Guidelines
ACP Clinical Practice Guidelines cover many areas of internal medicine, including screening for cancer or other major diseases, diagnosis, treatment and medical technology.
We produce evidence-based clinical practice guidelines that follow a rigorous development process (CEAP) and are based on the highest quality scientific evidence.
Recently Published Guidelines
HIV Screening
New - Screening for HIV in Health Care Settings: A Guidance Statement From the American College of Physicians and HIV Medicine Association
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Depression
New - Using Second-Generation Antidepressants to Treat Depressive Disorders: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
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Rx of Osteoporosis - Pharmacologic Treatment of Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
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Osteoporosis in Men - Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
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Dementia - Current Pharmacologic Treatment of Dementia: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians
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Palliative Care at the End of Life - Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve the Palliative Care of Pain, Dyspnea, and Depression at the End of Life: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
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COPD - Diagnosis and Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
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Low Back Pain - Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society [ Full text | PDF ]
Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes - Glycemic Control and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Optimal Hemoglobin A1c Targets. A Guidance Statement from the American College of Physicians
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Screening Mammography - Screening Mammography for Women 40 to 49 Years of Age: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians [ Full text | PDF ]
More About Guidelines
- Download Recommendation Summaries: Put the Recommendation Summaries for all current ACP Clinical Guidelines on your PDA or mobile device.
- Patient Summaries: Summaries of guidelines written for patients.
- Guideline Process: Learn about ACP Guideline development.
- Future Guidelines: Recommend a topic for future ACP Guideline development.
- Additional Sources: Comprehensive list of Non-ACP Guideline resources.
- Reprints: How to request bulk or single reprints of published ACP Guidelines.
- Inactive Guidelines: The Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee (CEAS) - considers guidelines 5 years old and older to be no longer active.
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- Annals of Internal Medicine, June 16, 2009
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