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: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) November 2008

NEW: 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

Other Guideline Resources

Clinical Practice Guidelines:  A Manual for Developing Evidence-Based Guidelines to Facilitate Performance Measurement and Quality Improvement
This manual explains the process that the Academy follows to develop multi-disciplinary, evidence-based, clinical practice guidelines in explicit detail.

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.