Asthma:
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of National Institutes of Health.
Practical Guide for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma 1997and the Update on Selected Topics 2002.
Access via Internet at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/index.htm
Chlamydia:
Guidelines completely revised in 2006 by the CDC.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Treatment Guidelines 2006.
Access via Internet at http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2006/toc.htm
Cholesterol:
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Third Report on the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). AND ATP III Update 2004:
Implications of Recent Clinical Trials for the ATP III Guidelines
Access ATP III via Internet at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/index.htm
Diabetes:
American Diabetic Association
Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes
Diabetes Care, Volume 30, Supplement 1, Page S4-41, January 2007.
Access via Internet directly to Clinical Practice Guidelines at http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/vol30/suppl_1/
No major changes in standards of medical care in diabetes. For list of minor revisions go to the following link:
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/30/suppl_1/S3
Hypertension:
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of National Institutes of Health. The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC-7).
Access via Internet at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/index.htm
COPD:
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. GOLD Executive Summary (2006 Update): Summary of Recommendations.
Changes for 2006 update were: Section 3- The Four Components of COPD Management and Section 4- Translating Guidelines Recommendations to the Context of Primary Care were both updated and revised based on recently published data.
Access via Internet at
http://goldcopd.com/Guidelineitem.asp?l1=2&l2=1&intId=996