Clinical Guidelines

Alcohol and Drugs
     Helping patients who drink too much. A clinician’s guide. National Institute
     on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/practitioner/cliniciansguide2005/guide.pdf
     Screening for illicit drug use: recommendation statement. U.S. Preventive
     Services Task Force 2008  http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsdrug.htm    

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
    Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, AUA Practice Guidelines
   Committee -  http://www.auanet.org/content/guidelines-and-quality-care/clinical-guidelines.cfm?sub=bph

Cancer
    National Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening - http://www.guidelines.gov/syntheses/synthesis.aspx?id=16410
   Breast cancer risk assessment tools:
        o Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool. National Cancer Institute (NCI)  
                       http://www.cancer.gov/bcrisktool/  
        o BRCA1 and BRCA2: Cancer Risk and Genetic Testing. NCI
                       http://nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/BRCA   
        o More Asian-American Women May Need to be Tested for BRCA Mutations
            http://www.hopkinsbreastcenter.org/artemis/200810/1.html
        o Breast Cancer Disease Risk Index– English version. Harvard Center for Cancer
            Prevention. http://www.diseaseriskindex.harvard.edu/update/hccpquiz.pl?lang=english&func=home&quiz=breast  
    Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines. Comparison of 2009 and 2003 ACOG Guidelines. 
    Indiana University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology  
         http://obgyn.medicine.iu.edu/centers/national-center-of-excellence-in-wo...
        leadership/best-practices/cervical-cancer-screening-guidelines/acog-guidelines/
  
    Cervical cancer. CDC (Note: table does not include new ACOG Guidelines.
     www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/ScreeningTables.pdf
    Risk factors for prostate cancer.  National Cancer Institute  
     http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/prevention/prostate/HealthProfessional/page4

Cardiovascular Disease
    Chronic angina focused update of the ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management 
    of patients with chronic stable angina. Circulation. 2007 
    http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/citation/j.jacc.2007.08.002v1
    Carotid Artery Stenosis screening. .  U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2007
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsacas.htm
    Peripheral Artery Disease -Ankle-Brachial Index. ACP  http://cpsc.acponline.org/enhancements/232abiCalc.html

Communicable Disease
    Screening for hepatitis B, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Guide to Clinical Preventive
    Services, 2006  http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspshepb.htm
    Herpes Simplex - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening
    http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsherp.htm
   HIV - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening 2005, amended 2007 -
   http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf05/hiv/hivreview.htm   
    STD Treatment Guidelines 2010-National Guideline Clearinghouse. Clinical Prevention
    Guidance  http://www.guideline.gov/search/search.aspx?term=std

Diabetes Education
    Clinical Practice Recommendations for Diabetes Self-Management.  American Diabetes
    Association  http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/33/Supplement_1

Nutrition and Obesity 
    Clinical Guidelines on Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and
    Obesity. 
National Institutes of Health and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
    www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_home.htm 
    Screening for Obesity in Adults: recommendations and rationale. U.S. Preventive Services
    Task Force. Rockville MD. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2003
    http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsobes.htm  
    Assessment and Management of Adult Obesity: A Primer for Physicians -
    http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/433/healthrisks.pdf  
    Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010.  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    and U.S. Department of Agriculture.
     http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/DietaryGuidelines/2010/PolicyDoc/PolicyDoc.pdf  
    Calorie expenditure with exercise.  U.S. Department of Agriculture: Inside the Pyramid - 
    USDA Recommended "My Plate" -  http://www.termlifeinsurance.org/additional-resources/usda-my-plate/   
       
BMI calculation - http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmicalc.htm  
    BMI Body Mass Index Table - www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/bmi_tbl.pdf  

Geriatric Screenings
    Health screening in older adults. American Geriatrics Society Ethics Committee
    http://www.americangeriatrics.org/products/positionpaters/stopscreening.shtml
    Geriatrics Dementia Screening - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2003
     http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsdeme.htm

Glaucoma
    Screening for glaucoma: recommendation statement. AHRQ Publication -
     http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsglau.htm

Headache
    AAN encounter kit for headache, 2008. American Academy of Neurology.
    http://www.aan.com/go/practice/quality/headache

Immunizations
    Immunization details and high risk conditions: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/ACIP-list.htm
    Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System  Formhttp://vaers.hhs.gov/index

Low Back Pain

    Primary care interventions to prevent Low Back Pain in adults.  2004 U.S. Preventive Services
    Task Force.   http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsback.htm 

Pain
    Management of Pain in Older AdultsCavalieri, JAOA • Vol 105 • No 3_suppl • March 2005 • 12-17
    http://www.jaoa.org/cgi/content/full/105/3_suppl/12S
   Assessing and Treating Pain in Older Adults  AMA Pain Management Module 5:
    http://www.ama-cmeonline.com/pain_mgmt/module05/index.htm.

Tobacco
    Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
     http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspstbac2.htm

Violence
    Domestic Violence National Hotline   800-787-3224  or 800-799-SAFE (7233) - TTY for
    hearing impaired  http://www.thehotline.org/
     Screening for family and intimacy partner violence: recommendation state.
    U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.- http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsfamv.htm