AAN Practice Guidelines & Tools

Access AAN clinical practice guidelines to help guide your clinical decision making. AAN guidelines:

  • Synthesize the available scientific evidence
  • Rate the quality of the evidence
  • Make specific practice recommendations

AAN guidelines are available for:

  • Causation
  • Diagnosis/screening
  • Treatment
  • Prognosis

Learn more by reading these Neurology® journal articles:

AAN Guidelines: A benefit to the neurologist Neurology 2010 75:1126–1127

Lost in a jungle of evidence: We need a compass Neurology 2008 71:1634–1638.

Practice parameters and technology assessments: What they are, what they are not, and why you should care Neurology 2008 71:1639–1643.



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Most Recently Published Guidelines

Summary of Evidence-based Guideline Update: Evaluation and Management of Concussion in Sports

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Mar 2013
Clinical Policy: Use of Intravenous tPA for the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke in the Emergency Department

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Feb 2013
Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

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Jan 2013
Update: Steroids and Antivirals for Bell Palsy

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Nov 2012
Diagnostic Accuracy of CSF 14-3-3 Protein in Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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Oct 2012
Pharmacologic Treatment of Chorea in Huntington Disease

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Aug 2012

Most Frequently Accessed Guidelines

Update: Management Issues for Women with Epilepsy-Focus on Pregnancy: Vitamin K, Folic Acid, Blood Levels, and Breastfeeding

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Jul 2009
Update: Management Issues for Women with Epilepsy-Focus on Pregnancy: Obstetrical Complications and Change in Seizure Frequency

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Jul 2009