Clinical Practice Guidelines for Emergency Medicine

Providing links to full-text Clinical Practice Guidelines and Policy Resources in Emergency Medicine for physicians, nurses, health professionals, health care providers and others. An accessible mechanism for obtaining objective, detailed information on Emergency Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines.

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A

A practical guide for the diagnosis and treatment of acute sinusitis

A Practitioner's Guideline for Children Suspected of Having a Middle Ear Infection

Acute Bronchitis

Acute low back problems in adults.

Acute management of autonomic dysreflexia - Adults with spinal cord injury presenting to health-care facilities.

Acute Otitis Media

Acute Otitis Media - Management and surveillance in an era of pneumococcal resistance

Acute Pharyngitis

Acute Sinusitis in Adults

Acyclovir for Primary HSV Gingivostomatitis

Administration of pneumococcal vaccine

Adult Low Back Pain

Altered mental states.

An evidence-based approach to prescribing NSAIDs in musculoskeletal disease - Canadian consensus

An integrated protocol to manage health care workers exposed to bloodborne pathogens

ANAPHYLAXIS: STATEMENT ON INITIAL MANAGEMENT IN NON-HOSPITAL SETTINGS

Ankle Sprain

Antibiotic management of acute otitis media

Antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery

Approach to the management of hyperbilirubinemia in term newborn infants

Assessment and Management of Acute Pain

Asthma

Asthma and Rhinitis

Atrial Fibrillation

B

Bacterial keratitis.

Background Regarding Gifts to Emergency Physicians from the Biomedical Industry

Biphasic Automated External Defibrillator - Guidelines

Bi-Phasic Defibrillator Guidelines, ZOLL M-Series - Charlottesville Albemarle Rescue Squad [PDF 1pp. 6Kb]

Blepharitis

Breast Cancer Treatment

Bulging Fontanel and Meningitis

Bureau of EMS Policy Statements - New York State Emergency medical Services System.

Burn Center Protocols in PDF Format - VUMC Burn Center

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C

Canadian guidelines for intravenous thrombolytic treatment in acute stroke

Canadian STD Guidelines

Candidiasis

Candidiasis in HIV

Cardiac Stress Test Supplement

Carpal tunnel syndrome.

Cervical Cancer Screening

Chancroid

Changing Concepts in the Management of Asthma

Chemotherapy of the Pulmonary Mycoses

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic Rhinitis

Clinical Guidelines for the Determination of Death

Clinical Guidelines for Office-Based Surgery

Clinical Practice Guideline - Report of the Recommendations, Autism / Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Assessment and Intervention for Young Children (Age 0-3 Years)

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults - Guidelines for management

Congestive Heart Failure in Adults

Conjunctivitis

Consensus statement regarding the HIV window period

Conscious Sedation Guidelines - The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba

Corneal opacification.

Counseling to prevent low back pain.

Counseling guidelines for HIV testing

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Decontamination.

Croup (Laryngotrachobronchitis)

Cryptosporidiosis and HIV

Cytomegalovirus Disease

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D

Diabetic nephropathy.

Diabetic retinopathy.

Diagnosing syncope

Diagnosis and Initial Treatment of Ischemic Stroke

Diagnosis and Management of Asthma

Diagnosis and Management of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Primary Care

Diagnosis and Management of Infertility

Diagnosis and management of group A streptococcal pharyngitis: a practice guideline.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Degenerative Joint Disease of the Knee

Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease Caused by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

Diagnosis and treatment of otitis media in children.

Diagnostic Approach to Acute Venous Thromboembolism

Diagnostic Standards / Classification of TB

Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis

Diagnostic Tests in Acute Pharyngitis

'Do Not Attempt Resuscitation' Orders in the Out-of-Hospital Setting Prehospital encounters with the terminally ill or those with Living Wills or Advanced Directives can be emotionally charged and may often be filled with confusion, especially when the use of resuscitative measures is unclear.

Dry eye syndrome

Dupuytren's contracture (update).

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E

"E. coli 0157:H7, other verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli, and hemolytic-uremic syndrome in childhood"

Early detection and counseling of problem drinking

Ectopic Pregnancy

Effects of gastric emptying (by lavage or emesis) in addition to charcoal for treatment of acute overdose

Emergency Care of Persons with Hemophilia - Guidelines

Emergency Contraception

Emergency Management Standards - The Emergency Management Plan. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)

Emergency oral contraception.

EMTALA: Responsibilities of hospitals in emergency cases

Epididymitis

Equipment for Ambulances American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).

Erythema infectiosum and parvovirus B19 infection in pregnancy

Evaluation and Management of Intracranial Mass Lesions in AIDS.

