Current Guidelines
ACP Clinical Practice Guidelines cover many areas of internal medicine, such as screening for cancer or other major diseases; diagnosis; treatment; and medical technology. What's special about our guidelines compared to other guidelines out there? We produce "evidence-based clinical practice guidelines." Evidence-based means our guidelines follow a rigorous development process (CEAP) and are based on the highest quality scientific evidence. A collection of these guidelines is available to Annals subscribers who have PDAs with the Palm OS. Visit the Annals PDA Services page to learn more. For a complete collection of summaries only, follow the instructions on the PDA Portal.
Recently Published Guidelines
.Osteoporosis in Men
New - Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
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Dementia
New - 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
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New - 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
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New - 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
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New - Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society
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Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes
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New - 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
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New - Screening Mammography for Women 40 to 49 Years of Age: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
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All Current Guidelines
Clinical Field: [ Cardiology | Endocrinology & Metabolism | General Internal Medicine | Pulmonology]
Cardiology
| Title | Source and Year |
| Primary Care Management of Chronic Stable Angina and Asymptomatic Suspected or Known Coronary Artery Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2004; 141:562-567 |
| Evaluation of Primary Care Patients with Chronic Stable Angina: Guidelines from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2004; 141:57-64 |
| Management of Newly Detected Atrial Fibrillation: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2003; 139:1009-1017 |
| Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Review of the Evidence for the Role of Pharmacologic Therapy, Electrical Cardioversiofn, and Echocardiography (evidence review) Full Text |
Ann Intern Med. 2003; 139:1018-1033 |
Endocrinology & Metabolism
| Title | Source and Year |
| Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2008 |
| Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Systematic Review for an American College of Physicians Guideline (evidence review) Full Text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2008 |
| Guidelines on Lipid Control in Type 2 diabetes released by ACP (guideline) Full Text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2004 |
| Pharmacologic Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Background Paper for the American College of Physicians (evidence review) Full Text |
Ann Intern Med. 2004; 140:650-658 |
| The Evidence Base for Tight Blood Pressure Control in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (guideline) Full Text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2003 |
| Treatment of Hypertension in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Blood Pressure Goals, Choice of Agents, and Setting Priorities in Diabetes Care (evidence review) Full Text |
Ann Intern Med. 2003 |
General Internal Medicine
| Title | Source and Year |
| Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2008 |
| Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Systematic Review for an American College of Physicians Guideline (evidence review) Full text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2008 |
| Current Pharmacologic Treatment of Dementia: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians (guideline) Full text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2008 |
| Effectiveness of Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine for Treating Dementia: Evidence Review for a Clinical Practice Guideline (evidence review) Full text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2008 |
| 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 (guideline) Full text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2008 |
| Evidence for Improving Palliative Care at the End of Life: A Systematic Review (evidence review) Full text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2008 |
| Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society (guideline) Full text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2007 |
| Medications for Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline (evidence review) Full text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2007 |
| Nonpharmacologic Therapies for Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline (evidence review) Full text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2007 |
| Glycemic Control and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Optimal Hemoglobin A1c Targets. A Guidance Statement from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2007 |
| Screening Mammography for Women 40 to 49 Years of Age: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2007 |
| Screening Mammography in Women 40 to 49 Years of Age: A Systematic Review for the American College of Physicians (evidence review) Full Text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2007 |
| Current Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism in Primary Care: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2007 |
| Review of the Evidence on Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism (evidence review) Full Text | PDF |
Ann Fam Med. 2007 |
| Management of Venous Thromboembolism: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2007 |
| Management of Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review for a Practice Guideline (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2007 |
| Risk Assessment for and Strategies To Reduce Perioperative Pulmonary Complications for Patients Undergoing Noncardiothoracic Surgery (guideline) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2006 |
| Preoperative Pulmonary Risk Stratification for Noncardiothoracic Surgery (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2006 |
| Strategies To Reduce Postoperative Pulmonary Complications after Noncardiothoracic Surgery (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2006 |
| Screening for Hereditary Hemochromatosis: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2005 |
| Screening Primary Care Patients for Hereditary Hemochromatosis with Transferrin Saturation and Serum Ferritin Level: Systematic Review for the American College of Physicians (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2005 |
| Pharmacologic and Surgical Management of Obesity in Primary Care: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2005 |
| Meta-Analysis: Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2005 |
| Meta-Analysis: Surgical Treatment of Obesity (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2005 |
| Pharmacologic Management of Acute Attacks of Migraine and Prevention of Migraine Headache (guideline) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2002 |
Pulmonology
| Title | Source and Year |
| Diagnosis and Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2007 |
| Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review for a Clinical Practice Guideline (evidence review) Full Text | PDF |
Ann Intern Med. 2007 |
| Risk Assessment for and Strategies To Reduce Perioperative Pulmonary Complications for Patients Undergoing Noncardiothoracic Surgery (guideline) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2006 |
| Preoperative Pulmonary Risk Stratification for Noncardiothoracic Surgery (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2006 |
| Strategies To Reduce Postoperative Pulmonary Complications after Noncardiothoracic Surgery (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients |
Ann Intern Med. 2006 |
For more screening and preventive care guidelines, the ACP recommends the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Web site and the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. For HIV Screening and related guidelines, the ACP recommends the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Web site.
Requests for bulk reprints (minimum, 100 copies) of all guidelines published in Annals of Internal Medicine may be made to Helen Canavan, Reprints Coordinator; phone, 215-351-2663; email, reprints@acponline.org.
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