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DECEMBER 30, 2002

American Medical Directors Association (AMDA)

Altered nutritional status.

Dehydration and fluid maintenance.

Heart failure. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

DECEMBER 23, 2002

Task Force on Community Preventive Services

Recommendations on selected interventions to prevent dental caries, oral and pharyngeal cancers, and sports-related craniofacial injuries.

Recommendations to increase physical activity in communities.

DECEMBER 16, 2002

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

Summary of policy recommendations for periodic health examinations. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

California Diabetes Control Program/Diabetes Coalition of California

Basic guidelines for diabetes care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

DECEMBER 9, 2002

American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP)

2001 consensus guidelines for the management of women with cervical cytological abnormalities. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Medical Society for the Study of Venereal Diseases (MSSVD)/Association for Genitourinary Medicine (AGUM)

2002 national guideline on the management of the viral hepatitides A, B, and C. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Task Force on Community Preventive Services

Recommendations for healthcare system and self-management education interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality from diabetes.

DECEMBER 2, 2002

United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Screening for prostate cancer: recommendations and rationale. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)

Guidelines for emergency tracheal intubation immediately following traumatic injury.

NOVEMBER 25, 2002

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)

AACE medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and treatment of hyperandrogenic disorders.

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for the management of diabetes mellitus: the AACE system of intensive diabetes self-management--2002 update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AAEM)

Practice parameter for repetitive nerve stimulation and single fiber EMG evaluation of adults with suspected myasthenia gravis or Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome: summary statement.

Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines Initiative (CCOPGI)

First-line chemotherapy for postoperative patients with stage II, III or IV epithelial ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer.

Optimal therapy for patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma and the role of high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell support.

Use of dexrazoxane as a cardioprotectant in patients receiving doxorubicin or epirubicin chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Primary prevention of hypertension. Clinical and public health advisory from the National High Blood Pressure Education Program. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

NOVEMBER 18, 2002

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

(1) Guidelines for monitoring and management of pediatric patients during and after sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. (2) Guidelines for monitoring and management of pediatric patients during and after sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures: addendum. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)

K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification.

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

Cardiac rehabilitation. A national clinical guideline.

Prevention and management of hip fracture in older people. A national clinical guideline.

Safe sedation of children undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. A national clinical guideline.

NOVEMBER 11, 2002

NGC Guideline Summaries:

American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)

Pulmonary rehabilitation.

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)

Evidence-based guidelines for weaning and discontinuation of ventilatory support.

American Healthways, Inc.

Specialty referral guidelines for cardiovascular evaluation and management.

New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)

(1) Best practice evidence-based guideline for the appropriate prescribing of hormone replacement therapy. (2) Guideline update: hormone replacement therapy.

University of Iowa Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center, Research Dissemination Core

Evidence-based protocol. Elderly suicide: secondary prevention.

Evidence-based protocol. Wandering.

NGC Guideline Synthesis:

Management of gastroenteritis in pediatrics. This updates a previously published guideline synthesis.

NOVEMBER 4, 2002

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Guidelines for school programs to prevent skin cancer.

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome - United States: updated recommendations for risk reduction.

Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease. Revised guidelines from CDC. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Progressing toward tuberculosis elimination in low-incidence areas of the United States.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Congestive heart failure in adults.

Dyspepsia.

OCTOBER 28, 2002

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Clinical practice guideline: diagnosis and management of childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

University of Texas at Austin, Family Nurse Practitioner Program

Recommendations for the evaluation and management of nausea and vomiting of early pregnancy (< 20 weeks gestation).

Recommendation for the management of stress and urge urinary incontinence in women.

Recommendations for the treatment of pediculosis capitis (head lice) in children.

Screening for hypertension in adults.

OCTOBER 21, 2002

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC)

Prevention of group B streptococcal infection in newborns.

New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)

Primary care guidelines for the management of core aspects of diabetes care.

Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

Management of chronic kidney disease and pre-ESRD in the primary care setting.

VHA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of substance use disorders.

