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DECEMBER 30, 2001

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Practice parameter: screening and diagnosis of autism. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society.

Practice parameter: anticonvulsant prophylaxis in patients with newly diagnosed brain tumors. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Assessment: neurologic risk of immunization. Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Clinical utility of surface EMG: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Practice parameter: evaluating a first nonfebrile seizure in children. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, the Child Neurology Society, and the American Epilepsy Society.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

(1) Distinguishing sudden infant death syndrome from child abuse fatalities; (2) Distinguishing sudden infant death syndrome from child abuse fatalities (Addendum).

Prevention of poliomyelitis: recommendations for use of only inactivated poliovirus vaccine for routine immunization.

Varicella vaccine update.

Prevention of Lyme disease.

Changing concepts of sudden infant death syndrome: implications for infant sleeping environment and sleep position.

Infection control in physicians' offices.

Washington State Chiropractic Association

Overview of implementation of outcome assessment case management in the clinical practice.

DECEMBER 23, 2001

NGC Guideline Summaries:

Food and Drug Administration (U.S.)

Potassium iodide as a thyroid blocking agent in radiation emergencies.

Joint Committee on Infant Hearing

Joint Committee on Infant Hearing. Year 2000 position statement. Principles and guidelines for early hearing detection and intervention programs.

Ministry of Health (Singapore)

Hypertension.

Diagnosis and management of headache.

Induction of labour.

Public Health Service (U.S.)

2001 USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus. This updates a previously published NGC 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 NGC Guideline Summary.

Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM)

Procedure guideline for somatostatin receptor scintigraphy with In-111 pentetreotide.

Procedure guideline for the use of radiopharmaceuticals. This updates a previously published NGC Guideline Summary.

Procedure guideline for C-14 urea breath test. This updates a previously published NGC Guideline Summary.

Procedure guideline for hepatobiliary scintigraphy. This updates a previously published NGC Guideline Summary.

Procedure guideline for gallium scintigraphy in the evaluation of malignant disease. This updates a previously published NGC Guideline Summary.

NGC Guideline Syntheses:

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Part I. Diagnosis and Management of Stable COPD.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Part II. Diagnosis and Management of Acute Exacerbations.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Part III. Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

DECEMBER 16, 2001

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)

Antithrombotic therapy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

Use of antithrombotic agents during pregnancy. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

California Diabetes Control Program/Diabetes Coalition of California

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

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Immunizations. This updates a previously published NGC guideline summary.

Preventive counseling and education. This updates a previously published NGC guideline summary.

Ministry of Health (Singapore)

Contact lens care.

Prostate cancer.

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

Low back pain or sciatica in the primary care setting.

Tobacco use cessation in the primary care setting.

DECEMBER 9, 2001

European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

Management of acute coronary syndromes: acute coronary syndromes without persistent ST segment elevation. Recommendations of the Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology.

Guidelines on diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism.

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Guideline for the management of intravascular catheter-related infection.

Practice guidelines for the management of infectious diarrhea.

Ministry of Health (Singapore)

Head injury in children.

Laser refractive surgery.

Management of preterm labour.

Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation

Clinical practice guidelines for chronic non-malignant pain syndrome patients II: An evidence-based approach.

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

The primary care management of erectile dysfunction.

DECEMBER 2, 2001

American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Practice parameters for the use of laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty: an update for 2000. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Practice parameters for the treatment of narcolepsy: an update for 2000. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Control and prevention of rubella: evaluation and management of suspected outbreaks, rubella in pregnant women, and surveillance for congenital rubella syndrome.

Recommendations for using fluoride to prevent and control dental caries in the United States.

U.S. Public Health Service guideline on infectious disease issues in xenotransplantation.

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)

NKF-K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for anemia of chronic kidney disease: update 2000. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

NKF-K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for hemodialysis adequacy: update 2000. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

NKF-K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for peritoneal dialysis adequacy: Update 2000. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

NKF-K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for vascular access: update 2000. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

The management of diabetes mellitus in the primary care setting.

Screening for glaucoma in the primary care setting.

NOVEMBER 25, 2001

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)

Antithrombotic therapy in children. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)

Management of Crohn's disease in adults.

