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  • 2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. 
  • 2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. 
  • 2015 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on optimal implantable cardioverter-defibrillator programming and testing. 
  • 2015 Revised Utstein-Style Recommended Guidelines for Uniform Reporting of Data From Drowning-Related Resuscitation: An ILCOR Advisory Statement. 
  • 2015 revised Utstein-style recommended guidelines for uniform reporting of data from drowning-related resuscitation: An ILCOR advisory statement. 
  • 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. 
  • 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients with Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary. 
  • 2016 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Criteria for Minimal, Moderate, and Major Clinical Response in Juvenile Dermatomyositis: An International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group/Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation Collaborative Initiative. 
  • 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Optimization of Heart Failure Treatment: Answers to 10 Pivotal Issues About Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways. 
  • 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on the Management of Mitral Regurgitation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways. 
  • 2017 AHA/ACC Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Adults With ST-Elevation and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures. 
  • 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death. 
  • 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Executive Summary. 
  • 2017 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Adult and Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies and Their Major Subgroups. 
  • 2017 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and their major subgroups. 
  • 2017 HRS expert consensus statement on magnetic resonance imaging and radiation exposure in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices. 
  • 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging-Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness, Part 1: Radiation Physics and Radiation Biology: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways Developed in Collaboration With Mended Hearts. 
  • 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging-Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness, Part 2: Radiological Equipment Operation, Dose-Sparing Methodologies, Patient and Medical Personnel Protection. 
  • 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging: Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness. 
  • A Comparative Analysis of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Guideline Development Methodologies. 
  • A New Brief Clinical Assessment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms for Women and Men: LURN SI-10. 
  • A Research Agenda for Advancing Non-pharmacological Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Findings from a VHA State-of-the-art Conference. 
  • A Research Agenda for Communication Between Health Care Professionals and Patients Living With Serious Illness. 
  • A Story About People and Porpoises: Consensus-Based Decision Making in the Shadow of Political Action. 
  • A call to capture fatalities in consensus statements for sports injury/illness surveillance. 
  • A guide to guidelines for the treatment of PTSD and related conditions. 
  • A necessity not a luxury: preparing advanced practice nurses to care for older adults. 
  • A novel classification system for spinal instability in neoplastic disease: an evidence-based approach and expert consensus from the Spine Oncology Study Group. 
  • A quality framework for the role of invasive, non-interventional cardiologists in the present-day cardiac catheterization laboratory: A multidisciplinary SCAI/HFSA expert consensus statement. 
  • A rose by any other name is still a rose: assessing journal quality. 
  • A standardized nomenclature for cervical spine soft-tissue release and osteotomy for deformity correction: clinical article. 
  • A systematic review and consensus definitions for standardised end-points in perioperative medicine: pulmonary complications. 
  • ACC/AHA 2007 methodology for the development of clinical data standards: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards. 
  • ACC/AHA 2007 methodology for the development of clinical data standards: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards. 
  • ACC/AHA 2013 methodology for developing clinical data standards: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards. 
  • ACCF/AHA 2011 expert consensus document on hypertension in the elderly: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents. 
  • ACCF/AHA 2011 expert consensus document on hypertension in the elderly: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus documents developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology, American Geriatrics Society, American Society for Preventive Cardiology, American Society of Hypertension, American Society of Nephrology, Association of Black Cardiologists, and European Society of Hypertension. 
  • ACCF/AHA/SCAI 2013 Update of the Clinical Competence Statement on Coronary Artery Interventional Procedures: a Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence and Training (Writing Committee to Revise the 2007 Clinical Competence Statement on Cardiac Interventional Procedures). 
  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® thyroid carcinoma. 
  • AUA White Paper on Nonneurogenic Chronic Urinary Retention: Consensus Definition, Treatment Algorithm, and Outcome End Points. 
  • Accelerated partial breast irradiation consensus statement from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). 
  • Accelerated partial breast irradiation consensus statement from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). 
  • Acquisition, Analysis, and Sharing of Data in 2015 and Beyond: A Survey of the Landscape: A Conference Report From the American Heart Association Data Summit 2015. 
  • Adult Bronchoscopy Training: Current State and Suggestions for the Future: CHEST Expert Panel Report. 
  • Alignment of site versus adjudication committee-based diagnosis with patient outcomes: Insights from the Providing Rapid Out of Hospital Acute Cardiovascular Treatment 3 trial. 
  • American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on Initial Management of Acute Pancreatitis. 
