patients with chronic periodontitis.

Parameter on periodontal maintenance.

Parameter on periodontitis associated with systemic conditions.

Parameter on placement and management of the dental implant.

Parameter on plaque-induced gingivitis.

Parameter on systemic conditions affected by periodontal diseases.

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (4)

AAOS clinical guideline on shoulder pain.

Health professional's guide to rehabilitation of the patient with osteoporosis.

Physician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

Practice parameter: electrodiagnostic studies in carpal tunnel syndrome.

American Academy of Sleep Medicine (10)

Practice parameters for the evaluation of chronic insomnia.

Practice parameters for the nonpharmacologic treatment of chronic insomnia.

Practice parameters for the role of actigraphy in the study of sleep and circadian rhythms: an update for 2002.

Practice parameters for the treatment of narcolepsy: an update for 2000.

Practice parameters for the treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder.

Practice parameters for the use of auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure devices for titrating pressures and treating adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Practice parameters for the use of laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty: an update for 2000.

Practice parameters for the use of light therapy in the treatment of sleep disorders.

Practice parameters for the use of portable monitoring devices in the investigation of suspected obstructive sleep apnea in adults.

Practice parameters for using polysomnography to evaluate insomnia: an update.

American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (1)

Screening examination of premature infants for retinopathy of prematurity.

American Association for Respiratory Care (18)

Bland aerosol administration: 2003 revision and update.

Blood gas analysis and hemoximetry: 2001 revision and update.

Body plethysmography: 2001 revision and update.

Capnography/capnometry during mechanical ventilation: 2003 revision and update.

Care of the ventilator circuit and its relation to ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Evidence-based guidelines for weaning and discontinuation of ventilatory support.

Exercise testing for evaluation of hypoxemia and/or desaturation: 2001 revision and update.

In-hospital transport of the mechanically ventilated patient: 2002 revision and update.

Intermittent positive pressure breathing: 2003 revision and update.

Methacholine challenge testing: 2001 revision and update.

Oxygen therapy for adults in the acute care facility: 2002 revision and update.

Pulmonary rehabilitation.

Removal of the endotracheal tube.

Selection of an oxygen delivery device for neonatal and pediatric patients: 2002 revision and update.

Selection of device, administration of bronchodilator, and evaluation of response to therapy in mechanically ventilated patients.

Single-breath carbon monoxide diffusing capacity, 1999 update.

Static lung volumes: 2001 revision and update.

Suctioning of the patient in the home.

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (10)

A practice guideline on Wilson disease.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Chronic hepatitis B.

Diagnosis and management of hemochromatosis.

Diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune hepatitis.

Diagnosis, management, and treatment of hepatitis C.

Laboratory guidelines for screening, diagnosis, and monitoring of hepatic injury.

Liver transplantation.

Management of adult patients with ascites due to cirrhosis.

Management of primary biliary cirrhosis.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (13)

AACE medical guidelines for clinical practice for management of menopause.

AACE medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia and prevention of atherogenesis.

AACE medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and treatment of hyperandrogenic disorders.

AACE/AAES medical/surgical guidelines for clinical practice: management of thyroid carcinoma.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for growth hormone use in adults and children--2003 update.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the evaluation and treatment of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the evaluation and treatment of hypogonadism in adult male patients--2002 update.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the evaluation and treatment of male sexual dysfunction: a couple's problem--2003 update.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the prevention and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis: 2001 edition, with selected updates for 2003.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for the clinical use of dietary supplements and nutraceuticals.

Health professional's guide to rehabilitation of the patient with osteoporosis.

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for the management of diabetes mellitus: the AACE system of intensive diabetes self-management--2002 update.

American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (4)

Consensus criteria for the diagnosis of multifocal motor neuropathy.

Literature review: nervepace digital electroneurometer in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Practice parameter for repetitive nerve stimulation and single fiber EMG evaluation of adults with suspected myasthenia gravis or Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome: summary statement.

Practice parameter: electrodiagnostic studies in carpal tunnel syndrome.

American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (1)

AACE/AAES medical/surgical guidelines for clinical practice: management of thyroid carcinoma.

American Association of Neurological Surgeons (6)

(1) Part I. Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. In: Management and prognosis of severe traumatic brain injury. (2) Update notice. Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury: cerebral perfusion pressure.

AAOS clinical guideline on osteoarthritis of the knee.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) clinical guideline on sub-acute (non-traumatic) hip pain in adults (>50 years of age).

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) clinical guideline on wrist pain - phase I.

Part II. Early indicators of prognosis in severe traumatic brain injury. In: Management and prognosis of severe traumatic brain injury.

American Cancer Society (7)

ACS guidelines for breast cancer screening: update 2003.

American Cancer Society guideline for the early detection of cervical neoplasia and cancer.

American Cancer Society guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention: reducing the risk of cancer with healthy food choices and physical activity.

American Cancer Society guidelines on screening and surveillance for the early detection of adenomatous polyps and colorectal cancer-update 2003. In: American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of cancer, 2003.

American Cancer Society guidelines on testing for early endometrial cancer detection-update 2001. In: American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of cancer.

Recommendations from the American Cancer Society Workshop on Early Prostate Cancer Detection, May 4-6, 2000 and ACS guideline on testing for early prostate cancer detection: update 2001. In: American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of cancer.

Testing for early lung cancer detection. In: American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of cancer.

American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (2)

Allergen immunotherapy: a practice parameter.

The diagnosis and management of urticaria: a practice parameter part I: acute urticaria/angioedema part II: chronic urticaria/angioedema.

American College of Cardiology Foundation (12)

1999 update: ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction). [NGC Update Pending]

ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for exercise testing. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Exercise Testing).

ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1999 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina).

ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina).

ACC/AHA guideline update on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1996 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery).

ACC/AHA guidelines for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1991 Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery). [NGC Update Pending]

ACC/AHA guidelines for percutaneous coronary intervention (revision of the 1993 PTCA guidelines). A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1993 Guidelines for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty).

ACC/AHA guidelines for the evaluation and management of chronic heart failure in the adult: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1995 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure).

ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines and Policy Conferences (Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation).

ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 guideline update for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.

American College of Cardiology/European Society of Cardiology clinical expert consensus document on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines.

Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women.

American College of Chest Physicians (42)

Antithrombotic agents in coronary artery disease. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy for ischemic stroke. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Antithrombotic therapy for venous thromboembolic disease. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Antithrombotic therapy in children. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Antithrombotic therapy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Antithrombotic therapy in patients with mechanical and biological prosthetic heart valves. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Antithrombotic therapy in patients with saphenous vein and internal mammary artery bypass grafts. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Antithrombotic therapy in peripheral arterial occlusive disease. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Antithrombotic therapy in valvular heart disease. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Chemotherapeutic management of stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Diagnosis of lung cancer: the guidelines.

End-of-life care in patients with lung cancer.

Evidence base for management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Evidence-based assessment of diagnostic tests for ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Evidence-based guidelines for weaning and discontinuation of ventilatory support.

Follow-up and surveillance of the lung cancer patient following curative-intent therapy.

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Guidelines on treatment of stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer.

Heparin and low molecular weight heparin. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Initial evaluation of the patient with lung cancer: symptoms, signs, laboratory tests, and paraneoplastic syndromes.

Intravenous thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarctions. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Lung cancer prevention: the guidelines.

Lung cancer. Invasive staging: the guidelines.

Lung cancer. Palliative care.

Lung cancer. Practice organization

Managing oral anticoagulant therapy. In : Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Medical and surgical treatment of parapneumonic effusions: an evidence-based guideline.

Practice parameters for the use of portable monitoring devices in the investigation of suspected obstructive sleep apnea in adults.

Presentations of lung cancer with special treatment considerations.

Prevention of venous thromboembolism. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Screening for lung cancer: the guidelines.

Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

Small cell lung cancer.

The noninvasive staging of non-small cell lung cancer: the guidelines.

The physiologic evaluation of patients with lung cancer being considered for resectional surgery.

The solitary pulmonary nodule.

Treatment of early stage non-small cell lung cancer.

Treatment of stage I non-small cell lung carcinoma.

Treatment of stage II non-small cell lung cancer.

Treatment of stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.

Use of antithrombotic agents during pregnancy. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.[NGC Update Pending]

American College of Critical Care Medicine (5)

Clinical practice guidelines for sustained neuromuscular blockade in the adult critically ill patient.

Clinical practice guidelines for the sustained use of sedatives and analgesics in the critically ill adult.

Clinical practice parameters for hemodynamic support of pediatric and neonatal patients in septic shock.

Evidence-based guidelines for weaning and discontinuation of ventilatory support.

Guideline for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections.

American College of Emergency Physicians (11)

Clinical policy for children younger than three years presenting to the emergency department with fever.

Clinical policy for the management and risk stratification of community-acquired pneumonia in adults in the emergency department.

Clinical policy: critical issues for the initial evaluation and management of patients presenting with a chief complaint of nontraumatic acute abdominal pain.

Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with seizures.

Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting with suspected acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina.

Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting with suspected lower-extremity deep venous thrombosis.

Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting with suspected pulmonary embolism.

Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of patients presenting to the emergency department with acute headache.

Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of patients presenting with syncope.

Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with acute blunt abdominal trauma.

Clinical policy: critical issues in the initial evaluation and management of patients presenting to the emergency department in early pregnancy.

American College of Endocrinology (9)

AACE/AAES medical/surgical guidelines for clinical practice: management of thyroid carcinoma.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for growth hormone use in adults and children--2003 update.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the evaluation and treatment of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the evaluation and treatment of hypogonadism in adult male patients--2002 update.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the evaluation and treatment of male sexual dysfunction: a couple's problem--2003 update.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for the clinical use of dietary supplements and nutraceuticals.

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for the management of diabetes mellitus: the AACE system of intensive diabetes self-management--2002 update.

American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine (1)

Diabetic foot disorders: a clinical practice guideline.

American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (4)

Diabetic foot disorders: a clinical practice guideline.

Diagnosis and treatment of first metatarsophalangeal joint disorders.

Hammer toe syndrome.

The diagnosis and treatment of heel pain.

American College of Gastroenterology (4)

Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance: clinical guidelines and rationale-update based on new evidence.

Diagnosis and management of achalasia.

Management of Crohn's disease in adults.

Polyp guideline: diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance for patients with colorectal polyps.

American College of Nurse Practitioners (1)

Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (13)

Breast cancer screening.

Diagnosis and treatment of cervical carcinomas.

Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women.

Health professional's guide to rehabilitation of the patient with osteoporosis.

Management of preterm labor.

Neural tube defects.

Obstetric analgesia and anesthesia.

Perinatal care at the threshold of viability.

Physician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

Polycystic ovary syndrome.

Selective estrogen receptor modulators.

Shoulder dystocia.

Thyroid disease in pregnancy.

American College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (3)

AAOS clinical guideline on osteoarthritis of the knee.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) clinical guideline on sub-acute (non-traumatic) hip pain in adults (>50 years of age).

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) clinical guideline on wrist pain - phase I.

American College of Physicians (13)

Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance: clinical guidelines and rationale-update based on new evidence.

Evaluation of primary care patients with chronic stable angina: guidelines from the American College of Physicians.

Evidence base for management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women.

Lipid control in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians.

Management of newly detected atrial fibrillation: a clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians.

Pharmacologic management of acute attacks of migraine and prevention of migraine headache.

Pharmacologic treatment of acute major depression and dysthymia.

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute pharyngitis in adults.

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute sinusitis in adults.

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of acute bronchitis in adults.

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of nonspecific upper respiratory tract infections in adults.

The evidence base for tight blood pressure control in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

American College of Preventive Medicine (4)

American College of Preventive Medicine practice policy statement. Screening for chlamydia trachomatis.

Childhood immunizations.

Screening for elevated blood lead levels in children.

Weight management counseling of overweight adults.

