Current ACCP Guidelines

• Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Endorsed Guidelines from Other Organizations
• Systematic Reviews
• Conference Proceedings

Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines [Definition]

An evidence-based clinical practice guideline is a statement that is based on scientific literature, explicitly documents the process used to develop the statement, and grades the strength of the evidence used in making clinical recommendations. The most common definition of evidence-based medicine requires that it follow a bottom-up approach integrating the best external evidence with individual clinical expertise and consideration of patient preferences.

• Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (2nd Edition)
  [CHEST 2007; 132:supplement 3]
  
  
• Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Medical Therapies Update
  [CHEST 2007; 131:1917-1928]
  
  
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Joint ACCP/AACVPR Evidence-Based Guidelines
  [CHEST 2007; 131:supplement 5]
  
  
• Diagnosis and Management of Cough: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
  CHEST 2006;129:suppl 1.

• American College of Chest Physicians Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Post-operative Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery
  CHEST 2005;128:suppl.

• Device Selection and Outcomes of Aerosol Therapy: Evidence-Based Guidelines
  [CHEST 2005; 127:335-371]

• The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: Evidence-Based Guidelines
  [CHEST 2004; 126(Supplement 3)] [PDA Download] [Clinical Resource ]

• Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension:
  ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
  [CHEST 2004; 126(Supplement 1)] [Clinical Resource ]

• Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer: ACCP Evidence-Based Guidelines
  [CHEST 2003; 123] [PDA Download]
  [Speakers Kit] [Quick Reference Guide (PDF)]

• ACCP Evidence-Based Guidelines for Weaning and Discontinuing Ventilatory Support
  [CHEST 2001; 120:375S-396S] [Evidence Based Guideline (PDF)]
  [PDA Download]

• Medical and Surgical Treatment of Parapneumonic Effusions:
  Evidence-Based Guideline
  [CHEST 2000; 118:1158-1171] [Evidence Based Guideline (PDF)]

• Treatment of Systemic Hypertension in Patients with Pulmonary Disease

• The Association of Hypertension and Secondary Cardiovascular Disease with Sleep-Disordered Breathing

Endorsed Guidelines from Other Organizations

• ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult.
  A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure)
  [Summary] [Full Text]

Systematic Reviews

Systematic reviews are a compilation of all available literature. Inclusion and exclusion criteria for studies to be reviewed, and a comprehensive literature search are preformed. The results of the literature review are then summarized according to the criteria. This rigorous process to identify the literature provides scientific, rather that subjective, summaries of the literature, and could reveal new evidence and provide reliable evidence to aid clinical decision-making.

• Home Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
  An Evidence Review cosponsored by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the American Thoracic Society.
  [CHEST 2003; 124:1543-1579]

• Systematic Review of the Evidence Regarding Potential Complications of Inhaled Corticosteroid Use in Asthma:
  Collaboration of American College of Chest Physicians, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, and American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
  [CHEST 2003; 124:2329-2340]

• Evidence-Based Assessment of Diagnostic Tests for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
  [CHEST 2000; 117(4; suppl 2)] [Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians (PDF)] [PDA Download]

Conference Proceedings

Translating Guidelines Into Practice: Implementation and Physician Behavior Change...[CHEST 2000; 118(suppl 2)]

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