  • American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Nutrition Screening and Therapy Within a Surgical Enhanced Recovery Pathway. 
  • American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Patient-Reported Outcomes in an Enhanced Recovery Pathway. 
  • American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Postoperative Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Within an Enhanced Recovery Pathway for Elective Colorectal Surgery. 
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guidelines: formal systematic review-based consensus methodology. 
  • American Society of Echocardiography Consensus Statement on the Clinical Applications of Ultrasonic Contrast Agents in Echocardiography. 
  • American Thyroid Association Statement on Remote-Access Thyroid Surgery. 
  • An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) / International Continence Society (ICS) Joint Report on the Terminology for Female Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP). 
  • An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) / International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for female pelvic organ prolapse (POP). 
  • Antiarrhythmic drugs-clinical use and clinical decision making: a consensus document from the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacology, endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS) and International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy (ISCP). 
  • Antibody-mediated rejection of the lung: A consensus report of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. 
  • Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Treated With Oral Anticoagulation Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. 
  • Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A North American Perspective-2016 Update. 
  • Antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation associated with valvular heart disease: a joint consensus document from the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Thrombosis, endorsed by the ESC Working Group on Valvular Heart Disease, Cardiac Arrhythmia Society of Southern Africa (CASSA), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), South African Heart (SA Heart) Association and Sociedad Latinoamericana de Estimulación Cardíaca y Electrofisiología (SOLEACE). 
  • Approaching a Scientific Consensus on the Association between Allergies and Glioma Risk: A Report from the Glioma International Case-Control Study. 
  • Are All Periprosthetic Joint Infections the Same? Evaluating Major vs Minor Criteria. 
  • Aspirin resistance: position paper of the Working Group on Aspirin Resistance. 
  • Assessing practice-based learning and improvement. 
  • Assessing professionalism: summary of the working group on assessment of observable learner performance. 
  • Assessing the Importance of IOP Variables in Glaucoma Using a Modified Delphi Process. 
  • Assessing the level of healthcare information technology adoption in the United States: a snapshot. 
  • Assessment of Surgical Treatment Strategies for Moderate to Severe Cervical Spinal Deformity Reveals Marked Variation in Approaches, Osteotomies, and Fusion Levels. 
  • Assessment of injury to the posterior ligamentous complex in thoracolumbar spine trauma. 
  • Assessment of the scope and quality of clinical practice guidelines in lung cancer. 
  • Attitudes of elderly patients and their families toward physician-assisted suicide. 
  • Author response: International consensus guidance for management of myasthenia gravis: Executive summary. 
  • Avoiding Severe Toxicity From Combined BRAF Inhibitor and Radiation Treatment: Consensus Guidelines from the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG). 
  • Bayesian comparative effectiveness study of four consensus treatment plans for initial management of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: FiRst-Line Options for Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis Treatment (FROST). 
  • Best practices for transradial angiography and intervention: a consensus statement from the society for cardiovascular angiography and intervention's transradial working group. 
  • British Association for Psychopharmacology consensus statement on evidence-based treatment of insomnia, parasomnias and circadian rhythm disorders. 
  • Bumps and bridges on the road to responsible sharing of clinical trial data. 
  • CAD-RADS(TM) Coronary Artery Disease - Reporting and Data System. An expert consensus document of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI). Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology. 
  • CTSA Consortium Consensus Scientific Review Committee (SRC) Working Group Report on the SRC Processes. 
  • Cancer recurrence and hyperglycemia with dexamethasone for postoperative nausea and vomiting prophylaxis: more moot points? 
  • Cardio-Oncology Training: A Proposal From the International Cardioncology Society and Canadian Cardiac Oncology Network for a New Multidisciplinary Specialty. 
  • Changing terminology in renal research: the impact of consensus. 
  • Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Consensus Clinical Treatment Plans for Juvenile Dermatomyositis with Persistent Skin Rash. 
  • Choosing Core Outcomes for Use in Clinical Trials in Ophthalmology: Perspectives from Three Ophthalmology Outcomes Working Groups. 
  • Clinical algorithms to aid osteoarthritis guideline dissemination. 
  • Clinical and Research Considerations for Patients With Hypertensive Acute Heart Failure: A Consensus Statement from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and the Heart Failure Society of America Acute Heart Failure Working Group. 
  • Clinical and Research Considerations for Patients With Hypertensive Acute Heart Failure: A Consensus Statement from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine and the Heart Failure Society of America Acute Heart Failure Working Group. 
  • Clinical expert consensus statement on best practices in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. 
