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Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are designed to support the decision-making processes in patient care based on systematic reviews of clinical evidence - the main source for evidence-based care.

This listing provides access to a range of Guidelines from both Australia and overseas and is grouped alphabetically by topic.

General Guidelines |  AIDS |  Anaesthetics |  Cancer |  Cardiology |  Diabetes |  Drugs |  Emergency Medicine |  GP |  Infectious Diseases |  Nephrology |  Nursing |  Obstetrics & Gynaecology |  Organ Donation |  Paediatrics |  Psychiatry |  Respiratory |  Stroke |  Surgery | 

General Guidelines

• Electronic Therapeutic Guidelines (eTG) Hospital staff (Intranet only) | UQ staff & students
• NHMRC Clinical Practice Guidelines Portal (Aus)
• American College of Cardiology Guidelines (US)
• CMA Infobase: Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) (Can)
• Guidelines Advisory Committee (GAC) (Can)
• Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) (Aus)
• National Guideline Clearinghouse (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) (US)
• National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Aus)
• National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) (UK)
• National Library of Medicine - Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (US)
• NHS Evidence (UK)
• Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) (UK)

AIDS Guidelines

• HIV InSite guidelines (Int)
• World Health Organisation (WHO) AIDS guidelines (Int)

Anaesthetics Guidelines

• American Society of Anesthiologists guidelines (US)
• Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists guidelines (Aus)

Cancer Guidelines

• American Society of Clinical Oncology guidelines (US)
• Cancer Council of Australia guidelines (Aus)
• National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) guidelines (Aus)
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines (US) - requires FREE registration

Cardiology

• Heart Foundation Information for professionals (Aus)

Diabetes Guidelines

• American Diabetes Association guidelines (US)
• Diabetes Australia Guidelines (Aus)

Drugs

• Clinical Guidelines and Procedures for the use of Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Heroin Dependance (National Drug Strategy) (Aus)
• National Drug Strategy (Drug and Alcohol Abuse) (Aus)
• Therapeutic Goods Administration Clinical Guidelines (Dept of Health and Aging) (Aus)
• Western Australian Therapeutics Advisory Group (WATAG) (Aus)
• Management of Patients with Psychostimulant Toxicity: Guidelines for Ambulance Services (National Drug Strategy) (Aus)
• Management of Patients with Psychostimulant Toxicity: Guidelines for Emergency Departments (National Drug Strategy) (Aus)

Emergency Medicine Guidelines

• Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) guidelines (AUS)
• Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) guidelines (Can)
• Clinical Practice Guidelines Portal: Emergency care (NHMRC) (AUS)
• College of Emergency Medicine guidelines (UK)
• Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) guidelines (US)
• European Resuscitation Council (ERC) guidelines (Eur)
• Guidelines International Network (GIN) Emergency Services guidelines (Int)
• Management of Patients with Psychostimulant Toxicity: Guidelines for Ambulance Services (National Drug Strategy) (Aus)
• Management of Patients with Psychostimulant Toxicity: Guidelines for Emergency Departments (National Drug Strategy) (Aus)
• NHS Evidence - Emergency and urgent care: guidance and pathways [UK]
• Surviving Sepsis Campaign - International Guidelines (US)

GP Guidelines

• Red Book - Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice (Aus)
• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners guidelines (Aus)

Infectious Diseases Guidelines

• Centers for Disease Control guidelines (US)
• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) (US)
• MJA Infectious Diseases (Aus)
• NSW Health Control Guidelines (Aus)

Nephrology Guidelines

• Caring for Australasians with Renal Impairment (CARI) (Aus)

Nursing Guidelines

• Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (Aus)
• Australian Resuscitation Council and the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses - standards for resuscitation (Aus)
• Dept of Veterans Affairs Community Nursing - Clinical Pathways (Aus)
• International Council of Nurses (ICN) (Int)
• Nursing Best Practice Guidelines (Can)
• Royal College of Nursing (RCN) (UK)

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Guidelines

• Perinatal Care of Substance Using Mothers and Their Infants (Aus)
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (Aus)
• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (Can)
• Women and Newborn Health Service (Dept Health WA) (Aus)

Organ Donation

• National Guidelines for Organ and Tissue Donation (Aus)

Paediatric Guidelines

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) (US)
• MJA Paediatric guidelines (Aus)
• Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (Aus)
• Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (Aus)

Psychiatry Guidelines

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) (US)
• American Academy of Psychiatrists (APA) (US)
• MJA Psychiatry (US)

Respiratory

• The COPD-X guidelines (Aus)
• NICE COPD guidelines (Aus)

Stroke

• National Stroke Foundation (Aus)

Surgery

• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Guidelines (US)