Library Services: Drug Information: Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs)

Clinical Practice Guidelines

"Clinical practice guidelines are systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clincial circumstances." (Field & Lohr 1990, p38).

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Guideline Central
Free access to thousands of current clinical practice guidelines and guideline summaries. Guidelines Central partners with over thirty-five medical societies and government agencies to provide quick-reference tools that healthcare providers can rely on for credible guidance in the management of a medical condition.
ECRI Guidelines Trust
A a publicly available web-based repository of objective, evidence-based clinical practice guideline content. Register for free access with your email address.
American Academy of Pediatrics - Clinical Practice Guidelines
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Guideilnes
American College of Cardiology Practice Guidelines Quality Standards
American College of Chest Physicians - Evidence Based Clincial Practice Guideilnes
American College of Physicians - Clinical Practice Guidelines
American Diabetes Assocation - Clinical Practice Recommendations
American Heart Association - Statements & Guidelines
American Society of Health-System Pharamcists - Best Practices (Guidelines)
Infectious Disease Society of America - Standards, Practice Guidelines
AGREE (The Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation)
The Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) Instrument evaluates the process of practice guideline development and the quality of reporting.

Other Guideline Resources @ ACPHS

PubMed
Limit your PubMed search results to the Publication Type - Practice Guidelines

This page does not provide a comprehensive listing of all guidline sources. To conduct a more comprehensive search Clinical Practice Guidelines can also be searched for in Research Databases such as the ones listed below,

Government Sponsored Clinical Practice Guideline Resources

Select government resources for Clinical Practice Guidelines

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality - Guidelines and Recommendations
To stay on top of the latest news this page provides a link to sign up for National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) email updates.
Canadian Medical Association - Infobase: Clincial Practice Guidelines (Canada)
The CMA Infobase is a database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. It includes over 1200 clinical practice guidelines developed or endorsed by an authoritative medical or health organization in Canada.
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute - Clinical Practice Guidelines
NLM's Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT)
Evidence reports, protocols, consensus reports, and preventive medicine recommendations.