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November 01, 2019 - Topic Brief: Interventions to Decrease Hospital Length of Stay
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Topic Brief: Interventions … to Decrease Hospital Length of
Stay
Date: 8/6/2019
Nomination Number: 866
Purpose: This document … • They plan to use findings from this report to promote interventions that will decrease
LOS at … described a partnership
across hospitals to disseminate and implement a model of team-based care to
decrease … The proposed topic
exists within a clinical,
Yes, health systems are actively looking for ways to decrease
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September 20, 2021 - Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 40: Interventions To Decrease Hospital Length of Stay … Technical Brief Disposition of Comments Report
Title: Interventions To Decrease Hospital … Interventions To Decrease Hospital Length of Stay. Technical Brief No. 40. … Surgeons Council
of State
Neurological
Societies)
Overall The draft report on interventions to decrease … frequently excluded from
research studies is unsurprising, however, represents an opportunity
to decrease
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-225-substance-abuse-adolescents-evidence-summary%20225%20Substance%20Use%20Adolescents.pdf
May 01, 2020 - .
Motivational interviewing has not been found to decrease cannabis use. … Further research is needed to identify if any other brief interventions may
decrease cannabis use. … encounters)
Family-focused therapies reduce alcohol use.
None of the interventions have been found to decrease … alcohol and other drug use.
Combined cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing
decrease … College students with problematic alcohol use
Behavioral interventions
Mandated alcohol programs decrease
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bariatric-surgery_research.pdf
June 01, 2010 - We hypothesized that use of these medications would decrease after surgery. … , with a 9% decrease by 12 months. … at each time point after
surgery than patients without diabetes, but a comparable decrease in the … )
Count at 6
months (and
% decrease)
Count at 12
months(and
% decrease)
Diabetes Diabetic … Months
(and %
decrease)
Lipid-lowering Diabetic
Patients:
0.34 [0.33-0.37] 0.15 (55) 0.16 (52
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May 29, 2025 - Does ear pain decrease?
b. Is the fever gone?
2. … Decrease ear pain
b. Reduce fever
c. … Decrease or loss of ear pain
2. Drainage from your ear
3. Loss of hearing
4. … Decrease the number of ear infections (9)
Parent/ Guardian care:
1. Keep ears clean and dry
2.
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January 01, 2010 - Since their introduction in 20xx, DES have been shown in clinical trials to decrease TLR (… … ACC-NCDR® registry, patients who received DES had
significantly lower mortality rates, including an early decrease
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-240-acute-pain-evidence-summary.pdf
December 01, 2020 - Acupuncture might be associated with moderate decrease in pain
and improved function at 2 to <4 weeks … Heat therapy was probably associated with
moderate decrease in pain versus usual care or placebo at … mandating the use of prescription drug
monitoring data and an opioid risk assessment tool might not decrease … Massage might be
associated with moderate to large decrease in pain intensity at <1 day and decreased … NSAIDs are probably associated with moderate to
large decrease in pain versus acetaminophen at <1 day
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January 01, 2019 - 5: Comments 6 Optional: Are there any additional considerations that may increase or decrease credibility … N/A N/A Probably decrease Stages IIIA. … N/A N/A Probably decrease Stages II, IIIA. … N/A N/A Probably decrease Stages II, IIIA. and IIIB evaluated, but potential modification only apparent … N/A N/A Probably decrease Stages II, IIIA.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/white-paper-library-asthma.pdf
April 01, 2019 - well-controlled: ≤ 19
MID: Increase in score ≥ 3 points
ACQ
Not well-controlled: ≥ 1.5
MID: Decrease … in score ≥ .5 points
ATAQ
Not well-controlled: ≥1
MID: Decrease in score ≥ 1 point
Improving … Change from controlled to not well controlled OR change
representing minimal important difference (MID) decrease … : Increase of ≥ 2 points
ATAQ
Not well-controlled: ≥ 0
ACQ
Not well-controlled: ≥ 1.5
MID: Decrease … Change from controlled to not well controlled OR change
representing minimal important difference (MID) decrease
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January 01, 2024 - 2012 vs. summer 2011, OR = 0.85; 95 % CIs [0.72,0.99]
Decrease in mean emergency room LOS: 7 h (± 7 … ) during winter 2012 and 6 h (± 9) during summer 2012 (p < .01)