OCTOBER 14, 2002

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy for the primary prevention of chronic conditions: recommendations and rationale. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria for growth disturbances: risk of intrauterine growth restriction.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for osteoporosis and bone mineral density.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria for acute chest pain--no ECG evidence of myocardial ischemia/infarction. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute pancreatitis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute hand and wrist trauma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute trauma to the knee. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria for chronic elbow pain. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging evaluation of patients with acute abdominal pain and fever. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria for imaging evaluation of the palpable abdominal mass. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria for imaging recommendations for patients with Crohn's disease. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging recommendations for patients with dysphagia. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

2002 update of recommendations for the use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy protectants: clinical practice guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

OCTOBER 7, 2002

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)/American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AAEM)

Practice parameter: electrodiagnostic studies in carpal tunnel syndrome. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

American College of Radiology (ACR)

Standards for breast conservation therapy in the management of invasive breast carcinoma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Standards for the management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast (DCIS). This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Anticoagulation therapy supplement.

Assessment and management of acute pain.

Atrial fibrillation.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Diagnosis and initial treatment of ischemic stroke.

Diagnosis of chest pain.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2002

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Postnatal corticosteroids to treat or prevent chronic lung disease in preterm infants.

Use of photoscreening for children's vision screening.

American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Practice parameters for the use of auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure devices for titrating pressures and treating adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)

Screening for elevated blood lead levels in children.

Weight management counseling of overweight adults.

American Geriatrics Society

Exercise prescription for older adults with osteoarthritis pain: consensus practice recommendations.

Guideline for the prevention of falls in older persons.

Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

Guidelines for primary care providers. Detection and management of young people at risk of suicide.

Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM)

Society of Nuclear Medicine procedure guideline for therapy of thyroid disease with iodine-131 (sodium iodide).

SEPTEMBER 23, 2002

American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines and Policy Conferences (Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation).

Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines Initiative (CCOPGI)

Chemotherapy in stage IV (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Epirubicin, as a single agent or in combination, for metastatic breast cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

The role of single-agent docetaxel (Taxotere) as a second-line treatment for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.

Use of 5-HT3 receptor antagonists in patients receiving moderately or highly emetogenic chemotherapy.

Use of irinotecan (Camptosar, CPT-11) combined with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin (5FU/LV) as first line therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer.

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of group A streptococcal pharyngitis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2002

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Screening for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: recommendations and rationale. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Public Health Service Task Force recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV-1 transmission in the United States. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Cervical cancer screening for women who attend STD clinics or have a history of STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Diseases characterized by urethritis and cervicitis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Ectoparasitic infections. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Hepatitis C. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

HIV infection: detection, counseling, and referral. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Human papillomavirus infection. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Proctitis, proctocolitis, and enteritis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Sexual assault and STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Special populations. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Vaccine preventable STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2002

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Clinical prevention guidelines. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Congenital syphilis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Diseases characterized by genital ulcers. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Diseases characterized by vaginal discharge. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Epididymitis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Management of patients who have a history of penicillin allergy. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

Pelvic inflammatory disease. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2002

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

General recommendations on immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).

School health guidelines to prevent unintentional injuries and violence.

The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)

Management of postmenopausal osteoporosis: position statement of The North American Menopause Society.

Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)/American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)

Clinical practice guidelines for sustained neuromuscular blockade in the adult critically ill patient.

Clinical practice guidelines for the sustained use of sedatives and analgesics in the critically ill adult.

AUGUST 26, 2002

American Healthways, Inc.

Inpatient management guidelines for people with diabetes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Association for Genitourinary Medicine (AGUM)/Medical Society for the Study of Venereal Disease (MSSVD)

2002 guidelines for the management of pelvic infection and perihepatitis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline for the management of anogenital warts. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guidelines for the management of late syphilis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guidelines on the management of adult victims of sexual assault. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline on the management of balanitis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guidelines on the management of early syphilis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline on the management of molluscum contagiosum. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline on the management of Phthirus pubis infestation. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline on the management of scabies. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline on the management of sexually acquired reactive arthritis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline on the management of the viral hepatitides A, B, and C. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

AUGUST 19, 2002

NGC Guideline Summaries:

American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)

ACC/AHA guideline update on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1996 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery). This updates a previously published guideline summary.

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: guidelines on intestinal ischemia.

Brain Trauma Foundation

Part I. Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. In: Management and prognosis of severe traumatic brain injury.

Part II. Early indicators of prognosis in severe traumatic brain injury. In: Management and prognosis of severe traumatic brain injury.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Acute pharyngitis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Diagnosis and management of infertility. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Hypertension diagnosis and treatment. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Rhinitis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

NGC Guideline Syntheses:

Management of pharyngitis/sore throat. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Screening for and management of chlamydial infection. This updates a previously published guideline synthesis.