American College of Radiology (99)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute hand and wrist trauma.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute pancreatitis.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute trauma to the knee.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging evaluation of patients with acute abdominal pain and fever.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging recommendations for patients with dysphagia.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for osteoporosis and bone mineral density.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute chest pain - suspected aortic dissection.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute chest pain--no ECG evidence of myocardial ischemia/infarction.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute chest pain--suspected myocardial ischemia.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute chest pain--suspected pulmonary embolism.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute low back pain--radiculopathy.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for anal cancer.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for ataxia.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for atraumatic isolated headache--when to image.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for blunt abdominal or pelvic trauma--suspected vascular injury.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for blunt chest trauma--suspected aortic injury.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for bone metastases.[NGC Update Pending]

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for bone tumors.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for cerebrovascular disease.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic ankle pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic chest pain, without evidence of myocardial ischemia/infarction.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic chest pain--suspected cardiac origin.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic elbow pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic foot pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic hip pain.[NGC Update Pending]

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic neck pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic wrist pain.[NGC Update Pending]

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for dementia.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for diagnostic approach to renal trauma.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for diagnostic imaging in patients with claudication.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for diagnostic imaging of avascular necrosis of the hip.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for endometrial cancer of the uterus.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for epilepsy.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for evaluation of acute right lower quadrant pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for evaluation of left lower quadrant pain.[NGC Update Pending]

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for evaluation of patients with acute right upper quadrant pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for evaluation of the patient with painful hip or knee arthroplasty.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for follow-up and retreatment of brain metastases.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for follow-up examinations for bone tumors, soft-tissue tumors, and suspected metastasis post therapy.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for growth disturbances: risk of intrauterine growth restriction.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for head trauma.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for hematemesis.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for hip arthroplasty--radiography procedure recommendations.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for iliac angioplasty.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging diagnosis of osteomyelitis in patients with diabetes mellitus.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging evaluation of suspected ankle fractures.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging evaluation of the palpable abdominal mass.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging of blunt abdominal trauma.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging of intracranial infections.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging of the multiply injured patient.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging recommendations for patients with Crohn's disease.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging strategies in the initial evaluation of the jaundiced patient.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging work-up for stage I breast carcinoma.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for liver lesion characterization.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for locally unresectable rectal cancer.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for metastatic bone disease.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for multiple brain metastases.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for multiple sclerosis -- when and how to image.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for myelopathy.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for needle biopsy in the thorax.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for neurodegenerative disorders.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for neuroendocrine imaging.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for non traumatic knee pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for orbits, vision and visual loss.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for patient with suspected small bowel obstruction: imaging strategies.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for percutaneous biliary drainage in malignant biliary obstruction.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for percutaneous catheter drainage of infected intra-abdominal fluid collections.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for percutaneous nephrostomy.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for pre-irradiation evaluation and management of brain metastasis.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for pre-treatment staging of colorectal cancer.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for premature cervical dilatation.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for progressive neurologic deficit.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for pulsatile abdominal mass.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for recurrent symptoms following lower extremity angioplasty: claudication and threatened limb.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for recurrent symptoms following lower extremity arterial bypass surgery.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for screening for colorectal cancer.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for shortness of breath--suspected cardiac origin.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for shoulder trauma.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for sinusitis in the pediatric population.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for soft tissue masses.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for solitary brain metastasis.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for spine trauma.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for stress/insufficiency fractures (excluding vertebral).

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for sudden onset of cold, painful leg.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for suspected abdominal abscess.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for suspected bacterial endocarditis.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for suspected cervical spine trauma.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for suspected congenital heart disease in the adult.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for suspected liver metastases.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for suspected lower extremity deep vein thrombosis.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for the role of imaging in cancer of the cervix.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for thrombolysis for lower extremity arterial and graft occlusions.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for unilateral upper extremity swelling and pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for vertigo and hearing loss.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for work-up of the solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN).

Health professional's guide to rehabilitation of the patient with osteoporosis.

Physician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

Standards for breast conservation therapy in the management of invasive breast carcinoma.

Standards for the management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast (DCIS).

American College of Rheumatology (6)

AAOS clinical guideline on osteoarthritis of the knee.

AAOS clinical guideline on shoulder pain.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) clinical guideline on sub-acute (non-traumatic) hip pain in adults (>50 years of age).

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) clinical guideline on wrist pain - phase I.

Physician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

Recommendations for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: 2001 update.

American College of Sports Medicine (1)

Physical activity/exercise and diabetes.

American Diabetes Association (19)

Benefits and risks of controlling blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Diabetes care in the school and day care setting.

Diabetes management in correctional institutions.

Diabetes nutrition recommendations for health care institutions.

Diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus.

Dyslipidemia management in adults with diabetes.

Gestational diabetes mellitus.

Hyperglycemic crises in diabetes.

Nephropathy in diabetes.

Nutrition principles and recommendations in diabetes.

Pancreas transplantation in type 1 diabetes.

Physical activity/exercise and diabetes.

Preconception care of women with diabetes.

Prevention or delay of type 2 diabetes.

Retinopathy in diabetes.

Screening for type 2 diabetes.

Smoking and diabetes.

Standards of medical care in diabetes.

Tests of glycemia in diabetes.

American Dietetic Association (12)

Cancer. Nutrition management for older adults.

Chronic kidney disease (non-dialysis) medical nutrition therapy protocol.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Nutrition management for older adults.

Congestive heart failure. Nutrition management for older adults.

Coronary heart disease. Nutrition management for older adults.

Dementia. Nutrition management for older adults.

Diabetes mellitus. Nutrition management for older adults.

Hyperlipidemia medical nutrition therapy protocol.

Hypertension. Nutrition management for older adults.

Nutrition practice guidelines for gestational diabetes mellitus.

Nutrition practice guidelines for type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Osteoporosis. Nutrition management for older adults.

American Epilepsy Society (3)

American Gastroenterological Association (29)

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement on anorectal testing techniques.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement on management of oropharyngeal dysphagia.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement on obesity.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement on treatment of patients with dysphagia caused by benign disorders of the distal esophagus.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: celiac sprue.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: diagnosis and care of patients with anal fissure.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: evaluation and management of occult and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: evaluation of liver chemistry tests.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: guidelines for the evaluation and management of chronic diarrhea.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: guidelines for the evaluation of food allergies.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: guidelines for the management of malnutrition and cachexia, chronic diarrhea, and hepatobiliary disease in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: guidelines on constipation.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: guidelines on intestinal ischemia.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: guidelines on osteoporosis in gastrointestinal diseases.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: hereditary colorectal cancer and genetic testing.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: impact of dietary fiber on colon cancer occurrence.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: irritable bowel syndrome.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: nausea and vomiting.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: osteoporosis in hepatic disorders.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: parenteral nutrition.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: perianal Crohn’s disease.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: short bowel syndrome and intestinal transplantation.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: treatment of pain in chronic pancreatitis.

Clinical use of esophageal manometry.

Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance: clinical guidelines and rationale-update based on new evidence.

Evaluation of dyspepsia.

Guidelines on the use of esophageal pH recording.

American Geriatrics Society (5)

Exercise prescription for older adults with osteoarthritis pain: consensus practice recommendations.

Guideline for the prevention of falls in older persons.

Health professional's guide to rehabilitation of the patient with osteoporosis.

Physician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

The management of persistent pain in older persons.

American Health Care Association (2)

Altered mental states.

Dementia.

American Healthways, Inc (3)

Inpatient management guidelines for people with diabetes.[NGC Update Pending]

Specialty referral guidelines for cardiovascular evaluation and management.

Specialty referral guidelines for people with diabetes.

American Heart Association (11)

ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for exercise testing. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Exercise Testing).

Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women.

American Medical Association (3)

Diagnosis and management of foodborne illnesses: a primer for physicians and other health care professionals.

Health professional's guide to rehabilitation of the patient with osteoporosis.

Physician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

American Medical Directors Association (16)

Acute change of condition in the long-term care setting.

Altered mental states.

Altered nutritional status.

COPD management in the long-term care setting.

Dehydration and fluid maintenance.

Managing diabetes in the long-term care setting.

Osteoporosis.

Pain management in the long-term care setting.

Parkinson's disease in the long-term care setting.

Pressure ulcer therapy companion.

Pressure ulcers.

Urinary incontinence.

American Medical Women's Association (1)

Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women.

American Optometric Association (16)

Care of the adult patient with cataract.

Care of the contact lens patient.

Care of the patient with accommodative and vergence dysfunction.

Care of the patient with age-related macular degeneration.

Care of the patient with anterior uveitis.

Care of the patient with conjunctivitis. 2nd edition.

Care of the patient with diabetes mellitus. 3rd edition.

Care of the patient with hyperopia.

Care of the patient with learning related vision problems.

Care of the patient with low vision.

Care of the patient with myopia.

Care of the patient with ocular surface disorders.

Care of the patient with open angle glaucoma. 2nd edition.

Care of the patient with presbyopia.

Care of the patient with strabismus: Esotropia and exotropia.

Pediatric eye and vision examination.

American Pain Society (2)

Guideline for the management of acute and chronic pain in sickle cell disease.

Pain in osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and juvenile chronic arthritis.

American Psychiatric Association (9)

Practice guideline for psychiatric evaluation of adults.

Practice guideline for the assessment and treatment of patients with suicidal behaviors.

Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder (revision).

Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder.

Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with delirium.

Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with eating disorders.

Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS.

Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with major depressive disorder.

Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia. Second edition.

American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (3)

Guidelines for preventing opportunistic infections among hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.

The role of cytotoxic therapy with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the therapy of diffuse large cell B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: an evidence based review.

The role of cytotoxic therapy with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the therapy of multiple myeloma: an evidence-based review.

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (1)

Health professional's guide to rehabilitation of the patient with osteoporosis.

American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (2)

2001 consensus guidelines for the management of women with cervical cytological abnormalities.

2001 consensus guidelines for the management of women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (4)

Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance: clinical guidelines and rationale-update based on new evidence.

Guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis for gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy.

Guidelines for conscious sedation and monitoring during gastrointestinal endoscopy.

Guidelines for the use of deep sedation and anesthesia for gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy.

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (11)

Access for administration of nutrition support.

Administration of specialized nutrition support - issues unique to pediatrics.

Administration of specialized nutrition support.

Drug-nutrient interactions.

Life cycle and metabolic conditions.

Normal requirements - adults.

Normal requirements - pediatrics.

Nutrition assessment - adults.

Nutrition assessment - pediatrics.

Specific guidelines for disease - adults.

Specific guidelines for disease - pediatrics.

American Society for Reproductive Medicine (4)

Report on evaluation of the azoospermic male.

Report on management of obstructive azoospermia.

Report on optimal evaluation of the infertile male.

Report on varicocele and infertility.

American Society of Anesthesiologists (2)

Practice guidelines for obstetrical anesthesia.

Practice guidelines for preoperative fasting and the use of pharmacologic agents to reduce the risk of pulmonary aspiration.

American Society of Breast Disease (1)

The use of magnetic resonance imaging of the breast (MRIB) for screening of women at high risk of breast cancer.

American Society of Clinical Oncology (16)

2000 update of recommendations for the use of tumor markers in breast and colorectal cancer: clinical practice guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

2002 update of recommendations for the use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy protectants: clinical practice guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

American Society of Clinical Oncology 2003 update on the role of bisphosphonates and bone health issues in women with breast cancer.

American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guidelines: the role of bisphosphonates in multiple myeloma.

American Society of Clinical Oncology recommendations for the initial hormonal management of androgen-sensitive metastatic, recurrent, or progressive prostate cancer.

American Society of Clinical Oncology recommendations on adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer.

American Society of Clinical Oncology technology assessment of pharmacologic interventions for breast cancer risk reduction including tamoxifen, raloxifene, and aromatase inhibition.

American Society of Clinical Oncology technology assessment on the use of aromatase inhibitors as adjuvant therapy for women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer: status report 2002.

