EAST Practice Management Guidelines
To help assess the relevancy of all published EAST Practice Management Guidelines (PMGs) and to ensure that accurate information is available as a resource on the EAST website, the EAST Guidelines Committee reviews all PMGs for content and relevance every 5-years. An updated literature search is performed for each PMG by a member of the Guidelines Committee to determine how to classify the guideline. PMG’s are classified as either: still relevant to practice today, still relevant but require updating or need to be archived. Archived guidelines are placed in the Archived Guidelines section of the EAST website.
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- Acute Appendicitis in Adults, Management of 2019
- Affordable Care Act on Trauma and Emergency General Surgery - Impact of 2019
- Alcohol-related trauma reinjury prevention with hospital-based screening in adult populations 2020
- All-Terrain Vehicle Injuries, Prevention of 2018
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for tube thoracostomy placement in trauma: a practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2022
- Antimotility Agents for the Treatment of Acute Noninfectious Diarrhea in Critically Ill Patients 2019
- Beta Blockers After Traumatic Brain Injury 2017
- Blunt Aortic Injury, Evaluation and Management of 2015
- Blunt Cardiac Injury, Screening for 2012
- Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury, Evaluation and Management of 2020
- Blunt Force Bladder Injuries Management of 2019
- Blunt Thoracic Trauma (BTT), Pain Management in 2004
- Cervical Spine Collar Clearance in the Obtunded Adult Blunt Trauma Patient 2015
- Child Passenger Safety: An Evidence-Based Review 2010
- Clostridium Difficile-Associated Disease - Timing and Type of Surgical Treatment 2014
- Colonic Obstruction Surgery or Stenting 2016
- Contact Sports-related Concussion in Amateur Athletes, Primary Prevention of (UPDATE IN PROGRESS) 2018
- Damage control resuscitation in patients with severe traumatic hemorrhage 2017
- Diaphragmatic Injury, Evaluation and Management of 2018
- Distracted Driver: An Evidenced-Based Review 2015
- Duration of antimicrobial treatment for complicated intra-abdominal infections after definitive source control: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2023
- Efficacy and safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for the treatment of acute pain after orthopedic trauma 2023
- Elderly Adults with Isolated Hip Fractures - Orthogeriatric Care versus Standard Care 2020
- Emergency Department Thoracotomy 2015
- Emergency Department Thoracotomy in Children: A PTS, WTA, and EAST Systematic Review and Practice Management Guideline 2022
- Endotracheal Intubation Following Trauma 2012
- Fall-Related Injuries in the Elderly, Prevention of 2016
- Femur Fractures, Open Reduction and Internal Fixation, Timing of — Update 2014
- Full-face motorcycle helmets to reduce injury and death 2022
- Genitourinary Trauma, Diagnostic Evaluation of 2003
- Geriatric Trauma, Triage of 2003
- Geriatric Trauma: Parameters for Resuscitation 2003
- Handoffs and Transitions of Care: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Practice Management Guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2024
- Helmet Efficacy to Reduce Head Injury and Mortality in Motorcycle Crashes 2010
- Hemothorax and Occult Pneumothorax, Management of 2011
- Hepatic Injury, Blunt, Selective Nonoperative Management of 2012
- Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs Targeting Adult Populations 2016
- Management of adult renal trauma: a practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2023
- Management of Rhabdomyolysis 2021
- Management of simple and retained hemothorax: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2020
- Management of the open abdomen: A systematic review with meta-analysis and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2022
- Monitoring Modalities, Assessment of Volume Status, and Endpoints of Resuscitation 2018
- Motor Vehicle Collision-Related Injuries in the Elderly, Prevention of 2015
- Neck Trauma, Penetrating Zone II 2008
- Non-Surgical Management and Analgesia Strategies for Older Adults with Multiple Rib Fractures: a Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Practice Management Guideline 2022
- Nutritional Support in Trauma Patients (UPDATE IN PROCESS) 2004
