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Clinical Practical Guidelines

The Board of Directors of APS voted in 1997 to embark upon an ambitious effort to develop and disseminate a series of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the management of complex pain problems to be used by patients, payers, and providers. The Program is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, ongoing effort to develop guidelines and assure their dissemination and implementation. It adheres to state-of-the-art scientific principles of guideline development and evaluation.

To guide this program, APS has established a Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee, chaired by Christine Miaskowski, PhD RN, Professor and Chair, Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco. The committee identifies topics for guideline development, oversees and ensures the validity of the guideline development process, and advises on dissemination issues.

The guidelines program is led by Roger Chou, MD of the Oregon Health & Science University’s Evidence-Based Practice Center. Dr. Chou and his staff work with multidisciplinary expert panels to define guideline scope and key questions, develop evidence reviews, develop recommendations, conduct peer review and finalize guideline recommendations for publication.

Guidelines Currently Available:

Interventional Therapies, Surgery, and Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation for Low Back Pain: An Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Pain Society
News Release, May 13, 2009
Guideline
Evidence Review [PDF]
Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain
News Release, February 10, 2009
Guideline
Evidence Review [PDF]
Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society, Annals of Internal Medicine, 2 October 2007, Volume 147 Issue 7 Pages 478-491
News release, October 2, 2007
Guideline
Evidence Review [PDF]

Guideline for the Management of Acute and Chronic Pain in Sickle-Cell Disease, 1999

Archived Guidelines

These guidelines are no longer viewed as guidance for current medical practice, and are provided for archival purposes only. Before accessing an electronic version of an outdated Clinical Practice Guideline, please be advised of the following:

  • American Pain Society makes no warranties regarding errors or omissions and assumes no responsibility or liability for loss or damage resulting from the use of information contained within.
  • American Pain Society cannot endorse derivative or excerpted materials, and it cannot be held liable for the content or use of adapted products.
  • It is the responsibility of the user to comply with copyright protections Clinical Practice Guidelines and to obtain permissions for use of any copyrighted materials contained within from copyright holders. Citation as to source is also required.

Guideline for the Management of Acute and Chronic Pain in Sickle Cell Disease (Archival Version)

Guideline for the Management of Pain in Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Juvenile Chronic Arthritis (Archival Version)

Guideline for the Management of Cancer Pain in Adults and Children (Archival Version)

Guideline for the Management of Fibromyalgia Syndrome Pain in Adults and Children (Archival Version)