American Society of Clinical Oncology Technology Assessment: chemotherapy sensitivity and resistance assays.

American Society of Clinical Oncology treatment of unresectable non-small-cell lung cancer guideline: update 2003.

Platelet transfusion for patients with cancer: clinical practice guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Postmastectomy radiotherapy: clinical practice guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Recommendations for the use of antiemetics: evidence-based, clinical practice guidelines.

Recommendations for the use of hematopoietic colony-stimulating factors: evidence-based, clinical practice guidelines.

Use of epoetin in patients with cancer: evidence-based clinical practice guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology.

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (4)

Practice parameters for antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent infective endocarditis or infective prosthesis during colon and rectal endoscopy.

Practice parameters for the detection of colorectal neoplasms.

Practice parameters for the prevention of venous thromboembolism.

Practice parameters for the treatment of sigmoid diverticulitis.

American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (1)

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

American Society of Cytopathology (1)

Cervical cytology practice guidelines.

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (7)

ASHP guidelines on preventing medication errors with antineoplastic agents.

ASHP therapeutic guidelines for nonsurgical antimicrobial prophylaxis.

ASHP therapeutic guidelines on antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery.

ASHP therapeutic guidelines on stress ulcer prophylaxis.

ASHP therapeutic guidelines on the pharmacologic management of nausea and vomiting in adult and pediatric patients receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy or undergoing surgery.

Clinical practice guidelines for sustained neuromuscular blockade in the adult critically ill patient.

Clinical practice guidelines for the sustained use of sedatives and analgesics in the critically ill adult.

American Society of Hematology (3)

An evidence-based analysis of the effect of busulfan, hydroxyurea, interferon, and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in treating the chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukemia.

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: a practice guideline developed by explicit methods for the American Society of Hematology.

Use of epoetin in patients with cancer: evidence-based clinical practice guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology.

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (1)

Evidence-based practice guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain.

American Society of Nephrology (1)

Clinical practice guideline on shared decision-making in the appropriate initiation of and withdrawal from dialysis.

American Stroke Association (1)

American Thoracic Society (3)

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Practice parameters for the use of portable monitoring devices in the investigation of suspected obstructive sleep apnea in adults.

Treatment of tuberculosis.

American Thyroid Association (1)

Guidelines for detection of thyroid dysfunction.

American Urological Association, Inc. (10)

AUA guideline on the pharmacologic management of premature ejaculation.

Evaluation of asymptomatic microscopic hematuria in adults: the American Urological Association best practice policy. Parts I and II.

Management of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Prostate specific antigen (PSA): best practice policy.

Report on evaluation of the azoospermic male.

Report on management of obstructive azoospermia.

Report on optimal evaluation of the infertile male.

Report on varicocele and infertility.

The management of benign prostatic hyperplasia

The management of priapism

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (4)

APIC guideline for handwashing and hand antisepsis in health care settings.

APIC guideline for infection prevention and control in flexible endoscopy.

APIC guideline for selection and use of disinfectants.

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Association of Black Cardiologists (1)

Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women.

Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (1)

Practice guidelines for the management of constipation in adults.

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (7)

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Breastfeeding support: prenatal care through the first year.

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Cardiovascular health for women: primary prevention. Second edition.

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Continence for women.

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Neonatal skin care.

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Nursing care of the woman receiving regional analgesia/anesthesia in labor.

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Nursing management of the second stage of labor.

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Promotion of emotional well-being during midlife.

Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry (1)

Guidelines for the prevention of falls in people over 65.

Brain Attack Coalition (1)

Recommendations for the establishment of primary stroke centers.

Brain Trauma Foundation (3)

Guidelines for prehospital management of traumatic brain injury.

Part II. Early indicators of prognosis in severe traumatic brain injury. In: Management and prognosis of severe traumatic brain injury.

Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston) (9)

Breast disease. Guide to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Cardiovascular disease in women: a guide to risk factor screening, prevention and management.

Common gynecologic problems: a guide to diagnosis and treatment.

Depression. A guide to diagnosis and treatment.

Infertility. A guide to evaluation, treatment and counseling.

Lower extremity musculoskeletal disorders. A guide to diagnosis and treatment.

Obesity in women. A guide to assessment and management.

Osteoporosis. Guide to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders.

British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (24)

2002 guidelines for the management of pelvic infection and perihepatitis.

2002 national guideline for the management of Chlamydia trachomatis genital tract infection.

2002 national guideline for the management of anogenital warts.

2002 national guideline for the management of bacterial vaginosis.

2002 national guideline for the management of chancroid.

2002 national guideline for the management of donovanosis (granuloma inguinale).

2002 national guideline for the management of epididymo-orchitis.

2002 national guideline for the management of genital herpes.

2002 national guideline for the management of lymphogranuloma venereum.

2002 national guideline for the management of prostatitis.

2002 national guideline on the management of Phthirus pubis infestation.

2002 national guideline on the management of balanitis.

2002 national guideline on the management of gonorrhoea in adults.

2002 national guideline on the management of molluscum contagiosum.

2002 national guideline on the management of non-gonococcal urethritis.

2002 national guideline on the management of scabies.

2002 national guideline on the management of sexually acquired reactive arthritis.

2002 national guideline on the management of the viral hepatitides A, B, and C.

2002 national guideline on the management of trichomonas vaginalis.

2002 national guideline on the management of vulvovaginal candidiasis.

2002 national guidelines for the management of late syphilis.

2002 national guidelines on the management of adult victims of sexual assault.

2002 national guidelines on the management of early syphilis.

Clinical standards for the screening and management of acquired syphilis in HIV-positive adults.

British Geriatrics Society (1)

Guideline for the prevention of falls in older persons.

California Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (1)

Basic guidelines for diabetes care.

California Workgroup on Guidelines for Alzheimer's Disease Management (1)

Guidelines for Alzheimer's disease management.

Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (1)

Consensus recommendations for managing patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative (Health Canada) (1)

Chemoprevention of breast cancer. A joint guideline from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care and the Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative's Steering Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and Treatment of Breast Cancer.

Canadian Paediatric Society (2)

Postnatal corticosteroids to treat or prevent chronic lung disease in preterm infants.

Prevention and management of pain and stress in the neonate.

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (20)

Interventions to promote breast-feeding: applying the evidence in clinical practice.

Periodic health examination, 1999 update: 1. Detection, prevention and treatment of obesity.

Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy for primary prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. Recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.

Prevention and treatment of violence against women: systematic review and recommendations.

Prevention of group B streptococcal infection in newborns.

Preventive health care, 1999 update. Follow-up after breast cancer.

Preventive health care, 1999 update: 2. Echocardiography for the detection of a cardiac source of embolus in patients with stroke.

Preventive health care, 1999 update: prevention of oral cancer mortality.

Preventive health care, 2000 update. Use of ambulatory electrocardiography for the detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients with stroke.

Preventive health care, 2000 update: prevention of child maltreatment.

Preventive health care, 2000 update: screening and management of hyperhomocysteinemia for the prevention of coronary artery disease events.

Preventive health care, 2001 update: colorectal cancer screening.

Preventive health care, 2001 update: Screening and management of developmental dysplasia of the hip in newborns.

Preventive health care, 2001 update: Screening mammography among women aged 40-49 years at average risk of breast cancer.

Preventive health care, 2001 update: Should women be routinely taught breast self-examination to screen for breast cancer?

Screening for cognitive impairment and dementia in the elderly.

Screening for otitis media with effusion. Recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.

Use of back belts to prevent occupational low-back pain. Recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.

Varicella vaccination. Recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.

Cancer Care Ontario (69)

Accelerated radiotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Adjuvant chemotherapy following complete resection of soft tissue sarcoma in adults.

Adjuvant systemic chemotherapy, following surgery and external beam radiotherapy, for adults with newly diagnosed malignant glioma.

Adjuvant systemic therapy for node-negative breast cancer.

Adjuvant therapy for stage II colon cancer following complete resection.

Adjuvant therapy for stage III colon cancer following complete resection.

Altered fractionation of radical radiation therapy in the management of unresectable non-small cell lung cancer.

Baseline staging tests in primary breast cancer.

Breast irradiation in women with early stage invasive breast cancer following breast conserving surgery.

Capecitabine in stage IV breast cancer.

Chemotherapy in stage IV (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer.

Combined modality radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the non-surgical management of localized carcinoma of the esophagus.

Concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy in squamous cell head and neck cancer (excluding nasopharynx).

Doxorubicin-based chemotherapy for the palliative treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma.[NGC Update Pending]

Drug therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia.

Epirubicin, as a single agent or in combination, for metastatic breast cancer.

First-line chemotherapy for postoperative patients with stage II, III or IV epithelial ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer.[NGC Update Pending]

Fludarabine in intermediate- and high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Follow-up of patients with curatively resected colorectal cancer.

Hyperfractionated radiotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Management of brain metastases: role of radiotherapy alone or in combination with other treatment modalities.

Management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast.

Maximal androgen blockade for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer.

Neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy for resectable esophageal cancer.

Neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy for resectable gastric cancer.

Optimal therapy for patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma and the role of high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell support.

Oral capecitabine (Xeloda™) in the first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.

Postoperative adjuvant radiation therapy in stage II or IIIA completely resected non-small cell lung cancer.

Postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy for resected stage II or III rectal cancer.

Primary treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer: concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy and radiation.[NGC Update Pending]

Prophylactic cranial irradiation in small cell lung cancer.

Radiotherapy for newly diagnosed malignant glioma in adults.[NGC Update Pending]

Radiotherapy fractionation for the palliation of uncomplicated painful bone metastases.

Surgical management of early stage invasive breast cancer.

Surveillance programs for early stage non-seminomatous testicular cancer.

Symptomatic treatment of radiation-induced xerostomia in head and neck cancer patients.

Systemic adjuvant therapy for patients at high risk for recurrent melanoma.[NGC Update Pending]

The role of amifostine as a radioprotectant in the management of patients with squamous cell head and neck cancer.

The role of aromatase inhibitors in the treatment of postmenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer.

The role of bisphosphonates in the management of skeletal complications for patients with multiple myeloma.

The role of chemotherapy with radiotherapy in the management of patients with newly diagnosed locally advanced squamous cell or undifferentiated nasopharyngeal cancer.

The role of colony-stimulating factor (CSF) in patients receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer.

The role of combination chemotherapy in the initial management of limited-stage small-cell lung cancer.

The role of erythropoietin in the management of cancer patients with non-hematologic malignancies receiving chemotherapy.

The role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) (excluding nasopharynx).

The role of octreotide in the management of patients with cancer.

The role of single-agent docetaxel (Taxotere®) as a second-line treatment for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.

The role of the taxanes in the management of metastatic breast cancer.

The role of thoracic radiotherapy as an adjunct to standard chemotherapy in limited-stage small cell lung cancer.

The treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer.[NGC Update Pending]

The use of chemotherapy and growth factors in older patients with newly diagnosed, advanced-stage, aggressive histology non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The use of conformal radiotherapy and the selection of radiation dose in T1 or T2 prostate cancer.

The use of preoperative radiotherapy in the management of patients with clinically resectable rectal cancer.

Treatment with fludarabine for patients with follicular and other low grade Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia.

Unresected stage III non-small cell lung cancer.

Use of 5-HT₃ receptor antagonists in patients receiving moderately or highly emetogenic chemotherapy.

Use of adjuvant chemotherapy following cystectomy in patients with deep muscle-invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.

Use of amifostine to ameliorate the toxic effects of chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer.

Use of bisphosphonates in women with breast cancer.[NGC Update Pending]

Use of chemotherapy in advanced unresectable or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder or urothelium.

Use of dexrazoxane as a cardioprotectant in patients receiving doxorubicin or epirubicin chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer.

Use of gemcitabine in non-small cell lung cancer.

Use of gemcitabine in the treatment of advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Use of irinotecan (Camptosar®, CPT-11) combined with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin (5FU/LV) as first-line therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer.

