Acquire - Where to search - Evidence based guidelines

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Some databases and resources collate best evidence for various interventions and present it in easy to read guideline format in the form of evidence based guidelines.

Guideline databases

• DynaMed Plus.
• ClinicalKey.
• BMJ Best Practice 

International

• NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, England and Wales.
• SIGN (Links to an external site.) Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
• Clinical Practice Guidelines Portal (Links to an external site.) - National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
• Guidelines International Network

New Zealand

• Starship Clinical Guidelines (Links to an external site.)
• RANZCP -  (Links to an external site.)Clinical practice guidelines
• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. (Links to an external site.)
• Ministry of Health: Guides and standards (Links to an external site.)
• Bpac (Links to an external site.) Best Practice Advocacy Centre

Also try organizational or other DHB sites for practice guidelines

Note: These can be very general or cover a broad subject area and you may not find evidence related to a focused clinical question.