Clinical Pathways

At University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, a guideline is a suggested best practice document that supports patient care. A guideline is a systematically developed document to assist practitioners in making patient care decisions in the management and treatment of a particular problem or clinical condition. A practice guideline helps guide decisions to improve diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic effectiveness based on the best evidence available and expert opinion. The term guideline is inclusive of evidence-based practice guidelines with or without graded recommendation statements, clinical standards, and clinical care processes. A clinical pathway is developed to operationalize a guidance document into practice for a well-defined patient group over a set period.

At UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, we are transitioning our guideline and clinical pathway format to Curbside®. During this transition, guidance documents available publicly may be linked as PDF files or accessed through the Rainbow Curbside online library. Documents access via Curbside may be exported and printed.

Disclaimer for Guidelines and Clinical Pathways:

Practice recommendations are based upon the evidence available at the time the guidance was developed and are for informational purposes only. These documents differ from policies and do not set the standard of care nor dictate the course of care. Each physician/practitioner must use their independent judgment in managing any specific patient and is responsible, in consultation with the patient or the patient’s family, to make the ultimate judgment regarding care.

They are current at the date of publication and are reviewed on a regular basis to align with the best evidence. Printed documents expire 24 hours from the date printed. Please check this site regularly for updates. 

If you have questions about the Evidence-Based Practice Program at UH Rainbow or the development of our guidance documents, please contact us at RainbowEBPprogram@uhhospitals.org.

Outpatient Screening and Treatment for Pediatric Anxiety Disorders - Full Guideline (Posted: 4/2024)
Outpatient Screening and Treatment for Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Algorithm (Posted: 4/2024)
Anxiety Disorders. What Parents Need to Know - Patient Information (Posted: 4/2024)
Treatment for Anxiety in Children and Teens - Patient Information (Posted: 4/2024)
SCARED Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (Posted: 5/2024)
SCARED Questionnaire for Parents (Posted: 5/2024)
SCARED Scoring for Providers (Posted: 5/2024)
GAD Anxiety Screening (Posted: 5/2024)
GAD Scoring for Providers (Posted: 5/2024)
Counseling Resources (Posted: 5/2024)