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A list of guidelines available to download from the SIGN website

Click on the links below to download copies of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network guidelines from the SIGN website in PDF format (you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files: download Acrobat now).

SIGN provides a section on information for patients in each clinical guideline. Issues that are most likely to be of concern to the patient and carers are addressed.

No.	Guideline	Guidelines		Publication Date
127	Management of perinatal mood disorders	clinical		March 2012
126	Diagnosis and management of colorectal cancer	clinical		Dec 2011
125	Management of atopic eczema in primary care	clinical		Mar 2011
124	Management of adult testicular germ cell tumours	clinical		Mar 2011
123	Management of early rheumatoid arthritis	clinical		Feb 2011
122	Prevention and management of venous thromboembolism	clinical	patient	Dec 2010
121	Diagnosis and management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in adults	clinical	patient	Oct 2010
120	Management of chronic venous leg ulcers	clinical		Aug 2010
119	Management of patients with stroke: identification and management of dysphagia	clinical		Jun 2010
118	Management of patients with stroke: Rehabilitation, prevention and management of complications, and discharge planning	clinical	patient	Jun 2010
117	Management of sore throat and indications for tonsillectomy	clinical		Apr 2010
116	Management of diabetes	clinical	patient	Mar 2010
115	Management of obesity	clinical		Feb 2010
114	Non-pharmaceutical management of depression	clinical		Jan 2010
113	Diagnosis and pharmacological management of Parkinson's disease	clinical		Jan 2010
112	Management of attention deficit and hyperkinetic disorders in children and young people	clinical		Oct 2009
111	Management of hip fracture in older people	clinical		Jun 2009
110	Early management of patients with a head injury	clinical		May 2009
109	Management of genital chlamydia trachomatis infection	clinical		Mar 2009
108	Management of patients with stroke or TIA:Assessment, investigation, immediate management and secondary prevention	clinical		Dec 2008
107	Diagnosis and management of headache in adults	clinical		Nov 2008
106	Control of pain in adults with cancer	clinical		Nov 2008
105	Management of acute upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding	clinical		Sep 2008
104	Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery	clinical		Jul 2008
103	Diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease	clinical		Jun 2008