ACP Clinical Practice Guidelines
ACP produces "evidence-based clinical practice guidelines," which means our guidelines follow a rigorous development process and are based on the highest quality scientific evidence.
Current Guidelines
- Guideline: Screening Mammography for Women 40 to 49 Years of Age: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (2007)
Full text | PDF | Summary for Patients - Evidence Review: Screening Mammography in Women 40 to 49 Years of Age: A Systematic Review for the American College of Physicians
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- Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline Update from the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, and European Respiratory Society (2011)
Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients | Video News Release
- Guideline: Current Pharmacologic Treatment of Dementia: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians (2008)
Full text | PDF | Summary for Patients - Evidence Review: Effectiveness of Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine for Treating Dementia: Evidence Review for a Clinical Practice Guideline
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- Guideline: Using Second-Generation Antidepressants to Treat Depressive Disorders: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (2008)
Full text | PDF | Summary for Patients - Evidence Review: Comparative Benefits and Harms of Second-Generation Antidepressants: Background Paper for the American College of Physicians
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- Guideline: Hormonal Testing and Pharmacologic Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians (2009)
Full text | PDF | Summary for Patients | Video News Release - Evidence Review: Oral Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors and Hormonal Treatments for Erectile Dysfunction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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- Guideline: Use of Intensive Insulin Therapy for the Management of Glycemic Control in Hospitalized Patients: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians (2011)
Full text | PDF - Evidence Review: Intensive Insulin Therapy in Hospitalized Patients: A Systematic Review
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- Guideline: Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society (2007)
Full text | PDF | Summary for Patients | Video News Release | Pocketcard | eGuidelineViewer (digital Pocketcard) - Evidence Review: 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
Full text | PDF - Evidence Review: 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
Full text | PDF | Video News Release
- Guideline: Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (2008)
Full text | PDF | Summary for Patients | Video News Release - Evidence Review: Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Systematic Review for an American College of Physicians Guideline
Full text | PDF - Guideline: Pharmacologic Treatment of Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (2008)
Full text | PDF - Evidence Review: Systematic Review: Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women with Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis
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Screening for Osteoporosis in Men
Treatment of Osteoporosis
- Guideline: 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 (2008)
Full text | PDF | Summary for Patients - Evidence Review: Evidence for Improving Palliative Care at the End of Life: A Systematic Review
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- Guideline: Risk Assessment for and Strategies To Reduce Perioperative Pulmonary Complications for Patients Undergoing Noncardiothoracic Surgery (2006)
Full text | PDF | Summary for Patients - Evidence Review: Preoperative Pulmonary Risk Stratification for Noncardiothoracic Surgery
Full text | PDF | Summary for Patients - Evidence Review: Strategies To Reduce Postoperative Pulmonary Complications after Noncardiothoracic Surgery
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- Guideline: Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Patients: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians
Full text | PDF | Summary for Patients | Video News Release - Evidence Review: Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Medical Patients and Those With Stroke: A Background Review for an American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline
Full text | PDF | Summary for Patients - Guideline: 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 (2007)
Full text | PDF - Evidence Review: Review of the Evidence on Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Full
Full text | PDF - Guideline: Management of Venous Thromboembolism: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians (2007)
Full text | PDF | Summary for Patients - Evidence Review: Management of Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review for a Practice Guideline
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Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Patients
Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism
Management of Venous Thromboembolism
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 Mary Kay Crowther, phone: 215-351-2837, email: mkcrowther@acponline.org.
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