American Academy of Pediatrics

• Evaluation and treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus-1--exposed infant.
• Levels of neonatal care.
• Prenatal screening and diagnosis for pediatricians.
• Providing a primary care medical home for children and youth with cerebral palsy.
• Relief of pain and anxiety in pediatric patients in emergency medical systems.
• The pediatrician’s role in the prevention of missing children.

American College of Cardiology Foundation

• ACC/AHA 2004 guideline update for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1999 Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery).
• ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to revise the 1999 guidelines for the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction).
• ACC/AHA/ASNC guidelines for the clinical use of cardiac radionuclide imaging: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASNC Committee to revise the 1995 guidelines for the clinical use of cardiac radionuclide imaging).
• ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular arrhythmias. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Supraventricular Arrhythmias).

American College of Chest Physicians

• Antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy for ischemic stroke: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.
• Antithrombotic therapy during percutaneous coronary intervention: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.
• Antithrombotic therapy for coronary artery disease: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.
• Antithrombotic therapy for venous thromboembolic disease: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.
• Antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.
• Antithrombotic therapy in children: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.
• Antithrombotic therapy in patients with saphenous vein and internal mammary artery bypass grafts: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.
• Antithrombotic therapy in peripheral arterial occlusive disease: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.
• Antithrombotic therapy in valvular heart disease — native and prosthetic: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.
• Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: recognition, treatment, and prevention: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.
• Medical therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
• Prevention of venous thromboembolism: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.
• Prognosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
• Pulmonary artery hypertension and sleep-disordered breathing: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
• Screening, early detection, and diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
• Surgical treatments/interventions for pulmonary arterial hypertension: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
• The pharmacology and management of the vitamin K antagonists: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.
• Thrombolysis and adjunctive therapy in acute myocardial infarction: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.
• Use of antithrombotic agents during pregnancy: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.

American College of Emergency Physicians

• Clinical policy: evidence-based approach to pharmacologic agents used in pediatric sedation and analgesia in the emergency department.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

• Antepartum fetal surveillance.
• Induction of labor.
• Management of herpes in pregnancy.
• Medical management of endometriosis.
• Medical management of tubal pregnancy.
• Premature rupture of membranes.
• Prevention of Rh D alloimmunization.
• Prophylactic oophorectomy.
• Thrombocytopenia in pregnancy.
• Vaginal birth after previous cesarean delivery.

American College of Physicians

• 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.

American College of Radiology

• ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute respiratory illness in HIV-positive patients.
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for appropriate imaging work-up of palpable breast masses.
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for bone metastases.
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic hip pain.
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic wrist pain.
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for congestive heart failure.
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for evaluation of left lower quadrant pain.
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for evaluation of multiple gestations.
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for pretreatment staging of clinically localized prostate cancer.
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for radiologic investigation of patients with renovascular hypertension.
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for routine admission and preoperative chest radiography.

American Gastroenterological Association

• American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: diagnosis and treatment of gastroparesis.

American Healthways, Inc

• Inpatient management guidelines for people with diabetes.

American Heart Association

• Coronary risk evaluation in patients with transient ischemic attack and ischemic stroke.
• Exercise and physical activity in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
• Guidelines and recommendations for perfusion imaging in cerebral ischemia.
• Guidelines for the early management of patients with ischemic stroke.
• Physical activity and exercise recommendations for stroke survivors.
• Preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. A common agenda for the American Cancer Society, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association.
• Recommendations for physical activity and recreational sports participation for young patients with genetic cardiovascular disease.

American Psychiatric Association

• Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder.

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

• Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction.
• Endoscopic therapy of anorectal disorders.
• Guideline on the management of anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy for endoscopic procedures.
• Modifications in endoscopic practice for pediatric patients.
• Modifications in endoscopic practice for the elderly.
• Preparation of patients for GI endoscopy.
• Role of endoscopy in enteral feeding.
• Role of endoscopy in the evaluation and treatment of patients with pancreaticobiliary malignancy.
• The role of endoscopic ultrasound for evaluation of mediastinal adenopathy.
• Use of endoscopy in diarrheal illnesses.

American Society for Reproductive Medicine

• Estrogen and progestogen therapy in postmenopausal women.
• Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
• Round spermatid nucleus injection (ROSNI).
• Use of clomiphene citrate in women.

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

• Practice parameters for the surveillance and follow-up of patients with colon and rectal cancer.