  • Clinical guidelines for low back pain: A critical review of consensus and inconsistencies across three major guidelines. 
  • Clinical trial design principles and endpoint definitions for transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement: part 1: clinical trial design principles: A consensus document from the mitral valve academic research consortium. 
  • Combining precision radiotherapy with molecular targeting and immunomodulatory agents: a guideline by the American Society for Radiation Oncology. 
  • Comparison of International Guidelines for Assessment of Suspected Stable Angina: Insights From the PROMISE and SCOT-HEART. 
  • Concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced, nonmetastatic, squamous carcinoma of the head and neck: consensus, controversy, and conundrum. 
  • Confusion regarding mechanisms of injury in the setting of thoracolumbar spinal trauma: a survey of The Spine Trauma Study Group (STSG). 
  • Consensus Contouring Guidelines for Postoperative Completely Resected Cavity Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases. 
  • Consensus Recommendations for Evaluation, Interpretation, and Utilization of Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Enterography in Patients With Small Bowel Crohn's Disease. 
  • Consensus Recommendations for RBC Transfusion Practice in Critically Ill Children From the Pediatric Critical Care Transfusion and Anemia Expertise Initiative. 
  • Consensus Recommendations for the Clinical Application of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the Treatment of Depression. 
  • Consensus Statement on Circulating Biomarkers for Advanced Prostate Cancer. 
  • Consensus Treatment Plans for Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis Refractory to Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs and/or With Active Spinal Lesions. 
  • Consensus building in metastatic spine disease. 
  • Consensus development of a pediatric emergency medicine clerkship curriculum. 
  • Consensus diagnostic histopathological criteria for acute gastrointestinal graft versus host disease improve interobserver reproducibility. 
  • Consensus document on the radial approach in percutaneous cardiovascular interventions: position paper by the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions and Working Groups on Acute Cardiac Care** and Thrombosis of the European Society of Cardiology. 
  • Consensus guidelines for newborn screening, diagnosis and treatment of infantile Krabbe disease. 
  • Consensus guidelines for the management of postoperative nausea and vomiting. 
  • Consensus guidelines from The American Society of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies on standardizing the delivery of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in colorectal cancer patients in the United States. 
  • Consensus in controversy: The modified Delphi method applied to Gynecologic Oncology practice. 
  • Consensus on a core curriculum in American training programs in pediatric hematology-oncology: a report from the ASPHO Training Committee. 
  • Consensus on cachexia definitions. 
  • Consensus recommendations for trabecular meshwork cell isolation, characterization and culture. 
  • Consensus statement on palliative lung radiotherapy: third international consensus workshop on palliative radiotherapy and symptom control. 
  • Consensus summary of aerosolized antimicrobial agents: application of guideline criteria. Insights from the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists. 
  • Consensus update on the appropriate usage of cardiac computed tomographic angiography. 
  • Consensus-based standards for best supportive care in clinical trials in advanced cancer. 
  • Content and criterion validity of the preliminary core dataset for clinical trials in fibromyalgia syndrome. 
  • Core elements of epilepsy diagnosis and management: expert consensus from the Leadership in Epilepsy, Advocacy, and Development (LEAD) faculty. 
  • Coronary Artery Disease - Reporting and Data System (CAD-RADS): An Expert Consensus Document of SCCT, ACR and NASCI: Endorsed by the ACC. 
  • Correlation between the international consensus definition of the Cancer Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome (CACS) and patient-centered outcomes in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • Cost implications of the SSO-ASTRO consensus guideline on margins for breast-conserving surgery with whole breast irradiation in stage I and II invasive breast cancer. 
  • Crowdsourcing consensus: proposal of a novel method for assessing accuracy in echocardiography interpretation. 
  • Current and Future Management of Malignant Mesothelioma: A Consensus Report from the National Cancer Institute Thoracic Malignancy Steering Committee, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, and Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation. 
  • Defining Staged Procedures for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Trials: A Guidance Document. 
  • Definition of Left Ventricular Segments for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 
  • Definitions and outcome measures for bullous pemphigoid: recommendations by an international panel of experts. 
  • Design and Patient Characteristics of the Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease Response Measures Validation Study. 
  • Determinants of agreement between the confocal scanning laser tomograph and standardized assessment of glaucomatous progression. 
  • Developing consensus measures for global programs: lessons from the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Hypertension research program. 
  • Developing treatment guidelines for myasthenia gravis. 
  • Development of a consensus core dataset in juvenile dermatomyositis for clinical use to inform research. 
