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VA » Health Care » VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guidelines » Clinical Practice Guidelines » Chronic Disease (in Primary Care) Guidelines » The Management of Dyslipidemia for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction (Lipids) (2020)

VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guidelines

The Management of Dyslipidemia for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction (Lipids) (2020)

Image of the cover of the VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline Management of Dyslipidemia The guideline describes the critical decision points in the Management of Dyslipidemia (LIPIDS) and provides clear and comprehensive evidence based recommendations incorporating current information and practices for practitioners throughout the DOD and VA Health Care systems. The guideline is intended to improve patient outcomes and local management of patients with dyslipidemia.

Disclaimer:This Clinical Practice Guideline is intended for use only as a tool to assist a clinician/healthcare professional and should not be used to replace clinical judgment.

The guideline is formatted as a single clinical algorithm and 27 evidence-based recommendations:

Questions about the LIPIDS Guideline

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LIPIDS Provider Summary (2020)

LIPIDS Pocket Card (2020)

LIPIDS Patient Summary (2020)

LIPIDS FAQs (2020)

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