American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses

• ASPAN pain and comfort clinical guideline.
• Clinical guideline for the prevention of unplanned perioperative hypothermia.

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

• Screening for lung cancer: updated recommendations from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
• The role of vitamin E supplements in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Fetal alcohol syndrome. Guidelines for referral and diagnosis.
• Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis: evaluation of benefits and risks and recommendations for state newborn screening programs.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

• Evidence based clinical practice guideline for fever of uncertain source in children 2 to 36 months of age.

Consensus Conference Panel on Subclinical Thyroid Disease

• Subclinical thyroid disease: scientific review and guidelines for diagnosis and management.

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

• Practice management guidelines for the management of genitourinary trauma.

European Society of Cardiology

• Expert consensus document on angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in cardiovascular disease.
• Expert consensus document on B-adrenergic receptor blockers.

Finnish Medical Society Duodecim

• Acne.
• Atrial fibrillation: drug treatment and electric cardioversion.
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
• Coronary heart disease (CHD): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
• Differential diagnosis of chest pain.
• Multiple myeloma (MM).
• Myocardial infarction.
• Prolonged cough in children.
• Prolonged cough in children.
• Psoriasis.
• Psoriasis.
• Seborrhoeic dermatitis.
• Skin cancer.
• Syphilis.
• Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
• Thrombocytopenia.
• Ultrasound scanning during pregnancy.
• Urinary incontinence in women.

Infectious Diseases Society of America

• Diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections.
• Practice guidelines for the management of bacterial meningitis.
• Primary care guidelines for the management of persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus: recommendations of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

• Intrapartum fetal heart rate management.
• Preterm birth prevention.
• Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of failure to progress in obstetrical labor.
• Preventive services for adults.
• Preventive services for children and adolescents.
• Routine prenatal care.
• Vaginal birth after cesarean.

Intracorp

• Allergies: occupational/environmental.
• Angina pectoris.
• Aortic regurgitation.
• Aortic stenosis.
• Arrhythmia.
• Atherosclerosis.
• Burns.
• Chemical inhalants/carbon monoxide inhalation.
• Chronic fatigue syndrome.
• Diabetes mellitus.
• Fibromyalgia.
• Intradiscal electrotherapy.
• Rotator cuff tear.

Joint Epilepsy Council

• National statement of good practice for the treatment and care of people who have epilepsy.

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

• Expert panel on weight loss surgery.

Medrisk

• Low back.

Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium

• Management of adults with major depression.
• Management of diabetes mellitus.
• Management of persistent asthma.

National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health

• Antenatal care: routine care for the healthy pregnant woman.
• Fertility: assessment and treatment for people with fertility problems.

National Environmental Education and Training Foundation, Inc.

• National pesticide competency guidelines for medical & nursing education.

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)

• Caesarean section.
• Chronic heart failure. Management of chronic heart failure in adults in primary and secondary care.
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults in primary and secondary care.
• Dental recall - recall interval between routine dental examinations.
• Dyspepsia. Management of dyspepsia in adults in primary care.
• Hypertension. Management of hypertension in adults in primary care.
• Multiple sclerosis. Management of multiple sclerosis in primary and secondary care.
• Pressure ulcer prevention. Pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention, including the use of pressure-relieving devices (beds, mattresses and overlays) for the prevention of pressure ulcers in primary and secondary care.
• The epilepsies: the diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care.
• Type 2 diabetes. Prevention and management of foot problems.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Celiac Disease

• National Institutes of Health consensus development conference statement on celiac disease.

New York State Department of Health

• Aspects of primary care for the HIV-infected substance user.
• Dermatologic manifestations.
• Diagnostic, prognostic, and resistance tests for HIV.
• Growth, body composition, and metabolism.
• Hepatitis A virus.
• Hepatitis C virus.
• HIV drug - drug interactions.
• HIV post-exposure prophylaxis following non-occupational exposure including sexual assault.
• HIV post-exposure prophylaxis for children beyond the perinatal period.
• HIV prophylaxis following occupational exposure.
• Identification and ambulatory care of HIV-exposed and - infected adolescents.
• Identification and ambulatory care of HIV-exposed and infected adolescents.
• Long-term complications of antiretroviral therapy.
• Oral health management of children and adolescents with HIV infections.
• Pediatric antiretroviral therapy.
• Pediatric malignancies.
• Primary care approach to the HIV-infected patient.
• Smoking cessation in HIV-infected patients.

