Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Fractures of the skull, face, and upper extremity in adults" and "Society guideline links: Lower extremity (excluding hip) fractures in adults" and "Society guideline links: Hip fracture in adults".)
Canada
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't prescribe bisphosphonates for patients at low risk of fracture (updated 2021)
●Recommendations for preventing fracture in long-term care (2015)
United States
●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria for the management of vertebral compression fractures (revised 2018)
●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on rib fractures (revised 2018)
●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on stress (fatigue/insufficiency) fracture, including sacrum, excluding other vertebrae (revised 2016)
●Western Trauma Association (WTA): Critical decisions in trauma – Management of rib fractures (2016)
●EAST: Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in open fractures, update (2011)
Europe
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on fractures (complex) – Assessment and management (2016, updated 2022)
●Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN): A national clinical guideline for the management of osteoporosis and the prevention of fragility fractures (2015, revised 2021)
●BOA: Standard on fracture related infections (FRI) (2019)
●NICE: Medical technologies guidance on EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system for long bone fractures with non-union or delayed healing (2013, updated 2019)
●BOA & BAPRAS: Audit standards for trauma – Open fractures (2017)
●NICE: Guideline on fractures (non-complex) – Assessment and management (2016)
Australia–New Zealand
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