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101. Conclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/guide-conclusion.html
     May 01, 2017 - speaking up and nonpunitive response, improves infection prevention practices, and reduces SSIs and other complications

102. Effective Treatment Trends and Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/trends.html
     June 01, 2018 - elimination of a Hispanic-Non-Hispanic White disparity: Admissions for diabetes with short-term complications … Admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over. … measures showed widening of income-related disparities: Admissions for diabetes with short-term complications … Admissions for diabetes with long-term complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over.

103. Glucose Control Factsheet (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/glucose_control_factsheet.docx
     December 01, 2017 - Glucose Control and Cardiac Surgery Complications · The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America … after anesthesia end time. 4 , 6-9 Evidence of an Association Between Hyperglycemia and Postoperative Complications … general surgery population, studies have revealed an association between hyperglycemia and postoperative complications … Need More Research To Confirm Significant Association Between Hyperglycemia and Postoperative Complications

104. Glucose Control Factsheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/glucose-control-factsheet.html
     December 01, 2017 - Glucose Control and Cardiac Surgery Complications The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America … anesthesia end time. 4 , 6-9 Evidence of an Association Between Hyperglycemia and Postoperative Complications … general surgery population, studies have revealed an association between hyperglycemia and postoperative complications … Need More Research To Confirm Significant Association Between Hyperglycemia and Postoperative Complications

105. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4g_pdi09-postoprespfailure-bestpractices.pdf
     May 17, 2016 - patients with higher residual block were more than 3 times as likely to develop postoperative pulmonary complications … Development and validation of a score for prediction of postoperative respiratory complications. … Postoperative pulmonary complications: an update on risk assessment and reduction. … Strategies to reduce postoperative pulmonary complications after noncardiothoracic surgery: systematic

106. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4u_combo_pdi09-postoprespfailure-bestpractices.pdf
     May 17, 2016 - patients with higher residual block were more than 3 times as likely to develop postoperative pulmonary complications … Development and validation of a score for prediction of postoperative respiratory complications. … Postoperative pulmonary complications: an update on risk assessment and reduction. … Strategies to reduce postoperative pulmonary complications after noncardiothoracic surgery: systematic

107. Bariatric Surgery in Women of Reproductive Age: Special Concerns for Pregnancy. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, No. 169 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/bariatricrep/barirep.pdf
     November 01, 2008 - Rates of pregnancy complications were low. … [Obstetrical complications of maternal overweight]. … Weight excess before pregnancy: complications and cost. … [Obstetrical complications of morbid obesity]. … [Morbid obesity: a risk factor for obstetric complications].

108. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc.html
     November 01, 2018 - safety problem, and they can be a signal that the resident is at increased risk for falling and other complications

109. 133-Clabsi-Prevention-Central-Line-Insertion (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/133-clabsi-prevention-central-line-insertion.docx
     October 01, 2024 - Complications of femoral and subclavian venous catheterization in critically ill patients: a randomized … Central line catheters and associated complications: a review. Cureus. 2019;11(5):e4717. … Intravascular complications of central venous catheterization by insertion site.

110. Readmissions for Selected Infections Due to Medical Care: Expanding the Definition of a Patient Safety Indicator (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Gallagher2.pdf
     January 01, 2016 - Complications of care and adverse events occurring in the inpatient hospital setting that may be related … • Area-level indicators identify all cases of the potentially preventable complications that occur … in a given geographic area (e.g., metropolitan service area or county); they include complications … Morbidity Morbidity was measured as the percentage of cases experiencing complications of infection … Rates of complications that appear to be directly related to intravenous line and catheter infections

111. Neonatal Intensive Care All-Condition Readmissions Without Gestational Age, Section 2: Supplementary Tables (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-208-section2.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - Stay (Initial Must Be < 1 DOL) 99221, 99222, 99223, 99231, 99232, 99233 Codes to Identify NICU Complications … Table 4: Adjusted Model with complications … prematurity Readmission Rates by State, Patients with Gestational Age Only Table 4 Adjusted Model with complications … Table 5: Adjusted Model with complications … prematurity Readmission Rates by State, Patients with Imputed Gestational Age Table 5 Adjusted Model with complications

112. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/build-businesscase-facguide.docx
     January 01, 2017 - Slide 4 Impact on Mechanically Ventilated Patients SAY: Complications from mechanical ventilation … Especially for states moving to pay-for-performance financial models, hospitals cannot afford these complications … need to improve patient and family experience, as well as to decrease the short-term and long-term complications … Evidence-based care practices improve patient outcomes and reduce complications by getting patients off … SAY: While there are many ventilator-associated complications, VAP is one of the most severe complications

113. Expediting Clinician Adoption of Safety Practices: The UCSF Venous Access Patient Safety Interdisciplinary Education Project (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Donaldson.pdf
     January 01, 2003 - that lead to unnecessary suffering and complications, prolonged recovery, extraordinary costs, and … The findings suggest that 52–73 percent of reported VAD complications have a cause-effect relationship … Diagnosing and Managing VAD Complications 7. … The animations also simulated pathophysiological responses to complications associated with catheter … Complications associated with central venous catheters. A survey. Chest 1988; 94(6):1221–4. 28.

114. Table 9: Outcome Indicators by Selected Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid State Plan Services Offered, 2005 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - Private Duty Nursing Personal Care Services Targeted Case Management Short-Term Complications … Outcome Indicator Hospice Care Transportation Adult Day Care Residential Care Short-Term Complications

115. Clabsitoolsap2 (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/clabsitools/clabsitoolsap2.doc
     January 01, 2011 - studies have shown that improvement in hand hygiene significantly decreases a variety of infectious complications … catheter is placed influences the subsequent risk for catheter-related infection and noninfectious complications … The risk of noninfectious complications should be assessed on an individual basis when determining which … Complications of femoral and subclavian venous catheterization in critically ill patients: a randomized

116. Central Venous Catheter Indications Facilitator Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/central-catheter-indications-notes.docx
     April 01, 2022 - looked at included bloodstream infections, symptomatic deep-vein thrombosis or DVT, and mechanical complications … with a lower risk of catheter-related bloodstream infection but had an increased risk of mechanical complications … The orange part, again, is symptomatic DVT, and the gray is mechanical complications. … Because different complications might be of different relevance for the individual patient, the decision … a CVC needs to be placed, remember to remove it as soon as clinically possible to limit the risk of complications

117. Developing a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Serious Injury Surveillance System that Includes Adverse Event Hospitalizations (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Campbell.pdf
     January 01, 2003 - Discharges for injuries and adverse events due to medications and medical complications were identified … Complications of medical care The CCS categories coded for complications associated with a device, … implant, or graft (CCS 237) and complications of surgical procedures or medical care (CCS 238) were … Complications due to surgical procedures or medical care accounted for 47 percent (37,605 of 82,041) … complications 424 426 423 443 480 2,196 2.75% Urinary complications 160 225 193 218 292 1,088 1.36%

118. Central Venous Catheter Indications and Alternatives
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urinary-catheter-alternatives.pptx
     April 01, 2022 - s individual care needs Alternative devices and procedures provide a much lower risk of infectious complications … CAUTIs seen with introduction of a novel female external device Can reduce or eliminate noninfectious complications … Urine Collection Devices: Advantages and Disadvantages6 Condom Catheter Advantages Reduces risk of complications … A multicenter study of patient-reported infectious and noninfectious complications associated with indwelling

119. AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2025 - Recovery   This toolkit helps hospitals implement evidence-based practices to improve outcomes and prevent complications … This toolkit helps surgical units improve safety culture and reduce surgical site infections and other complications … Surgery Centers This toolkit helps ambulatory surgery centers reduce surgical site infections and other complications

120. Final Progress Report: Evaluating and Improving Present-On-Admission for Performance Reporting (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/goldman-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Aim 3: Improve the accuracy of hospital assessments of complications and performance by developing a … methodology using laboratory data to distinguish comorbidities present at admission from potential complications … (California and New York) have used present-on-admission coding since the mid-1990s to distinguish complications … Assessing accuracy of diagnosis-type indicators for flagging complications in administrative data. … Identifying potentially preventable complications using a present on admission indicator.