Medical Clinical Practice & Preventive Health Guidelines

• American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer (Last Revised July 2020) - American Cancer Society (ACS)
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations (Publication dates vary) - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

• Asthma Care Quick Reference Diagnosing and Managing Asthma Guidelines from the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. Expert Panel Report 3 (Revised 2012) - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institute of Health (NIH); National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (Full Report July 2007) and Changes to the Guidelines (August 2008) - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institute of Health (NIH); National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• 2020 GINA Report, Global Strategy For Asthma Management and Prevention - Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA)

• Low Back Pain, Adult Acute and Subacute (Updated March 2018) - Institute for Clinical Improvement (ISCI)
• Clinical Practice Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain (PDF) (2017) - Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense (VA/DoD)
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: a Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society (February 5, 2008) - American College of Physicians; American Pain Society  
• Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians (April 2017) - American College of Physicians

• Radiation Therapy for the Whole Breast: An American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Evidence-Based Guidelines (PDF) - American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
• ASTRO/ASCO/AUA Guideline on Hypofractionation for Localized Prostate Cancer (November 2018) - American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
• AUA/ASTRO/SUO Guideline on Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (April 2017) - American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
• ASCO Guidelines by Clinical Area - American Society of Clinical Oncology
• NCCN Guidelines® & Clinical Resources - National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

• Final Recommendation Statement Gonorrhea and Chlamydia: Screening, September 2014 - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

• Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (PDF) (2019 Report) - The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
• Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (2014 – update in progress) - United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD)

• The Care of Children With Congenital Heart Disease in Their Primary Medical Home (2017) - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC)

• Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) (Revised October 2020) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents. The Report of the Expert Panel (October 2012) - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institute of Health (NIH); National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• ACC/AHA Prevention Guideline: 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk (Circulation. 2014; 129:S49-S73) (Published online November 12, 2013) - American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force
• Routine Assessment and Promotion of Physical Activity in Healthcare Settings; A scientific statement from the American Heart Association (Circulation. 2018; 137:e495–e522) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• AHA Scientific Statement: Secondary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults. (Circulation. 2013; 128:2422-2446) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• AHA/ACC/ASH Scientific Statement Treatment of Hypertension in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. (Circulation 2015;131:e435-e470) - American Heart Association (AHA), American College of Cardiology (ACC), and American Society of Hypertension
• AHA/ACCF Guideline: Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients with Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease, 2011 Update (PDF) (Circulation. 2011; 124: 2458-2473) - American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACC)
• 2019 AHA/ACCF Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines (Correction, Volume 141, Issue 4) - American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACC)

• Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guideline for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016 - Society of Critical Care Medicine and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine

• AACE/ACE Consensus Statement: Consensus Statement by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology on the Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm-2020 Executive Summary (PDF) (Endocrine Practice 2020; Volume 26, No.1) - American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology
• Clinical Practice Recommendations – 2020 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (Diabetes Care 2020, Volume 43, Supplement 1) - American Diabetes Association (ADA)

• Guidelines by Topic: Epilepsy - American Academy of Neurology and American Epilepsy Society

• American Geriatrics Society 2019 Updated AGS Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults - American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
• Managing Medicines for Adults Receiving Social Care in the Community (2017) - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

• Choosing Wisely (2018) - Choosing Wisely; American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation

• 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the ACC, AHA and HFSA (PDF) (Circulation. 2017; CIR.0000000000000509, originally published April 28, 2017) - American College of Cardiology (ACC) Foundation, American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA)
• Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines on Heart Failure: An International Alignment (April 2017) - American Heart Association (AHA), American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACC), Heart Failure Society of American (HFSA), and the Heart Failure Association and the European Society of Cardiology

• NHF‐McMaster Guideline on Care Models for Hemophilia Management (2017) - National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF)

• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening (2019) - United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
• Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Preexposure Prophylaxis (2019) - United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
• Routine Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening (2014) - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
• Recommendations for the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant Women with HIV Infection and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States (2019) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Diagnosis and Management of Acute HIV Infection (2018) - AIDS Institute

• Lipid Management in Adults (February 2017) - Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)
• ACC/AHA Prevention Guideline: 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults (Circulation 2014; 129:S1-S45) - American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

• 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines - Journal of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Recommended adult immunization schedule for ages 19 years and older, United States 2020 - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

Recommended child and adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger, United States, 2020 - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

Prevention and Control of  Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the ACIP — United States, 2019-20 Influenza Season - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

• CDC’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program - Advisory Committee for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention (ACCLPP)
• Recommendations for Blood Lead Screening of Medicaid-Eligible Children Aged 1-5 Years: an Updated Approach to Targeting a Group at High Risk (Last Reviewed 07/28/2009) - Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning, Division of Environmental and Emergency Health Services, and National Center for Environmental Health

• Transitions of Care in the Long-Term Care Continuum Clinical Practice Guidelines (PDF) (2010) - American Medical Directors Association

• CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (August 28, 2019) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis (2020 Update) - American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)
• ACOG Practice Bulletin N. 129. Osteoporosis (2012) - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

• Palliative Care for Adults (January 2020) - Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

• Guidelines on Periodicity of Examination, Preventive Dental Services, Anticipatory Guidance/Counseling, and Oral Treatment for Infants, Children, and Adolescents (Revised 2018) - American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
• Periodicity Schedule: Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care (2020) - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

• AFP by Topic: Prenatal (Publication dates vary) - American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
• AFP by Topic: Labor, Delivery, and Post-Partum Issues (Publication dates vary) - American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
• Guidelines for Perinatal Care, Eighth Edition (2017) - The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)  Available online for ACOG members only.

• Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society (PDF) (2016) - Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
• The Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older Than 3 Months of Age: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (PDF) (2011) - Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

• Adult and Pediatric treatment recommendations (Adult reviewed Oct. 2017, Pediatric Feb. 2017) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• AFP by Topic: Respiratory Tract Infections (Publication dates vary) - American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Respiratory Illness in Children and Adults (Updated September 2017) - Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

• American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (2020) - American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

• Sickle Cell Disease, Recommendations (Last reviewed Aug. 9, 2017) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Evidence-Based Management of Sickle Cell Disease: Expert Panel report, 2014 (PDF) - National Institutes of Health Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

• Standards for Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs -  Association Of Maternal And Child Health Programs and the National Academy For State Health Policy

• Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation During Pregnancy (PDF) (May 2020) - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
• Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions (2015 – update in progress) - United Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
• Prevention and Cessation of Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions (April 2020) - United Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

• Management of Concussion-mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) (2016- update in progress) - United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD)

• Adult Weight Management (AWM) Guideline (2014) - Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Clinical Report: Preventing Obesity and Eating Disorders in Adolescents (Pediatrics Vol. 138 Iss.3 Sept. 2016 pp.1834-1842) - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Managing Overweight and Obesity in Adults: Systematic Evidence Review from the Obesity Expert Panel (2013) - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Final Recommendation Statement Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening (June 2017) - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
• Clinical practice guideline for multicomponent behavioral treatment of obesity and overweight in children and adolescents (PDF) (March 2018) - American Psychological Association (APA)

• For Healthcare Providers: New Zika and Dengue Testing Guidance (November 2019) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)