Finding Basic Clinical Information: Practice Guidelines and Policy Statements

Practice Guidelines and Policy Statements

• National Guideline Clearinghouse - evidence-based clinical practice guidelines searchable by disease/condition, treatment/intervention, or by organization.

Practice Guidelines Provided by Professional Organizations

• American Academy of Family Physicians
  Clinical Recommendations (Policy Statements and Clinical Practice Guidelines) and Annual Clinical Focus
• American Academy of Neurology
  Practice Guidelines
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  Guidelines
• American Academy of Pediatrics
  Practice Guidelines
• American Association for Respiratory Care
  Clinical Practice Guidelines from Respiratory Care Journal Website
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
  Clinical Guidelines Online Index
• American College of Cardiology
  Clinical Statements/Guidelines and Guidelines Applied in Practice
• American College of Chest Physicians
  Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines
• American College of Critical Care Medicine
  Guidelines and Practice Parameters, through the Society of Critical Care Medicine Website
• American College of Emergency Physicians
  Clinical Policies
• American College of Gastroenterology
  Practice Guidelines
• American College of Physicians
  Guidelines
• American College of Preventive Medicine
  Policy and Position Statements
• American College of Radiology
  Guidelines & Standards (scroll down page to "Categories", etc.)
• American College of Rheumatology
  Treatment Guidelines, Position Statements, and Classification Criteria for Rheumatic Diseases
• American Diabetes Association
  2005 Clinical Practice Recommendations (Diabetes Care Volume 28, Supplement 1)
• American Geriatric Society
  Guidelines and Position Statements
• American Heart Association
  Scientific Statements and Practice Guidelines
• American Psychiatric Association
  Practice Guidelines
• American Society of Anesthesiologists
  The Clinical Information Section Practice Parameters, Standards, Guidelines, and Statements, and other materials
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
  Practice Guidelines
• American Society of Reproductive Medicine
  Practice Committee Reports: Guidelines, Statements and Opinions
• Canadian Paediatric Association
  Position Statements - Browse by topic or title, or search.
• Infectious Diseases Society of America
  Practice Guidelines
• Society of Interventional Radiology
  Clinical Practice Guidelines