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Withdrawn NGC Summaries

Use the index below to find guidelines (listed by guideline developer) that have been withdrawn from the NGC Web site. Select "All" to see a complete list of withdrawn NGC Guideline Summaries (organized alphabetically by guideline developer).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or because the guideline developer has indicated that the clinical practice guideline upon which the summary is based is obsolete, should no longer be used, or has not yet been replaced with a new/revised guideline.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The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ currently contains 1140 guidelines in the withdrawn archive.

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

  1. Determination of cervical spine stability in trauma patients (update of the 1997 EAST cervical spine clearance document). (NGC-1849)
    • Determination of cervical spine stability in trauma patients (update of the 1997 EAST cervical spine clearance document). Allentown (PA): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 2000. 9 p. [17 references]

  2. Guidelines for emergency tracheal intubation immediately following traumatic injury. (NGC-2448)
    • Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST). Guidelines for emergency tracheal intubation immediately following traumatic injury. Allentown (PA): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 2002. 80 p. [261 references]

  3. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of blunt aortic injury. (NGC-1902)
    • Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of blunt aortic injury. Allentown (PA): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 2000. 20 p. [155 references]


    • Nagy K, Fabian T, Rodman G, Fulda G, Rodriguez A, Mirvis S. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of blunt aortic injury: an EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group. J Trauma 2000 Jun;48(6):1128-43. [144 references]

  4. Practice management guidelines for geriatric trauma. (NGC-2185)
    • EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group. Practice management guidelines for geriatric trauma. Allentown (PA): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 2001. 55 p. [29 references]

  5. Practice management guidelines for hemorrhage in pelvic fracture. (NGC-2186)
    • EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group. Practice management guidelines for hemorrhage in pelvic fracture. Allentown (PA): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 2001. 15 p. [34 references]

  6. Practice management guidelines for management of penetrating trauma to the lower extremity. (NGC-2023)
    • EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group. Practice management guidelines for the management of penetrating trauma to the lower extremity. Winston-Salem (NC): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 1999. 35 p. [74 references]

  7. Practice management guidelines for nutritional support of the trauma patient. (NGC-2187)
    • EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group. Practice management guidelines for nutritional support of the trauma patient. Allentown (PA): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 2001. 112 p. [93 references]

  8. Practice management guidelines for penetrating intraperitoneal colon injuries. (NGC-0926)
    • Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST), Practice Parameter Workgroup for Penetrating Colon Injury Management. EAST practice management guidelines for trauma. Allentown (PA): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma; 1998 Jan 23. Practice management guidelines for penetrating intraperitoneal colon injuries. p. 50-65. [42 references]

  9. Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in open fractures. (NGC-1901)
    • Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in open fractures. Allentown (PA): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 2000. 28 p. [69 references]

  10. Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in penetrating abdominal trauma. (NGC-1903)
    • Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in penetrating abdominal trauma. Allentown (PA): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 2000. 33 p. [45 references]

  11. Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in tube thoracostomy for traumatic hemopneumothorax. (NGC-1904)
    • Luchette FA, Barrie PS, Oswanski MF, Spain DA, Mullins CD, Palumbo F, Pasquale MD. Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in tube thoracostomy for traumatic hemopneumothorax. J Trauma 2000 Apr;48(4):753-7. [26 references]


    • Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in tube thoracostomy for traumatic hemopneumothorax. Allentown (PA): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 2000. 16 p. [26 references]

  12. Practice management guidelines for screening of blunt cardiac injury. (NGC-0924)
    • Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST), Practice Parameter Workgroup for Screening of Blunt Cardiac Injury. EAST practice management guidelines for trauma. Allentown (PA): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma; 1998 Jan 23. Practice management guidelines for screening of blunt cardiac injury. p. 7-31. [56 references]

  13. Practice management guidelines for the evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma. (NGC-2188)
    • EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group. Practice management guidelines for the evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma. Allentown (PA): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 2001. 27 p. [68 references]

  14. Practice management guidelines for the management of mild traumatic brain injury. (NGC-2019)
    • EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group. Practice management guidelines for the management of mild traumatic brain injury. Winston-Salem (NC): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 2000. 29 p. [76 references]

  15. Practice management guidelines for the management of venous thromboembolism in trauma patients. (NGC-2415)
    • EAST Practice Parameter Workgroup for DVT Prophylaxis. Practice management guidelines for the management of venous thromboembolism in trauma patients. Winston-Salem (NC): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 2001. 63 p. [146 references]


    • Rogers FB, Cipolle MD, Velmahos G, Rozycki G, Luchette FA. Practice management guidelines for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in trauma patients: the East practice management guidelines work group. J Trauma 2002 Jul;53(1):142-64. [146 references] PubMed

  16. Practice management guidelines for the nonoperative management of blunt injury to the liver and spleen. (NGC-2020)
    • EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group. Practice management guidelines for the nonoperative management of blunt injury to the liver and spleen. Winston-Salem (NC): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 2000. 33 p. [120 references]

  17. Practice management guidelines for the optimal timing of long bone fracture stabilization in polytrauma patients. (NGC-2021)
    • EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group. Practice management guidelines for the optimal timing of long bone fracture stabilization. Winston-Salem (NC): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 2000. 39 p. [25 references]

  18. Practice management guidelines for violence prevention programs. (NGC-2022)
    • EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group. Practice management guidelines for violence prevention programs. Winston-Salem (NC): Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST); 1998. 8 p. [11 references]

