Endorsed Clinical Practice Guidelines

AAP Endorsed Clinical Practice Guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines that have been developed by other organizations, but that have received the endorsement of the American Academy of Pediatrics, are available below.

• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care
• Evidence-Based Approach to Pharmacologic Agents Used in Pediatric Sedation and Analgesia in the Emergency Department
• Guidelines for Evaluation and Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants and Children
  
• Guidelines for the Evaluation of Cholestatic Jaundice in Infants
• Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections
• Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
• Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children: Recommendation for Diagnosis and Treatment
• Practice Parameter: Diagnostic Assessment of the Child with Cerebral Palsy
• Practice Parameter: Evaluating a First Nonfebrile Seizure in Children
• Practice Parameter: Neuroimaging of the neonate
• Practice Parameter: Screening and diagnosis of autism
• Practice Parameter: Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease Revised Guidelines from CDC
• Prehospital Care of the Spine-Injured Athlete
• Report of the Management of Primary Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children
  
• Recommendations for Using Fluoride to Prevent and Control Dental Caries
• Report of the National Consensus Conference on Family Presence of Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Procedures
  
• Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
  
• Treatment of the Child with a First Unprovoked Seizure
  

The Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research's National Guidelines Clearinghouse provides instant access to hundreds of clinical practice guidelines developed by medical specialty society societies, professional associations, public and private organizations, government agencies, and health care organizations. The easy-to-use format includes standardized abstracts, full text guidelines or links to full text, comparisons and syntheses of guidelines on a particular condition, and e-mail groups.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1 Aug 2004) Managing Acute Gastroenteritis Among Children: Oral Rehydration, Maintenance, and Nutritional Therapy Pediatrics 114 (2) : 507 [Full Text] [PDF]

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American Academy of Neurology Quality Standards Subcommittee and Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society (1 Apr 2005) Pharmacological Treatment of Migraine Headache in Children and Adolescents Pediatrics 115 (4) : 1107 [Full Text] [PDF]

(1 Sep 2007) Prevention of Infective Endocarditis Pediatrics 120 (3) : 649 [Full Text] [PDF]