Finnish Medical Society Duodecim

Unstable angina pectoris.

Deep venous thrombosis.

Ultrasonographic examinations: indications and preparation of the patient.

Ultrasound scanning during pregnancy.

Sore throat and tonsillitis.

Determining the volume of residual urine by ultrasonography .

Gynaecologic ultrasound examination.

Benign prostatic hyperplasia.

NOVEMBER 18, 2001

NGC Guideline Summaries:

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC)

Preventive health care, 2001 update: colorectal cancer screening. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Finnish Medical Society Duodecim

Long-term management of asthma.

Prolonged cough in children.

Atrial fibrillation: drug treatment and DC electroversion.

Myocardial infarction.

Treatment of hyperlipidaemia: aims and selection.

Angina pectoris and coronary heart disease (CHD).

Coronary angiography and indications for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or angioplasty.

Differential diagnosis of chest pain.

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

VHA/DOD clinical practice guideline for the management of major depressive disorder in adults. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

NGC Guideline Synthesis:

Screening for colorectal cancer.

NOVEMBER 11, 2001

NGC Guideline Summaries:

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)

Antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

Antithrombotic therapy in valvular heart disease. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

American Society of Cytopathology

Cervical cytology practice guidelines.

Oncology Nurses Society (ONS)

Multicultural outcomes: guidelines for cultural competence.

United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Newborn hearing screening: recommendations and rationale.

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

VHA/DOD clinical practice guideline for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

NGC Guideline Synthesis:

Screening for and managment of chlamydial infection.

NOVEMBER 4, 2001

The Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Botulinum toxin as a biological weapon. Medical and public health management.

Tularemia as a biological weapon. Medical and public health management.

Smallpox as a biological weapon. Medical and public health management.

Plague as a biological weapon. Medical and public health management.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Vaccinia (smallpox) vaccine.

OCTOBER 28, 2001

NGC Guideline Summaries:

American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)

Blood gas analysis and hemoximetry: 2001 revision and update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Body plethysmography: 2001 revision and update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Exercise testing for evaluation of hypoxemia and/or desaturation: 2001 revision and update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Methacholine challenge testing: 2001 revision and update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Static lung volumes: 2001 revision and update. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)

Antithrombotic therapy for venous thromboembolic disease. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

Intravenous thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarctions. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC)

Preventive health care, 2001 update: Screening and management of developmental dysplasia of the hip in newborns.

Chemoprevention of breast cancer. A joint guideline from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care and the Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative's Steering Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and Treatment of Breast Cancer.

Preventive health care, 2001 update: Should women be routinely taught breast self-examination to screen for breast cancer?

Preventive health care, 2001 update: Use of varicella vaccine in healthy populations.

Heart Failure Society of America

Heart Failure Society of America guidelines for management of patients with heart failure caused by left ventricular systolic dysfunction: pharmacological approaches.

NGC Guideline Synthesis:

Screening for Breast Cancer. This is an update of a previously published NGC Guideline Synthesis.

OCTOBER 21, 2001

The Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Anthrax as a biological weapon. Medical and public health management.

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)

Practice management guidelines for the management of mild traumatic brain injury.

Practice management guidelines for the nonoperative management of blunt injury to the liver and spleen.

Practice management guidelines for the optimal timing of long bone fracture stabilization in polytrauma patients.

Practice management guidelines for violence prevention programs.

Practice management guidelines for management of penetrating trauma to the lower extremity.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Management of initial abnormal Pap smear. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

OCTOBER 14, 2001

American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

Vision rehabilitation for adults. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

American College of Chest Physicians

Managing oral anticoagulant therapy. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

Heparin and low molecular weight heparin. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

Prevention of venous thromboembolism. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

Antithrombotic therapy in patients with mechanical and biological prosthetic heart valves. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

Antithrombotic agents in coronary artery disease. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

Antithrombotic therapy in patients with saphenous vein and internal mammary artery bypass grafts. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

Antithrombotic therapy in peripheral arterial occlusive disease. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

Antithrombotic and thrombolysis therapy for ischemic stroke. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report regarding selected public health topics affecting women's health.

