Guidelines

NICE Guidelines: The use of routine preoperative tests for elective surgery

Submitted by srrpenna on Sat, 2007-04-14 10:47.
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The NICE(National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) clinical guideline on preoperative tests covers tests that are often carried out when someone is due to have a planned (elective) surgical operation and that are carried out before the operation by doctors or nurses in hospitals, preoperative assessment clinics or, in some cases, in the GP’

Clinical Practice Guidelines by American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons

Submitted by srrpenna on Mon, 2007-03-19 23:48.
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The American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) develops Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) on podiatric surgical conditions. CPGs are published in the Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery and also appear on the National Guidelines Clearinghouse Web site.