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Links to Clinical Practice Guidelines for Handheld Computers
All National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) Guideline Summaries are available in a
text format downloadable to the Palm-based Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).
See the PDA Download page for additional information.
In order to download a specific summary for PDA/Palm view:
- Select the guideline that you would like to view
- Click on the "PDA download" link in the Summary box of the Side Menu
In addition, information concerning the availability of full-text guidelines and/or
companion documents available in downloadable versions for the handheld computer
through the guideline developer is listed in the "COMPANION DOCUMENTS" field in the NGC Guideline Summary. The
"COMPANION DOCUMENTS" field is located towards the end of the Summary.
Below is a list summarizing these available links. This list is organized alphabetically by guideline developer.
American Academy of Family Physicians
A PDA version of the "Summary of Recommendations for Clinical Preventive Services" is available from the
American Academy of Family Physicians Web site.
American College of Cardiology Foundation
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has developed the ACC InfoGuide™.
The software application and documents listed below are available for download
from the American College of Cardiology Web site.
- Pocket guideline for the management of patients with acute myocardial
infarction.
- Pocket guideline for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction.
- Pocket guideline for coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).
- Pocket guideline for evaluation and management of chronic heart failure in the adult.
- Pocket guideline for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices.
- Pocket guideline for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation.
- Pocket guideline for the management of patients with chronic stable angina.
- Pocket guideline for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery.
American College of Chest Physicians
The documents listed below are available for download from the
American College of Chest Physicians Web site.
- Evidence-based assessment of diagnostic tests for ventilator-associated pneumonia.
(Quick reference guide for clinicians).
- Managing cough as a defense mechanism and as a symptom. (Quick reference guide for
clinicians).
- Pulmonary rehabilitation: joint ACCP/AACVPR evidence-based guidelines. (Quick reference
guide for clinicians).
- Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy (2001): summary
recommendations. (Quick reference guide for clinicians).
American College of Physicians (ACP)
The document listed below is available for download from the
American College of Physicians Web site.
- Pharmacologic treatment of acute major depression and dysthymia (summary).
American College of Radiology
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has developed the Appropriateness Criteria® Anytime, Anywhere™ PDA application, which is
available from the ACR Web site.
American Diabetes Association
The 2007 Clinical Practice Recommendations Standards of Care is available for viewing on a Palm or Pocket PC from
the
American Diabetes Association Web site.
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association (AHA) has made a number of its guidelines, jointly
developed with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), available in PDA
downloabable format. Guidelines may be viewed with the freely distributable,
APPRISOR™ Document Viewer for Palm OS, or by the iSilo document reader for
Palm OS or Pocket PC OS. The APPRISOR™ Document Viewer, technical support
information, and the following guidelines are available
for download at www.apprisor.com.
- ACC/AHA pocket guideline for coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
- ACC/AHA pocket guideline for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices.
- ACC/AHA pocket guideline for management of patients with acute myocardial infarction.
- ACC/AHA pocket guideline for management of patients with chronic stable angina.
- ACC/AHA pocket guideline for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery.
- ACC/AHA pocket guideline for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction.
- ACC/AHA pocket guidelines for the management of chronic heart failure in the adult.
- ACC/AHA pocket guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation.
- AHA/ACC secondary guideline for consensus panel guide to comprehensive risk reduction
for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease.
American Medical Directors Association (AMDA)
The documents listed below are available for download from the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Web site.
- PDA application: depression (Palm/PDA format)
- PDA application: depression (PocketPC format)
- PDA application: falls and fall risk (Palm/PDA format)
- PDA application: falls and fall risk (PocketPC format)
- PDA application: pain management (Palm/PDA format)
- PDA application: pain management (PocketPC format)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- TB treatment guidelines. Available for download
from the CDC Web site.
These guidelines and related resources (when available) can be downloaded to Palm OS or Pocket PC PDA from the
AIDSinfo Web site.
- (1) Prevention and treatment of tuberculosis among patients with infected human immunodeficiency virus: Principles of therapy and revised recommendations.
(2) Notice to readers: updated guidelines for the use of rifabutin or rifampin for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients taking protease inhibitors or nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.