OCTOBER 7, 2001

NGC Guideline Summaries:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Epidemic/epizootic West Nile virus in the United States: Revised guidelines for surveillance, prevention, and control.

Recommendations for preventing transmission of infections among chronic hemodialysis patients.

(1) Targeted tuberculin testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection.
(2) Update: fatal and severe liver injuries associated with rifampin and pyrazinamide for latent tuberculosis infection, and revisions in American Thoracic Society/CDC recommendations - United States, 2001.

Updated U.S. Public Health Service guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

NGC Guideline Syntheses:

Screening for Colorectal Cancer. This is an update of a previously published NGC Guideline Synthesis.

Screening for Prostate Cancer. This is an update of a previously published NGC Guideline Synthesis.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2001

American Cancer Society (ACS)

American Cancer Society guidelines on testing for early endometrial cancer detection-update 2001. In: American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of cancer.

Testing for early lung cancer detection. In: American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of cancer.

Recommendations from the American Cancer Society Workshop on Early Prostate Cancer Detection, May 4-6, 2000 and ACS guideline on testing for early prostate cancer detection: update 2001. In: American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of cancer. This is an update of a previously published NGC Guideline Summary.

American Cancer Society guidelines on screening and surveillance for the early detection of adenomatous polyps and cancer-update 2001. In: American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of cancer. This is an update of a previously published NGC Guideline Summary.

American Diabetes Association (ADA)

Gestational diabetes mellitus.

Management of diabetes in corrrectional institutions.

Care of children with diabetes in the school and day care setting.

Standards of medical care for patients with diabetes mellitus. This is an update of a previously published NGC Guideline Summary.

Diabetic nephropathy. This is an update of a previously published NGC Guideline Summary.

Diabetic retinopathy. This is an update of a previously published NGC Guideline Summary.

Tests of glycemia in diabetes. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

Pancreas transplantation for patients with type 1 diabetes. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

Food labeling. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

Role of fat replacers in diabetes medical nutrition therapy. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2001

American College of Chest Physicians

Evidence-based assessment of diagnostic tests for ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Medical and surgical treatment of parapneumonic effusions: an evidence-based guideline.

American Diabetes Association (ADA)

Smoking and diabetes.

Immunization and the prevention of influenza and pneumococcal disease in people with diabetes.

Management of hyperglycemic crises in patients with diabetes.

Screening for diabetes.

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

Nutrition recommendations and principles for people with diabetes mellitus. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

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

Diabetes mellitus and exercise. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

Preventive foot care in patients with diabetes. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

Management of dyslipidemia in adults with diabetes. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

Aspirin therapy in diabetes. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

Preconception care of women with diabetes. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2001

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for dementia.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging of intracranial infections.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for multiple sclerosis -- when and how to image.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for neuroendocrine imaging.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for ataxia.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for orbits, vision and visual loss.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for spine trauma.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for neurodegenerative disorders.

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

2000 update of recommendations for the use of tumor markers in breast and colorectal cancer: clinical practice guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

Platelet transfusion for patients with cancer: clinical practice guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Postmastectomy radiotherapy: clinical practice guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC)

Screening for cognitive impairment and dementia in the elderly. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2001

International Diabetes Center (IDC)

Type I diabetes practice guidelines.

Type 2 diabetes practice guidelines.

Gestational diabetes practice guidelines.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2001

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for cerebrovascular disease.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for progressive neurologic deficit.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for epilepsy.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for vertigo and hearing loss.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute low back pain--radiculopathy. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for atraumatic isolated headache--when to image.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for myelopathy.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for head trauma.

Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines Initiative

Systemic adjuvant therapy for patients at high risk for recurrent melanoma. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

Health Resources and Services Administration, National Institutes of Health, National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center

Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection. This is an update of a previously published guideline summary.

AUGUST 26, 2001

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Diagnosis and management of foodborne illnesses: a primer for physicians.

Recommendations for blood lead screening of young children enrolled in Medicaid: targeting a group at high risk.

Screening young children for lead poisoning: guidance for state and local public health officials.

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

Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

AUGUST 19, 2001

NGC Guideline Summaries:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-infected adults and adolescents.. This is an update of a previously published NGC Guideline Summary.

