Hospital Medicine Clinical Guidelines

The hospital medicine guideline index: governing society guidelines for adult inpatient care, from CAP and C. difficile through VTE, PE, glycemia, and Beers.

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The hospital medicine guideline library. This index lists the professional-society guidelines that govern adult inpatient medicine, with the publisher, current edition, scope, and a verified source for each. The multi-part syntheses that the site’s other departments carry are forthcoming for this department; until they publish, this index is the department’s source list.

Governing guidelines

Guideline	Publisher	Edition	Scope	Source
Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia	ATS / IDSA	2019; ATS published a 2025 update that IDSA did not endorse, so the 2019 document remains the joint guideline	Diagnostic testing, site-of-care determination, initial empiric antibiotic selection, and subsequent management for immunocompetent adults with CAP	PubMed
2021 Focused Update Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults	IDSA / SHEA	2021	Focused update on the use of fidaxomicin and bezlotoxumab in adult CDI, supplementing the 2017 guideline	IDSA
Guideline on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections	IDSA	2025	Classification of uncomplicated and complicated UTI, empiric antibiotic selection, timing of IV-to-oral switch, and duration of therapy in inpatient and outpatient settings	IDSA
2018 Guidelines for Management of Venous Thromboembolism: Prophylaxis for Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Medical Patients	ASH	2018 (reviewed 2022, maintained)	VTE prophylaxis in acutely and critically ill hospitalized medical patients and in selected nonhospitalized populations	Blood Advances
2020 Guidelines for Management of Venous Thromboembolism: Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism	ASH	2020 (reviewed 2022, maintained)	Treatment of established DVT and PE, including initial management, anticoagulant selection, and duration	Blood Advances
Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease: Second Update of the CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report	CHEST	2021	Antithrombotic management of VTE from initial management through secondary prevention and risk reduction of post-thrombotic syndrome; 29 guidance statements across 17 PICO questions	PubMed
2026 Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Adults	AHA / ACC with ACCP, ACEP, CHEST, SCAI, SHM, SIR, SVM, SVN	2026	Evaluation, management, and follow-up of acute PE in adults, including clinical assessment, D-dimer testing, imaging, and the Acute Pulmonary Embolism Clinical Categories	Circulation
Standards of Care in Diabetes, Section 16: Diabetes Care in the Hospital	ADA	2026	Glycemic goals, insulin therapy, diabetes technology, and perioperative glycemic management for hospitalized people with diabetes	Diabetes Care
Management of Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Adult Patients in Non-Critical Care Settings	Endocrine Society	2022	Treatment of hyperglycemia in non-critically ill hospitalized adults with diabetes or newly recognized or stress-induced hyperglycemia, including CGM, insulin pump therapy, insulin regimens, and noninsulin therapies	PubMed
American Geriatrics Society 2023 Updated AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults	AGS	2023	Explicit list of medications best avoided by older adults in most circumstances or under specific diseases or conditions	PubMed
The ASAM Clinical Practice Guideline on Alcohol Withdrawal Management	ASAM	2020	Diagnosis, risk stratification, monitoring, and treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in ambulatory and inpatient settings	ASAM
Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Central and Peripheral Vascular Access in Adults: A Position Statement	SHM	2019	Ultrasound technique, site selection, and training for central and peripheral vascular access performed by hospitalists	PubMed

How the series are built

Each guideline series on this site is a synthesis, not a summary of a single guideline. The relevant professional-society guidelines for a topic are read together, their recommendations integrated into one coherent clinical reference, and every substantive statement carries a numbered, DOI-linked citation back to its source. Long syntheses are split into sequential part pages so that each part loads fast and is individually citable. Every page carries a date (first published) and a lastmod (last substantive revision) in its metadata and JSON-LD; when a source society issues a new or updated guideline, the affected series is revised and its lastmod advances. Each series is reviewed by a clinician before it publishes. The series for this department are forthcoming and will be linked from this index and from the Hospital Medicine hub as they publish.

Frequently asked questions

What is in the hospital medicine guideline index?

The governing professional-society guidelines for adult inpatient medicine, each with publisher, current edition, scope, and a verified source: ATS/IDSA community-acquired pneumonia, IDSA/SHEA C. difficile, IDSA complicated UTI, ASH and CHEST venous thromboembolism, the 2026 AHA/ACC acute pulmonary embolism guideline, ADA and Endocrine Society inpatient glycemic management, the AGS Beers Criteria, the ASAM alcohol withdrawal guideline, and the SHM ultrasound-guided vascular access position statement.

How are the site's guideline series built?

Each series is a multi-society synthesis. The relevant professional-society guidelines for a topic are read together, integrated into one clinical reference, and every substantive statement carries a numbered, DOI-linked citation back to its source. Long syntheses are split into sequential part pages, and every page carries a published date and a lastmod date.

When will the hospital medicine series publish?

The series for this department are being written and reviewed. No date is promised. Each series will be linked from this index and from the department hub as it publishes.

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