Medical Standards and Guidelines

SEARCH-RESEARCH

ANESTHESIA

• American Society of Anesthesiologists - practice guidelines, standards, & statements .pdf
• Anesthesia Linx- anesthesia point of care
• GASNet
• Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
• Malignant Hyperthermia Association
• Anesthesia Awareness - website
• American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
• Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway .pdf
• Virtual Anaesthesia Textbook - Airway Management

CARDIOVASCULAR

• Cardiosource - American College of Cardiology website to guidelines by topic
• Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: evidence-based guidelines - American College of Chest Physicians
• AHA/ASA Guidelines for Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack
• European Society of Cardiology - guidelines
• The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions - guidelines
• Society for Vascular Ultrasound - position statements and guidelines
• Atlas of Perioperative Echocardiography
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - clinical practice guidelines
• The Internet Stroke Center - comprehensive professional guidelines & consensus statements
• National Stroke Association - professional guidelines

CARDIOTHORACIC

• American College of Chest Physicians - clinical practice guidelines
• American Thoracic Society - scientific statements and practice guidelines

CHIROPRACTIC

• ChiroWeb - chiropractic care
• Spine Universe

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

• Society of Critical Care Medicine - guidelines & practice parameters
• Neurotrauma Critical Care

DENTISTRY

• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research - diseases & conditions
• American Dental Association - evidence based dentistry, practice parameters
• American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry - clinical guidelines

DERMATOLOGY

• Electronic Textbook of Dermatology
• American Academy of Dermatology

EMERGENCY/TRAUMA

• Association of Emergency Physicians - policy & position statements
• American College of Emergency Physicians - clinical policies
• Trauma Clinical Guidelines - Washington State department of health
• Brain Trauma Foundation - Critical Care/Neurosurgical Practice Guidelines

ENDOCRINOLOGY

• American Diabetes Association - clinical practice recommendations
• The Endocrine Society - website

EAR, NOSE & THROAT (ENT) (OTOLARYNGOLOGY)

• American Academy of Otolaryngology - head and neck surgery, Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) - physician resources
• Martindale's "Virtual " medical center - otolaryngology

GASTROENTEROLOGY

• American Gastroenterological Association - practice resource library
• American College of Gastroenterology - clinical guidelines
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)- clinical guidelines
• The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract - guidelines
• American Association for the Study of Liver Disease - guidelines
• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)- standards of practice

GENERAL GUIDELINES

• Evidenced-Based Medical Resource Center - clinical practice guidelines, all specialties
• University of California San Francisco Guidelines - primary care clinical practice guidelines
• Family Practice Notebook - a family medicine resource -all specialties
• American College of Physicians - clinical guidelines
• American College of Physicians - Best DX/Best RX, point of care, clinical recommendations
• National Guideline Clearinghouse - news, advisories, & clinical guidelines
• ICSI (Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement)- best clinical practices, clinical guidelines
• Ontario Guideline Advisory Committee - recommended clinical guidelines, all specialties
• Family Practice Notebook - a family medicine resource, all subjects
• E-Medicine - articles by specialty
• American Osteopathic Medicine

GERONTOLOGY

• The American Geriatrics Society - guidelines & position statements
• Iowa Geriatric Education Center - resources for health professionals
• Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing - clinical resources

HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION/RISK MANAGEMENT

• American Hospital Association
• Health and Human Services (HSS) - regulations, policy
• The Doctors Company - clinical practice risk reduction

HEMATOLOGY

• American Society of Hematology - clinical guidelines
• American Society of Clinical Oncology - practice guidelines

HOSPITAL MEDICINE

• Society of Hospital Medicine - hospital intensivists/hospitalist quality improvement clinical tools
• Hospital Medicine - Google book on-line

IMMUNOLOGY/INFECTIOUS DISEASE

• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology - guidelines
• Infectious Disease Society of America -standards, practice guidelines, and statements

