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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/wrong-blade-lack-familiarity-pediatric-emergency-equipment
June 01, 2018 - significant errors in handling the intubation equipment that would likely have led to patient harm or even death
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/022-ss-mrsa-surveillance.pptx
April 01, 2025 - Prevention | Surgical Services
MRSA Surveillance
Adverse Outcomes Associated With SSIs and MRSA
Risk of death
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36037/psn-pdf
June 25, 2009 - Preventable deaths in patients admitted from emergency
department.
June 25, 2009
Lu T-C, Tsai C-L, Lee C-C, et al. Preventable deaths in patients admitted from emergency department.
Emerg Med J. 2006;23(6):452-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventable-deaths-patients-admitted-emergency-department
The authors re…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/annualreport/HAR_2005.pdf
January 01, 2005 - ■ Remaining discharge circumstances (to another short-term
hospital, death in the hospital, or when … S
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Alcohol abuse and dependence can result in illness, disability, and
early death … Costs, lengths
of stay, and hospital death rates differed according to the type of
injury. … ■ The highest in-hospital death rates were for brain injury
(9.1 percent) and spinal cord injury … by Discharge Status, 2005
Discharged to home
health care
Discharged to a
nursing home
In-hospital death
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_stats/nhc/hlthstat.pdf
September 30, 1997 - the REF END DATE is defined in the Navigation and RH specifications as the date of interview,
date of death … (In Round 3, the REF END DATE for HB is 12/31/96, the date of death,
or date of most recent discharge … diseases associated with {her/his} ADL status, cognition, behavior, medical treatments,
or risk of death … those disease associated with {her/his} ADL status, cognition, behavior,
medical treatments, or risk of death … diseases associated with the resident’s ADL status, cognition, behavior,
medical treatments, or risk of death
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/clinicians/references/quickref/tobaqrg.pdf
April 01, 2009 - 9/24/09 3:15 PM Page 2
Purpose
Tobacco is the single greatest cause of disease and premature death … The societal costs of tobacco-
related death and disease approach $96 billion annually in medical expenses … of lung cancer and heart
disease in spouses; increased risk for low birth weight,
sudden infant death … There is no clinical treatment available today that can reduce
illness, prevent death, and increase quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan-aspirin-to-prevent-cancer/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-and-cancer-april-2016
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October 07, 2013
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867804/psn-pdf
February 26, 2025 - Are We Safer Today?
February 26, 2025
Bates DW, Lee M, Mossburg SE. Are We Safer Today? PSNet [internet]. 2025.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/are-we-safer-today
In the 1999 report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Institute of Medicine (now the
National Academy of Medicine) drew on two lar…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/mark-my-limb
February 10, 2015 - Mark My Limb
Citation Text:
Jacott WE, O'Leary D. Mark My Limb. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2004.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.107_slideshow.ppt
November 01, 2005 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case November 2005
Reconciling Doses
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the November 2005 Spotlight Case in Emergency Medicine
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available through the Web site
Commentary by: Frank Federico, RPh,…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49541/psn-pdf
August 21, 2007 - Mark My Tooth
August 21, 2007
Smith RA. Mark My Tooth. PSNet [internet]. 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/mark-my-tooth
The Case
A 45-year-old healthy man was scheduled to have two teeth extracted for progressive dental caries. The
patient underwent the extractions, awoke from the anesthesia, and then realized…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/probabilistic-thinking3.html
September 01, 2022 - Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis
Probability and the Diagnostic Pathway
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Table of Contents
Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis
Introduction
Fundamental Concepts for Understanding Probability
Probability and the…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-mhealth-and-patient-reported-outcomes-deliver-evidence-based-asthma-care
January 01, 2023 - Using mHealth and Patient-Reported Outcomes to Deliver Evidence-Based Asthma Care
Project Final Report ( PDF , 304.12 KB) Disclaimer
Disclaimer
The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not necessari…
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-12/Grantee%20Profile%20North%20Carolina.pdf
January 01, 2020 - EvidenceNOW Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use: The STUN (STop UNhealthy) Alcohol Use Now Trial
North Carolina
Program Name:
The STUN (STop UNhealthy)
Alcohol Use Now Trial
Lead Organization:
University of North Carolina (UNC)
Chapel Hill, NC
Partner Organizations:
North Carolina Area Health
Education Centers (NC A…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/alert-fatigue
March 15, 2025 - Alert Fatigue
Citation Text:
Alert Fatigue. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-abnormalities-tests_executive.pdf
February 01, 2006 - Layout 1
Background
Breast cancer is the second most common
malignancy in women. The American
Cancer Society estimated that in the United
States in 2005, 212,930 women would be
newly diagnosed as having breast cancer
and there would be 40,870 deaths due to
this disease. Because early breast cancer is
asymptomatic, th…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/b-rsH7WPpNC3uL9NeoXBfF
May 08, 2018 - Bang, PhD; Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH
IMPORTANCE Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death … rostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed can-
cer in US men and the second leading cause of cancer
death … fewer
prostate cancer deaths per 1000 men; the number needed to
invite to prevent 1 prostate cancer death … history of prostate cancer (n = 4833),
the multivariable-adjusted hazard ratio for prostate cancer death … Prostate biopsy has not been associated with statisti-
cally significantly increased risk of death.47,52,53
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/unhealthy-alcohol-use-in-adolescents-and-adults-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions
November 13, 2018 - mortality between groups were statistically significant at 3 years of follow-up, when there had been only 1 death … Actual causes of death in the United States, 2000. … described
Possible reporting bias for mortality, since all studies reporting had at least 1 death
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-228-fullreport.pdf
February 01, 2018 - Sepsis is a potentially catastrophic condition that can escalate from infection to organ failure and
death … step-wise procedures to hinder or reverse the cascade of events in sepsis that lead to
organ failure and death … the progression of sepsis severity, as multiple organ dysfunction portends poor
outcomes including death … Sepsis is a potentially catastrophic condition that can escalate from infection to death within
hours
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs025984-malone-final-report-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - and colchicine,
the adjusted OR for acute hepatic failure was 2.47 (95% CI 1.04–5.91) and 2.06 for death … The risk of death among
patients with a moderate Tisdale score was 2.61 (95%CI:1.25 – 5.47) or with … that nearly 50% of reported cases
in the FDA’s FAERS database involving clarithromycin resulted in death … CYP3A4 and P-gp inhibitors is substantial, with
nearly 50% of cases involving clarithromycin leading to death