- Nutritional Support: Macronutrient Formulation (Assessment of Energy and Substrate Requirements) (UPDATE IN PROCESS) 2003
- Nutritional Support: Monitoring (Which Tests and How Often?) (UPDATE IN PROCESS) 2004
- Nutritional Support: Route (Total Parenteral versus Total Enteral) (UPDATE IN PROCESS) 2004
- Nutritional Support: Site of Enteral Support (Gastric versus Jejunal) (UPDATE IN PROCESS) 2004
- Nutritional Support: Timing (Early versus Delayed Enteral Feedings) (UPDATE IN PROCESS) 2004
- Nutritional Support: Type (Standard versus Enhanced) (UPDATE IN PROCESS) 2003
- Open Abdomen in Trauma and Emergency General Surgery, Management of: Part 1 2010
- Open Abdomen Management, A Review: Part 2 2011
- Open Abdomen Management, Review of abdominal wall reconstruction: Part 3 2013
- Open Fractures, Prophylactic Antibiotic Use in — Update 2011
- Palliative Care for Geriatric Trauma Patients, Trauma Center Care and Routine Processes for Care - Evidence-Based Review 2019
- Pancreatic Injuries 2017
- Pancreatic Necrosis, Surgical Management of 2017
- Pediatric Blunt Renal Trauma 2019
- Pelvic Fracture Hemorrhage-Update and Systematic Review (UPDATE IN PROCESS) 2011
- Penetrating Abdominal Trauma, Prophylactic Antibiotic Use in 2012
- Penetrating Abdominal Trauma, Selective Non-Operative Management of 2010
- Penetrating Intraperitoneal Colon Injuries, Management of 2019
- Penetrating Lower Extremity Arterial Trauma, Evaluation and Management of 2012
- Penetrating Neck Injuries, Management of 2008
- Penetrating Venous Extremity Trauma, Management of 2002
- Pregnancy and Trauma 2010
- Prehospital Fluid Resuscitation in the Injured Patient 2009
- Prehospital spine immobilization/spinal motion restriction in penetrating trauma 2018
- Prevention Firearm Injuries with Gun Safety Devices and Safe Storage (UPDATE IN PROGRESS) 2018
- Prevention of Firearm Violence Through Specific Types of Community-Based Programming An Eastern Association for The Surgery of Trauma Evidence-Based Review 2021
- Prevention of Firearm-Related Injuries with Restrictive Licensing and Concealed Carry Laws (UPDATE IN PROGRESS) 2016
- Promotility Agents for the Treatment of Ileus in Adult Surgical Patients 2019
- Pulmonary Contusion and Flail Chest, Management of 2012
- Rectal Injuries, Penetrating Extraperitoneal (UPDATE IN PROCESS) 2016
- Red Blood Cell Transfusion (Converted) 2011
- Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Adult Trauma and Critical Care 2009
- Resuscitation Endpoints 2004
- Rib Fractures, Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of (UPDATE IN PROCESS) 2017
- Safety Helmets, Efficacy of in Reduction of Head Injuries in Recreational Skiers and Snowboarders 2011
- Screening and intervention for intimate partner violence at trauma centers and emergency departments: an evidence-based systematic review from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2023
- Small-Bowel Obstruction, Evaluation and Management of 2012
- Splenic Injury, Blunt, Selective Nonoperative Management of 2012
- Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis 2008
- Thoracic Trauma, Blunt, Pain Management of 2016
- Thoracolumbar Spinal Injuries in Blunt Trauma, Screening for 2012
- Thromboelastography and rotational thromboelastometry in bleeding patients with coagulopathy 2020
- Timing of Operative Debridement for Necrotizing Soft Tissue 2018
- Tracheostomy Timing in Trauma Patients (UPDATE IN PROCESS) 2009
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Mild 2012
- Triage of the Trauma Patient 2010
- Tube Thoracostomy, Presumptive Antibiotics in 2012
- Vaccination After Spleen Embolization: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2022
- Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis, Pediatric Trauma Patients - Joint between EAST and PTS 2017
- Venous Thromboembolism, Adult Trauma Patients 2002
- Venous Thromboembolism: Low Dose Heparin for DVT/PE Prophylaxis 2002
- Venous Thromboembolism: Pneumatic Compression Devices in the Prevention of DVT/PE 2002
- Venous Thromboembolism: Role of Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin in VTE Prophylaxis 2002
- Venous Thromboembolism: Role of Ultrasound in Diagnostic Imaging for DVT in Trauma 2002
- Venous Thromboembolism: Role of Vena Cava Filter in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of PE (UPDATE IN PROCESS) 2002
- Venous Thromboembolism: Venography in the Diagnosis of DVT 2002