Evaluation and Management of the Sexually Assaulted or Sexually Abused Patient This document was created under the leadership of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). The intent was to prepare a set of useful and practical recommendations that will standardize the evaluation and management of sexual assault patients.

Evaluation and Treatment of Minors: Reference on Consent

Evaluation of the Newborn with Single or Multiple Congenital Anomalies A Clinical Guideline. An educational resource for health care providers to help them provide quality care to newborns with one or more congenital malformations.

Evidence based clinical protocol guideline for fever of uncertain source in infants 60 days of age or less.

Evidence based guidelines and recommendations for the community evaluation and medical management of children with acute gastroenteritis.

Evidence based guidelines for the medical management of infants one year of age or less with a first time episode of bronchiolitis.

Expert Panel Report 2: guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma.

F

Facial lacerations.

Fatal anaphylactic reactions to food in children

Fibrinolysis guidelines.

Fibromyalgia

Fresh Frozen Plasma: Indications and Risks

Fungal Infections in HIV-Infected Persons

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G

Gastroenteritis (Pediatric) - PDF

Guideline for the Initial Management of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia Diagnosis, Assessment of Severity and Initial Antimicrobial Therapy

Guidelines for Ambulance Diversion - The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) believes that access to quality emergency care, including emergency medical services (EMS), is a critical component of the American health care system.

Guidelines for antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection

Guidelines for Assessing and Treating Anxiety Disorders

Guidelines for Credentialing and Delineation of Clinical Privileges in Emergency Medicine

Guidelines for Emergency Management of Paediatric Asthma

Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Facilities, 1994"

Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health-Care Facilities, 1994"

Guidelines for red blood cell and plasma transfusion for adults and children: report of the Expert Working Group

Guidelines for the assessment and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Blunt Aortic Injury

Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of migraine in clinical practice

Guidelines for the emergency management of asthma in adults

Guidelines for the identification, investigation and treatment of individuals with concomitant tuberculosis and HIV infection"

Guidelines for the nonpharmacologic management of migraine in clinical practice

Guidelines for the Role of EMS Personnel in Domestic Violence

Guidelines for the Treatment of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Infection for California

Guidelines for the use of antimicrobial agents in neutropenic patients with unexplained fever.

Guidelines for Undergraduate Education in Emergency Medicine

H

Headache

Health Care Guidelines for Cruise Ship Medical Facilities

Hemophilia and von Willebrand's disease : 1. Diagnosis, comprehensive care and assessment"

Hemophilia and von Willebrand's disease : 2. Management

Hyperventilation in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury - Guidelines.

Human Papillomavirus/Warts

Human Rabies Prevention - United States, 1999 Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)"

I

Immunization Guidelines for Health Care Providers

Information on Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis

L

Leukotriene antagonists : what is their role in the management of asthma?

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M

Management and Therapy of Sickle Cell Disease

Management of Accidental Exposure to HIV

Management of airway emergencies.

Management of children with head trauma

Management of eclampsia

Management of Elder Abuse

Management of HIV associated diseases : section 4

Management of Observation Units

"Management of possible sexual, injecting-drug-use, or other nonoccupational exposure to HIV"

"Management of posterior vitreous detachment, retinal breaks, and lattice degeneration."

Management of the febrile one- to 36-month-old child with no focus of infection

Management of the paediatric patient with generalized convulsive status epilepticus in the emergency department

Management of the Patient with the Complaint of Sexual Assault

Managing Migraine Today (II): Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatment

Managing otitis media with effusion in young children.

Medical Anti-Shock Trousers (MAST), also known as the Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (PASG) - Guidelines.

Medical Direction of Interfacility Patient Transfers

Medical Direction of Prehospital Emergency Medical Services

Meningococcal disease prevention and control strategies for practice-based physicians

Military Prehospital Care and Emergency Medical Service Systems

Molluscum Contagiosum

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N

Naltrexone and alcoholism treatment.

National Guidelines for Pediatric Trauma Care

Needlestick injuries in the community

New guidelines recommended for group A streptococcal pharyngitis

O

Occupational Exposure to HIV: Information for Healthcare Workers

Oral rehydration therapy and early refeeding in the management of childhood gastroenteritis

Otitis Media

Otitis media with effusion in young children.

Out-of-Hospital 12-Lead ECG In the past several years, a number of studies have examined the various aspects of the use of 12 -Lead ECGs in the out-of-hospital setting, with the goal to help decrease the "door-to-drug" time in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

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P

Parameters for the diagnosis and management of sinusitis.