Use of irinotecan in the treatment of metastatic colorectal carcinoma.

Use of preoperative chemotherapy with or without postoperative radiotherapy in technically resectable stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.

Use of raltitrexed (Tomudex) in the management of metastatic colorectal carcinoma.

Use of strontium⁸⁹ in patients with endocrine-refractory carcinoma of the prostate metastatic to bone.

Use of vinorelbine in non-small cell lung cancer.

Center for Biosecurity (6)

(1) Botulinum toxin as a biological weapon: medical and public health management. (2) Botulinum toxin as a biological weapon. (Addendum)

(1) Smallpox as a biological weapon: medical and public health management. (2) Smallpox as a biological weapon. (Addendum)

Anthrax as a biological weapon, 2002: updated recommendations for management.

Hemorrhagic fever viruses as biological weapons: medical and public health management.

Plague as a biological weapon. Medical and public health management.

Tularemia as a biological weapon. Medical and public health management.

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (1)

Diagnosis and management of foodborne illnesses: a primer for physicians and other health care professionals.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (94)

(1) Measles, mumps, and rubella: vaccine use and strategies for elimination of measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome and control of mumps. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
(2) Notice to readers: Revised ACIP recommendation for avoiding pregnancy after receiving a rubella-containing vaccine.

(1) Pertussis vaccination: use of acellular pertussis vaccines among infants and young children.
(2) Use of diphtheria toxoid-tetanus toxoid-acellular pertussis vaccine as a five-dose series. (Addendum)

(1) Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). (2) Interim influenza vaccination recommendations — 2004–05 influenza season.

(1) Prevention and treatment of tuberculosis among patients with infected human immunodeficiency virus: Principles of therapy and revised recommendations.
(2) Notice to readers: updated guidelines for the use of rifabutin or rifampin for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients taking protease inhibitors or nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.
(3) Updated guidelines for the use of rifamycins for the treatment of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patient

(1) Targeted tuberculin testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection.
(2) Update: fatal and severe liver injuries associated with rifampin and pyrazinamide for latent tuberculosis infection, and revisions in American Thoracic Society/CDC recommendations--United States, 2001.
(3) Update: adverse event data and revised American Thoracic Society/CDC recommendations against the use of rifampin and pyrazinamide for treatment of latent tuberculosis infection--United States, 2003.

2001 USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus.

Acute idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage among infants. Recommendations from the Working Group for Investigation and Surveillance.

Acute otitis media: management and surveillance in an era of pneumococcal resistance.

Cervical cancer screening for women who attend STD clinics or have a history of STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Clinical prevention guidelines. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Congenital syphilis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Control and prevention of rubella: evaluation and management of suspected outbreaks, rubella in pregnant women, and surveillance for congenital rubella syndrome.

Diagnosis and management of foodborne illnesses: a primer for physicians and other health care professionals.

Diseases characterized by genital ulcers. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Diseases characterized by urethritis and cervicitis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Diseases characterized by vaginal discharge. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Ectoparasitic infections. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Epidemic/epizootic West Nile virus in the United States: guidelines for surveillance, prevention, and control.

Epididymitis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women.

General recommendations on immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).

Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings. Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force.

Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection, 1999.

Guidelines for environmental infection control in health-care facilities. Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.

Guidelines for infection control in dental health-care settings-2003.

Guidelines for laboratory testing and result reporting of antibody to hepatitis C virus.

Guidelines for performing single-platform absolute CD4+ T-Cell determinations with CD45 Gating for persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus.

Guidelines for preventing health-care--associated pneumonia, 2003: recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.

Guidelines for preventing opportunistic infections among hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.

Guidelines for school programs to prevent skin cancer.

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents.

Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection.

Guidelines for using the QuantiFERON®-TB test for diagnosing latent mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome - United States: updated recommendations for risk reduction.

Hepatitis C. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

HIV infection: detection, counseling, and referral. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Human papillomavirus infection. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Incorporating HIV prevention into the medical care of persons living with HIV. Recommendations of CDC, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Interim guidelines for the evaluation of infants born to mothers infected with West Nile virus during pregnancy.

Key clinical activities for quality asthma care: recommendations of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program.

Management of patients who have a history of penicillin allergy. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Managing acute gastroenteritis among children: oral rehydration, maintenance, and nutritional therapy.

Meningococcal disease and college students: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Outbreaks of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) in Asia and interim recommendations for evaluation and reporting of suspected cases-United States, 2004.

Pelvic inflammatory disease. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Pneumococcal vaccination for cochlear implant candidates and recipients: updated recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Poliomyelitis prevention in the United States.

Preventing pneumococcal disease among infants and young children. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Prevention and control of infections with hepatitis viruses in correctional settings.

Prevention and control of meningococcal disease: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Prevention of Hepatitis A through active or passive immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease. Revised guidelines from CDC.

Prevention of varicella: updated recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Proctitis, proctocolitis, and enteritis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Progressing toward tuberculosis elimination in low-incidence areas of the United States.

Public health guidance for community-level preparedness and response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Version 2. Core document.

Public health guidance for community-level preparedness and response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Version 2. Supplement A: command and control.

Public health guidance for community-level preparedness and response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Version 2. Supplement B: SARS surveillance.

Public health guidance for community-level preparedness and response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Version 2. Supplement C: preparedness and response in healthcare facilities.

Public health guidance for community-level preparedness and response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Version 2. Supplement D. community containment measures, including non-hospital isolation and quarantine.

Public health guidance for community-level preparedness and response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Version 2. Supplement E: managing international travel-related transmission risk.

Public health guidance for community-level preparedness and response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Version 2. Supplement F: laboratory guidance.

Public health guidance for community-level preparedness and response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Version 2. Supplement G: communication and education.

Public health guidance for community-level preparedness and response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Version 2. Supplement I: infection control in healthcare, home, and community settings.

Public Health Service Task Force recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV-1 transmission in the United States.

Recommendations for blood lead screening of young children enrolled in Medicaid: targeting a group at high risk.

Recommendations for preventing transmission of infections among chronic hemodialysis patients.

Recommendations for the use of Lyme disease vaccine.

Recommendations for using fluoride to prevent and control dental caries in the United States.

Recommendations for using smallpox vaccine in a pre-event smallpox vaccination program. Supplemental recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC).

Recommendations regarding selected conditions affecting women's health.

Recommendations to prevent hepatitis B virus transmission-United States-Update.

Responding to detection of aerosolized Bacillus anthracis by autonomous detection systems in the workplace.

Revised guidelines for HIV counseling, testing, and referral.

Revised recommendations for HIV screening of pregnant women.

School health guidelines to prevent unintentional injuries and violence.

Screening test to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections -- 2002.

Sexual assault and STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Smallpox vaccination and adverse reactions. Guidance for clinicians.

Special populations. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Supplemental recommendations on adverse events following smallpox vaccine in the pre-event vaccination program: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Treatment of tuberculosis.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report regarding selected public health topics affecting women's health.

U.S. Public Health Service guideline on infectious disease issues in xenotransplantation.

Updated interim CDC guidance for use of smallpox vaccine, cidofovir, and vaccinia immune globulin (VIG) for prevention and treatment in the setting of an outbreak of monkeypox infections.

Updated recommendations for use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: reinstatement of the third dose.

Updated U.S. Public Health Service guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis.

Use of anthrax vaccine in the United States. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Using live, attenuated influenza vaccine for prevention and control of influenza: supplemental recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Vaccine preventable STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Vaccinia (smallpox) vaccine.

Yellow fever vaccine. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2002.

Chapter of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Academy of Medicine (Singapore) (2)

Induction of labour.

Management of preterm labour.

Chapter of Psychiatrists Academy of Medicine Singapore (1)

Depression.

Child Neurology Society (7)

Practice parameter: neuroimaging of the neonate: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society.

Practice parameter: Screening and diagnosis of autism. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society.

The utility of MRI in suspected MS: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (21)

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for anesthesia, analgesia and sedation following arterial switch operation.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for children with acute bacterial sinusitis in children 1 to 18 years of age.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for children with acute gastroenteritis (AGE).

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for children with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for cytomegalovirus prophylaxis following solid organ, blood and marrow transplants.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for emergency appendectomy.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for fever of uncertain source in infants 60 days of age or less.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for inotropic support with phosphodiesterase inhibitors after arterial switch operation.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for management of children with mild traumatic head injury.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for management of hypertension following surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta in children greater than 6 months of age.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for management of post transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) following solid organ transplant.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for managing an acute exacerbation of asthma.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for medical management of first unprovoked seizure in children 2 to 18 years of age.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for medical management of otitis media in children 2 months to 6 years of age.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for patients 6 years of age or less with a first time acute urinary tract infection (UTI).

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxis following solid organ or blood and marrow transplants.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for prevention of thromboembolism after cavopulmonary anastomosis (bidirectional Glenn and Fontan operations).

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for the management of systemic hypertension following orthotopic cardiac transplantation.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline of fever of uncertain source. Outpatient evaluation and management for children 2 months to 36 months of age.[NGC Update Pending]

Evidence based clinical practice guidelines for the infant with bronchiolitis.

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline of community-acquired pneumonia in children 60 days to 17 years of age.

Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine (4)

Acute management of autonomic dysreflexia: individuals with spinal cord injury presenting to health-care facilities.

Outcomes following traumatic spinal cord injury.

Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment following spinal cord injury.

Prevention of thromboembolism in spinal cord injury.

Council on Chiropractic Practice (1)

Vertebral subluxation in chiropractic practice.

Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital (1)

Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) for acute ischemic stroke.

Department of Defense (13)

Clinical practice guideline for post-deployment health evaluation and management.

Clinical practice guideline for the management of postoperative pain.

Diagnosis and management of hypertension in the primary care setting.

DoD/VA clinical practice guideline for management of uncomplicated pregnancy.

Low back pain or sciatica in the primary care setting.

Management of chronic kidney disease and pre-ESRD in the primary care setting.

Tobacco use cessation in the primary care setting.

VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of stroke rehabilitation in the primary care setting.

VHA/DOD clinical practice guideline for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

VHA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of dyslipidemia in primary care.

VHA/DOD clinical practice guideline for the management of major depressive disorder in adults.

VHA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of medically unexplained symptoms: chronic pain and fatigue.

VHA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of substance use disorders.

Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.) (6)

Epidemic/epizootic West Nile virus in the United States: guidelines for surveillance, prevention, and control.

Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents.

Potassium iodide as a thyroid blocking agent in radiation emergencies.

Treating tobacco use and dependence. A clinical practice guideline.

U.S. Public Health Service guideline on infectious disease issues in xenotransplantation.

Department of Veterans Affairs (14)

Clinical practice guideline for post-deployment health evaluation and management.

Clinical practice guideline for the management of postoperative pain.

Diagnosis and management of hypertension in the primary care setting.

DoD/VA clinical practice guideline for management of uncomplicated pregnancy.

Low back pain or sciatica in the primary care setting.

Management of chronic kidney disease and pre-ESRD in the primary care setting.

Screening for glaucoma in the primary care setting.

The primary care management of erectile dysfunction.

Tobacco use cessation in the primary care setting.

VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of stroke rehabilitation in the primary care setting.

VHA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of dyslipidemia in primary care.

VHA/DOD clinical practice guideline for the management of major depressive disorder in adults.

VHA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of medically unexplained symptoms: chronic pain and fatigue.

VHA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of substance use disorders.

Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (1)

Basic guidelines for diabetes care.

Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases (Fort Collins, Colorado) (1)

Epidemic/epizootic West Nile virus in the United States: guidelines for surveillance, prevention, and control.

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (17)

Clinical practice guideline: endpoints of resuscitation.

Determination of cervical spine stability in trauma patients (update of the 1997 EAST cervical spine clearance document).

Guidelines for emergency tracheal intubation immediately following traumatic injury.

Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of blunt aortic injury.