Prevention and control of influenza.. This is an update of a previously published NGC Guideline Summary.

NGC Guideline Synthesis:

Adult immunizations. This is an update of a previously published NGC Guideline Synthesis.

AUGUST 12, 2001

NGC Guideline Summaries:

American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM)

Evidence base for management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of nonspecific upper respiratory tract infections in adults.

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute sinusitis in adults.

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute pharyngitis in adults.

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of acute bronchitis in adults.

NGC Guideline Synthesis:

Management of early stage breast cancer.

AUGUST 5, 2001

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Practice guidelines for the management of patients with blastomycosis.

Practice guidelines for the treatment of candidiasis.

Guidelines for antimicrobial treatment of uncomplicated acute bacterial cystitis and acute pyelonephritis in women.

Practice guidelines for the treatment of Lyme disease.

Practice guidelines for the management of patients with sporotrichosis.

Practice guidelines for the treatment of coccidiodomycosis.

JULY 29, 2001

NGC Guideline Summaries:

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic ankle pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic wrist pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic elbow pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic neck pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic foot pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute trauma to the knee.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute hand and wrist trauma.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for follow-up examinations for bone tumors, soft tissue tumors and suspected metastasis post therapy.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for hip arthroplasty--radiography procedure recommendations.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic hip pain.

NGC Guideline Syntheses:

Asthma Treatment. This is an update of a previously published guideline synthesis.

Infant Hearing Screening.

Tobacco Use Cessation and Prevention.

JULY 22, 2001

Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines Initiative

Management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. This is an update of a previously published NGC guideline summary.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Cardiac stress test supplement. This is an update of a previously published NGC guideline summary.

Diagnosis and management of infertility. This is an update of a previously published NGC guideline summary.

Hypertension diagnosis and treatment. This is an update of a previously published NGC guideline summary.

Routine prenatal care. This is an update of a previously published NGC guideline summary.

JULY 15, 2001

NGC Guideline Summaries:

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for metastatic bone disease.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for evaluation of the patient with painful hip or knee arthroplasty.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for shoulder trauma.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging diagnosis of osteomyelitis in patients with diabetes mellitus.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for non traumatic knee pain.

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Practice guidelines for the treatment of tuberculosis.

Practice guideline for evaluation of fever and infection in long-term care facilities.

Practice guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults. This is an update of a previously published NGC guideline summary.

Practice guidelines for the management of cryptococcal disease.

Practice guidelines for diseases caused by Aspergillus.

Practice guidelines for the management of patients with histoplasmosis.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Acute pharyngitis. This is an update of a previously published NGC guideline summary.

Diagnosis and management of asthma. This is an update of a previously published NGC guideline summary.

NGC Guideline Syntheses:

Management of pharyngitis/sore throat. This is an update of a previously published NGC guideline synthesis.

JULY 8, 2001

NGC Guideline Summaries:

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging evaluation of suspected ankle fractures.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for cervical spine trauma.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for diagnostic imaging of avascular necrosis of the hip.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for soft tissue mass.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for bone tumors.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for stress/insufficiency fractures (excluding vertebral).

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging of the multiply injured patient.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Rhinitis. This is an update of a previously published NGC guideline summary.

NGC Guideline Syntheses:

Screening for breast cancer. This is an update of a previously published NGC guideline synthesis.

JULY 1, 2001

Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, OH)

Evidence based clinical practice guideline of fever of uncertain source. Outpatient evaluation and management for children 2 months to 36 months of age.

Evidence-based clinical practice guideline of community-acquired pneumonia in children 60 days to 17 years of age.

Finnish Medical Society Duodecim

Drug treatment for hyperlipidaemias.

Public Health Service (U.S.)

1999 USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus.

JUNE 24, 2001.

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC)

Preventive health care, 2000 update: prevention of child maltreatment.

Preventive health care, 2000 update: screening and management of hyperhomocysteinemia for the prevention of coronary artery disease events.

Preventive health care, 2000 update. Use of ambulatory electrocardiography for the detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients with stroke.