AUGUST 12, 2002

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: evaluation and management of occult and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: guidelines for the evaluation and management of chronic diarrhea.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: impact of dietary fiber on colon cancer occurrence.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: treatment of pain in chronic pancreatitis.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement on anorectal testing techniques.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement on treatment of patients with dysphagia caused by benign disorders of the distal esophagus..

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement on management of oropharyngeal dysphagia.

American Psychiatric Association

Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder (revision). This updates a previously published guideline summary.

AUGUST 5, 2002

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Behavioral counseling in primary care to promote physical activity: recommendation and rationale. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)

In-hospital transport of the mechanically ventilated patient: 2002 revision and update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Oxygen therapy for adults in the acute care facility: 2002 revision and update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Selection of an oxygen delivery device for neonatal and pediatric patients: 2002 revision and update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: celiac sprue.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: guidelines for the evaluation of food allergies.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: guidelines on constipation.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: hereditary colorectal cancer and genetic testing.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: nausea and vomiting.

American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: parenteral nutrition.

JULY 29, 2002

NGC Guideline Summaries:

Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines Initiative (CCOPGI)

Accelerated radiotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Altered fractionation of radical radiation therapy in the management of unresectable non-small cell lung cancer.

Baseline staging tests in primary breast cancer.

Concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy in squamous cell head and neck cancer (excluding nasopharynx).

Doxorubicin-based chemotherapy for the palliative treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma.

Hyperfractionated radiotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Prophylactic cranial irradiation in small cell lung cancer.

Surveillance programs for early stage non-seminomatous testicular cancer.

The role of thoracic radiotherapy as an adjunct to standard chemotherapy in limited-stage small cell lung cancer.

NGC Guideline Synthesis:

Screening for breast cancer.

JULY 22, 2002

American Diabetes Association (ADA)

Evidence-based nutrition principles and recommendations for the treatment and prevention of diabetes and related complications.

Treatment of hypertension in adults with diabetes.

Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine/Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)

Acute management of autonomic dysreflexia: individuals with spinal cord injury presenting to health-care facilities. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Prevention of thromboembolism in spinal cord injury. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

Day case cataract surgery.

Management of diabetes.

Perioperative blood transfusion for elective surgery.

Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Inc. (SSAT)

Management of ulcerative colitis.

JULY 15, 2002

United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Screening for colorectal cancer: recommendations and rationale. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC)

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for children with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.

Association for Genitourinary Medicine (AGUM)/Medical Society for the Study of Venereal Disease (MSSVD)

2002 national guideline for the management of chancroid. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline for the management of donovanosis (granuloma inguinale). This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline for the management of epididymo-orchitis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline for the management of lymphogranuloma venereum. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline on the management of non-gonococcal urethritis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline for the management of prostatitis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

JULY 8, 2002

American Academy of Pediatrics

Assessment of maltreatment of children with disabilities.

Care of the adolescent sexual assault victim.

Condom use by adolescents.

Clinical practice guideline: treatment of the school-aged child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Sexuality education for children and adolescents.

Association for Genitourinary Medicine (AGUM)/Medical Society for the Study of Venereal Disease (MSSVD)

2002 national guideline for the management of bacterial vaginosis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline for the management of Chlamydia trachomatis genital tract infection. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline for the management of genital herpes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline on the management of gonorrhoea in adults. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline on the management of trichomonas vaginalis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

2002 national guideline on the management of vulvovaginal candidiasis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

JULY 1, 2002

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Chemoprevention of breast cancer: recommendations and rationale.

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Breastfeeding support: prenatal care through the first year.

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Continence for women.

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Neonatal skin care.

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Nursing care of the woman receiving regional analgesia/anesthesia in labor.

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Nursing management of the second stage of labor.

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Promotion of emotional well-being during midlife.

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

2002 guidelines for the use of antimicrobial agents in neutropenic patients with cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

JUNE 24, 2002

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Selecting and using the most appropriate car safety seats for growing children: guidelines for counseling parents. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

Diagnosis and management of aortic dissection.

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure.

Guidelines on management (diagnosis and treatment) of syncope.

Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death of the European Society of Cardiology.

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

Guidelines for surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). This updates a previously published guideline summary.

