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Guideline Summaries Archive

The guideline Summary Archive is a complete list of summaries that have been removed from the NGC Web site. Where a summary has been updated, a link is provided to the current summary on NGC.

A

Academy for Chiropractic Education (1)

Academy of Ambulatory Foot and Ankle Surgery (7)

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (44)

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (22)

Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (1)

Action on Pre-eclampsia (1)

Advocacy Council of ACAAI (15)

Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (8)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (12)

AIM Specialty Health (6)

Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma Workshop Group (1)

Alzheimer's Association (3)

Alzheimer's Association of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties (1)

Alzheimer's Disease International (1)

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (2)

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (54)

American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (5)

American Academy of Dermatology (16)

American Academy of Family Physicians (8)

American Academy of Neurology (154)

American Academy of Ophthalmology (34)

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (28)

American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (1)

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (10)

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (50)

American Academy of Pediatrics (278)

American Academy of Periodontology (16)

American Academy of Sleep Medicine (50)

American Association for Respiratory Care (94)

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (32)

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (32)

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (1)

American Association of Diabetes Educators (1)

American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (4)

American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (10)

American Association of Poison Control Centers (17)

American Cancer Society (12)

American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians (1)

American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (1)

American College of Cardiology Foundation (68)

American College of Chest Physicians (88)

American College of Critical Care Medicine (4)

American College of Emergency Physicians (34)

American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (20)

American College of Gastroenterology (12)

American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (1)

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (132)

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (13)

American College of Physicians (42)

American College of Preventive Medicine (15)

American College of Radiology (166)

American College of Rheumatology (8)

American College of Sports Medicine (1)

American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (1)

American Dental Association (10)

American Diabetes Association (20)

American Gastroenterological Association Institute (84)

American Geriatrics Society (6)

American Heart Association (53)

American Medical Association (1)

American Medical Directors Association (36)

American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (8)

American Optometric Association (38)

American Osteopathic Association (1)

American Pain Society (5)

American Pain Society Fibromyalgia Panel (1)

American Pharmacists Association (2)

American Physical Therapy Association, Inc., The Orthopaedic Section (6)

American Psychiatric Association (24)

American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (12)

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (1)

American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (4)

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (90)

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (37)

American Society for Radiation Oncology (4)

American Society for Reproductive Medicine (4)

American Society of Addiction Medicine (3)

American Society of Anesthesiologists (22)

American Society of Breast Disease (1)

American Society of Breast Surgeons (1)

American Society of Clinical Oncology (40)

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (28)

American Society of Cytopathology (1)

American Society of Echocardiography (1)

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (10)

American Society of Hematology (3)

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (2)

American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring (2)

American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (2)

American Society of Plastic Surgeons (26)

American Thyroid Association (14)

American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc. (44)

Andalusian Society of Internal Medicine (1)

Aragon Institute for Health Sciences (3)

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (3)

Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (2)

Association for Vascular Access (1)

Association of Clinical Biochemists (1)

Association of Coloproctology of Britain and Ireland (2)

Association of Community Cancer Centers (7)

Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (1)

Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (1)

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (10)

Australian & New Zealand Intensive Care Society (1)

B

Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center (1)

Basque Office for Health Technology Assessment, Osteba (3)

beyondblue: the national depression initiative (2)

Blank Children's Hospital (1)

Brain Attack Coalition (1)

Brain Trauma Foundation (35)

Brazilian Society of Cardiology (7)

Breast Health Global Initiative (9)

Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston) (14)

British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (64)

British Association of Dermatologists (38)

British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention Unit & Fraser Health Authority (1)

British HIV Association (22)

British Occupational Health Research Foundation (3)

British Society for Haematology Guidelines (60)

British Society for Rheumatology (2)

British Society of Gastroenterology (2)

British Thoracic Society (10)

Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health, Taiwan (1)

C

C17 Council (1)

California Department of Developmental Services (1)

California Diabetes Program (1)

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (10)

Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (1)

Canadian Cardiovascular Society (2)

Canadian Chiropractic Association (2)

Canadian Stroke Network (7)

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (178)

Cancer Council Australia (1)

CancerControl Alberta (12)

Caring for Australasians with Renal Impairment (89)

Center for Biosecurity (6)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (304)

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (1)

Children's Oncology Group (8)

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (232)

Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (2)

