The Academy is pleased to provide you with access to information about the latest practice guidelines in pain management.

~June 2009

New Practice Guidelines

Back Pain
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Adult low back pain
[Summary]

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Low back pain: Early management of persistent non-specific low back pain
[Full Text]

American Pain Society
Interventional Therapies, Surgery, and Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation for Low Back Pain
[Abstract]

Digestive System Diseases
National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care (U.K.)
Irritable bowel syndrome in adults. Diagnosis and management of irritable bowel syndrome in primary care
[Summary]

Pain /therapy (general)
The American Medical Directors Association
Clinical Practice Guideline: Pain Management (revised 2009)
[Summary]


American Academy of Pain Management is the nation's largest interdisciplinary/integrative organization serving clinicians who treat people with pain through education, setting standards of care, and advocacy.
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