Practice Guidelines

Preventive and clinical practice guidelines are based on the health needs and opportunities for improvement identified as part of the Quality Assurance Program Improvement (QAPI) program. Whenever possible, Louisiana Healthcare Connections adopts preventive and clinical practice guidelines that are published by nationally recognized organizations or government institutions as well as state-wide collaborative and/or a consensus of healthcare professionals in the applicable field. Printed hard copies are available upon request.

Medical Practice Guidelines

Adult Preventive Care

• American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer (Revised May 2018) - American Cancer Society
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Recommendations for Primary Care Practice - US Preventive Services Task Force

Asthma

• Asthma Care Quick Reference: Diagnosing and Managing Asthma (Revised 2012) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR-3) (Full Report July 2007, Revised August 2008) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• 2018 GINA Report, Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention - Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA)

Back Pain

• Adult Acute Low Back Pain (Updated March 2018) - Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and American Pain Society (October 2, 2007) - American College of Physicians & American Pain Society
• Correction: Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain (February 5, 2008) - American College of Physicians & American Pain Society
• Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (April 4, 2017) - American College of Physicians
• Low Back Pain: Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health from the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association - American Physical Therapy Association

Chlamydia Screening

Final Recommendation Statement - Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening (September 2014) - US Preventive Services Task Force

COPD

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (2018 Report) - The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

Coronary Artery Disease

• Integrated Guidelines for Cardivascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents (October 2012) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk (Circulation. 2014; 129:S49-S73) (Published online November 12, 2013) - American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association
• The National Physical Activity Plan: A Call to Action From the American Heart Association (Circulation. 2015; 131:1932-1940) - American Heart Association
  
• Secondary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults (Circulation. 2013; 128:2422-2446) - American Heart Association
• Treatment of Hypertension in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease (Circulation 2015;131:e435-e470) - American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and American Society of Hypertension
• AHA/ACCF Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2011 Update (PDF) (Circulation. 2011; 124: 2458-2473) - American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology Foundation
• The Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition, June 2008) - American College of Chest Physicians

Critical Care

Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016 - Society of Critical Care Medicine and European Society of Intensive Care
Medicine

Diabetes

• Consensus Statement: 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 (Endocrine Practice 2018; Volume 24, No.1) - American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology
• Standards of Meidcal Care in Diabetes (Diabetes Care 2018, Volume 41, Supplement 1) - American Diabetes Association

Heart Failure

• 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Failure Society of America (Circulation. 2017; CIR.0000000000000509, originally published April 28, 2017) - American College of Cardiology (ACC) Foundation, American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA)
• Exercise and Heart Failure (Circulation. 2003;107:1210-1225) - American Heart Association Committee on Exercise, Rehabilitation, and Prevention
• Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines on Heart Failure: An International Alignment (April 2017) - American Heart Association (AHA), American College of Cardiology (ACC) Foundation, Heart Failure Society of American (HFSA), and the Heart Failure Association and the European Society of Cardiology
• Lipid Management in Adults (PDF) (February 2018) - Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

Hypertension

• 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults (May 2018) - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
• Correction: 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults (May 2018) - Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Immunizations

• Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults Aged 19 Years or Older, United States 2018 - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
• Recommended Immunization Schedule for Children and Adolescents Aged 18 Years or Younger, United States, 2018 - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
• Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices - United States, 2017–18 Influenza Season - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

Lead Poisoning

• CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program - Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
• Recommendations for Blood Lead Screening of Medicaid-Eligible Children Aged 1--5 Years: an Updated Approach to Targeting a Group at High Risk (Reviewed 07/28/2009) - Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning, Division of Environmental and Emergency Health Services, and National Center for Environmental Health

Pediatric Preventive Care

• Guidelines on Periodicity of Examination, Preventive Dental Services, Anticipatory Guidance/Counseling, and Oral Treatment for Infants, Children, and Adolescents (Revised 2013) - American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
• Periodicity Schedule: Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care - American Academy of Pediatrics

Perinatal Care

• Prenatal Care (2017) - American Academy of Family Physicians
• Guidelines for Perinatal Care, Seventh Edition (October 2012) - The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Adult and Pediatric Treatment Recommendations (Last updated April 17, 2015) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Respiratory Illness

• Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis: 2012 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (PDF) (Clin Infect Dis 2012; 55: e86-e102.) First published online Sept. 9, 2012. - Infectious Disease Society of America
• Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (Publication dates vary) - American Academy of Family Physicians
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Respiratory Illness in Children and Adults (Updated September 2017) - Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

Sickle Cell

Sickle Cell Disease, Recommendations (Last updated September 14, 2015) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Weight Management

• Childhood Obesity Prevention (2018) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Adult Weight Management (AWM) Guideline (2014) - Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Active Healthy Living: Prevention of Childhood Obesity Through Increased Physical Activity (Pediatrics Vol. No.5 May 1, 2006 pp.1834-1842) - American Academy of Pediatrics
• Managing Overweight and Obesity in Adults: Systematic Evidence Review from the Obesity Expert Panel (2013) - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of
  Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Summary Report (PDF) (December 2007) - American Academy of Pediatrics
• Final Recommendation Statement Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, June 2017 - US Preventive Services Task Force

Behavioral Health Practice Guidelines

ADHD

• ADHD: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents (Published online October 16, 2011; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2654) - American Academy of Pediatrics
• Practice Parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (PDF) (AACAP Revised: 7/2007) - American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Treatment of the School-Aged Child with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Pediatrics Vol. 108 No. 4 October 1, 2001 pp. 1033 -1044) - American Academy of Pediatrics

Anxiety Disorder

Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders (PDF) (Revised: 2/2007) - American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Bipolar Disorder

• Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Bipolar Disorder (PDF), Second Edition. (April 2002) - American Psychiatric Association
• Guideline Watch: Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Bipolar Disorder (PDF), 2nd Edition - American Psychiatric Association

Major Depressive Disorder

• Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients With Major Depressive Disorder (PDF), Third Edition. (2010) - American Psychiatric Association
• Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with depressive disorders (PDF) (Revised 11/2007) - American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with oppositional defiant disorder (PDF) (1/2007) - American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Panic Disorder

Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Panic Disorder (PDF), Second Edition. (January 2009) - American Psychiatric Association

Schizophrenia

• The Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia (PDF), Second Edition. (April 2004) - American Psychiatric Association
• Guideline Watch: The Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia (PDF), Second Edition. (September 2009) - American Psychiatric Association
• The Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Schizophrenia (PDF) (September 2013) - American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Stress Disorder

• The Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Acute Stress Disorder and Postraumatic Stress Disorder (PDF) (November 2004) - American Psychiatric Association
• Guideline Watch: The Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Acute Stress Disorder and Postraumatic Stress Disorder (PDF) (March 2009) - American Psychiatric Association

Substance Use Disorders

• Practice Guideline for the Treament of Patients with Substance Use Disorders (PDF) (May 2006) - American Psychiatric Association
• Guideline Watch: Practice Guideline for the Treament of Patients with Substance Use Disorders (PDF) (April 2007) - American Psychiatric Association

Tobacco Cessation

• Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy (Obstet Gynecol 2010; 116;1241-4) - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Use of Psychotropic Medication

Practice parameter for the use of psychotropic medication in children and adolescents (PDF) (2009) - American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

General Evidence Based Guidelines

Choosing Wisely (2018) - Choosing Wisely, American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation

BH Definitions Manual

LBHP Service Definitions Manual - LBHP Service Definitions Manual