Guidelines Currently In Production or Under Review

• Guidelines on the Pronouncement of Brain Death
  Council of State Neurosurgical Societies
  
  
• Guidelines for the Management of Acute Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries
  AANS/CNS Joint Spine and Peripheral Nerve Section
  
  
• Thoracolumbar Trauma Guideline
  AANS/CNS Joint Spine Section, working in collaboration with the AANS/CNS Trauma Section
  
  
• Lumbar Fusion Guideline
  AANS/CNS Joint Spine and Peripheral Nerve Section
  
  
• Metastatic Spinal Tumor Guideline
  AANS/CNS Joint Spine and Peripheral Nerve Section
  
  
• Pituitary Adenoma Guidelines
  AANS/CNS Joint Tumor Section
  
  
• Pediatric Hydrocephalus Guideline
  AANS/CNS Joint Pediatric Section
  
  

• Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke
  American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association
  
  
• Imaging Appropriateness Criteria
  American College of Radiology
  *The AANS and CNS continue to assist the ACR with updating its neurosurgically-relevant appropriateness criteria, although neither organization has endorsed the criteria to date.
  
  
• Managing Nosocomially Acquired Meningitis
  Infectious Disease Society of America
  
  
• Clinical Practice Guideline on Prevention of Orthopaedic Implant Infection in Patients Undergoing Dental Procedures
  American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/American Dental Association