Clinical Research Center for Dementia of South Korea (1)

College of American Pathologists (6)

College of Family Physicians of Canada (1)

Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation (4)

Commission for the Establishment of Guidelines for Chiropractic Quality Assurance and Practice Parameters (1)

Community Collaboration on Healthcare Quality (1)

Comprehensive Cancer Centre the Netherlands (14)

Congress of Neurological Surgeons (39)

Consensus Conference Panel on Subclinical Thyroid Disease (1)

Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine (9)

ConvaTec (1)

Council for Nutritional Clinical Strategies in Long-Term Care (1)

Council of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Associations (1)

Council on Chiropractic Guidelines & Practice Parameters (5)

Council on Chiropractic Practice (1)

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2)

D

Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital (1)

Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.) (5)

Department of Veterans Affairs (20)

Diabetes Guidelines Work Group (1)

Difficult Airway Society (1)

DMD Care Considerations Working Group (2)

Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO (7)

Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1)

E

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (42)

ECRI (1)

Emergency Nurses Association (14)

The Endocrine Society (30)

European Academy of Neurology (86)

European Association of Urology (60)

European Association of Urology Nurses (4)

European Registry of Hereditary Pancreatic Diseases (1)

European Society of Cardiology (56)

Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention (EGAPP) Working Group (6)

Expert Clinical Benchmarks (5)

F

Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (26)

Family Caregiver Alliance (1)

Family Violence Prevention Fund (1)

Finnish Medical Society Duodecim (46)

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (4)

Food and Drug Administration (U.S.) (1)

Fourth International Conference on the Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain (1)

G

Galician Health Technology Assessment Agency (2)

Global Initiative for Asthma (2)

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (1)

Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC) (2)

H

Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (4)

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. (2)

Health Care Association of New Jersey (2)

Health Technology Assessment Unit, Laín Entralgo Agency (3)

HealthPartners Dental Group (8)

Healthways (3)

Heart Failure Society of America, Inc (15)

Heart Rhythm Society (3)

Horizon Healthcare (2)

I

Infectious Diseases Society of America (72)

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (72)

Institute for Healthcare Quality, Inc (4)

Intensive Care Society (1)

International Association for the Study of Pain (1)

International Chiropractors Association (2)

International Chiropractors Association of California (1)

International Diabetes Center (3)

International Diabetes Federation (1)

International Lactation Consultant Association (1)

International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (1)

International Research Foundation for RSD/CRPS (1)

International Society for Clinical Densitometry (16)

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (3)

Intracorp (61)

IRSA (5)

J

Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (1)

Joint Epilepsy Council (1)

Joslin Diabetes Center (4)

K

Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute (24)

Kaiser Permanente Health Plan, Inc. Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (5)

Kaiser Permanente-Southern California (4)

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (3)

M

Maine Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine (1)

Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services (1)

Massachusetts Department of Public Health (9)

Medical Services Commission, British Columbia (21)

Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium (31)

Mount Auburn Hospital (Cambridge, MA) (1)

Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (1)

N

National Abortion Federation (1)

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (34)

National Anemia Action Council (1)

National Association of Neonatal Nurses (6)

National Association of Orthopedic Nurses (1)

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (1)

National Athletic Trainers' Association (2)

National Blood Authority (1)

National Cancer Institute (1)

National Clinical Guideline Centre (6)

National Clinical Guideline Centre for Acute and Chronic Conditions (22)

National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care (8)

National Collaborating Centre for Cancer (14)

National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions (1)

National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (24)

National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care (4)

National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care (10)

National Consensus Project (1)

National Environmental Education Foundation (1)

National Guideline Alliance (42)

National Headache Foundation (12)

National Health and Medical Research Council (1)

National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Inc. (14)

National Health Service Plus (6)

National Heart Foundation of Australia (10)

National Heart Foundation of New Zealand (1)

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.) (58)

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (1)

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (262)

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (1)

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1)

National Institute on Dental and Craniofacial Research (1)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Antenatal Corticosteroids (1)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Celiac Disease (1)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for Diagnosis and Therapy (1)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Management of Hepatitis C (1)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Management of the Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass ("Incidentaloma") (1)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Osteoporosis Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapy (1)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Sickle Cell Disease (1)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Symptom Management in Cancer: Pain, Depression, and Fatigue (1)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Total Knee Replacement (1)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) State-of-the-Science Panel (9)

