Medication guidelines

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. Medical guidelines for the management of diabetes mellitus The AACE system of intensive diabetes self-management—2002 update. Endocr Pract 2002 8(suppl l) 40-82. 

Adapted from AACE Medical Guidelines for Clinical Practice for the diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly. Endocr Pract. 2004 1 0(3) 21 3-225, by permission of publisher, AACE Corp. 

Gharib H, Cook DM, Saenger PH, et al. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for growth hormone use in adults and children—2003 update. Endocr Pract 2003 9(1) 64-76. 

There are currently no standard pharmacologic strategies for treating intracerebral hemorrhage. Medical guidelines for managing blood pressure, increased intracranial pressure, and other medical complications in acutely ill patients in neurointensive care units should be followed. 

The possibility of contamination of patients may be determined in the field, en route to a treatment facility, or at a treatment facility, depending on the condition of the patients. The facility receiving the patients should be informed of the estimated number of casualties, the natures of their injuries, and details on any suspected contamination that may be present. Injured personnel should be sorted and treated according to standard medical guidelines. If possible, individuals suspected of being contaminated should be separated from other patients and receive preliminary decontamination prior to treatment (see Section 7.3 for decontamination procedures). 

Psychotropic Medication Guidelines for Children and Adolescents (continued)... 

Klee GG, Schryver PG, Kisabeth RM. Analytic bias specifications based on die analysis of effects on performance of medical guidelines. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1999 59 509-12. 

Such epidemiological studies entail cohorts with moderately elevated PbB with no history of chelation treatment or undefined earlier exposures. Children sustaining excessive exposures above medical guidelines during such serial studies would be removed. By contrast, high-risk children presenting with PbB levels requiring that same level of intervention appear to show that maximum or peak Pb is the exposure metric with the closest association with toxic effects (Chisolm, 1982 Chisolm and Harrison, 1956). 

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