Table 2

The number of recommendations per guideline

Number	Number	Name	Pages	A	B	C	D	Total	Percentage of D
133	133	Management of hepatitis C	57	20	24	7	52	103	50.5
132	132	Long-term follow-up of survivors of childhood cancer	62	0	7	9	14	30	46.7
131	131	Management of schizophrenia	64	10	19	3	15	47	31.9
130	130	Brain injury rehabilitation in adults	68	0	14	7	8	29	27.6
129	129	Antithrombotics: indication and management	68	25	11	6	19	61	31.1
127	127	Management of perinatal mood disorders	47	0	5	6	15	26	57.7
126	126	Diagnosis and management of colorectal cancer	56	11	19	15	29	74	39.2
125	125	Management of atopic eczema in primary care	34	3	5	3	2	13	15.4
124	124	Management of adult testicular germ cell tumours	63	6	6	9	21	42	50.0
123	123	Management of early rheumatoid arthritis	27	3	7	2	0	12	0.0
122	122	Prevention and management of venous thromboembolism	88	26	15	14	55	110	50.0
121	121	Diagnosis and management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in adults	65	11	16	6	26	59	44.1
120	120	Management of chronic venous leg ulcers	46	5	3	4	7	19	36.8
119	119	Management of patients with stroke: identification and management of dysphagia	42	0	6	4	20	30	66.7
118	118	Management of patients with stroke: rehabilitation, prevention and management of complications, and discharge planning	101	21	29	7	21	78	26.9
117	117	Management of sore throat and indications for tonsillectomy	37	9	3	4	4	20	20.0
116	116	Management of diabetes	161	57	62	23	16	158	10.1
115	115	Management of obesity	87	6	11	7	11	35	31.4
114	114	Non-pharmaceutical management of depression	37	5	4	0	0	9	0.0
113	113	Diagnosis and pharmacological management of Parkinson's disease	61	12	6	6	4	28	14.3
112	112	Management of attention deficit and hyperkinetic disorders in children and young people	45	6	4	3	4	17	23.5
111	111	Management of hip fracture in old people	49	10	9	8	14	41	34.1
110	110	Early management of patients with a head injury	76	1	7	6	17	31	54.8
109	109	Management of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection	40	3	6	9	29	47	61.7
108	108	Management of patients with stroke or TIA: assessment, investigation, immediate management and secondary prevention	100	42	27	18	14	101	13.9
107	107	Diagnosis and management of headache in adults	81	17	16	9	34	76	44.7
106	106	Control of pain in adults with cancer	71	5	7	3	19	34	55.9
105	105	Management of acute upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding	57	14	5	2	15	36	41.7
103	103	Diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease	50	9	6	4	3	22	13.6
102	102	Management of invasive meningococcal disease in children and young people	46	1	4	6	26	37	70.3
99	99	Management of cervical cancer	73	1	13	19	29	62	46.8
97	97	Risk estimation and the prevention of cardiovascular disease	72	16	12	2	4	34	11.8
96	96	Management of stable angina	59	13	10	3	11	37	29.7
95	95	Management of chronic heart failure	55	9	12	1	1	23	4.3
94	94	Cardiac arrhythmias and coronary heart disease	42	22	11	13	23	69	33.3
93	93	Acute coronary syndromes	60	11	14	9	8	42	19.0
91	91	Bronchiolitis in children	42	4	3	6	14	27	51.9
90	90	Diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer	92	42	8	26	60	136	44.1
89	89	Diagnosis and management of peripheral arterial disease	37	11	2	0	4	17	23.5
88	88	Management of suspected bacterial urinary tract infection in adults	45	8	10	2	10	30	33.3
87	87	Management of oesophageal and gastric cancer	70	3	26	23	28	80	35.0
61	61	Investigation of postmenopausal bleeding	26	2	7	4	4	17	23.5
		Total	2559	480	491	318	710	1999

TIA, transient ischaemic attack.