Practice management guidelines for geriatric trauma.

Practice management guidelines for hemorrhage in pelvic fracture.

Practice management guidelines for management of penetrating trauma to the lower extremity.

Practice management guidelines for nutritional support of the trauma patient.

Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in open fractures.

Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in penetrating abdominal trauma.

Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in tube thoracostomy for traumatic hemopneumothorax.

Practice management guidelines for the evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma.

Practice management guidelines for the evaluation of genitourinary trauma.

Practice management guidelines for the management of mild traumatic brain injury.

Practice management guidelines for the management of venous thromboembolism in trauma patients.

Practice management guidelines for the nonoperative management of blunt injury to the liver and spleen.

Practice management guidelines for the optimal timing of long bone fracture stabilization in polytrauma patients.

ECRI (1)

A clinician's guide to surgical fires: how they occur, how to prevent them, how to put them out.

European Registry of Hereditary Pancreatic Diseases (1)

Genetic testing for hereditary pancreatitis: guidelines for indications, counselling, consent and privacy issues.

European Resuscitation Council (1)

ESC-ERC recommendations for the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in Europe.

European Society of Cardiology (19)

2003 European Society of Hypertension-European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension.

Diagnosis and management of aortic dissection.

ESC-ERC recommendations for the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in Europe.

European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice.

Expert consensus document on management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy.

Expert consensus document on the use of antiplatelet agents. The task force on the use of antiplatelet agents in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease of the European Society of Cardiology.

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure.

Guidelines for the interpretation of the neonatal electrocardiogram.

Guidelines on diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism.

Guidelines on management (diagnosis and treatment) of syncope.

Guidelines on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis. The task force on infective endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology.

Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases. The task force on the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases of the European Society of Cardiology.

Management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST- segment elevation.

Management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation.

Management of grown up congenital heart disease.

Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death of the European Society of Cardiology.[NGC Update Pending]

Task force on the management of chest pain.

European Society of Hypertension (1)

2003 European Society of Hypertension-European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension.

Family Medicine Research Group, UP-PGH (1)

Clinical practice guideline for the management of cataract among adults.

Finnish Medical Society Duodecim (32)

Acne.

Angina pectoris and coronary artery disease (CAD).

Atrial fibrillation: drug treatment and electric cardioversion.

Benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Chlamydial urethritis and cervicitis.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Coronary angiography and indications for CABG or angioplasty.

Deep venous thrombosis.

Determining the volume of residual urine by ultrasonography.

Differential diagnosis of chest pain.

Drug treatment for hyperlipidaemias.

Gynaecological ultrasound examination.

Indications for and techniques of red cell transfusion.

Long-term management of asthma.

Multiple myeloma (MM).

Myocardial infarction.

Palliative treatment of cancer.

Physical activity in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases.

Prevention and screening of colorectal cancer.

Prolonged cough in children.[NGC Update Pending]

Psoriasis.[NGC Update Pending]

Seborrhoeic dermatitis.

Skin cancer.

Sore throat and tonsillitis.

Syphilis.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Thrombocytopenia.

Treatment of hyperlipidaemia: aims and selection.

Ultrasonographic examinations: indications and preparation of the patient.

Ultrasound scanning during pregnancy.

Unstable angina pectoris.

Urinary incontinence in women.

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (1)

Universe of Florida patients with acute ischemic brain attack.

Food and Drug Administration (U.S.) (3)

Potassium iodide as a thyroid blocking agent in radiation emergencies.

U.S. Public Health Service guideline on infectious disease issues in xenotransplantation.

Updated U.S. Public Health Service guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis.

Food Safety and Inspection Service (1)

Diagnosis and management of foodborne illnesses: a primer for physicians and other health care professionals.

Fourth International Conference on the Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain (1)

Advances in neuropathic pain: diagnosis, mechanisms, and treatment recommendations.

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) (1)

Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Clinician's Network (8)

Adapting your practice: general recommendations for the care of homeless patients.

Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations for homeless children with otitis media.

Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations for homeless patients with asthma.

Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations for homeless patients with cardiovascular diseases.

Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations for homeless patients with chlamydial or gonococcal infections.

Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations for homeless patients with diabetes mellitus.

Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations for homeless patients with HIV/AIDS.

Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations on reproductive health care for homeless patients.

Health Resources and Services Administration (4)

Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection.

U.S. Public Health Service guideline on infectious disease issues in xenotransplantation.

Updated U.S. Public Health Service guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis.

Heart Failure Society of America, Inc (1)

Heart Failure Society of America guidelines for management of patients with heart failure caused by left ventricular systolic dysfunction: pharmacological approaches.

Heart Rhythm Society (1)

Henry J. Kaiser Foundation (1)

Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents.

Infectious Diseases Society of America (25)

2001 USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus.

2002 guidelines for the use of antimicrobial agents in neutropenic patients with cancer.

Guideline for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Guidelines for antimicrobial treatment of uncomplicated acute bacterial cystitis and acute pyelonephritis in women.

Guidelines for preventing opportunistic infections among hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.

Guidelines for quality standards for immunization.

Guidelines for the evaluation and management of dyslipidemia in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults receiving antiretroviral therapy: recommendations of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Disease Society of America and the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group.

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Guidelines for the selection of anti-infective agents for complicated intra-abdominal infections.

Guidelines for treatment of candidiasis.

Practice guideline for evaluation of fever and infection in long-term care facilities.

Practice guidelines for diseases caused by Aspergillus.

Practice guidelines for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy.

Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of group A streptococcal pharyngitis.

Practice guidelines for the management of cryptococcal disease.

Practice guidelines for the management of infectious diarrhea.

Practice guidelines for the management of patients with blastomycosis.

Practice guidelines for the management of patients with histoplasmosis.

Practice guidelines for the management of patients with sporotrichosis.

Practice guidelines for the treatment of coccidioidomycosis.

Practice guidelines for the treatment of Lyme disease.

Practice guidelines for the treatment of tuberculosis.

Treatment of tuberculosis.

Update of practice guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent adults.

Infusion Nurses Society (1)

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (56)

Acne management.

Acute pharyngitis.

Acute sinusitis in adults.

Adult low back pain.[NGC Update Pending]

Ankle sprain.

Anticoagulation therapy supplement.

Assessment and management of acute pain.

Atrial fibrillation.

Breast cancer treatment.[NGC Update Pending]

Cardiac stress test supplement.

Cervical cancer screening.[NGC Update Pending]

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Colorectal cancer screening.

Community-acquired pneumonia in adults.

Diagnosis and initial treatment of ischemic stroke.

Diagnosis and management of asthma.

Diagnosis and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in primary care for school age children and adolescents.

Diagnosis and management of infertility.[NGC Update Pending]

Diagnosis and treatment of adult degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the knee.

Diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.

Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis.

Diagnosis and treatment of otitis media in children.

Diagnosis of breast disease.

Diagnosis of chest pain.

Domestic violence.

Dyspepsia and GERD.

Heart failure in adults.

Hypertension diagnosis and treatment.

Immunizations.

Inpatient management of heart failure.

Intrapartum fetal heart rate management.

Lipid management in adults.

Lipid screening in adults.

Lipid screening in children and adolescents.

Major depression in adults for mental health care.

Major depression in adults in primary care.

Management of initial abnormal Pap smear.[NGC Update Pending]

Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT): collaborative decision-making and management.

Migraine headache.

Preoperative evaluation.

Preterm birth prevention.[NGC Update Pending]

Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of failure to progress in obstetrical labor.

Preventive counseling and education - by topic.

Preventive services for adults.[NGC Update Pending]

Preventive services for children and adolescents.[NGC Update Pending]

Rhinitis.

Routine prenatal care.[NGC Update Pending]

Stable coronary artery disease.

Tobacco use prevention and cessation for adults and mature adolescents.

Tobacco use prevention and cessation for infants, children and adolescents.

Treatment of acute myocardial infarction.

Uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women.[NGC Update Pending]

Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for surgical/trauma patients.

Venous thromboembolism.

Viral upper respiratory infection (VURI) in adults and children.

International Association of Pancreatology (1)

Genetic testing for hereditary pancreatitis: guidelines for indications, counselling, consent and privacy issues.

International Diabetes Center (3)

Gestational diabetes practice guidelines.

Type 2 diabetes practice guidelines.

Type I diabetes practice guidelines.

International Lactation Consultant Association (1)

Evidence-based guidelines for breastfeeding management during the first fourteen days.

International Research Foundation for RSD/CRPS (1)

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy/complex regional pain syndrome clinical practice guidelines - third edition.

International Society for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2)

Health professional's guide to rehabilitation of the patient with osteoporosis.

Physician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

IRSA (3)

Stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVM).

Stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with intractable typical trigeminal neuralgia who have failed medical management.

Stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with pituitary adenomas.

Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (1)

Joint Committee on Infant Hearing. Year 2000 position statement. Principles and guidelines for early hearing detection and intervention programs.

Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (2)

Allergen immunotherapy: a practice parameter.

The diagnosis and management of urticaria: a practice parameter part I: acute urticaria/angioedema part II: chronic urticaria/angioedema.

Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute (1)

Adult diabetes clinical practice guidelines.

Kaiser Permanente-Southern California (1)

Breast cancer screening.

Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation (1)

Preventive health recommendations for adults with mental retardation.

Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Family and Community Health, Diabetes Control Program (1)

Massachusetts guidelines for adult diabetes care.

Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium (9)

Diagnosis and management of substance use disorders.

Management of adults with symptomatic heart failure (left-ventricular systolic dysfunction).

Management of hyperlipidemia.

Management of osteoporosis.

Management of persistent asthma.

Medical management of adults with essential hypertension.

Medical management of adults with osteoarthritis.

Outpatient management of uncomplicated deep venous thrombosis.

Tobacco control.

Midwest Multi-Center Pancreatic Study Group (1)

Genetic testing for hereditary pancreatitis: guidelines for indications, counselling, consent and privacy issues.

Multiple Sclerosis Council (2)

Immunization and multiple sclerosis: a summary of published evidence and recommendations.

National Abortion Federation (1)

Clinical policy guidelines.

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (4)

Guidelines and recommendations for laboratory analysis in the diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus.

Laboratory guidelines for screening, diagnosis, and monitoring of hepatic injury.

Laboratory support for the diagnosis and monitoring of thyroid disease.

Recommendations for the use of cardiac markers in coronary artery diseases.

National Association of Neonatal Nurses (5)

Apnea of prematurity.

Care of the neonate requiring parenteral nutrition.

Discharge guidelines for the technology dependent infant.

Early discharge of the term newborn.

Infant and family-centered developmental care.

National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (2)

Expert Panel Report: guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. Update on selected topics.

Key clinical activities for quality asthma care: recommendations of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program.

National Cancer Institute (1)

Adjuvant therapy for breast cancer.

National Center for Infectious Diseases (1)

Epidemic/epizootic West Nile virus in the United States: guidelines for surveillance, prevention, and control.

National Cholesterol Education Program (1)

(1)Third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). (2)Implications of recent clinical trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines.

National Committee on Cancer Care (Singapore) (1)

Prostate cancer.

National Committee on Cardiac Care (Singapore) (2)

Hypertension.

Lipids.

National Committee on Neuroscience (Singapore) (3)

Dementia.

Diagnosis and management of headache.

Head injury in children.

National Committee on Ophthalmology (Singapore) (2)

Contact lens care.

Laser refractive surgery.

National Committee on Renal Care (Singapore) (1)

Glomerulonephritis.

National Consensus Project (1)

Clinical practice guidelines for quality palliative care.

National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Inc. (8)

Adapting your practice: general recommendations for the care of homeless patients.

Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations for homeless children with otitis media.

Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations for homeless patients with asthma.

Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations for homeless patients with cardiovascular diseases.

Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations for homeless patients with chlamydial or gonococcal infections.

Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations for homeless patients with diabetes mellitus.

Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations for homeless patients with HIV/AIDS.

Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations on reproductive health care for homeless patients.

