Additional Sources
Guidelines from Other Medical Societies
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
Guidelines written jointly by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
American Academy of Neurology
Guideline assessing Carotid Endarterectomy
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Clinical Statement on Screening for Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Guidelines on liver related topics
American Heart Association
Scientific Statement on Diagnosis and Management of the Metabolic Syndrome. Written jointly by American Heart Association and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Gerontological Society of America
Guideline concerning malnutrition in long term care facilities.
Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
Practice Parameters
National Kidney Foundation
Guideline for General Internists and Sub-specialists on Chronic Kidney Disease: Evaluation, Classification, and Stratification.
Online Guideline Collections
National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)
NGC is a public resource for evidence based clinical practice guidelines. In addition to this Web-based site for guidelines, the National Guidelines Clearinghouse has a limited supply of NGC tutorials available on CD-ROM. The tutorial walks the user through a series of informative demonstrations and scenarios on using NGC. The tutorial can be run on Windows or Macintosh operating systems, using Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator browsers with a minimum of 32 MB of RAM, a sound card and speakers. The CD-ROM is available free of charge by calling the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse at 1-800-358-9295.
United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
Recommendations on preventive care and screening.
Online Resources about Guidelines
Institute of Medicine
Guidelines for Clinical Practice: From Development to Use. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1992.
Setting Priorities for Clinical Practice Guidelines. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1995.
Other Resources about Guidelines
Eddy, David M. Clinical Decision Making: From Theory to Practice: A Collection of Essays From the Journal of the American Medical Association. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 1996.
The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. Users' guides to the medical literature. VIII. How to use clinical practice guidelines. A. Are the recommendations valid? JAMA 1995 Aug 16;274(7):570-574
The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. Users' guides to the medical literature. VIII. How to use clinical practice guidelines. B. What are the recommendations and will they help you in caring for your patients? JAMA 1995 Nov 22;274(20):1630-1632.
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