AGS Guidelines & Recommendations

Choosing Wisely®: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question An Initiative of the ABIM Foundation (2013)

ACS NSQIP®/AGS Best Practice Guidelines: Optimal Preoperative Assessment of the Geriatric Surgical Patient (2012)
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AGS Guiding Principles for the Care of Older Adults with Multimorbidity (2012)

AGS Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults (2012)

AGS/BGS Clinical Practice Guideline: Prevention of Falls in Older Persons (2010)

AGS Clinical Practice Guideline: Pharmacological Management of Persistent Pain in Older Persons (2009)

AGS Clinical Practice Guideline: Diabetes Mellitus in Older Persons (2003)

Clinical Tools & Recommendations from Other Organizations

Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Syncope (European Society of Cardiology, 2009) - AGS Endorsed

Clinical Practice Guideline on Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2008) - AGS Reviewed

Caring for Vulnerable Elder in Disasters: National Findings of the 2007 Nursing Home Hurricane Summit - AGS Reviewed

The HIV and Aging Consensus Project: Recommended Treatment Strategies for Clinicians Managing Older Patients with HIV