Clinical Practice Guidelines
The American Venous Forum Guidelines committee is working to provide new practice guidelines as well as update existing guidelines on a regular basis. Below is a curated list of high-quality guidelines for the care of patients with venous disease:
CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES. PART 1. DUPLEX SCANNING AND TREATMENT OF SUPERFICIAL TRUNCAL REFLUX
https://www.jvsvenous.org/article/S2213-333X(22)00417-6/fulltext
The AVF, AVLS and SVM Expert Opinion Consensus on Lymphedema Diagnosis and Treatment
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/02683555211053532
CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF ENDOTHERMAL HEAT-INDUCED THROMBOSIS (EHIT)
https://www.jvsvenous.org/article/S2213-333X(20)30343-7/fulltext
CLASSIFICATION OF PELVIC VENOUS DISORDERS
https://www.jvsvenous.org/article/S2213-333X(21)00071-8/fulltext
APPROPRIATE USE CRITERIA
(Published online in the JVS-VL, March 2020)
REVISED CEAP
CEAP classification system and reporting standard, revision 2020
COMPRESSION GUIDELINES (English)
COMPRESSION GUIDELINES (Spanish)
VENOUS LEG ULCER GUIDELINES
Management of Venous Leg Ulcers: Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Society for Vascular Surgery® and the American Venous Forum
J Vasc Surg 2014;60:3S–59S (August 2014 Supplement)
EARLY THROMBUS REMOVAL GUIDELINES
Early Thrombus Removal Strategies for Acute Deep Venous Thrombosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Society for Vascular Surgery and the Amer​ican Venous Forum
J Vasc Surg 2012;55:1449-1462
VARICOSE VEIN GUIDELINES
The care of patients with varicose veins and associated chronic venous diseases: Clinical practice guidelines of the Society for Vascular Surgery and the American Venous Forum
J Vasc Surg 2011;53:2S-48S (May 2011 Supplement)
Other Available Guidelines Related to Venous Disease*
*The below guidelines were not created by, nor are endorsed by, the American Venous Forum.
Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease: Second Update of the CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report
CHEST 2021 Dec 01, Issue 6, P2247-2259