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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(1) Preventing pneumococcal disease among infants and young children. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). (2) Updated recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for use of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in children aged 24--59 months who are not completely vaccinated. This is an addendum to a previously published guideline summary.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Evidence based clinical practice guideline hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Evidence-based care guideline for cytomegalovirus prophylaxis following solid organ transplants. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Assessment and management of acute pain. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Structural neuroimaging in first-episode psychosis.
Singapore Ministry of Health
Diagnosis and management of headache. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.
2007 guideline for the management of ureteral calculi. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Best practice policy statement on urological surgery antimicrobial prophylaxis.
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Diagnosis and management of asthma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Diagnosis and treatment of otitis media in children. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Diagnosis and treatment of respiratory illness in children and adults. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium
Management and prevention of osteoporosis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Management of adults with major depression. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
British Committee for Standards in Haematology
Guideline for laboratory diagnosis of malaria.
Guideline for the diagnosis, investigation and management of polycythaemia/erythrocytosis.
Guideline for the management of patients on oral anticoagulants requiring dental surgery.
Guideline for the use of imaging in the management of myeloma.
Guideline on the assessment of bleeding risk prior to surgery or invasive procedures.
Guidelines for point care testing: haematology.
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry and IFCC Committee for standardization of markers of cardiac damage laboratory medicine practice guidelines: Analytical issues for biochemical markers of acute coronary syndromes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry and IFCC Committee for standardization of markers of cardiac damage laboratory medicine practice guidelines: Analytical issues for biomarkers of heart failure. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry laboratory medicine practice guidelines: Clinical utilization of cardiac biomarker testing in heart failure. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry laboratory medicine practice guidelines: Clinical characteristics and utilization of biochemical markers in acute coronary syndromes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry laboratory medicine practice guidelines: Point of care testing, oversight and administration of cardiac biomarkers for acute coronary syndromes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry laboratory medicine practice guidelines: Use of cardiac troponin and B-type natriuretic peptide or N-terminal proB-type Natriuretic Peptide for Etiologies other than acute coronary syndromes and heart failure. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
British Committee for Standards in Haematology
Guidelines on the insertion and management of central venous access devices in adults.
Obtaining consent for chemotherapy.
Recommendations for the management of BCR-ABL-positive chronic myeloid leukaemia.
Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium
Medical management of adults with osteoarthritis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Outpatient management of uncomplicated deep venous thrombosis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Prevention of unintended pregnancy in adults 18 years and older.
Routine preventive services for children and adolescents (ages 2 - 18).
Routine preventive services for infants and children (birth - 24 months).
Tobacco control. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.)
The diagnosis, evaluation, and management of von Willebrand disease.
National Kidney Foundation
(1) KDOQI clinical practice guidelines and clinical practice recommendations for anemia in chronic kidney disease. (2) 2007 update of hemoglobin target. This is an addendum to a previously published guideline summary.
American Cancer Society
(1) ACS guidelines for breast cancer screening: update 2003. (2) American Cancer Society Guideline for breast screening with MRI as an adjunct to mammography (2007). This is an addendum to a previously published guideline summary.
American Cancer Society guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention: reducing the risk of cancer with healthy food choices and physical activity. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1) General recommendations on immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). 2) Update: recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding administration of combination MMRV vaccine. This is an addendum to a previously published guideline summary.
1) Prevention of varicella: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). 2) Update: recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding administration of combination MMRV vaccine. This is an addendum to a previously published guideline summary.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Infliximab for the treatment of adults with psoriasis.
American College of Physicians
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Managing drug interactions in the treatment of HIV-related tuberculosis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Global Initiative for Asthma
Global strategy for asthma management and prevention. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Diagnosis of breast disease. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium
Medical management of adults with hypertension. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Screening and management of hyperlipidemia. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Screening, diagnosis and referral for substance use disorders. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Veterans Health Administration
VA/DoD Clinical practice guideline for rehabilitation of lower limb amputation.
Brain Trauma Foundation
Guidelines for the field management of combat-related head trauma. Treatment: fluid resuscitation.
Guidelines for the field management of combat-related head trauma. Triage and transport decisions.
Fourth International Conference on the Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain
Pharmacologic management of neuropathic pain: evidence-based recommendations. This updates a previous published guideline summary.
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
Adult asthma care guidelines for nurses: promoting control of asthma. This updates a previous published guideline summary.
Assessment and management of pain. This updates a previous published guideline summary.
Assessment and management of venous leg ulcers. This updates a previous published guideline summary.
Breastfeeding best practice guidelines for nurses. This updates a previous published guideline summary.
Integrating smoking cessation into daily nursing practice. This updates a previous published guideline summary.
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Amblyopia. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Esotropia and exotropia. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Pediatric eye evaluations: I. Screening. II. Comprehensive ophthalmic evaluation. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Refractive errors and refractive surgery. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Vision rehabilitation for adults. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.
Guideline for the management of nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer: (stages Ta,T1, and Tis): 2007 update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Recommended adult immunization schedule: United States, October 2007-September 2008.
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Treatment of Aspergillosis: clinical practice guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and use of laparoscopy for surgical problems during pregnancy. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
United States Preventive Services Task Force
Screening for congenital hypothyroidism: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reaffirmation recommendation statement. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Screening for phenylketonuria (PKU): U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reaffirmation recommendation statement. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
American College of Emergency Physicians
American Gastroenterological Association Institute
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Clinical Oncology 2007 update recommendations for the use of tumor markers in breast cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Use of epoetin and darbepoetin in patients with cancer: 2007 American Society of Clinical Oncology/American Society of Hematology clinical practice guideline update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
British Association of Sexual Health and HIV
2006 national guideline for the management of lymphogranuloma venereum. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
National guideline for the management of bacterial vaginosis (2006). This updates a previously published guideline summary.