Preventive health care, 1999 update. Follow-up after breast cancer.

Preventive health care, 1999 update: 2. Echocardiography for the detection of a cardiac source of embolus in patients with stroke.

Preventive health care, 1999 update: prevention of oral cancer mortality.

Preventive health care, 2001 update: Screening mammography among women aged 40-49 years at average risk of breast cancer.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Guidelines for preventing opportunistic infections among hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.

Task Force for Community Preventive Services

Strategies for reducing exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, increasing tobacco-use cessation, and reducing initiation in communities and health-care systems.

JUNE 17, 2001

Brain Attack Coalition

Recommendations for the establishment of primary stroke centers.

The North American Menopause Society

A decision tree for the use of estrogen replacement therapy or hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women: consensus opinion of The North American Menopause Society.

Effects of menopause and estrogen replacement therapy or hormone replacement therapy in women with diabetes mellitus: consensus opinion of The North American Menopause Society.

The role of isoflavones in menopausal health: consensus opinion of The North American Menopause Society.

The role of calcium in peri- and postmenopausal women: consensus opinion of The North American Menopause Society.

JUNE 10, 2001

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Massachusetts guidelines for adult diabetes care.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Integrating substance abuse treatment and vocational services.

JUNE 3, 2001

American College of Gastroenterology

Polyp guideline: diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance for patients with colorectal polyps.

American Optometric Association (AOA)

Care of the patient with learning related vision problems.

Care of the contact lens patient.

MAY 25, 2001

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Preventing pneumococcal disease among infants and young children. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I)/Washington State Medical Association

Guidelines for outpatient prescription of oral opioids for injured workers with chronic, noncancer pain.

MAY 20, 2001

American Academy of Dermatology

Guidelines of care for primary cutaneous melanoma.

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)

Determination of cervical spine stability in trauma patients (update of the 1997 EAST cervical spine clearance document) .

Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in open fractures.

Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of blunt aortic injury .

Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in penetrating abdominal trauma .

Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in tube thoracostomy for traumatic hemopneumothorax.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Intrapartum fetal heart rate management .

Treatment of acute myocardial infarction.

Treatment of lipid disorder in adults.

MAY 13, 2001

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS)

Practice parameters for antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent infective endocarditis or infective prosthesis during colon and rectal endoscopy.

Practice parameters for the treatment of sigmoid diverticulitis.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Use of anthrax vaccine in the United States. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Hormone replacement therapy: collaborative decision making and management.

Acute sinusitis in adults.

Community-acquired pneumonia.

University of Texas at Austin, Family Nurse Practitioner Program

Recommendations for the treatment of dysmenorrhea.

MAY 6, 2001

American Academy of Dermatology

Guidelines of care for liposuction.

The North American Menopause Society

Clinical challenges of perimenopause: consensus opinion of The North American Menopause Society.

APRIL 29, 2001

American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association

ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina).

American Pain Society

Guideline for the management of acute and chronic pain in sickle cell disease.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-infected adults and adolescents.

APRIL 22, 2001

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for suspected bacterial endocarditis.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute chest pain--no ECG evidence of myocardial ischemia/infarction.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic chest pain, without evidence of myocardial ischemia/infarction.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for recurrent symptoms following lower extremity arterial bypass surgery.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for recurrent symptoms following lower extremity angioplasty: claudication and threatened limb.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for sudden onset of cold, painful leg.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for unilateral upper extremity swelling and pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for hematemesis.

Paralyzed Veterans Administration/Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine

Outcomes following traumatic spinal cord injury.

Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment following spinal cord injury.

APRIL 15, 2001

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Screening for bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for chlamydial infection: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for lipid disorders in adults: recommendations and rationale.

Screening for skin cancer: recommendations and rationale.

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute pancreatitis.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging evaluation of patients with acute abdominal pain and fever.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for suspected liver metastases.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging recommendations for patients with dysphagia.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for screening for colorectal cancer.

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group report on high blood pressure in pregnancy.

APRIL 8, 2001

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for patient with suspected bowel obstruction: imaging strategies.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging strategies in the evaluation of the jaundiced patient.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for pre-treatment staging of colorectal cancer..

