Department of Health
John J. Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, Commissioner
Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Standards of Care and Evidence Based Guidelines
Heart Disease
General
- Put Prevention Into Practice: Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services
- Get With The Guidelines - Coronary Artery Disease and Stroke
- ACS/ADA/AHA Scientific Statement: Preventing Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and Diabetes
- Cigarette Smoking, Cardiovascular Disease, and Stroke
- The Cardiovascular Diseases Specialist Library
- Stroke Rehab Tool
Cholesterol
Diabetes
- Treatment of Hypertension in Adults with Diabetes
- Hypertension in Diabetes
- Standards of Medical Care for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
- ADA Clinical Practice Recommendations
- Evidence-Based Nutrition Principles and Recommendations for the Treatment and Prevention of Diabetes and Related Complications
Hypertension
- The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) Express
- JNC 7 Quick Reference Card
- The Fourth Report on the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents
- Primary Prevention of Hypertension: Clinical and Public Health Advisory from the National High Blood Pressure Education Program
- Landmark Guidelines Raise Bar For Treatment of African Americans With High Blood Pressure
- Treatment of Hypertension in Adults with Diabetes
- Hypertension in Diabetes
Overweight/Obese
- Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans
- Pediatric Overweight & Obesity
- Obesity Evaluation and Treatment: Expert Committee Recommendations
- Policy Statement: Prevention of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity - American Academy of Pediatrics
- CDC Growth Charts: United States
Tobacco
- Tennessee Tobacco QuitLine
- The Guide to Community Preventive Services
- State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System
- Surveillance and Evaluation Data Resources for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs
- Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
- Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence—Clinician's Packet
- Tobacco Use: Prevention, Cessation, and Control
- Surgeon General's Reports Related to Tobacco Use
- World Health Organization: Tobacco Free Initiative
- A Practical Guide to Working with Health Cate Systems on Tobacco-Use Treatment
- Coverage for Tobacco Use Cessation Treatments
Stroke
General
- Report of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Workshop on Perinatal and Childhood Stroke
- Evidence-Based Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease
- Consensus Conference on Stroke Treatment and Service Delivery
- Get With Guidelines-Stroke (GWTG-S)
- Get With Guidelines Online Course
- Stroke in Childhood Clinical Guidelines
Prevention
- AHA Guidelines for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: Update
- Guidelines for Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack
- Prevention of Ischemic Stroke
- The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
- Cigarette Smoking, Cardiovascular Disease, and Stroke
- Stroke Prevention: Recommendations
Diagnosis
- Barthel Index
- Glasgow Outcome Scale
- Modified Rankin Scale
- NIH Stroke Scale
- www.ninds.nih.gov/doctors/NIH_Stroke_Scale.pdf
- Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale
- Dallas Stroke Council Stroke Evaluation Sheet
- Los Angeles Prehospital Stroke Screen
- Miami Emergency Neurologic Deficit (MEND) Prehospital Checklist
- American College of Radiology Standards
- Quality Improvement Guidelines for Adult Diagnostic Neuroangiography and Other Procedures
Treatment
- American Heart Association Guidelines For Management of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke
- Acute Stroke Treatment Guidelines
- Consensus Conference on Stroke Treatment and Service Delivery
- The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
- AHA Guidelines for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: Update
- Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Guidelines for the Management of Transient Ischemic Attacks
- Blood Pressure Control and Secondary Stroke Prevention
- Stanford Stroke Center: Ischemic Stroke Management at Stanford Health Services
- Stroke Coding Guide of the American Academy of Neurology
- Treatment guidelines--primary and secondary prevention of stroke
- TPA Stroke Study Group Guidelines
- Prophylaxis and Treatment - Information for doctors in hospitals and practice - Update
- Prevention of a first stroke
- Management of patients with stroke part I: Assessment, investigation, immediate management and secondary prevention
- American Heart Association Prevention Conference IV: Prevention and Rehabilitation of Stroke: Rehabilitation
- Stroke Prevention: Recommendations
Recovery/Rehab
- Management of Stroke Rehabilitation Care
- National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Update
- Care after Stroke
- American Heart Association Prevention Conference IV: Prevention and Rehabilitation of Stroke: Rehabilitation
- Post-Stroke Rehabilitation
- Physical Activity and Exercise Recommendations for Stroke Survivors
- Management of patients with stroke part IV: Rehabilitation, prevention and management of complications, and discharge planning
Governor Bill Haslam
