Clinical Practice Guidelines Clinical Practice Guidelines are "systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances." Institute of Medicine, 1992 Print Sources Internet Sources Finding More Sources of Clinical Practice Guidelines Suggested Readings I. Print Sources A. Books (selected examples) 1. American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines [REF WM400 A512 2000] 2. Clinical Practice Guidelines Directory, American Medical Association (continues Directory of Practice Parameters) [REF ZW87 C641 2000] 3. Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services [Permanent Reserve WA108 C6413 1998] Also available at: http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/ 4. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2nd edition, 1996; DHHS, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.[HE 20.8:C 61 or WA108 U84g 1996 (Williams & Wilkins)] also available at: http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov 5. Health Care Standards: Official Directory. Plymouth Meeting, PA : ECRI . [REF W22 H434 2003] 6. Neurology Practice Guidelines . Richard Lechtenberg,and Henry S. Schutta (eds.) New York : M. Dekker, c1998. [WL140 N4936 1998] 7. Oncology Practice Guidelines [Oncology12, No.11A, 1998] 8. Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines & Polices (American Academy of Pediatrics) [REF WS21 P371 2003] 9. Standards, Recommended Practices, and Guidelines, Association of Operating Room Nurses [REF WY162 A849na 2000] B. Periodicals Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, CDC [stack 149] Also available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr Back to Top  II. Internet Sources (selected examples) 1. American College of Cardiology http://www.acc.org/clinical/statements.htm 2. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/publications/pubcat/guideline.htm 3. Centers for Disease Control Prevention Guidelines Database http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/cdcRecommends/AdvSearchV.asp 4. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) http://www.icsi.org 5. National Guideline Clearinghouse http://www.guideline.gov 6. Primary Care-Clinical Practice Guidelines (University of California, San Francisco) http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/ Back to Top III. Finding more sources of clinical practice guidelines 1. Medical subject headings in MNCAT (University of Minnesota Libraries catalog (http://mncat.lib.umn.edu): * clinical medicine--standards * nursing care--standards * practice guidelines   2. Search strategy in MEDLINE or HealthSTAR databases: Combine disease/technique terms with: * Practice guideline (publication type or MeSH heading) * guidelines (publication type or MeSH heading)   3. Internet keyword searching: practice guideline practice parameter clinical guideline Back to Top IV. Suggested Readings Cabana MD., et al. Why don't physicians follow clinical practice guidelines? A framework for improvement. JAMA. 1999 Oct 20; 282(15):1458-65. Field, Marilyn J. and Kathleen N. Lohr (eds.) Guidelines for clinical practice : from development to use. Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1992. Also available at: http://www.nap.edu/books/0309045894/html/index.html Lohr, K.N. Guidelines for Clinical Practice: What They Are and Why They Count. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 23(1):49-56;Spring 1995. Saver, B.G. Whose Guideline Is It, Anyway? [editorial] Archives of Family Medicine 5(9): 532-4; Oct 1996. Back to Top

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