Systematic Evidence Reviews and Clinical Practice Guidelines

Systematic Evidence Reviews in Development

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction in Adults

The NHLBI is currently sponsoring the development of five systematic reviews to enable partnerships with professional societies to produce recommendations for clinical practice on reducing cardiovascular risk in adults. Three expert panels and two work groups are writing the following evidence reviews:

Managing Blood Cholesterol in Adults: Report from the Adult Treatment Panel (ATP)
Managing Blood Pressure in Adults: Report from the Joint National Committee (JNC)
Managing Overweight and Obesity in Adults: Report from the Obesity Expert Panel
Assessing Cardiovascular Risk: Report from the Risk Assessment Work Group
Lifestyle Recommendations to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk: Report from the Lifestyle Work Group

Director's Corner Message: NHLBI adopts new collaborative partnership model for clinical practice guidelines development

The following table reflects the status of each report and progress through the remaining stages of the review process before the guidelines are released.

	Systematic Evidence Reviews					Guidelines Development
	Draft Finished	Federal Review	Expert Review	Advisory Council	HHS Clearance	Partnerships Formed	Partner Release
Blood Pressure	Completed	Completed	Completed	Completed	Pending	Ongoing
Cholesterol	Completed	Completed	Completed	Completed	Pending	Ongoing
Obesity	Completed	Completed	Completed	Completed	Pending	Ongoing
Lifestyle	Completed	Completed	Completed	Completed	Pending	Ongoing
Risk Assessment	Completed	Completed	Completed	Completed	Pending	Ongoing

Draft Completed: Expert panelists have completed a full draft of the systematic review and recommendations.
Federal Review: Federal agency representatives of the NHLBI's National Program to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk (NPRCR) coordinating committee provide review and comment.
Expert Review: External peer reviewers with expertise in the relevant risk factors provide review and comment.
Advisory Council: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council provides review and comment and recommends approval.
HHS Clearance: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides editorial review, comment, and approval.

Last Updated June 2013

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