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging of blunt abdominal trauma.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for evaluation of patients with acute right upper quadrant pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for evaluation of acute right lower quadrant pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for evaluation of left lower quadrant pain.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for suspected abdominal abscess.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging recommendations for patients with newly suspected Crohn's disease, and in patients with known Crohn's disease and acute exacerbation or suspected complications.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for liver lesion characterization.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging evaluation of the palpable abdominal mass.

University of Michigan Health System (UMHS)

Screening and management of lipids.

APRIL 1, 2001

NGC Guideline Summaries:

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute chest pain--suspected myocardial ischemia.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for acute chest pain--suspected pulmonary embolism.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for shortness of breath--suspected cardiac origin.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for chronic chest pain--suspected cardiac origin.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for blunt chest trauma--suspected aortic injury.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for blunt abdominal or pelvic trauma--suspected vascular injury.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for suspected lower extremity deep vein thrombosis.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for pulsatile abdominal mass.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for diagnosis imaging in patients with claudication.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for suspected congenital heart disease in an adult.

NGC Guideline Syntheses:

Childhood immunizations.

MARCH 25, 2001

NGC Guideline Summaries:

St. Bartholomew's and Royal London Medical School (Department of General Practice and Primary Care), Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London

Guidelines for the prevention of falls in people over 65.

NGC Guideline Syntheses:

Asthma treatment.

MARCH 18, 2001

American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

Bacterial keratitis.

Corneal opacification and ectasia.

Comprehensive adult medical eye evaluation.

American Psychiatric Association

Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with major depressive disorder.

MARCH 11, 2001

American Psychiatric Association

Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS.

MARCH 4, 2001

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for imaging work-up for stage I breast carcinoma.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for pre-irradiation evaluation and management of brain metastasis.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for solitary brain metastasis.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for multiple brain metastases.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for follow-up and retreatment of brain metastases.

FEBRUARY 25, 2001

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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

FEBRUARY 18, 2001

Guideline Summaries

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Measles, mumps, and rubella: vaccine use and strategies for elimination of measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome and control of mumps. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)

The initial management of menorrhagia.

The management of infertility in secondary care.

The initial investigation and management of the infertile couple.

The management of infertility in tertiary care.

The management of menorrhagia in secondary care.

Male and female sterilisation.

Guideline Syntheses

Screening for Depression.

Screening for Thyroid Disease.

FEBRUARY 11, 2001

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

Benefits and risks of controlling blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

American College of Radiology (ACR)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for the role of imaging in cancer of the cervix.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for premature cervical dilatation.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for endometrial cancer of the uterus.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Recommendations regarding selected conditions affecting women's health.

Public Health Service Task Force recommendations for the 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.

FEBRUARY 4, 2001

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Treatment for stimulant use disorders.

Brief interventions and brief therapies for substance abuse.

Enhancing motivation for change in substance abuse treatment.

Substance abuse treatment for persons with child abuse and neglect issues.

Substance abuse treatment for persons with HIV/AIDS.

JANUARY 28, 2001

American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

Practice parameters for the use of light therapy in the treatment of sleep disorders.

Practice parameters for the treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder.

Practice parameters for the nonpharmacologic treatment of chronic insomnia.

Practice parameters for the evaluation of chronic insomnia.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Prevention and control of influenza (including updated recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [ACIP] in response to delays in supply of influenza vaccine for the 2000-01 season).

JANUARY 21, 2001

Association for Genitourinary Medicine/Medical Society for the Study of Venereal Diseases
UK National Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections and Closely Related Conditions

National guideline for the management of lymphogranuloma venereum.

National guideline for the management of chancroid.

National guideline for the management of prostatitis.

National guideline for the management of epididymo-orchitis.

National guideline for the management of pelvic infection and perihepatitis.

National guideline for the management of the viral hepatitides A, B, and C.

National guideline for the management of sexually acquired reactive arthritis.

National guideline for the management of anogenital warts.

National guideline for the management of scabies.

National guideline for the management of Phthirus pubis infestation.

National guideline for the management of molluscum contagiosum.

National guideline for the management of adult victims of sexual assault.