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This guideline updates the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care's previous recommendations, published in 2011, on breast cancer screening for women aged 40 to 74 years not at increased risk of breast cancer.

Developed by the College of Family Physicians of Canada's Cancer Care Committee through an extensive literature review, the BCS Tool consolidates fragmented care guidelines in one national, evidence-based document.

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are often used inappropriately, without an indication, or for longer durations than recommended. A PPI deprescribing tool can guide reassessment and deprescribing where indicated.

The Rule will permit physicians to standardize care of alert, stable trauma patients, to rapidly "clear" the cervical spine, and to be much more selective in the use of cervical spine radiography without jeopardizing patient care.

The Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR) was developed to help physicians determine which minor head injury patients need head CT imaging.

The action plan is a written contract between patient and doctor, giving firm direction on the patient's management of COPD flare-ups.

Ensures Canadian Thoracic Society criteria have been applied to establish diagnosis, and outlines treatment options from the 2008 Canadian Thoracic Society recommendations for management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 

Algorithm from the Ontario Lung Association for the diagnosis and management of COPD.