Decrease in mean (SD) inpatient LOS: … 9 days (± 15) during winter 2012 and 8 days (± 11) during summer 2012 (p < .01)
Decrease in mean (SD … NA NA NA Showed a decrease in mortality and improvement in time to first medical contact No funding … Although the number of patients does not account for patient acuity, the decrease in the patients per
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/main-apps-surv-report-2-acute-pain.pdf
May 01, 2022 - • One new trial found TENS associated with a small decrease in pain intensity versus sham
TENS at … • One new trial found an NSAID associated with a small decrease in pain intensity at less
than 1 … One RCT (n=154) found an
opioid associated with small
decrease in pain but increased
likelihood of … or repeat
medication use: decrease
(RR 0.64, 95% CI 0.58 to
0.71) (SOE: moderate,
based on 11 to … 15 RCTs)
One RCT (n=60) found an NSAID
associated with small decrease in
pain at <1 day (p-value
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/aggression_executive.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Directors’ Six
Core Strategies.24 These Six Core Strategies ultimately aim
to forestall or at least decrease … Our two primary comparative outcome benefits (KQ
1), which are intermediate outcomes, are a decrease … Decrease achieved
since baseline with risk assessment
(-41%) vs. usual care (-15%), no
statistical … Decrease achieved since
baseline with risk assessment
(-41%) vs. usual care (-15%),
no statistical … Earlier reviews
of risk assessments assessed whether they could decrease
agitation, which is often
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/main-apps-surv-rept-1-acute-pain.pdf
May 01, 2022 - • One new trial found an NSAID associated with a small decrease in pain intensity at less
than 1 … One new RCT (n=154) found an
opioid associated with small
decrease in pain but increased
likelihood … acetaminophen
Pain intensity, rescue or
repeat medication use:
Moderate to large
decrease
Rescue … or repeat
medication use: decrease
(RR 0.64, 95% CI 0.58 to
0.71) (SOE: moderate,
based on 11 to … 15 RCTs)
One new RCT (n=60) found an
NSAID associated with small
decrease in pain at <1 day (p-
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nursing-staff-shortages-rapid-research.pdf
April 01, 2025 - in pulmonary embolism and
deep vein thrombosis,33 a decrease in sepsis cases,33 decreased hospital … length of stay
(LOS) 34 and a decrease in hospital readmissions.11 Another study showed no difference … in mortality after a
complication,33 while Queensland, Australia experienced a decrease in overall … This study also reported nurse wellbeing scores
increasing from 2.4 to 2.9 and a 39 percent decrease … Leadership skills for nursing unit
managers to decrease intention to
leave.
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October 05, 2015 - and (2) a decrease in the use of seclusion and restraints. … decrease!aggression!for!those!who!are!
actively!aggressive,!such!as:!
•! Psychiatric!Emergency! … decrease!the!likelihood!of!
aggression!and/or!the!use!of!seclusion!
and!restraint!
KQs!1b/1c! … decrease!
aggression!for!those!who!are!actively!
aggressive,!as!described!above!for!KQs!
1b/1c! … decrease!aggression!and/or!
the!use!of!seclusion!and!restraint!
KQ!3:!Same!as!KQs!1!and!2!
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/antipsychotics-children-update_executive.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Compared with placebo, SGAs likely reduce manic
symptoms and probably decrease slightly depression … SGAs probably decrease irritability, and probably slightly
decrease lethargy/social withdrawal, stereotypy … Maintenance treatment with
an SGA appears to decrease relapse rates. … Compared with FGAs, SGAs may decrease the risk for
experiencing any extrapyramidal symptom (EPS). … Quetiapine may decrease the risk
for hyperprolactinemia compared with risperidone.
• Sedation.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fatty-acids-cardiovascular-disease_clinician.pdf
July 01, 2017 - �� In RCTs, consumption of marine oil supplements was
associated with a statistically significant decrease … SBP, DBP) No effect SBP: 0.1 mmHg (–0.2, 0.4)
DBP: –0.2 mmHg (–0.4, 0.5)
29 RCTs ���
Triglycerides Decrease … 0.2, 1.6) 34 RCTs ���
LDL-c Increase 2.0 mg/dL (0.4, 3.6) 39 RCTs ���
Total cholesterol:HDL-c ratio Decrease
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-206-evidence-summary-sodium-potassium.pdf
June 01, 2018 - management of sodium.4 The aim of the
current report is to assess the evidence that
interventions to decrease … • Reduced sodium intake may decrease
the risk for combined CVD morbidity
and mortality. … • Potassium-containing salt substitutes decrease systolic
and diastolic BP (moderate SoE; 13 RCTs) … • Sodium reduction may significantly decrease the risk
for combined CVD morbidity and mortality ( … in diastolic
BP in children (the decrease in systolic BP remained
non-significant).