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Impact

Cochrane Vascular reviews are cited in guidelines around the world, and in the period January 2020 and March 2022 there were 186 citations of Cochrane Vascular reviews in 68 guidelines.

UK and Ireland

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK) - 14 guidelines included 32 citations of Cochrane Vascular reviews

Healthcare Improvement Scotland - 1 guideline included 1 citation of a Cochrane Vascular review

National Clinical Effectiveness Committee (Ireland) - 1 guideline included 3 citations of Cochrane Vascular reviews

European Organisations

European Society for Vascular Surgery - 2 guidelines included 9 citations of Cochrane Vascular reviews

European Society of Cardiology - 3 guidelines included 5 citations of Cochrane Vascular reviews

United States of America

Society for Vascular Surgery - 2 guidelines included 3 citations of Cochrane Vascular reviews

American Society of Hematology - 2 guidelines included 15 citations of Cochrane Vascular reviews

American Heart Association - 2 guidelines included 5 citations of Cochrane Vascular reviews

Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions - 1 guideline included 1 citation of a Cochrane Vascular review

American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 guideline included 1 citation of a Cochrane Vascular review

AIM Specialty Health - 2 guidelines included 2 citations of Cochrane Vascular reviews

National Kidney Foundation - 1 guideline included 1 citation of a Cochrane Vascular review

American College of Rheumatology - 1 guideline included 1 citation of a Cochrane Vascular review

American Urological Association - 1 guideline included 1 citation of a Cochrane Vascular review

Surviving Sepsis Campaign - 1 guideline included 1 citation of a Cochrane Vascular review

National Comprehensive Cancer Network- 1 guideline included 3 citations of  Cochrane Vascular review

American Venous Forum - 1 guideline included 1 citation of a Cochrane Vascular review

Netherlands

Dutch Society for Surgery - 2 guidelines included 6 citations of Cochrane Vascular reviews

Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap - 1 guideline included 8 citations of Cochrane Vascular reviews

Dutch Association of Internists - 1 guideline included 11 citations of Cochrane Vascular reviews

Dutch Association of Rehabilitation Physicians - 1 guideline included 3 citations of  Cochrane Vascular reviews

Dutch Society for Anaesthesiology - 1 guideline included 3 citations of  Cochrane Vascular reviews

Dutch Federation for Nephrology - 1 guideline included 3 citations of  Cochrane Vascular reviews

Germany 

In Germany Cochrane Vascular reviews were cited in guidelines published by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Kardiologie und Angeborene Herzfehler; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie; and Deutschsprachige Medizinische Gesellschaft für Paraplegiologie.

Organsiations in other countries

Organisations citing Cochrane Vascular reviews in their guidelines in other countries include: Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (Canada); Finnish Vascular Surgical Association (Finland); Cardiac Rehabilitation in German Speaking Countries of Europe-Evidence-Based Guidelines from Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Finnish Gynaecological Association; Colombian Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines Program (Austraila); Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology Consensus on the Diagnosis and Management of Hemorrhoidal Disease; Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society (Sweden); Brazilian Society of Cardiology; Asian Pacific Society of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Disease; Sociedad Española de Oncología Médica (Spain); Swiss Working Group for Cardiovascular Prevention Rehabilitation and Sports Cardiology; and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.

Please click on the links below for the topic areas of your interest

Venous thromboembolism

Abdominal and thoracic aortic disease

PAD of lower limbs - Intermittent claudication- Chronic limb ischaemia

Varicose veins and venous insufficiency

Miscellaneous