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SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network) develops and updates clinical guidelines for various topics in health care. Browse the current, in development, proposed and archived guidelines by number, title, topic and status.
- Care of Deteriorating Patients
The guideline replaces SIGN 139: Care of deteriorating...
- Cutaneous Melanoma
Patient and public involvement Patient Network Plain...
- Management of Schizophrenia
This guideline was developed using a standard methodology...
- Management of Stable Angina
Our guidelines / Management of stable angina Despite a steep...
- Pharmacological Management of Migraine
This guideline provides recommendations on the...
- The Sign Discharge Document
The SIGN discharge document was published in 2012 and is now...
- Management of Perinatal Mood Disorders
The guideline provides recommendations based on current...
- Prevention and Management of Venous Thromboembolism in Covid-19
This guideline was developed using SIGN’s rapid guideline...
- Care of Deteriorating Patients
SIGN produce evidence-based, collaboratively developed clinical guidelines. Our website publishes these.
SIGN guidelines are evidence based statements to assist health care decisions for specific clinical circumstances in Scotland. They are developed by multidisciplinary groups, reviewed by experts and referees, and distributed and implemented by NHS Boards.
This guideline provides recommendations based on current evidence for best practice in the management of asthma. It makes recommendations on management of adults, including pregnant women, and adolescents and children with asthma. In sections 7 and 8 on pharmacological management and inhaler devices,
6 lip 2024 · This new SIGN guideline offers a contemporary evidence-informed approach to the assessment, diagnosis, care and support for people with dementia and their carers and the evidence applicable after initial diagnosis to support people living with dementia and those who are important to them.
This guideline provides recommendations based on current evidence for best practice in the primary-care assessment and referral of patients with suspected glaucoma of any subtype, from the community into secondary-eye-care services and the safe discharge of patients from secondary-eye-care services back into the community.
SIGN is a network of health and social care professionals who develop guidelines to improve the quality of care in Scotland. The guidelines make recommendations for the best standards of care based on evidence and patient preferences.
