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  1. NHQDR Web Site - National Hospital Trend Details

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    February 17, 2021 - event with IV heparin in adult hospital patients who received an anticoagulant -13.6 Patients with colon … cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 lymph nodes pathologically

  2. Diverticulitis (doc file)

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    November 01, 2019 - Dis Colon Rectum. 2014 Mar;57(3):284-94. PMID: 24509449. Mazuski JE, Tessier JM, May AK, et al.

  3. Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission and nosocomial infection in surgical patients. | PSNet

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    January 27, 2021 - Study Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission and nosocomial infection in surgical patients. Citation Text: Harbarth S, Fankhauser C, Schrenzel J, et al. Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital ad…

  4. Slide Presentation: Contact Precautions for MRSA Prevention

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    October 01, 2024 - Slide Presentation: Contact Precautions for MRSA Prevention AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention Contact Precautions for MRSA Prevention ICU & Non-ICU AHRQ Pub. No. 25-0007 October 2024 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU Contact Precautions 1 | 2 Discuss the purpose behind using contact pr…

  5. Urine Culturing Stewardship in the ICU Setting Facilitator Notes (doc file)

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    April 01, 2022 - Urine Culturing Stewardship in the ICU Setting Facilitator Notes CAUTI Module: Urine Culturing Stewardship in the ICU Setting Facilitator Guide Slide Number and Image This module, titled “Urine Culturing Stewardship in the ICU Setting” is part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Safety Program …

  6. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)

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    September 04, 2012 - Assessment Women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations, the Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colon

  7. North Carolina Child Health Research Network | Practice-Based Research Networks | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    April 09, 2015 - smoking cessation Women's health issues Current or Past Research Interests Comments:  Cancer: HPV, Colon

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    October 31, 2017 - Rectal bleeding is an important issue to recognize promptly, because it may be a symptom of colon cancer

  9. Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Hospital-Level) (pdf file)

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    September 26, 2024 - Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Hospital-Level) hospital? AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Hospital-Level) ICU & Non-ICU Please answer the following questions related to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aure…

  10. Comparative Effectiveness of Fecal DNA Testing in Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Average-Risk Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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    May 18, 2011 - These cases predominantly occur in the colon, with only 30 percent of cases occurring in the rectum. … ; FOBT = fecal occult-blood testing; FPC = familial polyposis coli; HNPCC = hereditary nonpolyposis colon … Special Report: Fecal DNA Analysis for Colon Cancer Screening. … Neoplasms/ 16 Rectal Neoplasms/ 17 Anus Neoplasms/ 18 Anal Gland Neoplasms/ 19 Intestinal Polyps/ 20 Colon … cancer.ti,ab. 21 Colorectal cancer.ti,ab. 22 Colon$ neoplas$.ti,ab. 23 or/12-22 24 11 and 23

  11. Recovering After Emergency Appendectomy (pdf file)

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    November 01, 2023 - Your Body Stomach Small intestine Large intestine (Colon) Rectum Anus Appendix Food is broken … Next, it moves into your colon (large intestine). … The colon absorbs water, and the leftover waste becomes feces (poop). … At the beginning of the colon is a little finger-shaped pouch called the appendix [uh-PEN-diks]. … At the end of the colon is the rectum [REK-tuhm].

  12. Diagnostic Errors Case Studies | PSNet

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    March 10, 2025 - Read More Spotlight Case Anemia and Delayed Colon Cancer Diagnosis … Anemia and Delayed Colon Cancer Diagnosis Mythili P. Pathipati, MD, and James M. … patient ultimately presented to the emergency department with a bowel obstruction, was diagnosed with colon

  13. USA, TX, Houston | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - used health information technology to identify patients for whom a diagnosis of prostate, lung, or colon

  14. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    January 01, 2024 - Association of open approach vs laparoscopic approach with risk of surgical site infection after colon … The authors assessed whether laparoscopic colon surgery is associated with a lower surgical site infection … and resources for laparoscopy, especially at low-adoption hospitals, may be associated with reduced colon … educational policies to help achieve improvement in patient outcomes and decreased health care use in colon … Association of open approach vs laparoscopic approach with risk of surgical site infection after colon

  15. Recovering After Emergency Appendectomy (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/41-appendectomy-patient.pdf
    June 01, 2023 - Your Body Stomach Small intestine Large intestine (Colon) Rectum Anus Appendix Food is broken … Next, it moves into your colon (large intestine). … The colon absorbs water, and the leftover waste becomes feces (poop). … At the beginning of the colon is a little finger-shaped pouch called the appendix [uh-PEN-diks]. … At the end of the colon is the rectum [REK-tuhm].

  16. 048-Key-Evidence-Decolonization (doc file)

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    October 01, 2024 - Vernon MO, Hayden MK, Trick WE, et al. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2006 Chlorhexidine Gluconate to Cleanse Patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit: The Effectiveness of Source Control to Reduce the Bioburden of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Purpose: To evaluate impact of daily chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) bath…

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2008 - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus April 1, 2008 Noskin GA. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. PSNet [internet]. 2008. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/methicillin-resistant-staphylococcus-aureus Perspective Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has received a great deal of media …

  18. Archived: Evidence Summary: Aspirin: Aspirin/NSAIDs for Prevention of Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-aspirin/aspirin-nsaids-for-prevention-of-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication
    March 15, 2007 - Physical exercise, use of Plantago ovata and aspirin, and reduced risk of colon cancer. … Aspirin use and lung, colon, and breast cancer incidence in a prospective study. … Aspirin use and reduced risk of fatal colon cancer. N Engl J Med 1991;325:1593-6. … Risk factors for self-reported colon polyps. J Gen Intern Med 1998;13:303-10. … Drugs and colon cancer. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 1998;7:99-106.

  19. Archived: Evidence Summary: Aspirin: Aspirin/NSAIDs for Prevention of Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-aspirin/aspirin-nsaids-for-prevention-of-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication-2007
    March 15, 2007 - Physical exercise, use of Plantago ovata and aspirin, and reduced risk of colon cancer. … Aspirin use and lung, colon, and breast cancer incidence in a prospective study. … Aspirin use and reduced risk of fatal colon cancer. N Engl J Med 1991;325:1593-6. … Risk factors for self-reported colon polyps. J Gen Intern Med 1998;13:303-10. … Drugs and colon cancer. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 1998;7:99-106.

  20. Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other Than CAUTI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    December 01, 2017 - Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other Than CAUTI Slide Presentation Slide 1 Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other than CAUTI Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control St. John Hospital and Medical Center Professor of Medicine Wayne St…
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