Clinical guideline finder
One successful free search per browser. Find PubMed guideline records with PMIDs and dates; check current guidance through publisher portals.
Search public records
Official portals — links, not integrated searches
WHO guidelines portal
Portal link; enter your topic there.
NICE guidance portal
Link builder. The licensed NICE syndication API is not configured.
USPSTF recommendations portal
Portal link builder; check preventive population and recommendation status.
SIGN guidelines portal
Portal link for Scotland; enter or browse your topic there.
AHRQ evidence portal
Portal link builder; distinguish evidence reports from guidelines.
These links do not search within this page or use your free run. Confirm prefilled terms on the destination portal; some portals require entering the topic again.
One successful free search per page. Selecting records, viewing evidence and re-downloading are free. Copy or download before leaving; results are not transferred to AnswerThis.
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How to use this finder
- Choose the integrated source that fits your research question and jurisdiction.
- Enter public, de-identified research terms, review the filters and confirm the attestation.
- Search once, then inspect record identity, source dates and the official links.
- Copy or download your result set; open publisher portals for complete documents and current status.
Sources reviewed: 14 September 2026. Service scope: NCBI PubMed E-utilities: ESearch and EFetch. This editorial date describes the source-scope review; individual result retrieval and source dates are shown separately.
Integrated providers: PubMed guidelines. Official portal links are identified separately. No AI model generates or rewrites these search results.
Example search
Research topic
hypertension
What to inspect
Official identifier, source agency, jurisdiction, version or as-of date, retrieval time and official link.
Load example fills only the topic. Confirm the de-identification checkbox yourself before searching.
Discover guideline publications, then check the publisher
This page searches PubMed using the Guideline and Practice Guideline publication types. It returns up to ten indexed records for your research topic. That is a useful way to locate guideline publications and their journal references, but PubMed is not a complete register of current recommendations. A newly published guideline may not yet have the relevant indexing, and some agencies publish their guidance only on their own websites. An empty result does not prove that no guideline exists.
Try a focused topic such as hypertension, then inspect the title, publication date, journal and PMID. The search treats your topic as a phrase and applies the publication-type restriction. If a long phrase finds nothing, shorten it to the core condition. The displayed records are literature discovery results; they are not ranked recommendations for treating a patient. Read the guideline itself and its supporting evidence before making any claim about recommendation strength or certainty.
The WHO, NICE, USPSTF, SIGN and AHRQ controls open official portals. They are not additional integrated searches and do not consume the page allowance. NICE offers a licensed syndication service, but that service is not configured here. Where a destination accepts query parameters, the link includes your terms; confirm them on arrival. Otherwise, enter the topic on the portal. AHRQ evidence reports can inform guidance but should not automatically be called clinical practice guidelines.
Separate issuing organisation, jurisdiction and population
A journal name is not the issuing organisation. An author affiliation is not a reliable statement of the jurisdiction where a recommendation applies. PubMed metadata does not consistently provide guideline issuer, target population or current-versus-withdrawn status as structured fields. The results therefore state when those facts were not supplied. Collective authors, if present, are shown separately and are not silently converted into a verified guideline issuer.
On the official guideline page, identify who issued the recommendation, which country or health system it addresses, the target population and the care setting. Check whether it concerns prevention, diagnosis, treatment or follow-up. A preventive recommendation for asymptomatic adults may not answer a question about people with established disease. Resource assumptions and referral pathways can also differ across jurisdictions, even when the condition and intervention names look similar.
Look for publication and update dates, surveillance decisions, replacement notices and withdrawal statements. A journal article can remain indexed after its associated guidance is superseded. Retrieval time tells you when this finder fetched the bibliographic record; it does not certify that the recommendation is current. Keep the agency identifier and version with any extracted recommendation. If current status cannot be established, say so explicitly in the evidence table rather than assuming that the newest-looking article is authoritative.
For example, a PMID identifies an indexed publication. Its journal is not necessarily the issuing organisation, and a newer publisher version can supersede that publication without changing its PMID.
Use guideline records as an evidence trail
Download or copy the discovery results before leaving. The export keeps PMID, source URL, source date, retrieval time and missing-field disclosures. Use those fields to return to the same publication and record the separate official guideline URL in your research notes. Comparing two guidelines requires keeping their recommendations, populations, evidence grading systems and dates separate. Similar wording does not mean the organisations assessed the same evidence or reached an identical recommendation.
Publisher rights still apply. This finder links to records and does not reproduce complete recommendation tables, algorithms or guideline text. PubMed abstracts and agency publications may contain protected third-party material. Follow the linked NCBI disclaimer and the relevant publisher reuse terms before quoting, distributing or adapting content. For a review, preserve short attributed quotations only where appropriate and distinguish those quotations from your interpretation. The page provides discovery support, not a certified guideline appraisal or an individual care plan.
Frequently asked questions
Does PubMed confirm that a guideline is current?
No. Check the publisher for replacement, surveillance and withdrawal notices. PubMed indexing does not certify current recommendation status.
Why is the issuing organisation sometimes missing?
PubMed does not consistently supply it as a structured field. Journal and collective-author names are not treated as verified issuers.
Are NICE and WHO integrated searches?
They are labelled official portal links. NICE syndication needs an approved licensed key and is not configured here.
Does no result mean no guideline exists?
No. Indexing can lag and some guidelines are published only through an agency website. Try the relevant official portal.
Can I copy complete recommendation tables?
This page does not grant publisher reuse rights. Check the issuing organisation’s terms before reproducing or adapting guideline material.
How many free searches can I run?
This tool includes 1 successful free run per browser. Failed requests and copying or downloading an existing result do not use another run. Empty searches, opening records and viewing their evidence are also free.
What happens when I sign up?
Signup opens the AnswerThis app. It does not unlock more runs on this page or transfer your draft. Copy or download your result first.
Source policies
NCBI disclaimer and copyright · NICE reuse terms · WHO copyright. Check the original publisher’s reuse terms for each portal document; an integrated-provider policy does not grant rights to other publishers’ content.