LABORATORY/BLOOD BANK MEDICINE

• NACB: Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines
• American Association of Blood Banks
• American Red Cross - for hospital laboratory services

LONG TERM CARE MEDICINE

• American Medical Directors Association - clinical practice guidelines
• American Health Care Association - clinical practice

NEPHROLOGY

• National Kidney Foundation - clinical practice guidelines
• National Kidney Foundation K/DOQI Guidelines - clinical practice guidelines
• National Kidney and Urological Diseases Information Clearinghouse - website

NEUROLOGY

• American Association of Neurological Surgeons - clinical practice guidelines
• American Academy of Neurology - practice guidelines
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - brain & nervous system disorders
• Society of Neurointerventional Surgery
• NeuroWiki
• Neurotrauma Critical Care
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD/CRPS) - clinical guidelines

NURSE PRACTITIONER

• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners - website, position statements
• Standards for NP practice in retail based clinics

OBSTECTRICS/GYNOCOLOGY

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists - website
• Diseases of the Breast - guidelines, reviews, position statements, recommendations, standards
• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses - clinical resources
• Brachial Plexus Palsy Foundation

ONCOLOGY

• American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - clinical practice tools
• Oncolink - understanding cancer types, symptoms, diagnosis & appropriate treatments
• Cancer Control Planet - comprehensive cancer resources
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network - clinical practice guidelines: detection and treatment
• American Cancer Society Guidelines for Cancer Prevention and Early Detection -guidelines
• American Society of Clinical Oncology - clinical guidelines
• Journal of Clinical Oncology - American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guidelines

OPTHALMOLOGY

• National Eye Institute - website
• American Academy of Ophthalmology - website, eye care America

ORTHOPEDIC

• Wheeless' Orthopaedics - Duke University orthopedic surgery online medical textbook
• Spine Universe- back pain, pathology & treatment
• North American Spine Society - clinical care
• Spinal Cord Injury Information Network - website
• Paralyzed Veterans of America - clinical guidelines

PAIN MEDICINE

• American Academy of Pain Medicine - all clinical guidelines and resources under lock of membership
• American Academy of Pain Management - website
• American Pain Society - clinical practice guidelines
• Pain & the Law - clinical guidelines
• American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians - Guidelines, predominantly chronic spinal pain

PATHOLOGY

• American Society for Clinical Pathology - website
• College of American Pathologists - practice resources, laboratory standards
• The Pathology Guy - if you can't find it on this site, it probably doesn't exist

PEDIATRICS/NEONATOLOGY

• American Academy of Pediatrics - policies & clinical practice guidelines
• North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition - guidelines, position statement
• Pediatrics on the Internet - pediatric health from A-Z
• Neonatology - guidelines
• Martindale's Virtual Medical Center - Neonatology

PHARMACOLOGY

• GlobalRPh - clinicians reference site
• American Society of Consultant Pharmacists - practice resource
• American Pharmacists Association - practice issues/resources
• US Pharmacopeia - website

PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION

• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - clinical practice issues

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

• American Academy of Physician Assistants - AMA guidelines for physician-physician assistant practice
• American Academy of Physician Assistants - practice resource, clinical issues

PLASTIC SURGERY

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons - guidelines & practice parameters

PODIATRIC MEDICINE

• American Podiatric Medical Association - website

PREVENTATIVE HEALTH

• CDC - expert panel recommendations
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - clinical recommendations
• Community Preventive Services - community policy

PSYCHIATRY

• American Psychiatric Association - practice guidelines
• American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) - website, forensic resources

PULMONARY

• American Association of Respiratory Care - clinical practice guidelines
• American College of Chest Physicians - clinical practice guidelines
• American Sleep Apnea Association - resources

RADIOLOGY

• Society of Interventional Radiology - clinical practice guidelines
• American College of Radiology - practice guidelines & technical standards

RHEUMATOLOGY

• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - health topics
• American College of Rheumatology

