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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections.html
May 01, 2017 - Guide : It may be helpful to review this guide before starting a project to reduce infections and other complications … surgery center team in implementing a program to improve safety culture and reduce infections and other complications
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/ena-slides/conclusion.html
October 01, 2015 - CAUTI reduction improves patient care and outcomes, limits complications, and prevents extended lengths … CAUTI reduction
Improves patient care and outcomes
Limits complications
Prevents extended lengths
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0207-technical-specifications.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Adjusted Metric: Rates are adjusted for race, gender, education, insurance status, and
complications … adjusted results of
readmissions using all of these variables are described as Adjusted Model with complications … the NICU, as
some of the variation in readmission rates may occur because of differential rates of
complications … influence readmission rate; (2) as a measure of the outpatient
system by itself, in which case these complications
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiexh51.html
April 01, 2018 - Code
Description
338.18
Other acute postoperative pain
998 codes
Postoperative complications … 711 codes
Arthropathy associated with infection
996 codes
Postoperative complications
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/grants/active/kawards/Kawdsummedd.html
October 01, 2014 - Institution: University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Grant Title: Targeting Hospital-Acquired Complications … Project Description: The proposed research has two main aims:
Validate measures of hospital-acquired complications
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-200-section-7-d-tables.pdf
June 02, 2025 - receiving blood
product transfusions (n = 51,720)
OR
(p value)
% of patients with blood transfusion
complications … receiving blood
product transfusions (n = 51,720)
OR
(p value)
% of patients with blood transfusion
complications … Blood transfusions in children: a multi-institutional
analysis of practices and complications.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Tuinen.pdf
March 01, 2004 - Efforts have been made to identify complications,
complications due to medical care, complications due … to errors in medical care,
complications resulting in harm, preventable complications, process errors … 59 64 61 03 32
18 Other complications of procedures 64 72 63 09 19
19 Complications of medical … The rate for six medical complications was 32 percent. … They found a PVP rate of 68 percent
for 15 surgical complications and 27 percent for 5 medical complications
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab10.html
February 01, 2023 - State Offers Service
Personal Care
Case Management
Adult Day/ Health Care
Short-Term Complications … Indicator
Residential Care
Durable Medical Equipment/
Supplies
Transportation
Short-Term Complications
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/infectious-complications-transcript.html
November 01, 2015 - Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other than CAUTI (September 9, 2014)
Webinar … We're so excited to have you with us at today's event which will focus on complications dealing with … When we look at the infectious complications and the relation to the catheter, we focused for the last … You can have quite the CAUTI complications with the upper urinary tract involvement such as the nephritis … These can be disaster complications.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/vae/surveillance-slides.html
February 01, 2017 - Multicenter evaluation of a novel paradigm for complications of mechanical ventilation. … emphasizes the importance of preventing all complications of MV, not just pneumonia. … Complications of mechanical ventilation—the CDC’s new surveillance paradigm. … Avoid pulmonary complications through fluid conservation. … Complications of mechanical ventilation—the CDC’s new surveillance paradigm.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-233-section-6a-table-3.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Among High Risk pregnancies (pregnancy
complications / maternal comorbidities) Class X
Medications … Among High Risk pregnancies (pregnancy
complications/ maternal comorbidities plus
teratogen use within … Among High Risk pregnancies (pregnancy
complications / maternal comorbidities) Class X
Medications … Among High Risk pregnancies (pregnancy
complications/ maternal comorbidities plus
teratogen use within
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab12.html
February 01, 2023 - Indicator
Person Used Service
Personal Care
Case Management
Adult Day/ Health Care
Short-Term Complications … Residential Care
Durable
Medical Equipment/
Supplies
Transportation
Short-Term Complications
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_to_Use_Guide_Ldr_Slide_508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - allies in safe medication use,
infection control initiatives, observing care processes,
reporting complications … financial performance
• Decreased litigation and malpractice claims
• Lower costs per case due to complications … improve:
– Patient safety and quality
• Improved communication
• Decrease in hospital-acquired complications … post-discharge are adverse drug
events, healthcare-associated infections, and procedural
complications … • Many complications can be attributed to problems with
discharge planning
– Changes in medicines
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section4.html
October 01, 2015 - Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Preamble and Summary
Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications … Minimizing the risk of infectious and noninfectious complications hinges on the daily evaluation for … continued need and assessment for any local signs of mechanical or infectious complications. … Using ultrasound guidance for internal jugular CVC insertion is associated with lower mechanical complications … Finally, the risk of ventilator-associated complications (infectious and noninfectious) is best mitigated
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www.ahrq.gov/data/qualityindicators/index.html
January 01, 2025 - These indicators reflect inpatient quality of care, such as potentially avoidable complications and iatrogenic … broadly address healthcare quality in the domain of maternal health and identify opportunities to reduce complications … Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) help hospitals assess the incidence of adverse events and in-hospital complications … More specifically, they focus on potential in-hospital complications and adverse events following surgeries … PDIs focus on potentially preventable complications and iatrogenic events for pediatric patients treated
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/index.html
March 01, 2023 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to prevent surgical site infections (SSI) and other complications … facility can use to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent surgical site infections and other complications … facility can use to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent surgical site infections and other complications
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-diabetes.html
June 01, 2018 - Black adults had higher rates of admission than Whites for admission for short-term complications of … Black children had higher rates of admission for short-term complications than White children and this … diabetes without complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over, by race/ethnicity, 2001-2013 … Hospital Admissions for Uncontrolled Diabetes Without Complications, Stratified by Income
Hospital … admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over, by
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapa2.html
April 01, 2018 - The orthopaedic surgeons were asked to fill out a Complications Survey. … ; Bunker and Thomas report 0.6% complications. … Hemarthrosis was the most common (219 cases, 23.5% of all complications). … (Table 1 gives a list of all complications and their respective percentages.) … Equipment failures led to 17% of complications.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/silber-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - , medical complications had
been difficult to ascertain using ICD-9-CM d iagnosis codes, as … Here, post-admission complications included
any patient who had a diagnosis that was not POA or who … and a very
small, though significant,
negative correlation between
FTR and complications. … Though complications have the lowest omega
ratio, they lack construct validity in all other analyses … Hospital
characteristics associated with failure to rescue from complications after
pancreatectomy.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/index.html
October 01, 2015 - Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Preamble and Summary
Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications … Acknowledgments
Copyright and Source Information
Preamble
Summary
Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications