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Clinical Policies

ACEP’s clinical policies are developed by the Clinical Policies Committee, guided by processes in accordance with national guideline-development standards. The policies are approved by the ACEP Board of Directors to provide guidance on the clinical management of emergency department patients. These ACEP Board-approved documents describe ACEP's policies on the clinical management of emergency department patients. These clinical policies are not intended to represent a legal standard of care for emergency physicians. ACEP recognizes the importance of the individual physician’s judgment and patient preferences.
Acute Blunt Abdominal Trauma
Acute Heart Failure Syndromes
Acute Venous Thromboembolic Disease
Appendicitis
Asymptomatic Elevated Blood Pressure
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Early Pregnancy
Fever - Infants and Children Younger than 2 Years
Headache
Intravenous tPA for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
Opioids
Procedural Sedation and Analgesia
Psychiatric Patient
Reperfusion Therapy for STEMI
Seizure
Suspected Transient Ischemic Attack
Thoracic Aortic Dissection

The ACEP Clinical Policies Committee strives to be responsive to the most urgent questions regarding the recognition, evaluation, and management of clinical manifestations relevant to the practice of emergency medicine.

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Newest Clinical Policies

Acute Heart Failure Syndromes
Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Opioids
Headache
Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes

Additional Information

Guideline Summaries from MDCalc
Clinical Policy Development Process
Process for Managing Conflicts of Interest
Past Clinical Policies
Diagnostic Grading Form
Meta-Analyses Grading Form
Prognostic Grading Form
Therapeutic Grading Form

ACEP-Endorsed Policies

Other medical societies, at times, ask that ACEP review and endorse their clinical guidelines. The adjacent policies have been endorsed by ACEP.

Abstracts of Clinical Policies

The ACEP Clinical Policies Committee regularly reviews guidelines published by other professional medical societies. Periodically, new guidelines are identified on topics with particular relevance to the clinical practice of emergency medicine. Abstraction of these guidelines does not automatically imply any type of endorsement by ACEP.

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