Internet for the Family Physician

All the listed links, due to the dynamic nature of the World Wide Web, are unstable, and they may vary or be suppressed at any moment. If a link does not work, please let me know by email.

Guidelines and Protocols

Italian Sites

  1. AHCPR Supported Guidelines for the Prediction and Prevention of Pressure Sores
  2. Disease Prevention Guidelines (CDC)
  3. General Practice Clinical Protocols
  4. Clinical Practice Recommendations from the ADA (American Diabetes Association)
  5. Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (American Medical Association)
  6. Asthma Management Guidelines for the Primary Care Physician
  7. Guidelines for GPs at Scarborough Hospital
  8. Antimicrobial Use Guidelines
  9. Drugs & Therapy Perspectives
  10. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: it is a list, constantly updated, of reviews and protocols choosen by The Cochrane Collaboration group.
  11. Physician and Professional Guidelines for Diabetes
  12. The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) (Adobe Acrobat format)
  13. Cancer Net
  14. Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care
  15. The Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (Adobe Acrobat format)
  16. Doctor E-Good The Doctor E-Good page is a reference point for clinicians to rapidly access protocols for managing common conditions in General Practice.
  17. Antibiotics Utilization Guidelines - 1995
  18. Bronchitis Management Guidelines
  19. Practical Guide for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (Adobe Acrobat format).
  20. Clinical Guidelines of the Medical Journal of Australia
  21. American Diabetes Association: Clinical Practice Recommendations 1998
  22. Diet in Diabetes: ADA's 1998 Guidelines
  23. Disease Referral Guidelines at Madigan Defines characteristics of conditions and diagnoses which may require referral to a specialty care physician. [From Medical Matrix]
  24. Inventory of International Cancer Clinical Practice Guidelines An index of guidelines developed by international groups. [From Medical Matrix]
  25. Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults (National Heart, Lung and Blood Istitute) [From Medical Matrix]
  26. Joint National Committe VI (Traduzione del dr. Elio Sizzano)
  27. CMA CPG Infobase - Category List
  28. Linee Guida Reumatologiche
  29. NHLBI Publications for Health Professionals (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
  30. Antibiotic utilization guidelines
  31. National Guideline Clearinghouse at AHCPR [From Medical Matrix]
  32. Clinical Practice Guidelines of New Zealand Presents best practice guidelines categorized by specialty. [From Medical Matrix]
  33. Guidelines for referral in primary care
  34. Clinical Guidelines for Diabetes Patients and Physicians
  35. Guideline Appraisal Project Improving access to and use of evidence-based practice guidelines (University of Alberta, Canada)
  36. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, Second Edition