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Current Guidelines

ACP Clinical Practice Guidelines cover many areas of internal medicine, such as screening for cancer or other major diseases; diagnosis; treatment; and medical technology. What's special about our guidelines compared to other guidelines out there? We produce "evidence-based clinical practice guidelines." Evidence-based means our guidelines follow a rigorous development process (CEAP) and are based on the highest quality scientific evidence. A collection of these guidelines is available to Annals subscribers who have PDAs with the Palm OS. Visit the Annals PDA Services page to learn more. For a complete collection of summaries only, follow the instructions on the PDA Portal.

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Recently Published Guidelines

HIV Screening

• New - Screening for HIV in Health Care Settings: A Guidance Statement From the American College of Physicians and HIV Medicine Association
  [ Full text | PDF ]

Depression

• New - Using Second-Generation Antidepressants to Treat Depressive Disorders: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
  [ Full text | PDF ]

Rx of Osteoporosis

• New - Pharmacologic Treatment of Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
  [ Full text | PDF ]

Osteoporosis in Men

• New - Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
  [ Full text | PDF ]

Dementia

• New - Current Pharmacologic Treatment of Dementia: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians
  [ Full text | PDF ]

Palliative Care at the End of Life

• New - Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve the Palliative Care of Pain, Dyspnea, and Depression at the End of Life: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
  [ Full text | PDF ]

COPD

• Diagnosis and Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
  [ Full text | PDF ]

Low Back Pain

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society
  [ Full text | PDF ]

Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes

• Glycemic Control and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Optimal Hemoglobin A_1c Targets. A Guidance Statement from the American College of Physicians
  [ Full text | PDF ]

Screening Mammography

• Screening Mammography for Women 40 to 49 Years of Age: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
  [ Full text | PDF ]

All Current Guidelines

Clinical Field: [ Cardiology | Endocrinology & Metabolism | General Internal Medicine | Pulmonology]

Cardiology

Title	Source and Year
Primary Care Management of Chronic Stable Angina and Asymptomatic Suspected or Known Coronary Artery Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2004; 141:562-567
Evaluation of Primary Care Patients with Chronic Stable Angina: Guidelines from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2004; 141:57-64

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Title	Source and Year
Pharmacologic Treatment of Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Systematic Review: Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women with Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis (evidence review) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Systematic Review for an American College of Physicians Guideline (evidence review) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Guidelines on Lipid Control in Type 2 diabetes released by ACP (guideline) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2004
Pharmacologic Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Background Paper for the American College of Physicians (evidence review) Full Text	Ann Intern Med. 2004; 140:650-658

General Internal Medicine

Title	Source and Year
Screening for HIV in Health Care Settings: A Guidance Statement From the American College of Physicians and HIV Medicine Association (guideline) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Using Second-Generation Antidepressants to Treat Depressive Disorders: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Comparative Benefits and Harms of Second-Generation Antidepressants: Background Paper for the American College of Physicians (evidence review) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Pharmacologic Treatment of Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Systematic Review: Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women with Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis (evidence review) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Systematic Review for an American College of Physicians Guideline (evidence review) Full text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Current Pharmacologic Treatment of Dementia: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians (guideline) Full text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Effectiveness of Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine for Treating Dementia: Evidence Review for a Clinical Practice Guideline (evidence review) Full text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve the Palliative Care of Pain, Dyspnea, and Depression at the End of Life: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Evidence for Improving Palliative Care at the End of Life: A Systematic Review (evidence review) Full text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2008
Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society (guideline) Full text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2007
Medications for Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline (evidence review) Full text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2007
Nonpharmacologic Therapies for Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline (evidence review) Full text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2007
Glycemic Control and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Optimal Hemoglobin A1c Targets. A Guidance Statement from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2007
Screening Mammography for Women 40 to 49 Years of Age: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2007
Screening Mammography in Women 40 to 49 Years of Age: A Systematic Review for the American College of Physicians (evidence review) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2007
Current Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism in Primary Care: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2007
Review of the Evidence on Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism (evidence review) Full Text | PDF	Ann Fam Med. 2007
Management of Venous Thromboembolism: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2007
Management of Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review for a Practice Guideline (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2007
Risk Assessment for and Strategies To Reduce Perioperative Pulmonary Complications for Patients Undergoing Noncardiothoracic Surgery (guideline) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2006
Preoperative Pulmonary Risk Stratification for Noncardiothoracic Surgery (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2006
Strategies To Reduce Postoperative Pulmonary Complications after Noncardiothoracic Surgery (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2006
Screening for Hereditary Hemochromatosis: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2005
Screening Primary Care Patients for Hereditary Hemochromatosis with Transferrin Saturation and Serum Ferritin Level: Systematic Review for the American College of Physicians (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2005
Pharmacologic and Surgical Management of Obesity in Primary Care: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2005
Meta-Analysis: Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2005
Meta-Analysis: Surgical Treatment of Obesity (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2005

Pulmonology

Title	Source and Year
Diagnosis and Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (guideline) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2007
Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review for a Clinical Practice Guideline (evidence review) Full Text | PDF	Ann Intern Med. 2007
Risk Assessment for and Strategies To Reduce Perioperative Pulmonary Complications for Patients Undergoing Noncardiothoracic Surgery (guideline) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2006
Preoperative Pulmonary Risk Stratification for Noncardiothoracic Surgery (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2006
Strategies To Reduce Postoperative Pulmonary Complications after Noncardiothoracic Surgery (evidence review) Full Text | PDF | Summary for Patients	Ann Intern Med. 2006

For more screening and preventive care guidelines, the ACP recommends the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Web site and the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. For HIV Screening and related guidelines, the ACP recommends the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Web site.

Requests for bulk reprints (minimum, 100 copies) of all guidelines published in Annals of Internal Medicine may be made to Helen Canavan, Reprints Coordinator; phone, 215-351-2663; email, reprints@acponline.org.

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