SAGES guidelines for laparoscopic surgery during pregnancy. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

JUNE 17, 2002

American Diabetes Association (ADA)

Diabetic nephropathy. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Hyperglycemic crises in patients with diabetes mellitus. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Management of dyslipidemia in adults with diabetes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Screening for diabetes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Standards of medical care for patients with diabetes mellitus. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Prevention and control of influenza. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Breast cancer treatment. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Domestic violence. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Preventive services for adults. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Preventive services for children and adolescents. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

JUNE 10, 2002

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria for iliac angioplasty.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria for needle biopsy in the thorax.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria for percutaneous biliary drainage in malignant biliary obstruction.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria for percutaneous catheter drainage of infected intra-abdominal fluid collections.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria for thrombolysis for lower extremity arterial and graft occlusions.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Cardiac stress test supplement. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Routine prenatal care. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Tobacco use prevention and cessation for infants, children and adolescents. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

JUNE 3, 2002

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with schizophrenia. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with suicidal behavior.

Practice parameter for the prevention and management of aggressive behavior in child and adolescent psychiatric institutions with special reference to seclusion and restraint.

Practice parameter for the use of stimulant medications in the treatment of children, adolescents, and adults.

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)

Practice management guidelines for the management of venous thromboembolism in trauma patients. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

World Health Organization (WHO)/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Global initiative for asthma. Global strategy for asthma management and prevention. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

MAY 27, 2002

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Practice parameters for the prevention of venous thromboembolism.

The Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies, Johns Hopkins University

Hemorrhagic fever viruses as biological weapons: medical and public health management.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for children with acute bacterial sinusitis in children 1 to 18 years of age.

Evidence based clinical practice guideline for children with acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in children aged 2 months to 5 years. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Venous thromboembolism. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Task Force on Community Preventive Services

Recommendations to reduce injuries to motor vehicle occupants: increasing child safety seat use, increasing safety belt use, and reducing alcohol-impaired driving.

MAY 20, 2002

American College of Rheumatology

Recommendations for the medical management of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee: 2000 update. This updates two previously published guideline summaries.

Recommendations for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: 2001 update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

The Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Anthrax as a biological weapon, 2002: updated recommendations for management. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Ministry of Health (Singapore)

Lipids.

United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Screening for depression: recommendations and rationale. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

MAY 13, 2002

Alzheimer's Association of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties

Guidelines for Alzheimer's disease management. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Ottawa Health Research Institute

Ottawa Ankle Rules for ankle injury radiography.

Ottawa Knee Rule for knee injury radiography.

MAY 6, 2002

American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)

ACC/AHA guidelines for the evaluation and management of chronic heart failure in the adult: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1995 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure). This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC)

Screening for otitis media with effusion. Recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Diagnosis of breast disease. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Treatment of acute myocardial infarction. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology

Clinical practice guideline for the management of cataract among adults.

Royal College of Nursing

Pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention.

APRIL 29, 2002

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

The care of patients with chronic leg ulcer. A national clinical guideline.

Drug therapy for peripheral vascular disease. A national clinical guideline.

Interventions in the management of behavioural and psychological aspects of dementia. A national clinical guideline.

Management of adult testicular germ cell tumours. A national clinical guideline.

Management of lung cancer. A national clinical guideline.

Management of patients with stroke. I: assessment, investigation, immediate management and secondary prevention. A national clinical guideline.

Management of patients with stroke. II: management of carotid stenosis and carotid endarterectomy. A national clinical guideline.

Management of patients with stroke. IV: rehabilitation, prevention and management of complications, and discharge planning. A national clinical guideline.

Psychosocial interventions in the management of schizophrenia. A national clinical guideline.

April 22, 2002

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for bone metastases. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for diagnostic approach to renal trauma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for sinusitis in the pediatric population. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for work-up of the solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN). This updates a previously published guideline summary.

American Diabetes Association

Aspirin therapy in diabetes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Tests of glycemia in diabetes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Revised guidelines for HIV counseling, testing, and referral.

Revised recommendations for HIV screening of pregnant women.

APRIL 15, 2002

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

AAFP summary of policy recommendations for periodic health examination. (Revision 5.1). This updates a previously published guideline summary.

American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons

Diabetic foot disorders: a clinical practice guideline.

Hammer toe syndrome. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)

Practice management guidelines for the evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma.

Practice management guidelines for geriatric trauma.

Practice management guidelines for hemorrhage in pelvic fracture.

Practice management guidelines for nutritional support of the trauma patient.