Patient Management Guidelines for Penetrating Intraperitoneal Colon Injuries

Pediatric Acute Otitis Media

Pediatric Rhinitis

Pediatric Sinusitis

Pediculosis Pubis

Pharmacologic treatment of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy

Pharmacological management of alcohol withdrawal

Pharyngitis.

Pharyngitis/Tonsillitis

Physician Medical Direction of EMS Education Programs

Platelet Transfusion Therapy

Policy Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

Policy Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

Postexposure prophylaxis for selected infectious diseases.

Practice advisory: thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke.

Practice guidelines for management of the difficult airway.

Practice guidelines for sedation and analgesia by non-anesthesiologists.

Practice Management Guideline Parameters for Prophylactic Antibiotics in Tube Thoracostomy for Traumatic Hemopneumothorax

Practice management guidelines for identifying cervical spine injuries following trauma.

Practice management guidelines for penetrating intraperitoneal colon injuries.

Practice Management Guidelines for Prophylactic Antibiotics in Open Fractures

Practice Management Guidelines for Prophylactic Antibiotics in Penetrating Abdominal Trauma

Practice Management Guidelines for Screening of Blunt Cardiac Injury

Practice management guidelines for screening of blunt cardiac injury.

Practice Management Guidelines for the Non-Operative Management of Blunt Injury to the Liver and Spleen

Practice parameter: carpal tunnel syndrome.

Practice parameter: neuroimaging in the emergency patient presenting with seizure.

Practice parameter: the electroencephalogram in the evaluation of headache.

Practice parameter: the management of acute gastroenteritis in young children.

Practice parameter: the management of concussion in sports.

Practice parameter: the neurodiagnostic evaluation of the child with a first simple febrile seizure.

Practice Parameters for Identifying Cervical Spine Injuries Following Trauma

Practice parameters for the diagnosis and treatment of asthma.

Practice parameters for the forensic evaluation of children and adolescents who may have been physically or sexually abused.

Practice parameters: magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of low back syndrome.

PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF TUBERCULOSIS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Prevention of preeclampsia

Primary angle-closure glaucoma.

Protocol for the investigation of acute flaccid paralysis and suspected paralytic poliomyelitis

Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Health-Care Worker Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis

Public Health Service guidelines for the management of health-care worker exposures to HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis.

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Q

QualityFIRST dysfunctional uterine bleeding.

R

Rapid Diagnostic Test for Tuberculosis: What is the Appropriate Use?

Rapid-Sequence Intubation

Recognition and Management of Elder Abuse

Report on Preparedness of the Emergency Department for the Care of Children

Report of the Canadian Hypertension Society Consensus Conference: Definitions, evaluation and classification of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy"

Report of the Canadian Hypertension Society Consensus Conference: Nonpharmacologic management and prevention of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy

Resource Utilization in the Emergency Department: The Duty of Stewardship

Resuscitation of newborns, very ill newborns"

Review of the literature on spinal ultrasound for the evaluation of back pain and radicular disorders

S

School and daycare exclusion policies for chickenpox : a rational approach

Seizures and Intracranial Hemorrhages in Neonates

Shoulder Dystocia

Shoulder dystocia.

Sinusitis

Sprains

Statement on high-altitude illnesses

Statement on meningococcal vaccination for travelers

Statement on oral cholera vaccination

Statement on overseas travelers and typhoid fever

Statement on Sarcoidosis

Surfactant replacement therapy.

Syphilis

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T

The diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis.

"The diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of the initial urinary tract infection in febrile infants and young children."

The Emergency Physician and Patient Confidentiality: A Review

The management of ureteral calculi.

The risk and prevention of tuberculosis in travelers

THE ROLE OF PHENYTOIN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME

The role of phenytoin in the management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome.

The Use of Pediatric Sedation and Analgesia

The Use of Sedation/Analgesia

The utility of neuroimaging in the evaluation of headache in patients with normal neurological examinations

Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) for acute ischemic stroke.

Treatment of acute migraine headaches

Treatment of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Infection

Treatment of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Infection in Adults & Children

Tuberculosis Control Laws

U

Upper Respiratory Infection

Urethritis

Use of Patient Restraint

Use of Peak Expiratory Flow Rate Monitoring for the Management of Asthma in Adults in the Emergency Department Patients with acute exacerbations of asthma commonly present to the emergency department for treatment.

Use of Intravenous tPA for the Management of Acute Stroke in the Emergency Department

V

Venous Thromboembolism (VTE).

Viral upper respiratory infection (VURI) in children and adults.

Voluntary Guidelines for Out-of-Hospital Practices A joint policy statement and PREP between ACEP, the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) and the National Association of State EMS Directors (NASEMSD)

Verification of Endotracheal Tube Placement

Vulvo-vaginitis in adolescents and adults

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