Clinical Practice Guidelines

AAO-HNS Clinical Practice Guidelines

These evidence-based clinical practice guidelines were developed by multidisciplinary guideline panels.

NEW! Hoarseness (Dysphonia): September 2009

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV): November 2008

Cerumen Impaction: September 2008

Adult Sinusitis: September 2007 

Acute Otitis Externa: 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 Toolkit

• Clinical Practice Guideline Development Manual: A Quality Driven Approach for Translating Evidence Into Action 
• GDTF Topic Submission Form
• 2010 Winter GDTF Newsletter
• 2009 Summer GDTF Newsletter

Clinical Practice Guideline Databases

National Guideline Clearinghouse: A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

Guidelines International Network: The Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) is an international not-for-profit association of organizations and individuals involved in clinical practice guidelines. G-I-N seeks to improve the quality of health care by promoting systematic development of clinical practice guidelines and their application into practice, through supporting international collaboration. G-I-N’s Guideline Library contains regularly-updated information about guidelines of the G-I-N membership