National Heart Foundation of New Zealand (2)

A guideline for the management of heart failure.

Cardiac rehabilitation.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.) (9)

Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women.

Expert Panel Report: guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. Update on selected topics.

Global strategy for asthma management and prevention.

Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

National High Blood Pressure Education Program: Working Group report on high blood pressure in pregnancy.

Primary prevention of hypertension. Clinical and public health advisory from the National High Blood Pressure Education Program.

Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.

The fourth report on the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of high blood pressure in children and adolescents.

National High Blood Pressure Education Program (1)

National High Blood Pressure Education Program: Working Group report on high blood pressure in pregnancy.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (1)

Guidelines for prehospital management of traumatic brain injury.

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) (4)

Induction of labour.

Pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention.

Prophylaxis for patients who have experienced a myocardial infarction: drug treatment, cardiac rehabilitation and dietary manipulation.

The use of electronic fetal monitoring. The use and interpretation of cardiotocography in intrapartum fetal surveillance.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2)

Antenatal corticosteroids revisited: repeat courses.

Phenylketonuria: screening and management.

National Institute on Dental and Craniofacial Research (1)

Diagnosis and management of dental caries throughout life.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer (1)

Adjuvant therapy for breast cancer.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Antenatal Corticosteroids (1)

Antenatal corticosteroids revisited: repeat courses.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Management of Hepatitis C (1)

Management of hepatitis C: 2002.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Osteoporosis Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapy (1)

Osteoporosis prevention, diagnosis, and therapy.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Phenylketonuria Screening and Management (1)

Phenylketonuria: screening and management.

National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (9)

Adjuvant therapy for breast cancer.

Antenatal corticosteroids revisited: repeat courses.

Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection.

Management of hepatitis C: 2002.

Osteoporosis prevention, diagnosis, and therapy.

Phenylketonuria: screening and management.

U.S. Public Health Service guideline on infectious disease issues in xenotransplantation.

Updated U.S. Public Health Service guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis.

National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Panel on Diagnosis and Management of Dental Caries (1)

Diagnosis and management of dental caries throughout life.

National Kidney Foundation (8)

Clinical practice guidelines for bone metabolism and disease in chronic kidney disease.

Clinical practice guidelines for managing dyslipidemias in chronic kidney disease.

Clinical practice guidelines for nutrition in chronic renal failure.

K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification.

NKF-K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for anemia of chronic kidney disease: update 2000.

NKF-K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for hemodialysis adequacy: update 2000.

NKF-K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for peritoneal dialysis adequacy: update 2000.

NKF-K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for vascular access: update 2000.

National Medical Research Council (Singapore Ministry of Health) (13)

Contact lens care.

Dementia.

Depression.

Diagnosis and management of headache.

Glomerulonephritis.

Head injury in children.

Hypertension.

Induction of labour.

Laser refractive surgery.

Lipids.

Management of asthma.

Management of preterm labour.

Prostate cancer.

National Osteoporosis Foundation (2)

Health professional's guide to rehabilitation of the patient with osteoporosis.

Physician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center (1)

Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection.

National Society of Genetic Counselors (3)

Fabry disease in genetic counseling practice: recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors.

Genetic counseling and screening of consanguineous couples and their offspring: recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors.

Genetic counseling for fragile X syndrome: recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors.

New York State Department of Health (9)

Antiretroviral treatment of HIV infection.

Hepatitis A virus.[NGC Update Pending]

Hepatitis B virus.

HIV post-exposure prophylaxis for children beyond the perinatal period.

HIV prophylaxis following occupational exposure.[NGC Update Pending]

Immunologic considerations in HIV-infected children.

Neurologic complications in HIV-infected children and adolescents.

Oral health management of children and adolescents with HIV infections.[NGC Update Pending]

New Zealand Guidelines Group (12)

Acute management and immediate rehabilitation after hip fracture amongst people aged 65 years and over.

Assessment processes for older people.

Cardiac rehabilitation.

Guidelines for smoking cessation: revised 2002.

Guidelines for the management of uterine fibroids.

Life after stroke. New Zealand guideline for management of stroke.

Management of type 2 diabetes.

Prevention of hip fracture amongst people aged 65 years and over.

The assessment and management of cardiovascular risk.

The assessment and management of people at risk of suicide.

The diagnosis and management of soft tissue knee injuries: internal derangements.

The diagnosis and treatment of adult asthma.

North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (3)

Constipation in infants and children: evaluation and treatment.

Guidelines for evaluation and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux in infants and children.

Helicobacter pylori infection in children: recommendations for diagnosis and treatment.

North American Spine Society (5)

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) clinical guideline on low back pain/sciatica (acute) (phases I and II).

Herniated disc. In: North American Spine Society phase III clinical guidelines for multidisciplinary spine care specialists.

North American Spine Society Phase III: clinical guidelines for multidisciplinary spine care specialists. Spinal stenosis version 1.0.

Spondylolysis, lytic spondylolisthesis and degenerative spondylolisthesis (SLD). In: North American Spine Society phase III clinical guidelines for multidisciplinary spine care specialists.

Unremitting low back pain. In: North American Spine Society phase III clinical guidelines for multidisciplinary spine care specialists.

Nutrition Screening Initiative (8)

Cancer. Nutrition management for older adults.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Nutrition management for older adults.

Congestive heart failure. Nutrition management for older adults.

Coronary heart disease. Nutrition management for older adults.

Dementia. Nutrition management for older adults.

Diabetes mellitus. Nutrition management for older adults.

Hypertension. Nutrition management for older adults.

Osteoporosis. Nutrition management for older adults.

Office of Research on Women's Health (NIH) (1)

Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women.

Oncology Nursing Society (3)

Chemotherapy and biotherapy: guidelines and recommendations for practice.

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Safe handling of hazardous drugs.

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (69)

Accelerated radiotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Adjuvant chemotherapy following complete resection of soft tissue sarcoma in adults.

Adjuvant systemic chemotherapy, following surgery and external beam radiotherapy, for adults with newly diagnosed malignant glioma.

Adjuvant systemic therapy for node-negative breast cancer.

Adjuvant therapy for stage II colon cancer following complete resection.

Adjuvant therapy for stage III colon cancer following complete resection.

Altered fractionation of radical radiation therapy in the management of unresectable non-small cell lung cancer.

Baseline staging tests in primary breast cancer.

Breast irradiation in women with early stage invasive breast cancer following breast conserving surgery.

Capecitabine in stage IV breast cancer.

Chemotherapy in stage IV (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer.

Combined modality radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the non-surgical management of localized carcinoma of the esophagus.

Concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy in squamous cell head and neck cancer (excluding nasopharynx).

Doxorubicin-based chemotherapy for the palliative treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma.[NGC Update Pending]

Drug therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia.

Epirubicin, as a single agent or in combination, for metastatic breast cancer.

First-line chemotherapy for postoperative patients with stage II, III or IV epithelial ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer.[NGC Update Pending]

Fludarabine in intermediate- and high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Follow-up of patients with curatively resected colorectal cancer.

Hyperfractionated radiotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Management of brain metastases: role of radiotherapy alone or in combination with other treatment modalities.

Management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast.

Maximal androgen blockade for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer.

Neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy for resectable esophageal cancer.

Neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy for resectable gastric cancer.

Optimal therapy for patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma and the role of high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell support.

Oral capecitabine (Xeloda™) in the first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.

Postoperative adjuvant radiation therapy in stage II or IIIA completely resected non-small cell lung cancer.

Postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy for resected stage II or III rectal cancer.

Primary treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer: concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy and radiation.[NGC Update Pending]

Prophylactic cranial irradiation in small cell lung cancer.

Radiotherapy for newly diagnosed malignant glioma in adults.[NGC Update Pending]

Radiotherapy fractionation for the palliation of uncomplicated painful bone metastases.

Surgical management of early stage invasive breast cancer.

Surveillance programs for early stage non-seminomatous testicular cancer.

Symptomatic treatment of radiation-induced xerostomia in head and neck cancer patients.

Systemic adjuvant therapy for patients at high risk for recurrent melanoma.[NGC Update Pending]

The role of amifostine as a radioprotectant in the management of patients with squamous cell head and neck cancer.

The role of aromatase inhibitors in the treatment of postmenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer.

The role of bisphosphonates in the management of skeletal complications for patients with multiple myeloma.

The role of chemotherapy with radiotherapy in the management of patients with newly diagnosed locally advanced squamous cell or undifferentiated nasopharyngeal cancer.

The role of colony-stimulating factor (CSF) in patients receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer.

The role of combination chemotherapy in the initial management of limited-stage small-cell lung cancer.

The role of erythropoietin in the management of cancer patients with non-hematologic malignancies receiving chemotherapy.

The role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) (excluding nasopharynx).

The role of octreotide in the management of patients with cancer.

The role of single-agent docetaxel (Taxotere®) as a second-line treatment for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.

The role of the taxanes in the management of metastatic breast cancer.

The role of thoracic radiotherapy as an adjunct to standard chemotherapy in limited-stage small cell lung cancer.

The treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer.[NGC Update Pending]

The use of chemotherapy and growth factors in older patients with newly diagnosed, advanced-stage, aggressive histology non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The use of conformal radiotherapy and the selection of radiation dose in T1 or T2 prostate cancer.

The use of preoperative radiotherapy in the management of patients with clinically resectable rectal cancer.

Treatment with fludarabine for patients with follicular and other low grade Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia.

Unresected stage III non-small cell lung cancer.

Use of 5-HT₃ receptor antagonists in patients receiving moderately or highly emetogenic chemotherapy.

Use of adjuvant chemotherapy following cystectomy in patients with deep muscle-invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.

Use of amifostine to ameliorate the toxic effects of chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer.

Use of bisphosphonates in women with breast cancer.[NGC Update Pending]

Use of chemotherapy in advanced unresectable or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder or urothelium.

Use of dexrazoxane as a cardioprotectant in patients receiving doxorubicin or epirubicin chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer.

Use of gemcitabine in non-small cell lung cancer.

Use of gemcitabine in the treatment of advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Use of irinotecan (Camptosar®, CPT-11) combined with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin (5FU/LV) as first-line therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer.

Use of irinotecan in the treatment of metastatic colorectal carcinoma.

Use of preoperative chemotherapy with or without postoperative radiotherapy in technically resectable stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.

Use of raltitrexed (Tomudex) in the management of metastatic colorectal carcinoma.

Use of strontium⁸⁹ in patients with endocrine-refractory carcinoma of the prostate metastatic to bone.

Use of vinorelbine in non-small cell lung cancer.

Ottawa Health Research Institute (2)

Ottawa Ankle Rules for ankle injury radiography.

Ottawa Knee Rule for knee injury radiography.

Paralyzed Veterans of America (4)

Acute management of autonomic dysreflexia: individuals with spinal cord injury presenting to health-care facilities.

Outcomes following traumatic spinal cord injury.

Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment following spinal cord injury.

Prevention of thromboembolism in spinal cord injury.

Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology (1)

Clinical practice guideline for the management of cataract among adults.

Practice Guidelines Initiative (69)

Accelerated radiotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Adjuvant chemotherapy following complete resection of soft tissue sarcoma in adults.

Adjuvant systemic chemotherapy, following surgery and external beam radiotherapy, for adults with newly diagnosed malignant glioma.

Adjuvant systemic therapy for node-negative breast cancer.

Adjuvant therapy for stage II colon cancer following complete resection.

Adjuvant therapy for stage III colon cancer following complete resection.

Altered fractionation of radical radiation therapy in the management of unresectable non-small cell lung cancer.

Baseline staging tests in primary breast cancer.

Breast irradiation in women with early stage invasive breast cancer following breast conserving surgery.

Capecitabine in stage IV breast cancer.

Chemotherapy in stage IV (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer.

Combined modality radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the non-surgical management of localized carcinoma of the esophagus.

Concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy in squamous cell head and neck cancer (excluding nasopharynx).

Doxorubicin-based chemotherapy for the palliative treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma.[NGC Update Pending]

Drug therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia.

Epirubicin, as a single agent or in combination, for metastatic breast cancer.

First-line chemotherapy for postoperative patients with stage II, III or IV epithelial ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer.[NGC Update Pending]

Fludarabine in intermediate- and high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Follow-up of patients with curatively resected colorectal cancer.

Hyperfractionated radiotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Management of brain metastases: role of radiotherapy alone or in combination with other treatment modalities.

Management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast.

Maximal androgen blockade for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer.

Neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy for resectable esophageal cancer.

Neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy for resectable gastric cancer.

Optimal therapy for patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma and the role of high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell support.

Oral capecitabine (Xeloda™) in the first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.

Postoperative adjuvant radiation therapy in stage II or IIIA completely resected non-small cell lung cancer.

Postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy for resected stage II or III rectal cancer.

Primary treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer: concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy and radiation.[NGC Update Pending]

Prophylactic cranial irradiation in small cell lung cancer.

Radiotherapy for newly diagnosed malignant glioma in adults.[NGC Update Pending]

Radiotherapy fractionation for the palliation of uncomplicated painful bone metastases.

Surgical management of early stage invasive breast cancer.

Surveillance programs for early stage non-seminomatous testicular cancer.

Symptomatic treatment of radiation-induced xerostomia in head and neck cancer patients.

Systemic adjuvant therapy for patients at high risk for recurrent melanoma.[NGC Update Pending]

The role of amifostine as a radioprotectant in the management of patients with squamous cell head and neck cancer.

The role of aromatase inhibitors in the treatment of postmenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer.

The role of bisphosphonates in the management of skeletal complications for patients with multiple myeloma.

The role of chemotherapy with radiotherapy in the management of patients with newly diagnosed locally advanced squamous cell or undifferentiated nasopharyngeal cancer.

The role of colony-stimulating factor (CSF) in patients receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer.

The role of combination chemotherapy in the initial management of limited-stage small-cell lung cancer.

The role of erythropoietin in the management of cancer patients with non-hematologic malignancies receiving chemotherapy.

The role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) (excluding nasopharynx).

The role of octreotide in the management of patients with cancer.

The role of single-agent docetaxel (Taxotere®) as a second-line treatment for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.

The role of the taxanes in the management of metastatic breast cancer.

The role of thoracic radiotherapy as an adjunct to standard chemotherapy in limited-stage small cell lung cancer.

The treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer.[NGC Update Pending]

The use of chemotherapy and growth factors in older patients with newly diagnosed, advanced-stage, aggressive histology non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The use of conformal radiotherapy and the selection of radiation dose in T1 or T2 prostate cancer.

The use of preoperative radiotherapy in the management of patients with clinically resectable rectal cancer.

Treatment with fludarabine for patients with follicular and other low grade Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia.

Unresected stage III non-small cell lung cancer.

Use of 5-HT₃ receptor antagonists in patients receiving moderately or highly emetogenic chemotherapy.

Use of adjuvant chemotherapy following cystectomy in patients with deep muscle-invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.

Use of amifostine to ameliorate the toxic effects of chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer.

Use of bisphosphonates in women with breast cancer.[NGC Update Pending]

Use of chemotherapy in advanced unresectable or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder or urothelium.

Use of dexrazoxane as a cardioprotectant in patients receiving doxorubicin or epirubicin chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer.

Use of gemcitabine in non-small cell lung cancer.

Use of gemcitabine in the treatment of advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Use of irinotecan (Camptosar®, CPT-11) combined with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin (5FU/LV) as first-line therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer.

Use of irinotecan in the treatment of metastatic colorectal carcinoma.

Use of preoperative chemotherapy with or without postoperative radiotherapy in technically resectable stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.

Use of raltitrexed (Tomudex) in the management of metastatic colorectal carcinoma.

Use of strontium⁸⁹ in patients with endocrine-refractory carcinoma of the prostate metastatic to bone.

Use of vinorelbine in non-small cell lung cancer.

Public Health Service (U.S.) (5)

2001 USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus.

Epidemic/epizootic West Nile virus in the United States: guidelines for surveillance, prevention, and control.

Treating tobacco use and dependence. A clinical practice guideline.

U.S. Public Health Service guideline on infectious disease issues in xenotransplantation.

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association (1)

Clinical practice guideline (second edition) for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of reflex sympathetic dystrophy/complex regional pain syndrome (RSD/CRPS).

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (11)

Assessment and management of pain.

Assessment and management of stage I to IV pressure ulcers.

Client centred care.

Crisis intervention.

Enhancing healthy adolescent development.

Establishing therapeutic relationships.

Prevention of constipation in the older adult population.

Prevention of fall injuries in the older adult.

Promoting continence using prompted voiding.

Risk assessment and prevention of pressure ulcers.

Supporting and strengthening families through expected and unexpected life events.

Renal Physicians Association (2)

Appropriate patient preparation for renal replacement therapy.

Clinical practice guideline on shared decision-making in the appropriate initiation of and withdrawal from dialysis.

Royal College of Nursing (1)

Pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention.

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (3)

Induction of labour.

The management of menorrhagia in secondary care.

The use of electronic fetal monitoring. The use and interpretation of cardiotocography in intrapartum fetal surveillance.

Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (1)

Early detection of breast cancer.

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (35)

Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery. A national clinical guideline.

Antithrombotic therapy. A national clinical guideline.

Attention deficit and hyperkinetic disorders in children and young people. A national clinical guideline.

Cardiac rehabilitation. A national clinical guideline.

Community management of lower respiratory tract infection in adults. A national clinical guideline.

Control of pain in patients with cancer. A national clinical guideline.

Cutaneous melanoma. A national clinical guideline.

Day case cataract surgery. A national clinical guideline.

Diagnosis and management of childhood otitis media in primary care. A national clinical guideline.

Diagnosis and management of epilepsy in adults. A national clinical guideline.

Diagnosis and treatment of heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction. A national clinical guideline.

Dyspepsia. A national clinical guideline.

Early management of patients with a head injury. A national clinical guideline.

Epithelial ovarian cancer. A national clinical guideline.

Hypertension in older people. A national clinical guideline.

Hysteroscopic surgery. A national clinical guideline.

Investigation of post-menopausal bleeding. A national clinical guideline.

Lipids and the primary prevention of coronary heart disease. A national clinical guideline.

Long term follow up of survivors of childhood cancer. A national clinical guideline.

Management of colorectal cancer. A national clinical guideline.

Management of diabetes. A national clinical guideline.

Management of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection. A national clinical guideline.

Management of obesity in children and young people. A national clinical guideline.

Management of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome in adults. A national clinical guideline.

Management of osteoporosis. A national clinical guideline.

Management of patients with stroke. Rehabilitation, prevention and management of complications, and discharge planning. A national clinical guideline.

Management of sore throat and indications for tonsillectomy. A national clinical guideline.

Management of stable angina. A national clinical guideline.

Management of unerupted and impacted third molar teeth. A national clinical guideline.

Perioperative blood transfusion for elective surgery. A national clinical guideline.

Postnatal depression and puerperal psychosis. A national clinical guideline.

Preventing dental caries in children at high caries risk. Targeted prevention of dental caries in the permanent teeth of 6 to 16 year olds presenting for dental care. A national clinical guideline.

Prevention and management of hip fracture in older people. A national clinical guideline.

Prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism. A national clinical guideline.

Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease following myocardial infarction. A national clinical guideline.

Singapore Associate for the Study of Obesity (1)

Obesity.

Singapore Cardiac Society (2)

Hypertension.

Lipids.

Singapore Ministry of Health (28)

Cancer pain.

Cervical cancer.

Chronic hepatitis B infection.

Diagnosis and management of headache.

Glomerulonephritis.

Head injury in children.

Hypertension.

Induction of labour.

Laser refractive surgery.

Lipids.

Management of asthma.

Management of breastfeeding for healthy full-term infants.

Management of preterm labour.

Nursing management of pressure ulcers in adults.

Obesity.

Osteoporosis.

Prediction and prevention of pressure ulcers in adults.

Prevention of infections related to peripheral intravenous devices.

Prostate cancer.

Schizophrenia.

Smoking cessation.

Stroke and transient ischaemic attacks: assessment, investigation, immediate management and secondary prevention.

Use of antibiotics in adults.

Use of antibiotics in paediatric care.

Singapore Psychiatric Association (1)

Depression.

Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation (Chattanooga, TN) (1)

Clinical practice guidelines for chronic non-malignant pain syndrome patients II: An evidence-based approach.

Smith and Nephew, Ltd. (1)

Guidelines for the management of leg ulcers in Ireland.

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (2)

Guideline for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Inc (13)

Achalasia.[NGC Update Pending]

Indications for splenectomy.[NGC Update Pending]

Management of colonic polyps and adenomas.

Management of ulcerative colitis.

Operative treatment for chronic pancreatitis.[NGC Update Pending]

Surgical management of hemorrhoids.[NGC Update Pending]

Surgical repair of groin hernias.[NGC Update Pending]

Surgical treatment of cancer of the colon or rectum.

Surgical treatment of diverticulitis.[NGC Update Pending]

Surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer.[NGC Update Pending]

Surgical treatment of reflux esophagitis.[NGC Update Pending]

Treatment of acute pancreatitis.[NGC Update Pending]

Treatment of gallstone and gallbladder disease.[NGC Update Pending]

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (6)

Guidelines for collaborative practice in endoscopic/thoracoscopic spinal surgery for the general surgeon.

Guidelines for surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Guidelines for the clinical application of laparoscopic bariatric surgery.

Guidelines for the clinical application of laparoscopic biliary tract surgery.

SAGES guidelines for diagnostic laparoscopy.

SAGES guidelines for laparoscopic surgery during pregnancy.

Society of Critical Care Medicine (9)

Clinical practice guidelines for sustained neuromuscular blockade in the adult critically ill patient.

Clinical practice guidelines for the maintenance of patient physical safety in the intensive care unit: use of restraining therapies.

Clinical practice guidelines for the sustained use of sedatives and analgesics in the critically ill adult.

Clinical practice parameters for hemodynamic support of pediatric and neonatal patients in septic shock.

Guideline for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Guidelines for the inter- and intrahospital transport of critically ill patients.

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Guidelines on critical care services and personnel: recommendations based on a system of categorization of three levels of care.

Surviving sepsis campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock.

Society of Interventional Radiology (1)

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Society of Nuclear Medicine, Inc (21)

Procedure guideline for brain perfusion single photon computed tomography (SPECT) using Tc-99m radiopharmaceuticals.

Procedure guideline for breast scintigraphy.

Procedure guideline for C-14 urea breath test.

Procedure guideline for diuretic renography in children.

Procedure guideline for extended scintigraphy for differentiated thyroid cancer.

Procedure guideline for gallium scintigraphy in inflammation.

Procedure guideline for gallium scintigraphy in the evaluation of malignant disease.

Procedure guideline for gastric emptying and motility.

Procedure guideline for gastrointestinal bleeding and Meckel's diverticulum scintigraphy.

Procedure guideline for general imaging.

Procedure guideline for hepatobiliary scintigraphy.

Procedure guideline for In-111 leukocyte scintigraphy for suspected infection/inflammation.

Procedure guideline for lung scintigraphy.

Procedure guideline for parathyroid scintigraphy.

Procedure guideline for somatostatin receptor scintigraphy with In-111 pentetreotide.

Procedure guideline for Tc-99m exametazime (HMPAO) labeled leukocyte scintigraphy for suspected infection/inflammation.

Procedure guideline for the use of radiopharmaceuticals.

Procedure guideline for thyroid scintigraphy.

Procedure guideline for thyroid uptake measurement.

Procedure guideline for tumor imaging using F-18 FDG.