APRIL 8, 2002

American Academy of Neurology

Assessment: prevention of post-lumbar puncture headaches. Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Evaluation of surgery for Parkinson's disease. A report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. The Task Force on Surgery for Parkinson's Disease.

Practice advisory: the use of felbamate in the treatment of patients with intractable epilepsy. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society.

Practice parameter: the care of the patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (an evidence-based review). Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology: ALS Practice Parameters Task Force.

Practice parameter: management issues for women with epilepsy. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: the role of corticosteroids in the management of acute monosymptomatic optic neuritis. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: Steroids, acyclovir, and surgery for Bell’s palsy (an evidence-based review). Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: thymectomy for autoimmune myasthenia gravis (an evidence-based review). Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Centre for Health Services Research

Prophylaxis for patients who have experienced a myocardial infarction: drug treatment, cardiac rehabilitation and dietary manipulation.

APRIL 1, 2002

National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Medical Applications of Research

Adjuvant therapy for breast cancer.

Antenatal corticosteroids revisited: repeat courses.

Diagnosis and management of dental caries throughout life.

Phenylketonuria: screening and management.

MARCH 25, 2002

NGC Guideline Summaries:

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Adult low back pain. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Major depression in adults for mental health care providers. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

University of Iowa Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center

Evidence-based protocol. Individualized music. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Evidence-based protocol. Exercise promotion: walking in elders.

Evidence-based protocol. Interpreter facilitation for persons with limited English proficiency.

NGC Guideline Synthesis:

Screening for Prostate Cancer. This updates a previously published NGC guideline synthesis.

MARCH 18, 2002

NGC Guideline Summaries:

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

AAOS clinical guideline on knee injury.

AAOS clinical guideline on shoulder pain.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Intrapartum fetal heart rate management. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of failure to progress in obstetrical labor. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Singapore Ministry of Health

Dementia.

Glomerulonephritis.

NGC Guideline Synthesis:

Screening for Colorectal Cancer. This updates a previously published NGC guideline synthesis.

MARCH 11, 2002

NGC Guideline Summaries:

Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati)

Evidence based clinical practice guidelines for the infant with bronchiolitis.This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)

Induction of labour.

The use of electronic fetal monitoring. The use and interpretation of cardiotocography in intrapartum fetal surveillance.

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

Control of pain in patients with cancer. A national clinical guideline.

Hysteroscopic surgery. A national clinical guideline.

Lipids and the primary prevention of coronary heart disease. A national clinical guideline.

United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Screening for breast cancer: recommendations and rationale. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

NGC Guideline Synthesis:

Screening for Thyroid Disease. This updates a previously published NGC guideline synthesis.

MARCH 4, 2002

NGC Guideline Summaries:

American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

Age-related macular degeneration. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Cataract in the adult eye. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Stable coronary artery disease. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

North American Spine Society (NASS)

Herniated disc. In: North American Spine Society phase III clinical guidelines for multidisciplinary spine care specialists.

Spondylolysis, lytic spondylolisthesis and degenerative spondylolisthesis (SLD). In: North American Spine Society phase III clinical guidelines for multidisciplinary spine care specialists.

Unremitting low back pain. In: North American Spine Society phase III clinical guidelines for multidisciplinary spine care specialists.

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

Antithrombotic therapy. A national clinical guideline.

Coronary revascularisation in the management of stable angina pectoris. A national clinical guideline.

Diagnosis and treatment of heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction. A national clinical guideline.

NGC Guideline Synthesis:

Hormone Replacement Therapy.

Screening for and Management of Chlamydial Infection. This updates a previously published NGC guideline synthesis.

FEBRUARY 25, 2002

NGC Guideline Summaries:

American Psychiatric Association

Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-infected adults and adolescents. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Public Health Service Task Force recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV-1 transmission in the United States. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Acute sinusitis in adults. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Colorectal cancer screening. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Diagnosis and management of asthma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Diagnosis and treatment of otitis media in children. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Tobacco use prevention and cessation for adults and mature adolescents. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

University of Michigan Health System

Pharyngitis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Smoking cessation.

NGC Guideline Synthesis:

Tobacco Use Cessation and Prevention. This updates a previously published NGC guideline synthesis.

