ACEP clinical policies
These ACEP board-approved documents describe ACEP's policies on the clinical management of emergency department patients.
- American College of Emergency Physicians, ACEP: www.acep.org
- Thoracic Aortic Dissection: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients With Suspected Acute Nontraumatic Thoracic Aortic Dissection
- Seizure: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Seizures
- Procedural Sedation and Analgesia: Clinical Policy: Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in the Emergency Department
- Asymptomatic Elevated Blood Pressure: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients in the Emergency Department With Asymptomatic Elevated Blood Pressure
- Intravenous tPA for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Clinical Policy: Use of Intravenous tPA for the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke in the Emergency Department
- Opioids: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Prescribing of Opioids for Adult Patients in the Emergency Department
- Early Pregnancy: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Initial Evaluation and Management of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department in Early Pregnancy
- Pulmonary Embolism: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism
- Acute Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Blunt Abdominal Trauma
- Appendicitis: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Emergency Department Patients With Suspected Appendicitis
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Clinical Policy: Decisionmaking in Adult Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Acute Setting
- Headache: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Headache
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Acute Heart Failure Syndromes: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Heart Failure Syndromes
- Erratum
- Syncope: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Syncope
- Acute Myocardial Infarction - Reperfusion Therapy: Clinical Policy: Indications for Reperfusion Therapy in Emergency Department Patients with Suspected AMI
- Psychiatric Patient: Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Diagnosis and Management of the Adult Psychiatric Patient in the Emergency Department
- Fever - Children Younger than 3 Years: Clinical Policy for Children Younger Than Three Years Presenting to the Emergency Department With Fever
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Evidence-based clinical guidelines from CDC & Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Antibiotics, CDC - Appropriate Antibiotic Use
- MRSA: Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) - MRSA Treatment Guidance
American Thoracic Society
- Allergy and Asthma
- COPD
- Critical Care
- Health Care Policy, Ethics, and End-of-Life Care
- Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, and Other Pulmonary Infections
- Pulmonary Vascular Disease
- Pulmonary Function Testing