(3) Updated guidelines for the use of rifamycins for the treatment of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients taking protease inhibitors or nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
- 2001 USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections
in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus
- Antiretroviral postexposure prophylaxis after sexual, injection-drug use, or other nonoccupational exposure to HIV in the United States:
recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-infected adults and adolescents
- Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection
- Public Health Service Task Force Recommendations for the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1
Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV-1
Transmission in the United States
- Updated U.S. Public Health Service guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis
European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
The pocket guidelines listed below are available for download from the
European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Web site.
- Acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without ST-segment elevation
- Acute heart failure
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Antiplatelet agents
- Cardiovascular disease prevention
- Chronic heart failure
- Diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases
- Interpretation of the neonatal electrocardiogram
- Management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy
- Management of grown-up congenital heart disease
- Management of syncope
- Percutaneous coronary interventions
- Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis
- Prevention of sudden cardiac death
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Stable angina pectoris
National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Inc.
An outline of main points contained in the guideline "Adapting your Practice: General Recommendations for the Care of Homeless Patients" is available for Palm Download from the National Health Care for the Homeless Council Web site.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (U.S.)
- Asthma Treatment Guidelines for the Palm OS*. U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health,
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 2002. [online file]. Available from
the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Web site.
- ATP III cholesterol management implementation tool for Palm OS. Available
from the NHLBI Web site.
Public Health Service (PHS) (U.S.)
Singapore Ministry of Health
- Diagnosis and management of epilepsy in adults clinical practice guideline. Available for personal digital assistant (PDA) download in ISilo and MsReader formats from the Singapore Ministry of Health Web site.
- Diagnosis and management of epilepsy in adults summary card. Available for personal digital assistant (PDA) download in ISilo and MsReader formats from the Singapore Ministry of Health Web site.
- Hypertension clinical practice guideline. Available for personal digital assistant (PDA) download in ISilo and MsReader formats from the Singapore Ministry of Health Web site.
- Hypertension summary card. Available for personal digital assistant (PDA) download in ISilo and MsReader formats from the Singapore Ministry of Health Web site.
- Use of antibiotics in adults clinical practice guideline. Available for personal digital assistant (PDA) download in ISilo and MsReader formats from the Singapore Ministry of Health Web site.
- Use of antibiotics in adults clinical practice guideline summary booklet. Available for personal digital assistant (PDA) download in ISilo and MsReader formats from the Singapore Ministry of Health Web site.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
The Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS), available as a PDA application and a web-based tool, is a quick hands-on tool designed to help primary care clinicians identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their patients. It is based on current recommendations of the USPSTF and can be searched by specific patient characteristics, such as age, sex, and selected behavioral risk factors.
All USPSTF guidelines that are published in the Annals of Internal Medicine as part of the 3rd Edition of the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services are also available for
PDA download from the Annals of Internal Medicine
Web site:
- Aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events: recommendations and rationale
- Behavioral counseling in primary care to promote physical activity: recommendation and rationale
- Chemoprevention of breast cancer: recommendations and rationale
- Genetic risk assessment and BRCA mutation testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility: recommendation statement
- Hormone therapy for the prevention of chronic conditions in postmenopausal women: recommendation statement
- Lung cancer screening: recommendation statement
- Routine aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) prophylaxis for colorectal cancer prevention
- Routine vitamin supplementation to prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease: recommendations and rationale
- Screening and behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce alcohol misuse: recommendation statement
- Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms: recommendation statement
- Screening for breast cancer: recommendations and rationale
- Screening for colorectal cancer: recommendations and rationale
- Screening for coronary heart disease: recommendation statement
- Screening for dementia: recommendations and rationale
- Screening for depression: recommendations and rationale
- Screening for family and intimate partner violence: recommendation statement
- Screening for hemochromatosis: recommendation statement
- Screening for hepatitis C in adults: recommendation statement
- Screening for HIV: recommendation statement
- Screening for obesity in adults: recommendations and rationale
- Screening for prostate cancer: recommendations and rationale
- Screening for suicide risk: recommendation statement
- Screening for thyroid disease: recommendation statement
- Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: recommendations and rationale
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Copyright and other restrictions may apply to the use of these files. Users should
thoroughly review all information provided by the guideline developer before using these
files.
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