  • Development of consensus treatment plans for juvenile localized scleroderma: a roadmap toward comparative effectiveness studies in juvenile localized scleroderma. 
  • Development of draft validation criteria for a soluble biomarker to be regarded as a valid biomarker reflecting structural damage endpoints in rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis clinical trials. 
  • Diagnosis and Management of Gaucher Disease in India - Consensus Guidelines of the Gaucher Disease Task Force of the Society for Indian Academy of Medical Genetics and the Indian Academy of Pediatrics. 
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Malformations. Consensus Document of the International Union of Phlebology (IUP): updated 2013. 
  • Diagnosis and management of women with bleeding disorders--international guidelines and consensus from an international expert panel. 
  • Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) for Clinical and Research Applications: recommendations of the International RDC/TMD Consortium Network* and Orofacial Pain Special Interest Group†. 
  • Diagnostic criteria for late-onset (childhood and adult) Pompe disease. 
  • Diagnostic criteria for psychosis in Parkinson's disease: report of an NINDS, NIMH work group. 
  • Dietary recommendations during and after cancer treatment: consistently inconsistent? 
  • Do guidelines influence practice? 
  • Does treatment intensity matter in superficial bladder cancer? Consensus, clinical practice, and confounding. 
  • Doha agreement meeting on terminology and definitions in groin pain in athletes. 
  • Dr McClintock and Colleagues Reply. 
  • Dr McClintock and Colleagues Reply. 
  • Dual-energy CT workflow: multi-institutional consensus on standardization of abdominopelvic MDCT protocols. 
  • ESPACOMP Medication Adherence Reporting Guidelines (EMERGE): a reactive-Delphi study protocol. 
  • Early management of patients with acute heart failure: state of the art and future directions--a consensus document from the SAEM/HFSA acute heart failure working group. 
  • Early management of patients with acute heart failure: state of the art and future directions. A consensus document from the society for academic emergency medicine/heart failure society of America acute heart failure working group. 
  • Effectiveness of antimicrobial guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia in children. 
  • Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) for gastrointestinal surgery, part 2: consensus statement for anaesthesia practice. 
  • Enhancing insulin-use safety in hospitals: Practical recommendations from an ASHP Foundation expert consensus panel. 
  • Establishing an emergency medicine education research network. 
  • Ethical issues in umbilical cord blood banking. Working Group on Ethical Issues in Umbilical Cord Blood Banking. 
  • Evidence, interpretation, and qualification from multiple reports of long-term outcomes in the Multimodal Treatment study of Children With ADHD (MTA): part I: executive summary. 
  • Evolving management of low grade glioma: No consensus amongst treating clinicians. 
  • Expert and stakeholder consensus on priorities for obesity prevention research in early care and education settings. 
  • Expert consensus document: Mitochondrial function as a therapeutic target in heart failure. 
  • Expert consensus on characteristics of wisdom: a Delphi method study. 
  • Expert opinion: Radiation dose management in cardiopulmonary imaging. 
  • Expert panel consensus on assessment checklists for a rheumatology objective structured clinical examination. 
  • First global consensus for evidence-based management of the hematopoietic syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation. 
  • Focal therapy: patients, interventions, and outcomes--a report from a consensus meeting. 
  • Follow-up modalities in focal therapy for prostate cancer: results from a Delphi consensus project. 
  • Four phases of intravenous fluid therapy: a conceptual model. 
  • Functional co-primary measures for clinical trials in schizophrenia: results from the MATRICS Psychometric and Standardization Study. 
  • GAPNA Consensus Statement on Proficiencies for the APRN Gerontological Specialist: Proficiency Statement 6. 
  • Gender differences in acute and chronic pain in the emergency department: results of the 2014 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference pain section. 
  • Genomic profiling to promote a healthy lifestyle: not ready for prime time. 
  • Global position paper on cardiovascular regenerative medicine. 
  • Gout, Hyperuricemia, and Crystal-Associated Disease Network Consensus Statement Regarding Labels and Definitions for Disease Elements in Gout. 
  • Guidance for switching from off-label antipsychotics to pimavanserin for Parkinson's disease psychosis: an expert consensus. 
  • Guidelines for Pathologic Diagnosis of Malignant Mesothelioma 2017 Update of the Consensus Statement From the International Mesothelioma Interest Group. 
  • Guidelines for perioperative care in elective rectal/pelvic surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations. 
  • Healing prayer outcomes studies: consensus recommendations. 
