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TOWARD OPTIMIZED PRACTICE (ALBERTA)   [Français]
(formerly known as Alberta Clinical Practice Guidelines Program)

Download the TOPP clinical practice guidelines for PDA

  1. Adult insomnia : assessment to diagnosis, revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]

  2. Adult primary insomnia: diagnosis to management, revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]

  3. Approach to the poisoned patient : investigation and management revised 2006
    [full text - pdf]

  4. Guideline for cognitive impairment : dementia - diagnosis to management, revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  5. Guideline for cognitive impairment : is this dementia? Symptoms to diagnosis, revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  6. Guideline for diagnosis and treatment of chronic undiagnosed dyspepsia in adults, revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  7. Guideline for surgical & non-surgical management of cataract in the otherwise healthy adult eye, revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  8. Guideline for the diagnosis and management of acute bacterial sinusitis, revised 2006
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference (adult) - pdf] [quick reference (paediatric) - pdf]

  9. Guideline for the diagnosis and management of community acquired pneumonia : adult, revised 2006
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  10. Guideline for the diagnosis and management of community acquired pneumonia : pediatric, revised 2006
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  11. Guideline for the diagnosis and management of croup, revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  12. Guideline for the diagnosis and management of nursing home acquired pneumonia (NHAP), revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  13. Guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of acute otitis media in children, revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  14. Guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of acute pharyngitis, revised 2006
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  15. Guideline for the diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]

  16. Guideline for the early detection of breast cancer, revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  17. Guideline for the investigation and management of erectile dysfunction, revised 2005
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  18. Guideline for the management of acute bronchitis, revised 2006
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  19. Guideline for the management of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD), revised 2006
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  20. Guideline for the management of acute asthma in adults and children, revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference (Adult) - pdf] [quick reference (Paediatric) - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  21. Guideline for the prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]

  22. Guideline for the radiography of the ankle and foot (Ottawa ankle rules), 1996 (reviewed 2007)
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  23. Guideline for the use of PSA and the early diagnosis of prostate cancer, revised 2006
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  24. Guideline for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in adults, revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  25. Guideline for treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in adults, revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  26. Investigation and management of primary thyroid dysfunction, revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  27. Laboratory endocrine testing guidelines, revised 2006

      Amenorrhea (without hirsutism) and menopause, revised 2006
      [full text - pdf]
      [quick reference - pdf]

      Galactorrhea, revised 2006
      [full text - pdf]
      [quick reference - pdf]

      Gonadal disorders : hirsutism, revised 2006
      [full text - pdf]
      [quick reference - pdf]

      Hypercalcemia, revised 2006
      [full text - pdf]
      [quick reference - pdf]

      Acromegaly, revised 2006
      [full text - pdf]
      [quick reference - pdf]

      Addison's disease, revised 2006
      [full text - pdf]
      [quick reference - pdf]

      Cushing's syndrome, revised 2006
      [full text - pdf]
      [quick reference - pdf]

      Hypoglycemia, revised 2006
      [full text - pdf]
      [quick reference - pdf]

      Pheochromocytoma, revised 2006
      [full text - pdf]
      [quick reference - pdf]

  28. Laboratory guideline for the investigation of the poisoned patient, revised 2006
    [full text - pdf]

  29. The medical induction of labour, revised 2006
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  30. Modifiable risk factors in adults at high risk for cardiovascular events, revised 2005
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  31. Ordering stool tests for investigation of suspected infectious diarrhea, 1997 (reviewed 2006)
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf] [patient guide - pdf] [patient guide - pdf]

  32. Preface to the prevention and diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), 1999 (reviewed 2005)
    [full text - pdf]

  33. The use of prenatal ultrasound : first trimester, revised 2005
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  34. Serological testing for suspected viral hepatitis, 1997 (reviewed 2006)
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  35. Screening for cervical cancer : revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf] [patient guide - pdf]

  36. Ultrasound as part of routine prenatal care, revised 2005
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]
    [patient guide - pdf]


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Last updated: 08 August 2007