United Kingdom national guideline for the management of anogenital warts, 2007. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
United Kingdom national guideline on the management of trichomonas vaginalis (2007). This updates a previously published guideline summary.
New Zealand Guidelines Group
Management of burns and scalds in primary care.
United States Preventive Services Task Force
Brain Trauma Foundation
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Anesthetics, analgesics, and sedatives. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Antiseizure prophylaxis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Blood pressure and oxygenation. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Brain oxygen monitoring and thresholds. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Cerebral perfusion thresholds. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Hyperosmolar therapy. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Hyperventilation. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Indications for intracranial pressure monitoring. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Infection prophylaxis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Intracranial pressure monitoring technology. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Intracranial pressure thresholds. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Nutrition. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Prophylactic hypothermia. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Steroids. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
American Heart Association
Prevention of infective endocarditis: guidelines from the American Heart Association.
Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in nursing practice: focus on children and youth.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Interventions in schools to prevent and reduce alcohol use among children and young people.
University of Michigan Health System
Allergic rhinitis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Otitis media. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
American College of Chest Physicians
Bronchial intraepithelial neoplasia/early central airways lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Bronchioloalveolar lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition)
Evaluation of patients with pulmonary nodules: when is it lung cancer?: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Follow-up and surveillance of the lung cancer patient following curative-intent therapy: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guideline. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Initial diagnosis of lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Initial evaluation of the patient with lung cancer: symptoms, signs, laboratory tests, and paraneoplastic syndromes: ACCP evidenced-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Invasive mediastinal staging of lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Lung cancer chemoprevention: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Management of small cell lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Palliative care consultation, quality-of-life measurements, and bereavement for end-of-life care in patients with lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Palliative care in lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Screening for lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Special treatment issues in lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
The noninvasive staging of non-small cell lung cancer: ACCP evidenced-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
The physiologic evaluation of patients with lung cancer being considered for resectional surgery: ACCP evidenced-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Treatment of non-small cell lung cancer stage I and stage II: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, stage IIIB: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, stage IV: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Treatment of non-small cell lung cancer-stage IIIA: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) This updates a previously published guideline summary.
American Association of Poison Control Centers
Dextromethorphan poisoning: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management.
Elemental mercury exposure: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management.
Methylphenidate poisoning: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management.
Valproic acid poisoning: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.)
Control of environmental factors and comorbid conditions that affect asthma: Expert panel report 3: guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Education for a partnership in asthma care: Expert panel report 3: guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Managing asthma long term in children 0-4 years of age and 5-11 years of age: Expert panel report 3: guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Managing asthma long term in youths >12 years of age and Adults: Expert panel report 3: guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Managing asthma long term-special situations: Expert panel report 3: guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Managing exacerbations of asthma: Expert panel report 3: guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Measures of asthma assessment and monitoring: Expert panel report 3: guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Medications: Expert panel report 3: guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
United States Preventive Services Task Force
Screening for bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy to prevent preterm delivery: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
American College of Physicians
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of chronic asthma in children under the age of 12 years.
Omalizumab for severe persistent allergic asthma.
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
External cephalic version and reducing the incidence of breech presentation.
Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes.
The investigation and management of endometriosis.
The management of early pregnancy loss.
The management of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
The management of third- and fourth-degree perineal tears.
Thromboembolic disease in pregnancy and the puerperium: acute management.
American Psychiatric Association
Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Finnish Medical Society Duodecim
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Thrombocytopenia. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Tonsillitis and pharyngitis in children. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Treatment of acute exacerbation of asthma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Treatment of hyperlipidaemia: aims and selection. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Tularaemia. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Joslin Diabetes Center
Guideline for the care of the older adult with diabetes.
Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute
Adult asthma clinical practice guidelines.
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Birth after previous caesarean birth.
The management of breech presentation.
American College of Cardiology Foundation
ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina/non ST-Elevation myocardial infarction. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and care for noncardiac surgery. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
American College of Emergency Physicians
American College of Radiology
Anal cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Dementia and movement disorders. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Limping child: ages 0-5 years.
Finnish Medical Society Duodecim
Multiple myeloma (MM). This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Nephropathia epidemica (NE). This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Palliative treatment of cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Rhabdomyolysis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Seborrhoeic dermatitis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Systemic diseases in pregnancy. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
United States Preventive Services Task Force
Screening for illicit drug use: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
American College of Radiology
Growth disturbances: risk of intrauterine growth restriction. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Staging and follow-up of ovarian cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Finnish Medical Society Duodecim
Eating disorders among children and adolescents. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
HIV infection. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Long-term management of asthma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Metabolic syndrome. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
1) Immunizations. 2) Immunization update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Preventive services for adults. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Preventive services for children and adolescents. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
Singapore Ministry of Health
The Endocrine Society
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Practice parameter for the assessment of the family.
Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with depressive disorders. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Summary of recommendations for clinical preventive services. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Diagnosis and treatment of gestational trophoblastic disease.
Dystocia and augmentation of labor.
Multiple gestation: complicated twin, triplet, and high-order multifetal pregnancy.
Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy.
Prophylactic antibiotics in labor and delivery.
European Federation of Neurological Societies
EFNS guidelines on neurostimulation therapy for neuropathic pain.
North American Spine Society
Diagnosis and treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.
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