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Withdrawn NGC Summaries

Use the index below to find guidelines (listed by guideline developer) that have been withdrawn from the NGC Web site. Select "All" to see a complete list of withdrawn NGC Guideline Summaries (organized alphabetically by guideline developer). For a list of guidelines that have been updated, go to Updated NGC Summaries.

Guideline summaries are removed from the NGC Web site because they no longer meet the NGC Inclusion Criteria with respect to date, or because the guideline developer has indicated that the clinical practice guideline upon which the summary is based is obsolete, should no longer be used, or has not yet been replaced with a new/revised guideline. Please refer to the guideline developer's Web site, where available, for more information.

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The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ currently contains 1140 guidelines in the withdrawn archive.

Washington State Chiropractic Association

  1. Overview of implementation of outcome assessment case management in the clinical practice. (NGC-2012)
    • Washington State Chiropractic Association. Overview of implementation of outcome assessment case management in the clinical practice. SeaTac (WA): Washington State Chiropractic Association; 2001. 54 p. [180 references]

Washington State Department of Labor and Industries

  1. Autologous chondrocyte implantation. (NGC-3310)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Autologous chondrocyte implantation. Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Jun. 3 p.

  2. Cauda equina. (NGC-3211)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Cauda equina. Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Aug. 1 p.

  3. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). (NGC-3223)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Aug. 9 p. [2 references]

  4. Criteria for ankle/foot. (NGC-3215)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Criteria for ankle/foot. Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Aug. 2 p.

  5. Criteria for entrapment of a single lumbar nerve root. (NGC-3214)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Criteria for entrapment of a single lumbar nerve root. Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Aug. 1 p.

  6. Criteria for MRI of the lumbar spine. (NGC-3216)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Criteria for MRI of the lumbar spine. Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Aug. 1 p.

  7. Criteria for shoulder surgery. (NGC-3217)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Criteria for shoulder surgery. Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Aug. 2 p.

  8. Diagnoses and treatment of work-related carpal tunnel syndrome (OCTS). (NGC-3220)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Diagnoses and treatment of work-related carpal tunnel syndrome (OCTS). Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Aug. 10 p.

  9. Fibromyalgia. (NGC-3224)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Fibromyalgia. Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Aug. 5 p. [1 reference]

  10. Guideline for hospitalization for low back pain. (NGC-3210)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Guideline for hospitalization for low back pain. Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Aug. 4 p.

  11. Guidelines for lumbar fusion (arthrodesis). (NGC-3218)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Guidelines for lumbar fusion (arthrodesis). Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Aug. 5 p.

  12. Guidelines for outpatient prescription of controlled substances, schedules II-IV, for workers on time-loss. (NGC-3225)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Guidelines for outpatient prescription of controlled substances, schedules II-IV, for workers on time-loss. Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Aug. 8 p. [6 references]

  13. Guidelines for outpatient prescription of oral opioids for injured workers with chronic, noncancer pain. (NGC-3226)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Guidelines for outpatient prescription of oral opioids for injured workers with chronic, noncancer pain. Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Aug. 21 p. [28 references]

  14. Meniscal allograft transplantation. (NGC-3311)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Meniscal allograft transplantation. Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Oct. 3 p.

  15. Surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS). (NGC-3219)
    • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS). Olympia (WA): Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; 2002 Aug. 2 p.

Wisconsin Medical Society

  1. Guidelines for the assessment and management of chronic pain. (NGC-4040)
    • Guidelines for the assessment and management of chronic pain. WMJ 2004;103(3):13-42. [28 references] PubMed