Society of Nuclear Medicine procedure guideline for therapy of thyroid disease with iodine-131 (sodium iodide).

Society of Pelvic Reconstructive Surgeons (1)

Guideline for determining the route and method of hysterectomy for benign conditions.

Society of Thoracic Surgeons (1)

Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women.

Spanish Society of Rheumatology (1)

Clinical practice guideline for the management of rheumatoid arthritis.

Stroke Foundation of New Zealand, Inc. (1)

Life after stroke. New Zealand guideline for management of stroke.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (U.S.) (8)

Brief interventions and brief therapies for substance abuse.

Enhancing motivation for change in substance abuse treatment.

Integrating substance abuse treatment and vocational services.

Screening and assessing adolescents for substance use disorders.

Substance abuse treatment for persons with child abuse and neglect issues.

Substance abuse treatment for persons with HIV/AIDS.

Treatment for stimulant use disorders.

Treatment of adolescents with substance use disorders.

Surgical Infection Society (1)

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Task Force on Community Preventive Services (9)

First reports evaluating the effectiveness of strategies for preventing violence: early childhood home visitation.

Preventing skin cancer: findings of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services on Reducing Exposure to Ultraviolet Light.

Recommendations for healthcare system and self-management education interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality from diabetes.

Recommendations on selected interventions to prevent dental caries, oral and pharyngeal cancers, and sports-related craniofacial injuries.

Recommendations regarding interventions to reduce tobacco use and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.

Recommendations to increase physical activity in communities.

Recommendations to promote healthy social environments.

Recommendations to reduce injuries to motor vehicle occupants: increasing child safety seat use, increasing safety belt use, and reducing alcohol-impaired driving.

Vaccine-preventable diseases: improving vaccination coverage in children, adolescents and adults.

The Endocrine Society (1)

Physician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing (14)

Advance directives: protecting patient's rights.

Assessing cognitive function.

Assessment of function: of critical importance to acute care of older adults.

Delirium: strategies for assessing and treating.

Depression in older adults.

Discharge planning for the older adult.

Evaluating excessive sleepiness in the older adult.

Mealtime difficulties for older persons: assessment and management.

Medication in older adults.

Pain management.

Preventing falls in acute care.

Preventing pressure ulcers and skin tears.

Urinary incontinence.

Use of physical restraints in the acute care setting.

The North American Menopause Society (7)

Clinical challenges of perimenopause: consensus opinion of The North American Menopause Society.

Estrogen and progestogen use in peri- and postmenopausal women: September 2003 position statement of The North American Menopause Society.

Management of postmenopausal osteoporosis: position statement of The North American Menopause Society.

Role of progestogen in hormone therapy for postmenopausal women: position statement of The North American Menopause Society.

The role of calcium in peri- and postmenopausal women: consensus opinion of The North American Menopause Society.

The role of isoflavones in menopausal health: consensus opinion of The North American Menopause Society.

Treatment of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms: position statement of The North American Menopause Society.

United States Preventive Services Task Force (45)

Aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events: recommendations and rationale.

Behavioral counseling in primary care to promote a healthy diet: recommendations and rationale.

Behavioral counseling in primary care to promote physical activity: recommendation and rationale.

Behavioral interventions to promote breastfeeding: recommendations and rationale.

Chemoprevention of breast cancer: recommendations and rationale.

Counseling to prevent skin cancer: recommendations and rationale.

Counseling to prevent tobacco use and tobacco-caused disease: recommendation statement.

Lung cancer screening: recommendation statement.

Newborn hearing screening: recommendations and rationale.

Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy for the primary prevention of chronic conditions: recommendations and rationale.

Prevention of dental caries in preschool children: recommendations and rationale.

Primary care interventions to prevent low back pain in adults: recommendation statement.

Routine vitamin supplementation to prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease: recommendations and rationale.

Screening and behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce alcohol misuse: recommendation statement.

Screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria: recommendation statement.

Screening for bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for bladder cancer in adults: recommendation statement.

Screening for breast cancer: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for cervical cancer: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for chlamydial infection: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for colorectal cancer: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for coronary heart disease: recommendation statement.

Screening for dementia: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for depression: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for family and intimate partner violence: recommendation statement.

Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for hepatitis B virus infection: recommendation statement.

Screening for hepatitis C in adults: recommendation statement.

Screening for high blood pressure: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents: recommendation statement.

Screening for lipid disorders in adults: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for obesity in adults: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for oral cancer: recommendation statement.

Screening for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for ovarian cancer: recommendation statement.

Screening for pancreatic cancer: recommendation statement.

Screening for prostate cancer: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for Rh(D) incompatibility: recommendation statement.

Screening for skin cancer: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for suicide risk: recommendation statement.

Screening for syphilis infection: recommendation statement.

Screening for testicular cancer: recommendation statement.

Screening for thyroid disease: recommendation statement.

Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for visual impairment in children younger than age 5 years: recommendation statement.

University HealthSystem Consortium (1)

Intravenous immunoglobulin preparations.

University of Iowa Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center, Research Dissemination Core (19)

Acute pain management.

Evidence-based protocol. Advance directives.

Evidence-based protocol. Elderly suicide: secondary prevention.

Evidence-based protocol. Exercise promotion: walking in elders.

Evidence-based protocol. Individualized music.

Evidence-based protocol. Interpreter facilitation for persons with limited English proficiency.

Evidence-based protocol. Wandering.

Fall prevention for older adults.

Family bereavement support before and after the death of a nursing home resident.

Family involvement in care for persons with dementia (FIC).

Hydration management.

Identification, referral, and support of elders with genetic conditions.

Oral hygiene care for functionally dependent and cognitively impaired older adults.

Prevention of deep vein thrombosis.

Prevention of pressure ulcers.

Progressive resistance training.

Prompted voiding for persons with urinary incontinence.

Treatment of pressure ulcers.

Wheelchair biking for the treatment of depression.

University of Massachusetts Medical School's Center for Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Research (1)

Preventive health recommendations for adults with mental retardation.

University of Michigan Health System (14)

Acute low back pain.

Acute rhinosinusitis in adults.

Allergic rhinitis.

Asthma.[NGC Update Pending]

Essential hypertension.

Functional constipation and soiling in children.

Management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Osteoporosis: prevention and treatment.

Otitis media.

Peptic ulcer disease.

Pharyngitis.

Screening and management of lipids.

Smoking cessation.

Urinary tract infection.

University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Centre for Health Services Research (1)

Prophylaxis for patients who have experienced a myocardial infarction: drug treatment, cardiac rehabilitation and dietary manipulation.

University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program (7)

Recommendation for the management of stress and urge urinary incontinence in women.

Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of recurrent aphthous stomatitis.

Recommendations for the evaluation and management of nausea and vomiting of early pregnancy (<20 weeks gestation).

Recommendations for the management of onychomycosis in adults.

Recommendations for the treatment of dysmenorrhea.

Recommendations for the treatment of pediculosis capitis (head lice) in children.

Screening for hypertension in adults.

University of Texas Medical Branch Correctional Managed Care (8)

Acute seizures and seizure disorder.

Chronic congestive heart failure.

Chronic COPD.

Chronic stable angina.

HIV disease management.

Hypertension.

Type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus.

Unstable chest pain.

University of York, Centre for Health Economics, Medicines Evaluation Group (1)

Prophylaxis for patients who have experienced a myocardial infarction: drug treatment, cardiac rehabilitation and dietary manipulation.

Veterans Health Administration (15)

Clinical practice guideline for post-deployment health evaluation and management.

Clinical practice guideline for the management of postoperative pain.

Diagnosis and management of hypertension in the primary care setting.

DoD/VA clinical practice guideline for management of uncomplicated pregnancy.

Low back pain or sciatica in the primary care setting.

Management of chronic kidney disease and pre-ESRD in the primary care setting.

Screening for glaucoma in the primary care setting.

The primary care management of erectile dysfunction.

Tobacco use cessation in the primary care setting.

VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of stroke rehabilitation in the primary care setting.

VHA/DOD clinical practice guideline for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

VHA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of dyslipidemia in primary care.

VHA/DOD clinical practice guideline for the management of major depressive disorder in adults.

VHA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of medically unexplained symptoms: chronic pain and fatigue.

VHA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of substance use disorders.

Washington State Chiropractic Association (1)

Overview of implementation of outcome assessment case management in the clinical practice.

Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (20)

Autologous chondrocyte implantation.

Cauda equina.

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).

Criteria for ankle/foot.

Criteria for cervical surgery related to entrapment of a single cervical nerve root.[NGC Update Pending]

Criteria for entrapment of a single lumbar nerve root.

Criteria for MRI of the lumbar spine.

Criteria for shoulder surgery.

Diagnoses and treatment of work-related carpal tunnel syndrome (OCTS).

Fibromyalgia.

Guideline for hospitalization for low back pain.

Guideline for the use of Neurontin® in the management of neuropathic pain.

Guideline on facet neurotomy.

Guidelines for lumbar fusion (arthrodesis).

Guidelines for outpatient prescription of controlled substances, schedules II-IV, for workers on time-loss.

Guidelines for outpatient prescription of oral opioids for injured workers with chronic, noncancer pain.

Guidelines for psychiatric and psychological evaluation of injured or chronically disabled workers.[NGC Update Pending]

Meniscal allograft transplantation.

Review criteria for knee surgery.

Surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS).

Washington State Occupational Therapy Association (1)

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).

Washington State Physical Therapy Association (1)

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).

Work Loss Data Institute (9)

Carpal tunnel syndrome.

Disorders of the ankle and foot.

Disorders of the elbow.

Disorders of the neck and upper back.

World Health Organization (2)

Global strategy for asthma management and prevention.

Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

World Heart Federation (1)

Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women.

Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (2)

Guideline for management of wounds in patients with lower-extremity arterial disease.

Guideline for prevention and management of pressure ulcers.

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Guideline Index

Academy of Ambulatory Foot and Ankle Surgery (7)

Advanced Research Techniques in the Health Services (1)

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (3)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (3)

Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma Workshop Group (1)

Alzheimer's Association of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties (1)

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (2)

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (7)

American Academy of Dermatology (3)

American Academy of Family Physicians (19)

American Academy of Neurology (37)

American Academy of Ophthalmology (20)

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (10)

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (1)

American Academy of Pain Medicine (1)

American Academy of Pediatrics (74)

American Academy of Periodontology (13)

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (4)

American Academy of Sleep Medicine (10)

American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (1)

American Association for Respiratory Care (18)

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (10)

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (13)

American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (4)

American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (1)

American Association of Neurological Surgeons (6)

American Cancer Society (7)

American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (2)

American College of Cardiology Foundation (12)

American College of Chest Physicians (42)

American College of Critical Care Medicine (5)

American College of Emergency Physicians (11)

American College of Endocrinology (9)

American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine (1)

American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (4)

American College of Gastroenterology (4)

American College of Nurse Practitioners (1)

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (13)

American College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (3)

American College of Physicians (13)

American College of Preventive Medicine (4)

American College of Radiology (99)

American College of Rheumatology (6)

American College of Sports Medicine (1)

American Diabetes Association (19)

American Dietetic Association (12)

American Epilepsy Society (3)

American Gastroenterological Association (29)

American Geriatrics Society (5)

American Health Care Association (2)

American Healthways, Inc (3)

American Heart Association (11)

American Medical Association (3)

American Medical Directors Association (16)

American Medical Women's Association (1)

American Optometric Association (16)

American Pain Society (2)

American Psychiatric Association (9)

American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (3)

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (1)

American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (2)

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (4)

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (11)

American Society for Reproductive Medicine (4)

American Society of Anesthesiologists (2)

American Society of Breast Disease (1)

American Society of Clinical Oncology (16)

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (4)

American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (1)

American Society of Cytopathology (1)

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (7)

American Society of Hematology (3)

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (1)

American Society of Nephrology (1)

American Stroke Association (1)

American Thoracic Society (3)

American Thyroid Association (1)

American Urological Association, Inc. (10)

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (4)