European Registry of Hereditary Pancreatic Diseases

  1. Genetic testing for hereditary pancreatitis: guidelines for indications, counselling, consent and privacy issues. (NGC-2600)
    • Ellis I, Lerch MM, Whitcomb DC. Genetic testing for hereditary pancreatitis: guidelines for indications, counselling, consent and privacy issues. Pancreatology 2001;1(5):405-15. [50 references] PubMed

European Society of Cardiology

  1. Clinical role of magnetic resonance in cardiovascular disease. (NGC-1155)
    • European Society of Cardiology, Association of European Paediatric Cardiologists. The clinical role of magnetic resonance in cardiovascular disease. Eur Heart J 1998 Jan;19(1):19-39. PubMed

  2. Diagnosis and management of aortic dissection. (NGC-2201)
    • Erbel R, Alfonso F, Boileau C, Dirsch O, Eber B, Haverich A, Rakowski H, Struyven J, Radegran K, Sechtem U, Taylor J, Zollikofer C, Klein WW, Mulder B, Providencia LA. Diagnosis and management of aortic dissection. Eur Heart J 2001 Sep;22(18):1642-81. [295 references]

  3. Driving and heart disease. (NGC-1156)
    • European Society of Cardiology, Petch MC. Driving and heart disease. Eur Heart J 1998 Aug;19(8):1165-77. [28 references] PubMed

  4. Guidelines for the interpretation of the neonatal electrocardiogram. (NGC-2651)
    • Schwartz PJ, Garson A Jr, Paul T, Stramba-Badiale M, Vetter VL, Wren C. Guidelines for the interpretation of the neonatal electrocardiogram. A task force of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J 2002 Sep;23(17):1329-44. [52 references] PubMed

  5. Guidelines on diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism. (NGC-1818)
    • Guidelines on diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism. Task Force on Pulmonary Embolism, European Society of Cardiology . Eur Heart J 2000 Aug;21(16):1301-36. [373 references]

  6. Heart rate variability. Standards of measurement, physiological interpretation and clinical use. (NGC-1160)
    • European Society of Cardiology. Heart rate variability. Standards of measurement, physiological interpretation, and clinical use. Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. Eur Heart J 1996 Mar;17(3):354-81. [181 references] PubMed

  7. Prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice. (NGC-1149)
    • Prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice. Recommendations of the Second Joint Task Force of European and other Societies on Coronary Prevention. Eur Heart J 1998 Oct;19(10):1434-503. PubMed


    • Wood D, De Backer G, Faergeman O, Graham I, Mancia G, Pyorala K. Prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice. Summary of recommendations of the Second Joint Task Force of European and other Societies on Coronary Prevention. Blood Press 1998 Nov;7(5-6):262-9. PubMed


    • Wood D, De Backer G, Faergeman O, Graham I, Mancia G, Pyorala K. Prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice. Summary of recommendations of the Second Joint Task Force of European and other Societies on Coronary Prevention. J Hypertens 1998 Oct;16(10):1407-14. PubMed


    • Wood D, De Backer G, Faergeman O, Graham I, Mancia G, Pyorala K. Prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice: recommendations of the Second Joint Task Force of European and other Societies on Coronary Prevention. Atherosclerosis 1998 Oct;140(2):199-270. [472 references] PubMed

  8. Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death of the European Society of Cardiology. (NGC-2203)
    • Priori SG, Aliot E, Blomstrom-Lundqvist C, Bossaert L, Breithardt G, Brugada P, Camm AJ, Cappato R, Cobbe SM, Di Mario C, Maron BJ, McKenna WJ, Pedersen AK, Ravens U, Schwartz PJ, Trusz-Gluza M, Vardas P, Wellens HJ, Zipes DP. Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J 2001 Aug;22(16):1374-450. [586 references]

  9. Task force on the management of chest pain. (NGC-2652)
    • Erhardt L, Herlitz J, Bossaert L, Halinen M, Keltai M, Koster R, Marcassa C, Quinn T, van Weert H. Task force on the management of chest pain. Eur Heart J 2002 Aug;23(15):1153-76. [181 references] PubMed

  10. The pre-hospital management of acute heart attacks. (NGC-1157)
    • Recommendations of a Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Resuscitation Council on the Pre-hospital Management of Acute Heart Attacks. Resuscitation 1998 Aug;38(2):73-98. PubMed


    • The pre-hospital management of acute heart attacks. Recommendations of a Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and European Resuscitation Council. Eur Heart J 1998 Aug;19(8):1140-64. PubMed

For more information, please refer to the European Society of Cardiology Web site.

Expert Clinical Benchmarks

  1. Cervical/thoracic. (NGC-3995)
    • Expert Clinical Benchmarks. Cervical/thoracic. King of Prussia (PA): MedRisk, Inc.; 2004. 49 p.

  2. Hand-wrist. (NGC-3998)
    • Expert Clinical Benchmarks. Hand-wrist. King of Prussia (PA): MedRisk, Inc.; 2004. 56 p.

  3. Low back. (NGC-3946)
    • Expert Clinical Benchmarks. Low back. King of Prussia (PA): MedRisk, Inc.; 2003. 52 p.

  4. Lower extremity (hip, knee and ankle). (NGC-3997)
    • Expert Clinical Benchmarks. Lower extremity (hip, knee and ankle). King of Prussia (PA): MedRisk, Inc.; 2004. 55 p.

  5. Upper extremity (shoulder and elbow). (NGC-3996)
    • Expert Clinical Benchmarks. Upper extremity (shoulder and elbow). King of Prussia (PA): MedRisk, Inc.; 2004. 56 p.