Clinical Practice Guidelines

AAO-HNS Clinical Practice Guidelines

These evidence-based clinical practice guidelines were developed with input from a wide array of medical specialties, nurses, and other allied health professionals where appropriate.

NEW! Hoarseness (Dysphonia): September 2009

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) November 2008

Cerumen Impaction September 2008

Adult Sinusitis September 2007 

Acute Otitis Externa Guidelines April 2006

Other Academy Endorsed Guidelines

Practice Advisory for the Prevention and Management of Operating Room fires May 2008

Otitis Media with Effusion May 2004

Guidelines Development Task Force Toolkit

• 2009 Summer GDTF Newsletter
• Clinical Practice Guideline Development Manual: A Quality Driven Approach for Translating Evidence Into Action 
• Multi-vs-Specialty Specific Matrix
• Clinical Consensus Statement Guide
• GDTF Topic Submission Form

Guidelines Development Task Force Toolkit

National Guideline Clearinghouse

Looking for a topic that is not listed here?  You can browse the National Guideline Clearinghouse to see if another organization has published a guideline on your topic of interest.