FEBRUARY 18, 2002

NGC Guideline Summaries:

Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines Initiative (CCOPGI)

Adjuvant therapy for stage II colon cancer following complete resection. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Adjuvant therapy for stage III colon cancer following complete resection. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Epirubicin, as a single agent or in combination chemotherapy, for metastatic breast cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Fludarabine in intermediate- and high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy in stage II or IIIA completely resected non-small cell lung cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy for resected stage II or III rectal cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Symptomatic treatment of radiation-induced xerostomia in head and neck cancer patients. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Use of gemcitabine in non-small-cell lung cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Use of gemcitabine in the treatment of advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Use of irinotecan in the treatment of metastatic colorectal carcinoma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Use of preoperative chemotherapy with or without postoperative radiotherapy in technically resectable stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Use of strontium in patients with endocrine-refractory carcinoma of the prostate metastatic to bone. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

NGC Guideline Synthesis:

Infant Hearing Screening. This updates a previously published NGC guideline synthesis.

FEBRUARY 11, 2002

Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines Initiative (CCOPGI)

Drug therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCHNC) (excluding nasopharynx). This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Use of amifostine to ameliorate the toxic effects of chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Use of dexrazoxane as a cardioprotectant in patients receiving doxorubicin or epirubicin chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Use of raltitrexed (Tomudex) in the management of metastatic colorectal cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Hormone replacement therapy: collaborative decision making and management. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Vaginal birth after cesarean. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

FEBRUARY 4, 2002

American Diabetes Association (ADA)

Care of children with diabetes in the school and day care setting. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Diabetes mellitus and exercise. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Diabetic retinopathy. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Gestational diabetes mellitus. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Immunization and the prevention of influenza and pneumococcal disease in people with diabetes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Management of diabetes in correctional institutions. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Pancreas transplantation for patients with type 1 diabetes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Preconception care of women with diabetes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Preventive foot care in people with diabetes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Report of the Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Smoking and diabetes. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Translation of the diabetes nutrition recommendations for health care institutions. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines Initiative (CCOPGI)

Chemotherapy in stage IV (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Unresected stage III non-small cell lung cancer. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Kaiser Permanente-Southern California

Breast cancer screening.

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). This updates a previously published guideline summary.

JANUARY 28, 2002

American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association

ACC/AHA guidelines for percutaneous coronary intervention (revision of the 1993 PTCA guidelines). A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1993 Guidelines for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection. This updates a previously published NGC guideline summary.

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

Diagnosis and management of hypertension in the primary care setting.

The pharmacologic management of chronic heart failure.

JANUARY 21, 2002

NGC Guideline Summaries:

American Urological Association, Inc.

Evaluation of asymptomatic microscopic hematuria in adults: the American Urological Association best practice policy. Parts I and II.

Report on varicocele and infertility.

Report on management of obstructive azoospermia.

Report on evaluation of the azoospermic male.

Report on optimal evaluation of the evaluation of the infertile male.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Cervical cancer screening. This updates a previously published NGC guideline summary.

Venous thromboembolism. This updates a previously published NGC guideline summary.

NGC Guideline Syntheses:

Management of Diabetes Mellitus.

JANUARY 14, 2002

NGC Guideline Summaries:

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Evaluation of the newborn with developmental anomalies of the external genitalia.

Identification and care of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected infants, children, and adolescents in foster care.

Policy statement: recommendations for the prevention of pneumococcal infections, including the use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Prevnar), pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, and antibiotic prophylaxis.

Folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects.

Meningococcal disease prevention and control strategies for practice-based physicians (Addendum: recommendations for college students).

Adolescents and human immunodeficiency virus infection: the role of the pediatrician in prevention and intervention.

Maternal phenylketonuria.

Health supervision for children with Down syndrome.

The pediatrician's role in the diagnosis and management of autistic spectrum disorder in children.

Clinical practice guideline: management of sinusitis.

United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events: recommendations and rationale. This updates a previously published NGC guideline summary.

NGC Guideline Syntheses:

Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke. This updates a previously published NGC guideline synthesis.

JANUARY 7, 2002

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)

AACE/AAES medical/surgical guidelines for clinical practice: management of thyroid carcinoma. This updates a previously published NGC guideline summary.

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery. A national clinical guideline.

Attention deficit and hyperkinetic disorders in children and young people. A national clinical guideline.

Early management of patients with a head injury. A national clinical guideline.

Hypertension in older people. A national clinical guideline.

Management of early rheumatoid arthritis. A national clinical guideline.

Management of stable angina. A national clinical guideline.

Preventing dental caries in children at high caries risk. Targeted prevention of dental caries in the permanent teeth of 6 to 16 year olds presenting for dental care. A national clinical guideline.


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