VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines

VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines are increasingly being used in health care to improve patient care and as a potential solution to reduce inappropriate variations in care. Guidelines should be evidence-based as well as based upon explicit criteria to ensure consensus regarding their internal validity.

The use of guidelines must always be in the context of a health care provider's clinical judgment in the care of a particular patient. For that reason, the guidelines may be viewed as an educational tool to provide information and assist decision making.

Chronic Disease in Primary Care

• Asthma
• Chronic Heart Failure (CHF)
• Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)*
• Pulmonary Disease (COPD)*
• Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
• Dyslipidemia (LIPIDS)*
• Hypertension (HTN)*
• Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD)
• Obesity and Overweight (OBE)
• Tobacco Use (MTU)
• New!  The Non-Surgical Management of Hip & Knee Osteoarthritis (OA)

* CPG Is Currently Being Updated!

Mental Health

• New!Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide
• Bipolar Disorder in Adults (BD)
• Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

Military Related

• Biological, Radiation, Chemical, and Blast/Explosion Induced Illnesses
• Management of Chronic Multisymptom Illness (CMI)
  Formerly known as Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS)
• Post-Deployment Health (PDH)

* CPG Is Currently Being Updated!

Pain

• Opioid Therapy (OT) for Chronic Pain
• Lower Back Pain (LBP)
• Post-Operative Pain (POP)

Rehabilitation

• Concussion-mTBI
• Lower Limb Amputation
• Stroke Rehabilitation
• The Management of Upper Limb Amputation Rehabilitation (ULA)

Women's Health

• Pregnancy

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