Disease Management Programs - Clinical Guidelines Reference Material

Asthma

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma, Full Report 2007. Bethesda, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute;2007. NIH publication 07-4051.

Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/index.htm

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 2008.

Available at: http://www.goldcopd.org

Coronary Artery Disease

Smith SC Jr, Allen J, Blair SN, et al. AHA/ACC guidelines for secondary prevention for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2006 update: endorsed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006;47:2130-2139.

Available at: http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/reprint/47/10/2130

Diabetes

American Diabetes Association. Standards of medical care in diabetes-2009. Diabetes Care. 2009;31(Suppl 1):S1-S60.

Available at:http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/Supplement_1/S6.full.pdf+html

Heart Failure

Hunt SA, Abraham WT, Chin MH, et al. ACC/AHA 2005 guideline update for the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure in the adult: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005;46:1-82.

Available at:http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.192064