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Withdrawn NGC Summaries

Use the index below to find guidelines (listed by guideline developer) that have been withdrawn from the NGC Web site. Select "All" to see a complete list of withdrawn NGC Guideline Summaries (organized alphabetically by guideline developer).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or because the guideline developer has indicated that the clinical practice guideline upon which the summary is based is obsolete, should no longer be used, or has not yet been replaced with a new/revised guideline.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The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ currently contains 1140 guidelines in the withdrawn archive.

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario

  1. Enhancing healthy adolescent development. (NGC-2940)
    • Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO). Enhancing healthy adolescent development. Toronto (ON): Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO); 2002 Jul. 72 p. [66 references]

Renal Physicians Association

  1. Appropriate patient preparation for renal replacement therapy. (NGC-2817)
    • Renal Physicians Association. Appropriate patient preparation for renal replacement therapy. Rockville (MD): Renal Physicians Association; 2002 Oct. 78 p. (Renal Physicians Association Clinical Practice Guideline; no. 3). [252 references]

  2. Clinical practice guideline on shared decision-making in the appropriate initiation of and withdrawal from dialysis. (NGC-1421)
    • American Society of Nephrology, Renal Physicians Association. Clinical practice guideline on shared decision-making in the appropriate initiation of and withdrawal from dialysis. Washington (DC): Renal Physicians Association; 2000 Jan. 124 p. [302 references]


    • Galla JH. Clinical practice guideline on shared decision-making in the appropriate initiation of and withdrawal from dialysis. Renal Physicians Association and the American Society of Nephrology. J Am Soc Nephrol 2000 Jul;11(7):1340-2. [302 references]

Rhode Island Department of Health

  1. Nonoccupational human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis guidelines for Rhode Island healthcare practitioners. (NGC-3983)
    • Nonoccupational HIV PEP Task Force, Brown University AIDS Program, Rhode Island Department of Health. Nonoccupational human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis guidelines for Rhode Island healthcare practitioners. Providence (RI): Rhode Island Department of Health; 2002 Aug. 26 p. [30 references]

Royal College of Nursing

  1. Pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention. (NGC-2179)
    • Royal College of Nursing. Pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention. London: Royal College of Nursing; 2001 Apr. 36 p. [70 references]

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

  1. Induction of labour. (NGC-2177)
    • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Induction of labour. London: RCOG Press; 2001 Jun. 78 p. (Evidence-based clinical guidelines; no. 9). [158 references]

  2. The initial management of menorrhagia. (NGC-1777)
    • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The initial management of menorrhagia. London: RCOG Press; 1998 Feb. 43 p. (Evidence-based clinical guidelines; no. 1). [129 references]

  3. The management of menorrhagia in secondary care. (NGC-1782)
    • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The management of menorrhagia in secondary care. London: RCOG Press; 1999 Jul. 77 p. (Evidence-based clinical guidelines; no. 5). [276 references]

  4. The use of electronic fetal monitoring. The use and interpretation of cardiotocography in intrapartum fetal surveillance. (NGC-2178)
    • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The use of electronic fetal monitoring. The use and interpretation of cardiotocography in intrapartum fetal surveillance. London: RCOG Press; 2001 May. 136 p. (Evidence-based clinical guidelines; no. 8). [246 references]

For more information, please refer to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Web site.

Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

  1. Early detection of breast cancer. (NGC-1362)
    • Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. Early detection of breast cancer. Wellington (New Zealand): Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners; 1999. 61 p. [176 references]

  2. Guidelines for primary care providers. Detection and management of young people at risk of suicide. (NGC-2281)
    • Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. Guidelines for primary care providers. Detection and management of young people at risk of suicide. Wellington (New Zealand): Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners; 1999. Various p. [125 references]