SURGERY

• Society of Neurointerventional Surgery
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons - policy statements
• The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract - guidelines
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)- clinical guidelines
• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy -(ASGE)standards of practice
• Ambulatory Surgery Center Association - patient care

TOXICOLOGY

• Forensic Toxicology - WWW Virtual Library
• American College of Medical Toxicology - position statements

TRAVEL MEDICINE

• Aerospace Medical Association - Medical Guidelines for Airline travel/Airline passengers
• Federal Aviation Administration - passenger health & safety
• International Council of Cruise Lines - medical facilities
• Health Care Guidelines for Cruise Ship Medical Facilities- American College of ER Physicians
• Air Ambulance Association

UNLICENSED PROFESSIONALS

• American Association of Medical Assistants

UROLOGY

• American Urological Association - clinical guidelines

INSTITUTIONAL / GOVERNMENT STANDARDS & GUIDELINES

• National Library of Medicine - world's largest medical library
• Center for Disease Control (CDC) - US government health information on disease, injury, & disability
• Agency for Health Care Research and Quality - agency for health care research & quality
• National Institute of Health - primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - clinical practice guidelines
• Medline Plus - authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.
• National Library of Medicine (NLM) Health Services/Technology Assessment
• National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases - health topics
• Pain and the Law - clinical guidelines
• Veterans Administration: Office of Quality & Performance - VA clinical guidelines
• Federal Drug Administration - US food & drug administration

JOINT COMMISSION (formerly known as JCAHO)

• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health care Organizations (JCAHO) - setting the standards of care
• JC National Patient Safety Goals
• JC Sentinel Events - website
• JC Sentinel Events - core measures
• JCStandards

NURSING STANDARDS & GUIDELINES

• Vigilance: The Essence of Nursing
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing - nursing boards of regulation
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners - publications, position statements
• John Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing - news, research, resources
• American Association of Critical Care Nurses - clinical issues in advance practice
• Association of Peri-Operative Registered Nurses - news, practice, policy
• Emergency Nurses Association - position statements
• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses - clinical resources
• American Association of Neuroscience Nurses - clinical practice guidelines
• National Flight Nurses Association - position papers
• National Association of Orthopedic Nurses - clinical practice
• American Association of Nurse Anesthetists - scope & standards of practice
• Online Journal of Issues in Nursing - current topics in nursing practice
• NurseLinx - news, nursing articles all specialties
• Nursing calculators - medication dosage, IV rates, etc.
• Health Canada - clinical practice guidelines for nurses in primary care, excellent resource
• National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel - gold standards in pressure ulcer prevention & management
• American Nephrology Nurses' Association - position statements
• The Licensed Practical Nurse Workforce - practice, work, demand for, and/or efficient utilization of the licensed practical nurse
• Unlicensed Assistive Personnel - ANA position statement on nursing assistants, technicians, etc.

PATIENT SAFETY

• Institute for Safe Medication Practices
• National Quality Forum
• Institute for Health care Improvement
• FDA - Patient Safety News
• Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
• AHRQ - Patient Safety Network
• Agency of Health care Research and Quality
• National VA Center for Patient Safety
• National Patient Safety Group
• The Leapfrog Group

SEARCH/RESEARCH

• Merck Medicus - comprehensive medical resource
• Medscape - comprehensive news, resource, medical education
• Medical Board State Directories - research MD license, state medical board regulations
• Amedco - medical literature guide, journal - article subject search
• Google Scholar - search for specific scholarly literature or search by author
• Medical Journals from around the World - free
• Health Hippo - anything and everything related to health
• Law Firm Directory - law firm directory and attorney search includes nurse consultants
• eICD9.com - medical procedure and diagnostic code reference
• Pub Med - the ultimate database of biomedical references
• E Medicine - up to date articles from MD authors in all medical specialties
• Medical Abbreviations - understanding medical acronyms
• Acronym Finder - comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations
• Factfind - US public records, State and County