New Zealand Guidelines Group

• Management of dyspepsia and heartburn.
• Surveillance and management of groups at increased risk of colorectal cancer.
• The diagnosis and management of soft tissue shoulder injuries and related disorders.

Pediatric Bariatric Study Group

• Bariatric surgery for severely overweight adolescents: concerns and recommendations.

Practice Guidelines Initiative

• Adjuvant care for stage 1 ovarian cancer.
• Doxorubicin-based chemotherapy for the palliative treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma.
• First-line chemotherapy for postoperative patients with stage II, III or IV epithelial ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer.
• Liposomal anthracyclines in the management of patients with HIV-positive Kaposi’s sarcoma.
• Management of single brain metastases.
• Primary treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer: concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy and radiation.
• Radiopharmaceuticals for the palliation of painful bone metastases.
• Radiotherapy for newly diagnosed malignant glioma in adults.
• Systemic adjuvant therapy for patients at high risk for recurrent melanoma.
• Systemic therapy for advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, and advanced or recurrent uterine papillary serous carcinoma.
• The role of taxanes in first-line therapy of advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
• The treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
• Use of bisphosphonates in women with breast cancer.

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario

• Adult asthma care guidelines for nurses: promoting control of asthma.
• Assessment and device selection for vascular access.
• Assessment and management of venous leg ulcers.
• Best practice guideline for the subcutaneous administration of insulin in adults with Type 2 diabetes.
• Breastfeeding best practice guidelines for nurses.
• Caregiving strategies for older adults with delirium, dementia and depression.
• Integrating smoking cessation into daily nursing practice.
• Promoting asthma control in children.
• Reducing foot complications for people with diabetes.
• Screening for delirium, dementia, and depression in older adults.

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

• (1) British guideline on the management of asthma. A clinical national guideline. (2) British guideline on the management of asthma. Update to printed guideline.
• (1) Diagnosis and management of epilepsy in adults. A national clinical guideline. (2) Diagnosis and management of epilepsy in adults. Update to printed guideline.
• (1) Perioperative blood transfusion for elective surgery. A national clinical guideline. (2) Perioperative blood transfusion for elective surgery. Update to printed guideline.
• British guideline on the management of asthma. A clinical national guideline.
• Management of patients with stroke: identification and management of dysphagia. A national clinical guideline.
• Postoperative management in adults. A practical guideline to postoperative care for clinical staff.
• Safe sedation of children undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. A national clinical guideline.
• The management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence in primary care. A national clinical guideline.

Singapore Ministry of Health

• Management of helicobacter pylori infection.

Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Inc

• Esophageal achalasia.
• Indications for splenectomy.
• Management of Barrett's Esophagus.
• Operative treatment for chronic pancreatitis.
• Surgery for hepatic colorectal metastases.
• Surgical management of hemorrhoids.
• Surgical repair of groin hernias.
• Surgical repair of incisional hernias.
• Surgical treatment of disease and injuries of the spleen.
• Surgical treatment of diverticulitis.
• Surgical treatment of esophageal cancer.
• Surgical treatment of gastric cancer.
• Surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer.
• Surgical treatment of reflux esophagitis.
• Treatment of acute pancreatitis.
• Treatment of gallstone and gallbladder disease.
• Treatment of perineral suppurative processes.

Strategic National Stockpile

• Medical management of the acute radiation syndrome: recommendations of the Strategic National Stockpile Radiation Working Group.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (U.S.)

• Clinical guidelines for the use of buprenorphine in the treatment of opioid addition.
• Substance abuse treatment and family therapy.

University of Michigan Health System

• Asthma.
• Venous thromboembolism (VTE).

University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program

• Evaluation and treatment of childhood obesity.
• Initiating exercise in adults with chronic illness.
• Recommendations to diagnose and treat adult hair loss disorders or alopecia in primary care settings (non pregnant female and male adults).
• Screening for metabolic syndrome in adults.

Veterans Health Administration

• Management of psychoses.
• The management of diabetes mellitus in the primary care setting.
• The pharmacologic management of chronic heart failure.
• The pharmacologic management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for management of ischemic heart disease.
• VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of opioid therapy for chronic pain.
• VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of post-traumatic stress.
• VHA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of adults with gastroesophageal reflux disease in primary care practice.

Washington State Department of Labor and Industries

• Guideline for the evaluation and treatment of injured workers with psychiatric conditions.
• Review criteria for cervical surgery for entrapment of a single nerve root.

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