Recommended guideline development handbooks

Davis, Goldman and Palda. Handbook on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Canadian Medical Association 2007.

NHMRC. A guide to the development, implementation and evaluation of clinical practice guidelines. Canberra: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC); 1998.  

NICE. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (January 2009) The guidelines manual. London: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.  

NZGG. Handbook for the preparation of explicit evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. The Terrace: New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG); 2003.

SIGN. SIGN 50 - A guidelines developers' handbook. Edinburgh: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN); 2008.

Guideline appraisal resources:

www.agreecollaboration.org

Adaption of existing guidelines:

www.adapte.org

Graham ID, Harrison MB, Lorimer K, et al. Adapting national and international leg ulcer practice guidelines for local use: the Ontario Leg Ulcer Community Care Protocol. Adv Skin Wound Care 2005;18:307-18.

International guidelines network:  

www.G-I-N.org
www.wso.org

Stroke guidelines literature:

Hill K, Lalor E. Clinical guidelines for stroke care: why the fuss and is there opportunity for collaboration? Int J Stroke. 2008 Aug;3(3):173-4. Link

Hurdowar A GI, Bayley M, Harrison M, Wood-Dauphinee S, Bhogal S. Quality of stroke rehabilitation clinical practice guidelines. J Eval Clin Pract. 2007;13(4):657-64. Link to abstract

Navarro Puerto MA, Ibarluzea IG, Ruiz OG, Alvarez FM, Herreros RG, Pintiado RE, Dominguez AR, León IM. Analysis of the quality of clinical practice guidelines on established ischemic stroke. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2008 Summer;24(3):333-41. Link to abstract

Bo Norrving, Per Wester, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Andreas Terént, Anna Sohlberg, Fredrik Berggren, Per-Olov Wester, Kjell Asplund, for the Stroke Guidelines Working Group, and National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm.  Beyond conventional stroke guidelines: Setting priorities. Stroke 2007;38;2185-2190

Online stroke evidence summary resources:

Guidelines International Network: www.G-I-N.org
National Guidelines Clearinghouse: www.guideline.gov
Effective Stroke Care:  www.effectivestrokecare.org
StrokEngine:   www.strokengine.org
Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation:  www.ebrsr.org

Canadian Stroke Performance Measurement Manual: www.canadianstrokestrategy.ca
National Quality Measures Clearing House:   http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/