Patient summaries are available for many of ACP's guidelines and guidance statements. The summaries are divided into those associated with current guidelines, and those associated with inactive guidelines.
Current
Anemia in Patients with Heart Disease
Treatment of Anemia in Patients With Heart Disease: A Clinical
Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians
Full text
Cervical Cancer Screening in Average Risk
Women
Full
text
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Diagnosis and Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline Update from the American
College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians,
American Thoracic Society, and European Respiratory Society
Full
text
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Screening for Colorectal Cancer: A Guidance Statement From the
American College of Physicians
Full
text
Dementia
Current Pharmacologic Treatment of Dementia: A Clinical Practice
Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American
Academy of Family Physicians
Full
text
Depression
Use of Drugs to Treat Depression: Guidelines from the American
College of Physicians
Full
text
Diabetes
Oral Pharmacologic Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A
Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of
Physicians
Full
text
Erectile Dysfunction
Hormonal Testing and Pharmacologic Treatment of Erectile
Dysfunction
Full
text |
Video News Release
Also available in Spanish:
Disfunción Eréctil
Pruebas Hormonales y Tratamiento Farmacológico de la
Disfunción Eréctil
PDF
Generic Medications
Improving Adherence to Therapy and Clinical Outcomes While
Containing Costs: Opportunities From the Greater Use of Generic
Medications
Full
text
Kidney Stones
Prevention of Repeated Episodes of Kidney Stones in Adults
Full
text
Urinary Incontinence
Nonsurgical Management of Urinary Incontinence in Women: A Clinical
Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians
Full
text
Upper Endoscopy for Gastroesophageal Reflux
Disease
Upper Endoscopy for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Best Practice
Advice From the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American
College of Physicians
Full
text
High-Value, Cost-Conscious Health Care
High-Value, Cost-Conscious Health Care: Concepts for Clinicians to
Evaluate the Benefits, Harms, and Costs of Medical
Interventions
Full
text
HIV Screening
Screening for HIV Infection in Health Care Settings: A Guidance
Statement from the American College of Physicians and HIV Medicine
Association
Full
text |
Video News Release
Also available in Spanish:
VIH
Detección de Infección por VIH en las Instituciones
de Atención de Salud: Directrices del American College of
Physicians y de la Asociación de Medicina VIH.
PDF
Low Back Pain
Diagnostic Imaging for Low Back Pain: Advice for High-Value Health
Care From the American College of Physicians
Full
text
Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: Recommendations from
the American College of Physicians/American Pain Society
Full
text |
Video News Release
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: A Clinical Practice
Guideline From the American College of Physicians
Full
text | Video
News Release
Screening for Osteoporosis in Men
Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: Recommendations from the
American College of Physicians
Full
text |
Video News Release
Treatment of Osteoporosis
Drug Treatment for Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis to Prevent
Fractures: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College
of Physicians
Full
text
Palliative Care at the End of Life
Treatment of Seriously Ill Patients Who Are Near the End of Life:
Recommendations from the American College of Physicians
Full
text
Screening Mammography
Screening Mammography in Women Age 40 to 49 Years
Full
text
Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
Diagnosis of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: Executive
Summary of a Clinical Practice Guideline for Primary Care From the
American College of Physicians/American College of Cardiology
Foundation/American Heart Association/American Association for
Thoracic Surgery/Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses
Association/Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Full
text
Management of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease:
Executive Summary of a Clinical Practice Guideline From the
American College of Physicians/American College of Cardiology
Foundation/American Heart Association/American Association for
Thoracic Surgery/Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses
Association/Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Full
text
Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism
Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism: Recommendations from the
American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family
Physicians
Full
text
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Patients: A
Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of
Physicians
Full
text
Inactive
Atrial Fibrillation
Management of Newly Detected Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations
from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of
Family Physicians
Full
text
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:
A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of
Physicians
Full
text |
Video News Release
Chronic Stable Angina
Diagnosis and Evaluation of Patients with Chronic Stable Angina:
Recommendations from the American College of Physicians
Full
text
Diabetes Type 2 Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure Control in People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus:
Recommendations from the American College of Physicians
Full
text
Diabetes Type 2 Blood Sugar
Control of Blood Sugar in Type 2 Diabetes: A Guidance Statement
from the American College of Physicians
Full
text
Diabetes Type 2 Lipids
Control of Lipids in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Recommendations
from the American College of Physicians
Full
text
Hereditary Hemochromatosis
Screening for Hereditary Hemochromatosis: Recommendations from the
American College of Physicians
Full
text
Migraine Headaches
Guidelines for the Treatment and Prevention of Migraine
Headaches
Full
text
Obesity
Treating Obesity with Drugs and Surgery: A Clinical Practice
Guideline from the American College of Physicians
Full
text
Pulmonary Complication in Noncardiothoracic
Surgery
Risk for and Reduction of Pulmonary Complications in Patients
Undergoing Noncardiothoracic Surgery: An American College of
Physicians Guideline
Full
text