National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference (6)

National Kidney Foundation (18)

National Opioid Use Guideline Group (1)

National Osteoporosis Foundation (2)

National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (2)

National Society of Genetic Counselors (16)

National Stroke Foundation (Australia) (8)

Neurocritical Care Society (1)

New York State Department of Health (166)

New Zealand Guidelines Group (75)

New Zealand Ministry of Health (7)

New Zealand National Health Committee (1)

Newcastle Guideline Development and Research Unit (2)

The North American Menopause Society (18)

North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (12)

North American Spine Society (12)

Nutrition Screening Initiative (7)

O

Office of Medical Applications of Research (NIH) (18)

Oncology Nursing Society (21)

Optimed Medical Systems Clinical Development Group (2)

Oral Health Services Guideline Initiative (3)

Ottawa Health Research Institute (2)

Ottawa Panel (17)

P

Paralyzed Veterans of America (2)

Pediatric Bariatric Study Group (1)

Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (1)

Philadelphia Panel (4)

Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology (1)

Phoenix Australia - Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health (3)

PinnacleHealth (1)

Program in Evidence-based Care (382)

Public Health Service (U.S.) (1)

Q

Qatif Primary Health Care (1)

R

REED Group (4)

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association (1)

Regione Toscana, Consiglio Sanitario Regionale (1)

Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (58)

Renal Physicians Association (2)

Rhode Island Department of Health (1)

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (15)

Royal College of Nursing (1)

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (100)

Royal College of Psychiatrists (1)

Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (2)

S

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (124)

SIE - Italian Society of Hematology (1)

Singapore Ministry of Health (112)

Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation (Chattanooga, TN) (1)

Smith and Nephew, Ltd. (1)

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (8)

Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Inc (20)

Society for Vascular Surgery (3)

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (54)

Society of Critical Care Medicine (22)

Society of Gynaecologic Oncologists of Canada (1)

Society of Interventional Radiology (46)

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (33)

Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (162)

Society of Pelvic Reconstructive Surgeons (1)

Society of Thoracic Surgeons (14)

Spanish Association of Primary Care Pediatrics (1)

Spanish Society of Rheumatology (2)

Strategic National Stockpile (1)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (U.S.) (39)

T

Task Force on Community Preventive Services (11)

Toward Optimized Practice (1)

Trans Tasman Dietetic Wound Care Group (1)

U

l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (3)

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (88)

University HealthSystem Consortium (2)

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, ANGELS (Antenatal & Neonatal Guidelines, Education and Learning System) (1)

University of Iowa College of Nursing, John A. Hartford Foundation Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (76)

University of Michigan Health System (28)

University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Centre for Health Services Research (1)

University of Pennsylvania (1)

University of Pennsylvania Health System (4)

University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program (35)

University of Texas Medical Branch Correctional Managed Care (10)

US Headache Guidelines Consortium (1)

V

Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care (1)

Veterans Health Administration (20)

W

Washington State Agency Medical Directors' Group (1)

Washington State Chiropractic Association (1)

Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (44)

Wisconsin Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (1)

Wisconsin Medical Society (1)

Work Loss Data Institute (23)

World Gastroenterology Organisation (10)

World Health Organization (36)

Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (6)

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- NGC:009598
- 2012 Nov 26
Traumatic brain injury medical treatment guidelines.
- NGC:008962
- 2008 Jan (revised 2012 Jan)
Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment protocol. Health care protocol.
- NGC:009521
- 2004 Nov (revised 2012 Nov)
Diagnosis and treatment of chest pain and acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
- NGC:008093
- 1993 (revised 2010 Oct; reaffirmed 2015 Oct 31)
Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with major depressive disorder, third edition.
- NGC:009721
- 2003 (revised 2012)
Fall prevention. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice.
- NGC:011088
- 2016 Aug
British HIV Association guidelines for the treatment of HIV-1-positive adults with antiretroviral therapy 2015 (2016 interim update).
- NGC:011066
- 2016 Sep
Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation of adult patients with suspected transient ischemic attack in the emergency department.
- NGC:011064
- 2016 Jun 8
Clinical utility of multigene profiling assays in invasive early-stage breast cancer.
- NGC:011051
- 2014 Nov
Self-expandable metal stents for obstructing colonic and extracolonic cancer: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) clinical guideline.