  • Heart Rhythm Monitoring Strategies for Cryptogenic Stroke: 2015 Diagnostics and Monitoring Stroke Focus Group Report. 
  • How should we implement psychiatric advance directives? Views of consumers, caregivers, mental health providers and researchers. 
  • Human Performance Optimization Metrics: Consensus Findings, Gaps, and Recommendations for Future Research. 
  • Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Executive Summary of an ASTRO, ASCO, and AUA Evidence-Based Guideline. 
  • ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2018: Microvascular and macrovascular complications in children and adolescents. 
  • ISVI-IUA consensus document diagnostic guidelines of vascular anomalies: vascular malformations and hemangiomas. 
  • Identification of dementia: agreement among national survey data, medicare claims, and death certificates. 
  • Identification of recruitment and retention strategies for rehabilitation professionals in Ontario, Canada: results from expert panels. 
  • Imaging in Suspected Renal Colic: Systematic Review of the Literature and Multispecialty Consensus. 
  • Impact of perceived consensus on stereotypes about obese people: a new approach for reducing bias. 
  • Implementing core outcomes in kidney disease: report of the Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology (SONG) implementation workshop. 
  • Indicators of integration of oncology and palliative care programs: an international consensus. 
  • Integrating complementary medicine into cardiovascular medicine. A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents (Writing Committee to Develop an Expert Consensus Document on Complementary and Integrative Medicine). 
  • Inter-association consensus statement on best practices for sports medicine management for secondary schools and colleges. 
  • International Bullous Diseases Group: consensus on diagnostic criteria for epidermolysis bullosa acquisita. 
  • International Chronic Ocular Graft-vs-Host-Disease (GVHD) Consensus Group: proposed diagnostic criteria for chronic GVHD (Part I). 
  • International Expert Consensus on Switching Platelet P2Y12 Receptor-Inhibiting Therapies. 
  • International assessment of inter- and intrarater reliability of the International Frontal Sinus Anatomy Classification system. 
  • International consensus guidance for management of myasthenia gravis: Executive summary. 
  • International consensus guidelines for trials of therapies in the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. 
  • International patient and physician consensus on a psoriatic arthritis core outcome set for clinical trials. 
  • Interobserver agreement on microfollicles in thyroid fine-needle aspirates. 
  • Interpathologist Diagnostic Agreement for Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinomas Using Current and Recent Classifications. 
  • Introducing the "ChOLE" Classification and Its Comparison to the EAONO/JOS Consensus Classification for Cholesteatoma Staging. 
  • Introduction to a Special Issue of the Journal of Immunological Methods: Building global resource programs to support HIV/AIDS clinical trial studies. 
  • Invited commentary. 
  • Joint Clinical Consensus Statement of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons® and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners®: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Consensus for Gouty Arthritis of the Foot and Ankle. 
  • Joint SNMMI-ASNC Expert Consensus Document on the Role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Cardiac Sarcoid Detection and Therapy Monitoring. 
  • Joint SNMMI-ASNC expert consensus document on the role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in cardiac sarcoid detection and therapy monitoring. 
  • LINAC based stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases: guidance for clinical implementation. 
  • Laboratory criteria for antiphospholipid syndrome: communication from the SSC of the ISTH. 
  • Lack of consensus in the diagnosis and treatment for ocular tuberculosis among uveitis specialists. 
  • Length of stay following percutaneous coronary intervention: An expert consensus document update from the society for cardiovascular angiography and interventions. 
  • Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging vascular changes, apolipoprotein E genotype, and development of dementia in the neurocognitive outcomes of depression in the elderly study. 
  • Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes, 2018. A Consensus Report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). 
  • Management of antiplatelet therapy in patients undergoing elective invasive procedures: Proposals from the French Working Group on perioperative hemostasis (GIHP) and the French Study Group on thrombosis and hemostasis (GFHT). In collaboration with the French Society for Anesthesia and Intensive Care (SFAR). 
  • Management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes, 2018. A consensus report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). 
  • Maternal immune activation: reporting guidelines to improve the rigor, reproducibility, and transparency of the model. 
  • Measurement of Blood Pressure in Humans: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. 
  • Measuring repetitive behaviors as a treatment endpoint in youth with autism spectrum disorder. 
  • Mechanical support as failure intervention in patients with cavopulmonary shunts (MFICS): rationale and aims of a new registry of mechanical circulatory support in single ventricle patients. 
  • Medically Unnecessary Genital Cutting and the Rights of the Child: Moving Toward Consensus. 
  • Metabolic and nutritional support of critically ill patients: consensus and controversies. 
