An updated guideline for the management of dyslipidemia emphasized enhancing health-related behaviors and consideration of early initiation of lipid-lowering therapy, even in adults as young as 30 ...

The world of clinical practice guidelines is a mess. Regardless of what medical field you look at — oncology, cardiology, urology — looking at guidelines recommending treatment developed for different ...

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) publishes “Practice Guidelines” for the treatment of several mental disorders, including eating disorders, substance abuse, and schizophrenia. These manuals ...

To inform clinicians on the best biologic agent for different populations of adults with severe asthma, 12 experts collaborated on a new clinical practice guideline published in CHEST, according to a ...

Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13058. Nationally and around ...

Today at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Meeting, Convergence 2024, the ACR released a summary of a new guideline for the screening, treatment and management of lupus nephritis ...

Over the past 20 years, courts have clarified that clinical practice guidelines are helpful but not definitive standards of care. They can be used by experts as part of their reasoning but are not ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Clinicians can no longer stay abreast of the rapidly expanding knowledge bases related ...