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1. Outpatient Benzodiazepine Prescribing, Adverse Events, and Costs (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/French.pdf
   April 27, 2004 - Outpatient Benzodiazepine Prescribing, Adverse Events, and Costs 185 Outpatient Benzodiazepine Prescribing … Benzodiazepine Prescribing and Adverse Events 193 Table 5. … Association of road-traffic accidents with benzodiazepine use. … Benzodiazepine tranquilizers and the risk of accidental injury. … Benzodiazepines and injury: a risk adjusted model.

2. Prescription Rates of Dental Benzodiazepines Higher in the United States Than Other Countries | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2021 - Prescription Rates of Dental Benzodiazepines Higher in the United States Than Other Countries Issue … study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that dental benzodiazepine prescriptions … Dentists may use benzodiazepines to manage patient anxiety before a procedure. … Benzodiazepine prescribing is often associated with polydrug abuse and can lead to significant substance … This study was the first to offer an international comparison of benzodiazepine prescriptions.

3. Appendix B22: Suggestions for Further Assessment and/or Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   December 01, 2017 - for Further Assessment and/or Interventions Medications Antipsychotics Antidepressants Benzodiazepines … Parkinson's disease Dementias and delirium Dizziness Depression Drugs Antipsychotics Antidepressants Benzodiazepines

4. Evidence Behind Pain, Agitation, and Delirium: Assessments and Sedation Management: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2017 - Be sure to assess and treat pain first and avoid benzodiazepines in most patients. … "DR" represents drug removal, which is achieved using SATs and by stopping the use of benzodiazepines … This Johns Hopkins Medicine quality improvement or QI project was mainly organized toward reducing benzodiazepine … table represents the probability of delirium over time after using a medication protocol to reduce benzodiazepine … As this table depicts, less benzodiazepines and more mobility reduces patient delirium over time.   

5. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
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   January 01, 2017 - Be sure to assess and treat pain first and avoid benzodiazepines in most patients. … “DR” represents drug removal, which is achieved using SATs and by stopping the use of benzodiazepines … This Johns Hopkins Medicine quality improvement or QI project was mainly organized toward reducing benzodiazepine … table represents the probability of delirium over time after using a medication protocol to reduce benzodiazepine … As this table depicts, less benzodiazepines and more mobility reduces patient delirium over time.

6. Fallpxtool3I (doc file)
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   January 01, 2012 - Hospital Formulary Service Class Comments 3 (High) Analgesics,* antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, benzodiazepines … not included in the original scoring system, the falls toolkit team recommends that you include non-benzodiazepine

7. Appendix B17: Handout for Inservice #1, Why Falls Happen in Nursing Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb17.html
   December 01, 2017 - problems Improper wheelchair fit, sharing wheelchairs among residents Psychotropic Drugs Use of benzodiazepines

8. Appendix B4: Falls Assessment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2023 - Discussed in falls team meeting Medications ___ Antipyschotics ___ Antidepressants ___ Benzodiazepines

9. Tool 3I: Medication Fall Risk Score and Evaluation Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2013 - Hospital Formulary Service Class Comments 3 (High) Analgesics, * antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, benzodiazepines … not included in the original scoring system, the falls toolkit team recommends that you include non-benzodiazepine

10. Appendix B19: Handout for Inservice #1, Why Falls Happen, Spanish | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - de ruedas, cambiando los sillónes de ruedas entre los residentes Drugas Psychotropic El uso de benzodiazepines

11. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - This study provides the first estimates of the annual prevalence of benzodiazepine use in the United … States and examines variation in rates of benzodiazepine use by age. … In 2008, approximately 5.2 percent of US adults aged 18 to 80 years used benzodiazepines. … The percentage who used benzodiazepines increased with age from 2.6 percent (18-35 years) to 5.4 percent … Benzodiazepine use in the United States.

12. Appendix C1: Falls Assessment Sample | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - ___ Antipyschotics _X_ Antidepressants [Handwritten note added: Paxil, Zoloft, Ativan] ___ Benzodiazepines

13. Spontaneous Awakening Trials and Spontaneous Breathing Trials Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2017 - However, with the sedation vacation was a concomitant increase in the use of benzodiazepines. … 0.04) and fentanyl (median [IQR], 550 [50–1850] vs. 260 [0–1400]; p=0.001) and more daily boluses of benzodiazepines … However, as stated above, the use of midazolam, fentanyl, benzodiazepines, and opioids increased in the … Clinicians who prefer propofol were more likely to use DIS than those who prefer benzodiazepines. … Suggest using non-benzodiazepines rather than benzodiazepine infusions for sedation.

