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Evaluation Method: Measures of nine preventive care services: blood pressure measurement; dental exam … ; ocular pressure measurement; stool exam for occult blood; influenza, pneumococcal, and tetanus vaccinations … Outcome: For overall compliance with preventive recommendations and for several individual services (stool … exam for occult blood, tetanus vaccination, mammography), group 1 patients received significantly more
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performance scores between intervention and control groups (P< 0.05) were achieved for nine maneuvers: stool … occult-blood test, +14.5; rectal examination, +10.5; pelvic examination, +11.8; Papanicolaou's smear
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September 12, 1994 - There was a 5% decrease in the performance of stool for occult blood in the card group (28% vs. 23%)
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October 16, 2014 - Medications to thin your blood, (such as
warfarin)
b. … Insulin for high blood sugar or diabetes
c. … Oral medications for high blood sugar or
diabetes
26. … Blood in your urine?
b. Blood in your stool or black tarry stools?
c. A severe nosebleed? … Coughed up blood?
e. Significant bruising?
f. Morning headaches?
g. Nightmares?
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October 16, 2020 - · Piloerection
· Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
· Abdominal pain
· Fever, chills
· Increased white blood … sweating, tachycardia, myoclonus)
First line
· Clonidine 0.1-0.2 mg oral every 6-8 hours; hold dose if blood … -4 times daily is commonly used in the outpatient setting)
· Recommend test dose (0.1 mg oral) with blood … blood pressure checks
· Re-evaluate in 3-7 days; taper to stop; average duration 15 days
Alternatives … every 6-8 hours as needed
Diarrhea
· Loperamide 4 mg orally initially, then 2 mg with each loose stool
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January 01, 2017 - *
Emergency/urgent/other
symptoms
GI bleeding (detailed
symptoms noted)
Black stools, red blood … in stools or
vomiting blood*
Infections (detailed
symptoms noted)
Fever, shortness of breath … was arranged to have outpatient blood
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January 01, 2015 - each patient, i.e., shortness of breath, fever, chest pain,
diarrhea, vomiting, and/or high or low blood … A
recently completed randomized trial of the CarePartner intervention for patients with high blood … significantly improve hypertension management
among Spanish-speakers, resulting in better systolic blood … Sugar
Symptoms of low blood sugar plus blood sugar check in the
morning was not below [low sugar … threshold]
1 1
Blood sugar check in the morning was above [high sugar
threshold]
1 1
Medication
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January 01, 2013 - which is the reason why all
patients ages 50-75 should have colorectal cancer screening either with a stool … blood test (FIT test) once
a year or colonoscopy once every ten years.
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November 01, 2014 - Morales is acutely weak and somewhat confused, and complains of blood in
his stools. … He appears pale
with an elevated pulse, but his blood pressure is normal. … Stool is grossly bloody and hemoglobin
is 6.5 (had been 12.5 3 months ago). Dr. Prima contacts Dr. … Morales receives blood transfusions and his condition
stabilizes, but no definitive source of bleeding
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August 06, 2013 - )
▪ Layer 3: patient preferences
– Colorectal cancer screening: patient prefers Fecal Occult Blood … Test
(FOBT) over colonoscopy (shift to annual stool cards evaluation
schedule)
▪ Layer 4: patient
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January 01, 2011 - 22) In this study
approximately 40% of ADEs were due to medications that require monitoring (e.g., blood … levels,
blood sugar, etc.) … many young children carry C. difficile and have
clinically insignificant C. difficile toxin in their stool … Blood 2004; 103(6):2039-2045.
63. … Blood 2005; 106(7):2269-2275.
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64.
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November 01, 2014 - Morales is acutely weak and somewhat confused, and complains of blood in
his stools. … He appears pale
with an elevated pulse, but his blood pressure is normal. … Stool is grossly bloody and hemoglobin
is 6.5 (had been 12.5 3 months ago). Dr. Prima contacts Dr. … Morales receives blood transfusions and his condition
stabilizes, but no definitive source of bleeding … An example of the latter is the recording of the infant’s blood type (Rh status) in the
mother’s record
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January 01, 2007 - generally include laboratory and pathology services, screenings for cancer,
tuberculosis and elevated blood … • The three legged stool* is needed to support any decision (Clinical, IT and
Administrative leadership
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January 01, 2019 - The order set (10) includes a
bowel function regimen of stimulant laxatives,
stool softeners, oral … At intake an MA enters the patient’s blood
pressure values into the primary care clinic’s
EHR, which