Clinical Guidelines
This member-created resource provides convenient access to clinical guidelines and summary sheets to help pharmacists find useful information quickly.
Select a category to view available clinical guidelines. For many guidelines, summaries are available to APhA members (login required).
APhA thanks the following members for their contributions in creating and maintaining these resources: George Amin, PharmD; Javier Baez, PharmD; Catherine Bates, PharmD; Catherine Black, PharmD; Ambre Camp, PharmD; Denise Clayton, BSPharm; Robin L. Cooke, BSPharm, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP; Steve Hiemenz, BSPharm; Sara Louise Joe, PharmD; Antonia Matulj, PharmD; Zachary Pape, PharmD; Kristen Pate, PharmD, BCACP; Niki Patel, PharmD; Hai Pham, PharmD; Nicole Scovis, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP; Michael Sreshta, MS; Rachel Stafford, PharmD; Patty Taddei-Allen, PharmD, BCACP; Terri Wensel, PharmD, BCPS, TTS.
Cardiovascular Disorders
- 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
- 2016 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update on New Pharmacological Therapy for Heart Failure: An Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
- 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
Dermatologic Disorders
Endocrine Disorders
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for Developing a Diabetes Mellitus Comprehensive Care Plan – 2015
- Consensus Statement by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology on the Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm – 2018 Executive Summary
- Developing a Diabetes Mellitus Comprehensive Care Plan
Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Updated Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease - American College of Gastroenterology (2005)
- American Gastroenterological Association Medical Position Statement on the Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (2008)
Desprescribing PPIs
Geriatric Guidelines
Gynecologic and Obstetric Disorders
Hematologic Disorders
- Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Guidelines for the management of iron deficiency anaemia - British Society of Gastroenterology (2011)
Immunization Guidelines
Infectious Disease Guidelines
Neurologic Disorder Guidelines
Nutritional Guidelines
Oncologic Disorders
- American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ACRS) - Practice Parameters for the Management of Colon Cancer (2012)
- NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology – Colon Cancer (2017)*
- Systemic Therapy for Stage IV Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update (2015)
- NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology – Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (2017)*
- Cancer of the pancreas: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up (2015)
- NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology – Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (2017)*
Ophthalmic and Otolaryngological Disorders
- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery – Clinical Practice Guideline: Allergic Rhinitis (2015)
- Practice Guideline: Treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis: An evidence-based focused 2017 guideline update
- Diagnosis and management of chronic open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension
- Primary Open Angle Glaucoma Preferred Practice Pattern (2015)
Opioid and Chronic Pain Guidelines
Psychiatric Disorder Guidelines
- American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines
- World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry
- Screening, Referral and Treatment for Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) – Adult – Ambulatory Clinical Practice Guideline
- AAFP Diagnosis and Management of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults (2012)
Renal Disorder Guidelines
Respiratory Disorder Guidelines
- 2018 GINA Report, Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention
- Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma; Expert Panel Report-3 (EPR-3) Summary Report 2007
Rheumatologic Disorder Guidelines
- 2012 American College of Rheumatology Guidelines for Management of Gout. Part 1: Systematic Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Therapeutic Approaches to Hyperuricemia
- 2012 American College of Rheumatology Guidelines for Management of Gout. Part 2: Therapy and Antiinflammatory Prophylaxis of Acute Gouty Arthritis
- Medical Guidelines for Clinical Practice for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis in Men: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline (2012)
Urologic Disorder Guidelines
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