14. Tool: SSA (doc file)
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    January 01, 2017 - However, with the sedation vacation was a concomitant increase in the use of benzodiazepines. … 0.04) and fentanyl (median [IQR], 550 [50–1850] vs. 260 [0–1400]; p=0.001) and more daily boluses of benzodiazepines … However, as stated above, the use of midazolam, fentanyl, benzodiazepines, and opioids increased in the … Clinicians who prefer propofol were more likely to use DIS than those who prefer benzodiazepines. 14. … Suggest using non-benzodiazepines rather than benzodiazepine infusions for sedation.

15. Evidence Behind Pain, Agitation, and Delirium: Assessments and Sedation Management: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2017 - Avoid benzodiazepines in most patients. … chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure D rug R emoval SATs and stopping benzodiazepines … Slide 18: Johns Hopkins Medicine Quality Improvement (QI) Project 9 Reduced delirium via fewer benzodiazepines … The outcomes are days with any benzodiazepine use*, days alert (RASS -1 to +1), physical/occupational … * Benzodiazepine dose (median midazolam mg) from 47 mg down to 15 mg/day. 9.

16. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Obesity: Weight Management Bobo WV , Reilly-Harrington NA , Ketter TA Effect of adjunctive benzodiazepines … This study investigated the longer-term effects of adjunctive benzodiazepines on symptom response during … The investigators concluded that adjunctive benzodiazepines may not significantly affect clinical outcome … Effect of adjunctive benzodiazepines on clinical outcomes in lithium- or quetiapine-treated outpatients

17. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - The goal of this cohort study was to describe youth initiating prescription benzodiazepine treatment, … Investigators found that U.S. children and adolescents are prescribed benzodiazepines for various mental … They concluded that long-term benzodiazepine treatment, concurrent opioid prescriptions, psychotropic … use, and prior substance use disorder diagnoses suggest safety risks among some youth prescribed benzodiazepines … Prescription benzodiazepine use in privately insured U.S. children and adolescents.

18. Presentation: Program Overview
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    January 01, 2017 - management in the intensive care unit by implementing 2013 PAD Guidelines Assess and treat pain first Avoid benzodiazepines … Sepsis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure Drug Removal SATs and stopping benzodiazepines … Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Outcome Pre-QI (n=27) Post-QI (n=30) P-value Days with any benzodiazepine … 28%) Days of coma 129 (43%) 86 (19%) Johns Hopkins Medicine Quality Improvement (QI) Project9 * Benzodiazepine … dose (median midazolam mg) from 47 mg down to 15 mg/day Reduced delirium via fewer benzodiazepines and

19. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/intro-dailycare-facguide.docx
    January 01, 2017 - management of ventilated patients with minimal sedation whenever possible, as well as the avoidance of benzodiazepines … high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, must not experience active seizures, must not have been given benzodiazepines … Recommends management of venlated paents with minimal sedaon whenever possible and avoidance of benzodiazepines … 10 AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ven=lated Pa=ents No oscillator No ac=ve seizures No benzodiazepines … for the SAT safety screen: –  No high frequency oscillatory ven=la=on –  No ac=ve seizures –  No benzodiazepines

20. Final Progress Report: EQUIPPED (Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Adults Discharged from the Emergency Department) (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/vaughan-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - ED for older adults being discharged include centrally acting antihistamines, muscle relaxants, and benzodiazepines … At all sites, the proportion of benzodiazepine prescriptions decreased from approximately 17% of PIMs … rates at the sites, a trend toward reduced prescribing of certain high-risk drug classes, specifically benzodiazepines … 34.4 36.9 0.44 Antihistamine 15.8 13.4 0.15 Site 2 All PIMs 5.79 (5.02-6.57) 5.41 (4.83-5.99) 0.62 Benzodiazepine … 21.9 21.32 0.84 Antihistamine 49.3 49.2 0.57 Site 3 All PIMs 7.3 (6.43-9.22) 7.53 (6.62-8.43) 0.62 Benzodiazepine