  • Metabolic diagnosis and medical prevention of calcium nephrolithiasis and its systemic manifestations: a consensus statement. 
  • Methodological issues in negative symptom trials. 
  • Metrics for quantifying antibiotic use in the hospital setting: results from a systematic review and international multidisciplinary consensus procedure. 
  • Metrics to assess the quantity of antibiotic use in the outpatient setting: a systematic review followed by an international multidisciplinary consensus procedure. 
  • Misplaced flexibility: revise policies but cling to principles. 
  • Muscle Injuries in Sports: A New Evidence-Informed and Expert Consensus-Based Classification with Clinical Application. 
  • Myopic Choroidal Neovascularization: Review, Guidance, and Consensus Statement on Management. 
  • Naming and counting disorders (conditions) included in newborn screening panels. 
  • Need for Evidence and Consensus on Laser Treatment for Management of Select Primary Penile Tumors. 
  • Objective Assessment of the Unilateral Cleft Lip Nasal Deformity Using Three-Dimensional Stereophotogrammetry: Severity and Outcome. 
  • Overview of methodology for lung cancer evidence review and guideline development. 
  • PET and PET/CT reports: observations from the National Oncologic PET Registry. 
  • Paget's disease of bone: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline. 
  • Pediatric ARDS. 
  • Pediatric Baseline Patch Test Series: Pediatric Contact Dermatitis Workgroup. 
  • Physical activity and public health in older adults: recommendation from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association. 
  • Physicians' quantitative assessments of medical futility. 
  • Pilot study comparing the Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Consensus Treatment Plans. 
  • Pilot study comparing the childhood arthritis and rheumatology research alliance consensus treatment plans for induction therapy of juvenile proliferative lupus nephritis. 
  • Potential Impact of the 2016 Consensus Definitions of Sepsis and Septic Shock on Future Sepsis Research. 
  • Preliminary criteria for global flares in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • Priorities for comparative effectiveness reviews in cardiovascular disease. 
  • Priorities to Overcome Barriers Impacting Data Science Application in Emergency Care Research. 
  • Proceedings from the 2018 International Consensus Meeting on Orthopedic Infections: evaluation of periprosthetic shoulder infection. 
  • Proceedings from the 2018 International Consensus Meeting on Orthopedic Infections: management of periprosthetic shoulder infection. 
  • Proceedings from the Society of Interventional Radiology research consensus panel on critical limb ischemia. 
  • Profile of Current Opinion on Arthroscopic Acromioplasty: A Video Survey Study. 
  • Proposed outcome measures for prospective clinical trials in juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis: a consensus effort from the multinational interdisciplinary working group for uveitis in childhood. 
  • Quality Improvement Guidelines for Percutaneous Nephrostomy. 
  • Quality indicators assessing antibiotic use in the outpatient setting: a systematic review followed by an international multidisciplinary consensus procedure. 
  • Quality indicators for responsible antibiotic use in the inpatient setting: a systematic review followed by an international multidisciplinary consensus procedure. 
  • Quantitative Evidence for Revising the Definition of Primary Graft Dysfunction after Lung Transplant. 
  • RTOG sarcoma radiation oncologists reach consensus on gross tumor volume and clinical target volume on computed tomographic images for preoperative radiotherapy of primary soft tissue sarcoma of extremity in Radiation Therapy Oncology Group studies. 
  • Radiation Safety in Children With Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease: A Scientific Position Statement on Multimodality Dose Optimization From the Image Gently Alliance. 
  • Radiation Therapy for Solitary Plasmacytoma and Multiple Myeloma: Guidelines From the International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group. 
  • Reassessing Phase II Heart Failure Clinical Trials: Consensus Recommendations. 
  • Reassessing the Role of Surrogate End Points in Drug Development for Heart Failure. 
  • Recommendations From the International Consortium on Professional Nursing Practice in Long-Term Care Homes. 
  • Recommendations for Conduct, Methodological Practices, and Reporting of Cost-effectiveness Analyses: Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine. 
  • Recommendations for Screening and Management of Late Effects in Patients with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency after Allogenic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Consensus Statement from the Second Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium International Conference on Late Effects after Pediatric HCT. 
  • Recommendations for data monitoring committees from the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative. 
  • Recommendations for the Nomenclature of Cognitive Change Associated With Anaesthesia and Surgery-2018. 
  • Recommendations to Enhance Pediatric Cardiovascular Drug Development: Report of a Multi-Stakeholder Think Tank. 
