Concise guidelines provide short guidance on the best ways to treat and manage a range of conditions and illnesses. The guidelines are short and accessible so that physicians can respond quickly to these conditions, which may be fairly common but outside their own specialist area. They are published in Clinical Medicine and are free to all to download.

Title Publication date Normal price
Completion of the Statement of Fitness for Work concise guideline
Doctors are required to issue Form Med 3 (the Statements of Fitness for Work, commonly known as the... more >> 		01 May 2012 n/a
Diagnosis, management and prevention of occupational asthma concise guideline
This concise guidance, prepared for physicians, summarises the British Occupational Health... more >> 		01 April 2012 n/a
Complex regional pain syndrome concise guideline
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a debilitating, painful condition in a limb associated... more >> 		01 December 2011 n/a
Concise guidelines: Emergency oxygen use in adult patients
National guidelines These guidelines were originally published in Clinical Medicine, volume 11... more >> 		01 August 2011 n/a
Concise guidelines: Occupational contact dermatitis
Diagnosis, management and prevention of occupational contact dermatitis These guidelines were... more >> 		01 October 2010 n/a
Concise guideline: Giant cell arteritis
Diagnosis and management of giant cell arteritis: Concise guideline These guidelines were... more >> 		01 August 2010 n/a
Concise guidelines: Diagnosis and management of polymyalgia rheumatica
These guidelines were originally published in Clinical Medicine, volume 10 issue 3.Polymyalgia... more >> 		01 June 2010 n/a
Concise guidelines: Transient ischaemic attack
Diagnosis and initial management of transient ischaemic attack These guidelines were originally... more >> 		01 April 2010 n/a
Concise guidelines: Primary antibody deficiencies
Recognition, clinical diagnosis and referral of patients These guidelines were originally published... more >> 		01 December 2009 n/a
Concise guidelines: Testing for HIV
These guidelines were originally published in Clinical Medicine, volume 9 issue 5. HIV is now a... more >> 		01 October 2009 n/a
Concise guidelines: Emergency treatment of anaphylaxis in adults
National guidelines These guidelines were originally published in Clinical Medicine, volume 9 issue... more >> 		01 April 2009 n/a
Concise guidelines: Advance care planning
National guidelines Summary Prepared by the British Geriatrics Society, Royal College of Physicians... more >> 		01 February 2009 £ 9.00
Concise guidelines: Non-invasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Management of acute type 2 respiratory failure National guidelines   Summary Non-invasive... more >> 		01 October 2008 n/a
Concise guidelines: Long-term neurological conditions
Management at the interface between neurology, rehabilitaion and palliative care   National... more >> 		01 March 2008 £ 10.00
Concise guidelines: Chronic spinal cord injury
Management of patients in acute hospital settings National guideline Summary Spinal cord injury (... more >> 		01 February 2008 £ 8.00
Concise guidelines: Pharmacological management of hypertension
These guidelines were originally published in Clinical Medicine, volume 7 issue 6. Hypertension is... more >> 		01 December 2007 n/a
Concise guidelines: Assessment of pain in older people
National guidelines Summary Pain is so universal that its recognition should be an essential skill... more >> 		01 October 2007 £ 7.00
Concise guidelines: Melanoma of the skin
Prevention, diagnosis, referral and management of melanoma of the skin   Summary Melanoma of... more >> 		01 September 2007 £ 10.00
Concise guidelines: Delirium
Prevention, diagnosis, referral and management of delirium in older people Summary Delirium (acute... more >> 		01 June 2006 £ 7.00
Concise guidelines: Chronic kidney disease
Identification, management and referral of adults with chronic kidney disease Summary Developed by... more >> 		01 April 2006 £ 6.00
Concise guidelines: Use of antidepressant medication in adults
Use of antidepressant medication in adults undergoing recovery and rehabilitation following... more >> 		01 September 2005 £ 8.00