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  1. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=378
    January 01, 2024 - decrease in cardiovascular comorbidities in elderly CKD patients undergoing predialysis vascular access surgery … The authors sought to evaluate the appropriateness of surgery for degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) … , including identifying clinical characteristics that influence when surgery is inappropriate, appropriate … Surgery for degenerative lumbar scoliosis: the development of appropriateness criteria. … It concluded that surgery after coronary stent placement is associated with an approximate 2 percent

  2. Microsoft PowerPoint - Spotlight Case_A Missed Bowel Perforation - SLIDES_FINAL.pptx (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/a_missed_bowel_perforation_-_the_importance_of_diagnostic_reasoning.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - • Identify factors that place a patient at higher risk for death after abdominal surgery for a bowel … • The acute care surgery team was contacted, but given the patient’s instability and grave prognosis … is futile. 31 DAMAGE CONTROL SURGERY FOR SEVERE ABDOMINAL SEPSIS 32 Damage Control Surgery … Predictors of Morbidity and Mortality After Surgery for Intestinal Perforation. … Damage control surgery for abdominal emergencies. BJS. 2014;101:e109-e118. [Free full text] 26.

  3. Chartbook on Hispanic Health Care: Slide Presentation—Part 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/hisph-slides-pt2.html
    May 01, 2018 - Denominator: Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery. … Slide 10 Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included … Denominator: People with colon cancer undergoing resection of colon. … Hence, ensuring adequate examination of lymph nodes when surgery is performed is important. … Coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

  4. The best medicine for fixing the modern hospital. | PSNet

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    February 06, 2008 - October 1, 2016 WebM&M Cases Wrong Turn through Colon … October 7, 2015 A simple surgery with harrowing complications.

  5. AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2011 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2011 - surgical complications, including the use of teamwork assessment and the World Health Organization Safe Surgery … Columbia, and Puerto Rico Electronic Surveillance for Wound Infections After Ambulatory Pediatric Surgery … Mechanism) Institution: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Targeted HAI: SSIs Setting: Ambulatory surgery … this project are to determine the epidemiology and improve the surveillance of SSIs after ambulatory surgery … specific aims are to— • Define the incidence of and risk factors for SSI after ambulatory pediatric surgery

  6. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=254
    January 01, 2024 - Evidence-Based Practice, Case Study Yokoe DS , Avery TR , Platt R Ranking hospitals based on colon … This study examined how hospitals are ranked based on colon surgery and abdominal surgical site infection … This analysis showed show that operational hospital surveillance alone would have missed 7.2% of colon … surgery and 13.4% of abdominal hysterectomy SSIs. … Ranking hospitals based on colon surgery and abdominal hysterectomy surgical site infection outcomes:

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 30, 2023 - Inconsistent use of screening guidelines was an issue identified in the eA process for advanced colon … KPSC identified that about 15% of patients had a delay in diagnosis of colon cancer due to failure to … Finally, between 2016 and 2018, colon cancer adenoma detection rates increased from 30% to 34% among … Decision-support systems for CT scans and CEA tests at appropriate intervals post-surgery were implemented … Creating a safety net process to improve colon cancer diagnosis in those with rectal bleeding.

  8. Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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    October 12, 2020 - Management of Colonic Diverticulitis Systematic Review October 12, 2020 Management of Colonic Diverticulitis Research Protocol September 12, 2019

  9. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=420
    January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Ambulatory Care and Surgery … Keywords: Surgery, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care … collaboratives by lower-volume hospitals can attenuate the volume–outcome relationship for pancreatic surgery … Keywords: Surgery, Patient Safety, Adverse Events, Hospitals, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care … Keywords: Surgery, Risk, Outcomes, Adverse Events Chen LM , Sakshaug JW , Miller DC The

  10. QDR 2014: Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care, Part 2 (pdf file)

    ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/2014nhqdr-hispanichealth-pt2.pdf
    July 01, 2015 - Denominator: Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery. … Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 … Denominator: People with colon cancer undergoing resection of colon. … Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 … Denominator: People with colon cancer undergoing resection of colon.

  11. For patients with Crohn's disease, what treatments or therapies, alone or in conjunction with one another, provide the highest rate of disease management with the lowest risk of long term complications, particularly in young women? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/for-patients-with-crohns-disease-what-treatments-or-therapies-alone-or-in-conjunction-with-one-another-provide-the-highest-rate-of-disease-management-with-the-lowest-risk-of-long-term-complications-particularly-in-young-wome
    November 01, 2017 - interventions you would like to see compared: I was diagnosed with Crohn's at age 23 and immediately had a colon … which treatment options should be used to reduce the risk of further surgeries and complete loss of colon … Surgery upon diagnosis. Describe the health-related benefits you are interested in. … Avoiding further surgery, higher quality of life for the duration of the disease.

