What are Clinical Practice Guidelines?

Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) are "a series of recommendations on clinical care, supported by the best available evidence in the clinical literature".

~Watters, W.C., III. (2008). Defining evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. AAOS Now, 2(7)

Where Can I Find Clinical Guidelines?

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CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2024 by Jacob A. David
Call Number: AccessMedicine Database
ISBN: 9781265690168
Publication Date: 2023-12-06
CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2024 converts lengthy and cumbersome text into a practical, relevant collection of available options for busy clinicians. This go-to guide converts the tremendous amount of information on the web into a practical, relevant collection of usable data for busy clinicians.*NEW: Updates reflecting the review of more than 150 guidelines *NEW: Updates to guidelines for screening/prevention of ASCVD; anxiety disorders in children, pediatric obesity, chronic pain, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia; and osteoarthritis *NEW: Numerous topics have been added, including screening and prevention of eating disorders, COVID vaccination in pregnancy, prevention of pelvic floor dysfunction, management of chest pain, left ventricular thrombus, delirium *Guideline Discordance tables highlight when major guidelines do not mirror each other * Screening and prevention of conditions have been combined to enhance clinician use.

Examples of Clinical Guidelines

Behavioral Programs for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Current State of the Evidence (PubMed Health, 2016)

Evidence-Based Practice

What are Clinical Practice Guidelines?

Where Can I Find Clinical Guidelines?

Examples of Clinical Guidelines

Behavioral Programs for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Current State of the Evidence (PubMed Health, 2016)