  • Redefining the role of biomarkers in heart failure trials: expert consensus document. 
  • Reduction of Peripartum Racial and Ethnic Disparities: A Conceptual Framework and Maternal Safety Consensus Bundle. 
  • Reduction of Peripartum Racial and Ethnic Disparities: A Conceptual Framework and Maternal Safety Consensus Bundle. 
  • Report of the ISHLT Working Group on primary lung graft dysfunction Part IV: Prevention and treatment: A 2016 Consensus Group statement of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. 
  • Research agenda for geriatric rehabilitation. 
  • Response to ASTRO consensus guideline for oropharyngeal cancer: In Regard to Walker et al. 
  • Response to the 'Consensus Statement of the Working Group on Roman Catholic Approaches to Determining Appropriate Critical Care'. 
  • Resuscitation Education Science: Educational Strategies to Improve Outcomes From Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. 
  • Role of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in focal therapy for prostate cancer: a Delphi consensus project. 
  • SCAI expert consensus statement: 2016 best practices in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: (Endorsed by the cardiological society of india, and sociedad Latino Americana de Cardiologia intervencionista; Affirmation of value by the Canadian Association of interventional cardiology-Association canadienne de cardiologie d'intervention). 
  • ST2 and prognosis in acutely decompensated heart failure: the International ST2 Consensus Panel. 
  • ST2 testing for chronic heart failure therapy monitoring: the International ST2 Consensus Panel. 
  • Safeguards to prevent neurologic complications after epidural steroid injections: consensus opinions from a multidisciplinary working group and national organizations. 
  • Safety and efficacy of thrombin-JMI: a multidisciplinary expert group consensus. 
  • Sarcopenia with limited mobility: an international consensus. 
  • Sarcopenia: an undiagnosed condition in older adults. Current consensus definition: prevalence, etiology, and consequences. International working group on sarcopenia. 
  • Semantic and moral debates about hastening death: a survey of bioethicists. 
  • Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia consensus statement on preoperative selection of adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea scheduled for ambulatory surgery. 
  • Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists/European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists Practice Advisory for the Management of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. 
  • Society of Interventional Radiology Reporting Standards for Thoracic Central Vein Obstruction: Endorsed by the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN), British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR), Canadian Interventional Radiology Association (CIRA), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (ISVIR), Vascular Access Society of the Americas (VASA), and Vascular Access Society of Britain and Ireland (VASBI). 
  • Society of Surgical Oncology-American Society for Radiation Oncology consensus guideline on margins for breast-conserving surgery with whole-breast irradiation in stages I and II invasive breast cancer. 
  • Society of Surgical Oncology-American Society for Radiation Oncology-American Society of Clinical Oncology Consensus Guideline on Margins for Breast-Conserving Surgery With Whole-Breast Irradiation in Ductal Carcinoma in Situ. 
  • Special article: basic perioperative transesophageal echocardiography examination: a consensus statement of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. 
  • Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Current State of the Science: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. 
  • Standardization of definitions in focal therapy of prostate cancer: report from a Delphi consensus project. 
  • Standardized End Point Definitions for Coronary Intervention Trials: The Academic Research Consortium-2 Consensus Document. 
  • Standardizing clinical end points in aortic arch surgery: a consensus statement from the International Aortic Arch Surgery Study Group. 
  • Standardizing regional therapy: developing a consensus on optimal utilization of regional chemotherapy treatments in melanoma. 
  • Standards of Evidence for Conducting and Reporting Economic Evaluations in Prevention Science. 
  • State of the Research Enterprise in IR and Recommendations for the Future: Proceedings from the Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Investigator Development Task Force. 
  • Stereotactic body radiation therapy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: Executive Summary of an ASTRO Evidence-Based Guideline. 
  • Successful Translation of Fluorescence Navigation During Oncologic Surgery: A Consensus Report. 
  • Summary points and consensus recommendations from the North American Surgical Nutrition Summit. 
  • Surgical management of the rheumatoid hand: consensus and controversy among rheumatologists and hand surgeons. 
  • Systematic Review for the 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. 
  • Systematic review and consensus definitions for standardised endpoints in perioperative medicine: postoperative cancer outcomes. 
  • Systematic review and consensus definitions for the Standardised Endpoints in Perioperative Medicine (StEP) initiative: patient comfort. 
  • Systematic review and consensus definitions for the Standardised Endpoints in Perioperative Medicine initiative: clinical indicators. 
  • Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations II: pilot study of a new system. 
