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Links to Clinical Practice Guidelines for Handheld Computers
All National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC™) Guideline Summaries are available in a
text format downloadable to the Palm-based Pesonal Digital Assistant (PDA).
See the PDA Download page for additional information.
In order to download a specific summary for PDA/Palm view:
- Select the guideline that you would like to view
- Click on the "PDA download" link in the Summary box of the Side Menu
In addition, information concerning the availability of full-text guidelines and/or
companion documents available in downloadable versions for the handheld computer
through the guideline developer is listed in a field labeled
"COMPANION DOCUMENTS" in the NGC Guideline Summary.
If such a version of the guideline is available, users will find details about the
download and how to obtain it in the "COMPANION DOCUMENTS" field. The
"COMPANION DOCUMENTS" field is located towards the end of the NGC Guideline
Summary.
Below, NGC has also prepared a list summarizing these available links.
This list is organized alphabetically, by guideline developer organization.
American College of Cardiology
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has developed the ACC InfoGuide™.
The software application and documents listed below are available for download
from the American College of Cardiology Web site.
- Pocket guideline for the management of patients with acute myocardial
infarction.
- Pocket guideline for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction.
- Pocket guideline for coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).
- Pocket guideline for evaluation and management of chronic heart failure in the adult.
- Pocket guideline for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices.
- Pocket guideline for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation.
- Pocket guideline for the management of patients with chronic stable angina.
- Pocket guideline for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery.
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association (AHA) has made a number of its guidelines, jointly
developed with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), available in PDA
downloabable format. Guidelines may be viewed with the freely distributable,
APPRISOR™ Document Viewer for Palm OS, or by the iSilo document reader for
Palm OS or Pocket PC OS. The APPRISOR™ Document Viewer, technical support
information, and the following guidelines are available
for download at www.apprisor.com.
- ACC/AHA pocket guideline for coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
- ACC/AHA pocket guideline for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices.
- ACC/AHA pocket guideline for management of patients with acute myocardial infarction.
- ACC/AHA pocket guideline for management of patients with chronic stable angina.
- ACC/AHA pocket guideline for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery.
- ACC/AHA pocket guideline for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction.
- ACC/AHA pocket guidelines for the management of chronic heart failure in the adult.
- ACC/AHA pocket guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation.
- AHA/ACC secondary guideline for consensus panel guide to comprehensive risk reduction
for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease.
American College of Chest Physicians
The documents listed below are available for download from the
American College of Chest Physicians Web site.
- Evidence-based assessment of diagnostic tests for ventilator-associated pneumonia.
(Quick reference guide for clinicians).
- Managing cough as a defense mechanism and as a symptom. (Quick reference guide for
clinicians).
- Pulmonary rehabilitation: joint ACCP/AACVPR evidence-based guidelines. (Quick reference
guide for clinicians).
- Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy (2001): summary
recommendations. (Quick reference guide for clinicians).
American College of Physicians (ACP)
The document listed below is available for download from the
American College of Physicians Web site.
- Pharmacologic treatment of acute major depression and dysthymia (summary).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The documents listed below are available for download from the
AIDSinfo Web site.
- (1) Prevention and treatment of tuberculosis among patients with infected
human immunodeficiency virus: Principles of therapy and revised recommendations.
(2) Notice to readers: updated guidelines for the use of rifabutin or rifampin
for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients
taking protease inhibitors or nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
tool for Palm OS* or Pocket PC PDA.
- 2001 USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections
in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus tool for Palm OS* or
Pocket PC PDA.
- Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-infected adults and adolescents
tool for Palm OS* or Pocket PC PDA.
- Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection
tool for Palm OS* or Pocket PC PDA.
- Management of possible sexual, injecting-drug-use, or other nonoccupational
exposure to HIV, including considerations related to antiretroviral therapy tool
for Palm OS* or Pocket PC PDA.
- PHS Task Force Recommendations for the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1
Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV-1
Transmission in the U.S. tool for Palm OS* or Pocket PC PDA.
- Updated U.S. Public Health Service guidelines for the management of occupational
exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis tool
for Palm OS* or Pocket PC PDA.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (U.S.)
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
All USPSTF guidelines published in the Annals of Internal Medicine as part of the 3rd Edition of the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services are available for
PDA download from the Annals of Internal Medicine
Web site.
- Aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events: recommendations and rationale.
- Behavioral counseling in primary care to promote physical activity: recommendation and rationale.
- Chemoprevention of breast cancer: recommendations and rationale.
- Lung cancer screening: recommendation statement.
- Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy for the primary prevention of chronic conditions: recommendations and rationale.
- Routine vitamin supplementation to prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease: recommendations and rationale.
- Screening and behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce alcohol misuse: recommendation statement.
- Screening for breast cancer: recommendations and rationale.
- Screening for colorectal cancer: recommendations and rationale.
- Screening for coronary heart disease: recommendation statement.
- Screening for dementia: recommendations and rationale.
- Screening for depression: recommendations and rationale.
- Screening for family and intimate partner violence: recommendation statement.
- Screening for hepatitis C in adults: recommendation statement.
- Screening for obesity in adults: recommendations and rationale.
- Screening for prostate cancer: recommendations and rationale.
- Screening for thyroid disease: recommendation statement.
- Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: recommendations and rationale.
*Palm™ and Palm OS® are trademarks and registration of Palm, Inc.
Copyright and other restrictions may apply to the use of these files. Users should
thoroughly review all information provided by the guideline developer before using these
files.
If you have any questions or comments, please email us at
info@guideline.gov.
