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ATSDR emergency procedures for incidents involving hazardous materials/chemicals

Treating chemical casualties of war

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome treatment recommendations

Establishing an Effective Continence Program in a Long-Term Care Facilities

Ethical Guidelines for Occupational and Environmental Medicine Expert Witnesses

Guide for physicians developed by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism

A Research-Based Guide

Five "musts" for implementing practice guidelines

Algorithms, or flow charts, that describe the processes involved in occupational health treatment

Generally accepted principles for patient management

Cancer profiler - info by cancer type

Professional stroke prevention guidelines, Stroke Center recommendations, etc.

A guide to the patient physical exam

Clinical guidelines for endocrine conditions

American Academy of Family Physicians clinical guidelines

The text of the official AAN clinical practice guidelines

These recommendations are outdated and are no longer viewed as guidance - archival database only

AHA publishes medical scientific statements on various cardiovascular disease and stroke topics

Text of the clinical practice guidelines for optometry

Full text of clinical practice guidelines

Evaluation protocols - for injuries rated with the 1997 permanent disability rating schedule or latest

American College of Cardiology & American Heart Association cardiovascular disease guidelines

American College of Chest Physicians clinical practice guidelines

Federal guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity

Advice for medical professionals

Guide to Community Preventive Services prevention guidelines for 12 target conditions

From the American Thoracic Society

22 of the 32 protocols for substance abuse are online - others may be ordered

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations

Treatment of blood pressure in acute stroke

HIV treatment guidelines developed by panels of clinicians and researchers

US federally approved treatment guidelines for HIV and AIDS

Text of the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement's 47 health care guidelines

Practice Guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Current issues and archives off MMWR guidelines for public health

The listing is organized alphabetically, by organization name

An internet resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

Syntheses are systematic comparisons of selected guidelines that address similar topic areas

Full text of the clinical practice guidelines for New Zealand

Guidelines for asthma, cholesterol, hypertension and obesity

Access to more than 100 NIH Consensus Development Program Statements

American Academy of Pain Medicine statements on chronic pain

Official policy statements from the American Academy of Pediatrics

For evaluating armed forces personnel and veterans returning from deployment

American College of Rheumatology classification criteria, position statements, and guidelines

Full text of the clinical practice guidelines for Scotland

Examines methods for selecting topics and setting priorities for clinical practice guidelines

Stroke Prevention Guidelines for professionals

Over 70 preventive medicine clinical guidelines

Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

American Diabetes Associations' clinical practice recommendations for diabetes care

Clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, complications and more

Information for public health personnel

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) guidelines, recommendations, descriptions

Includes clinical algorithms and drugs used in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

First aid guidelines for water rescue

Full text of a hospital's infection control manual

Public health service recommendations for the management of health-care workers exposed to HIV

Example of a medical center's isolation precautions

Position statements on Occupational Medicine & Environmental Medicine

Medical management of the lead-exposed worker

Guidelines for the initial evaluation of the adult patient with acute musculoskeletal symptoms

Physician reference articles

Guides for the diagnosis and management of asthma for sufferers

References from the American College of Radiology on Appropriate Utilization

A discussion of the condition

Medical guidelines for medical professionals

Advice from podiatrists on foot care in sports

Baseline Results From the National Surgical Infection Prevention Project

American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons clinical treatment guidelines

Text of the Quick Reference Guide

Association for those involved in the use of ultrasound for medical diagnosis