  12. Periodic Issue | PSNet

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    August 30, 2023 - surgery patients. … This study of 4,252 high-risk general surgery patients found that only one-third received care in compliance … surgery patients. … This study of 4,252 high-risk general surgery patients found that only one-third received care in compliance … An abdominal x-ray confirmed a large amount of stool in the colon with no free air and her blood leukocyte

  13. 26-Patient-Education-Guide (doc file)

    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/26-patient-education-guide.docx
    June 01, 2023 - of Booklets The booklets were developed for patients and caregivers to engage and prepare them for surgery … and they highlight the important participatory role patients and caregivers have as they prepare for surgery … They are not a substitute for instructions or for surgery-specific education provided by healthcare team … Ask if they, their family members, or anyone they know had surgery before, and if they have questions … these processes would help prevent infections, they wanted to make sure they knew how to tell if their colon

  14. 26-Patient-Education-Guide (doc file)

    www.monahrq.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/26-patient-education-guide.docx
    June 01, 2023 - of Booklets The booklets were developed for patients and caregivers to engage and prepare them for surgery … and they highlight the important participatory role patients and caregivers have as they prepare for surgery … They are not a substitute for instructions or for surgery-specific education provided by healthcare team … Ask if they, their family members, or anyone they know had surgery before, and if they have questions … these processes would help prevent infections, they wanted to make sure they knew how to tell if their colon

  15. 26-Patient-Education-Guide (doc file)

    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/26-patient-education-guide.docx
    June 01, 2023 - of Booklets The booklets were developed for patients and caregivers to engage and prepare them for surgery … and they highlight the important participatory role patients and caregivers have as they prepare for surgery … They are not a substitute for instructions or for surgery-specific education provided by healthcare team … Ask if they, their family members, or anyone they know had surgery before, and if they have questions … these processes would help prevent infections, they wanted to make sure they knew how to tell if their colon

  16. 26-Patient-Education-Guide (doc file)

    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/26-patient-education-guide.docx
    June 01, 2023 - of Booklets The booklets were developed for patients and caregivers to engage and prepare them for surgery … and they highlight the important participatory role patients and caregivers have as they prepare for surgery … They are not a substitute for instructions or for surgery-specific education provided by healthcare team … Ask if they, their family members, or anyone they know had surgery before, and if they have questions … these processes would help prevent infections, they wanted to make sure they knew how to tell if their colon

  17. 26-Patient-Education-Guide (doc file)

    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/26-patient-education-guide.docx
    June 01, 2023 - of Booklets The booklets were developed for patients and caregivers to engage and prepare them for surgery … and they highlight the important participatory role patients and caregivers have as they prepare for surgery … They are not a substitute for instructions or for surgery-specific education provided by healthcare team … Ask if they, their family members, or anyone they know had surgery before, and if they have questions … these processes would help prevent infections, they wanted to make sure they knew how to tell if their colon

  18. 26-Patient-Education-Guide (doc file)

    www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/26-patient-education-guide.docx
    June 01, 2023 - of Booklets The booklets were developed for patients and caregivers to engage and prepare them for surgery … and they highlight the important participatory role patients and caregivers have as they prepare for surgery … They are not a substitute for instructions or for surgery-specific education provided by healthcare team … Ask if they, their family members, or anyone they know had surgery before, and if they have questions … these processes would help prevent infections, they wanted to make sure they knew how to tell if their colon

  19. 26-Patient-Education-Guide (doc file)

    ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/26-patient-education-guide.docx
    June 01, 2023 - of Booklets The booklets were developed for patients and caregivers to engage and prepare them for surgery … and they highlight the important participatory role patients and caregivers have as they prepare for surgery … They are not a substitute for instructions or for surgery-specific education provided by healthcare team … Ask if they, their family members, or anyone they know had surgery before, and if they have questions … these processes would help prevent infections, they wanted to make sure they knew how to tell if their colon

  20. 26-Patient-Education-Guide (doc file)

    patientregistry.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/26-patient-education-guide.docx
    June 01, 2023 - of Booklets The booklets were developed for patients and caregivers to engage and prepare them for surgery … and they highlight the important participatory role patients and caregivers have as they prepare for surgery … They are not a substitute for instructions or for surgery-specific education provided by healthcare team … Ask if they, their family members, or anyone they know had surgery before, and if they have questions … these processes would help prevent infections, they wanted to make sure they knew how to tell if their colon
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