  • Systems modelling as an approach for understanding and building consensus on non-communicable diseases (NCD) management in Cambodia. 
  • Target Product Profile for a Diagnostic Assay to Differentiate between Bacterial and Non-Bacterial Infections and Reduce Antimicrobial Overuse in Resource-Limited Settings: An Expert Consensus. 
  • Testing of the preliminary OMERACT validation criteria for a biomarker to be regarded as reflecting structural damage endpoints in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials: the example of C-reactive protein. 
  • Testosterone in prostate cancer: the Bethesda consensus. 
  • Textbook recommendations for preventing and treating perineal injury at vaginal delivery. 
  • The Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI) multi-site quality assurance program for cryopreserved human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. 
  • The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Consensus Treatment Plans: Toward Comparative Effectiveness in the Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases. 
  • The External Quality Assurance Oversight Laboratory (EQAPOL) proficiency program for IFN-gamma enzyme-linked immunospot (IFN-γ ELISpot) assay. 
  • The IGNITE Pharmacogenetics Working Group: An Opportunity for Building Evidence with Pharmacogenetic Implementation in a Real-World Setting. 
  • The Institute of Medicine: ensuring integrity and independence in scientific advice on health. 
  • The International ST2 Consensus Panel: Introduction. 
  • The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) consensus guidelines for the safety monitoring of bipolar disorder treatments. 
  • The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) task force report on antidepressant use in bipolar disorders. 
  • The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery, part 1: test selection, reliability, and validity. 
  • The Neurostimulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC) Recommendations for Infection Prevention and Management. 
  • The Neurostimulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC) Safety Guidelines for the Reduction of Severe Neurological Injury. 
  • The Neurostimulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC): Recommendations on Bleeding and Coagulation Management in Neurostimulation Devices. 
  • The Second Annual Think Tank on Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young: Developing a rational, reliable, and sustainable national health care resource. A report from the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium. 
  • The Warwick Agreement on femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAI syndrome): an international consensus statement. 
  • The academic research consortium governance charter. 
  • The biology of ST2: the International ST2 Consensus Panel. 
  • The clinical introduction of genetic testing for Alzheimer disease. An ethical perspective. 
  • The consensus sleep diary: standardizing prospective sleep self-monitoring. 
  • The diagnostic utility of clinical tests for differentiating between cervicogenic and other causes of dizziness after a sports-related concussion: An international Delphi study. 
  • The expert consensus guideline series: adherence problems in patients with serious and persistent mental illness. 
  • The role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in focal therapy for prostate cancer: recommendations from a consensus panel. 
  • Tolvaptan for the treatment of heart failure: a review of the literature. 
  • Toward classification criteria for early osteoarthritis of the knee. 
  • Toward development of a comprehensive external quality assurance program for polyfunctional intracellular cytokine staining assays. 
  • Towards Prevention of Breast Cancer: What Are the Clinical Challenges? 
  • Transatlantic Consensus Group on active surveillance and focal therapy for prostate cancer. 
  • Treatment outcome definitions in nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: an NTM-NET consensus statement. 
  • Trial Design and Objectives for Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Updated Recommendations From the Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Working Group 3. 
  • Update of the international consensus on palliative radiotherapy endpoints for future clinical trials in bone metastases. 
  • Updated standardized endpoint definitions for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 consensus document. 
  • Updating the 2003 European regulatory requirements for registering disease-modifying drugs to be used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. 
  • Use of Automated Performance Metrics to Measure Surgeon Performance during Robotic Vesicourethral Anastomosis and Methodical Development of a Training Tutorial. 
  • Use of factor concentrates for the management of perioperative bleeding: guidance from the SSC of the ISTH. 
  • Validation of consensus panel diagnosis in dementia. 
  • Variation in practice and concordance with guideline criteria for length of stay after elective percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Variation in the definition of clinical target volumes for pelvic nodal conformal radiation therapy for prostate cancer. 
  • Variation in the gross tumor volume and clinical target volume for preoperative radiotherapy of primary large high-grade soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity among RTOG sarcoma radiation oncologists. 
  • Vascular depression consensus report - a critical update. 
  • Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy at 20 years: a consensus statement. 
  • Which Comorbid Conditions Should We Be Analyzing as Risk Factors for Healthcare-Associated Infections? 
  • Year in Review 2015: Pediatric ARDS. 
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  • Esclamado, Ramon Mitra, Richard Hall Chaney, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences
  • Schanberg, Laura Eve, Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Rheumatology
  • Zafar, Syed Yousuf, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology