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261. AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2025 - Reducing Infections in End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities This field-tested toolkit helps dialysis

262. MEDICATION MANAGEMENT USING HEALTH IT FOR THE CARE OF ELDERLY PATIENTS (pdf file)
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     June 16, 2021 - And in the end, ultimately the patient was denied a very important therapy that could have been very … They primarily occurred at the ordering stage of therapy and the monitoring stage. … At what point does this end, do we have to go chasing our patients to take their meds? … If you’re listening over the phone to end this call you can simply hang up. … KATE LAPANE: ANGELA LAVANDEROS: Operator: END TRANSCRIPT

263. Medication Overdose | PSNet
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     September 01, 2011 - The Case A 15-year-old boy with end-stage AIDS was admitted to the pediatric ICU with mental status … of ADEs, though rates of potential ADEs were even higher.( 5 ) Most potential ADEs occurred at the stage … relevant allergies or drug interactions or suggested dose changes based on recent lab values (eg, “renal … Guided medication dosing for inpatients with renal insufficiency.

264. Getting a Good Report Card: Unintended Consequences of the Public Reporting of Hospital Quality | PSNet
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     October 01, 2004 - The Case A 55-year-old woman with end stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis and coronary artery … Hour Prior to Surgical Incision Prophylactic Antibiotics Discontinued Within 24 Hours After Surgery End … October 3, 2017 Stories from the sharp end: case studies in safety improvement.

265. Gout Executive-2016 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - distinction between acute intermittent and chronic intermittent conditions, whereas the advanced stage … Such patients may be experiencing a first attack (early-stage gout) or may have experienced numerous … transplant or end-stage renal disease patients (12); titles with no abstracts (based on a survey of … transplant/end-stage renal disease: N = 12 o No abstract: N = 252 o Gout management only: N = … transplant/end-stage renal disease: N = 0 o Could not obtain article: N = 15 o Gout management

266. Final Progress Report: Challenges and Opportunities for Stewardship of Urological Imaging (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - ................................. 9 The DOSE Initiative: Supporting Dissemination of Reduced‐dose Renal … Colic CT ............... 10 Multispecialty Collaboration on Best Imaging Practices in Renal Colic … scan may be carried out for patients with a Gleason score ≥8 or a PSA >20 ng/mL or with a clinical stage … and that it is most  important to look for metastatic disease rather than synchronous disease in late‐stage …  in the abdomen for recurrent  colic or not performing position emission tomography (PET) for early-stage

267. Final Progress Report: Challenges and Opportunities for Stewardship of Urological Imaging (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - ................................. 9 The DOSE Initiative: Supporting Dissemination of Reduced‐dose Renal … Colic CT ............... 10 Multispecialty Collaboration on Best Imaging Practices in Renal Colic … scan may be carried out for patients with a Gleason score ≥8 or a PSA >20 ng/mL or with a clinical stage … and that it is most  important to look for metastatic disease rather than synchronous disease in late‐stage …  in the abdomen for recurrent  colic or not performing position emission tomography (PET) for early-stage

268. Preventing CAUTIs in the ICU Setting
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     September 01, 2015 - for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals AHRQ Pub No. 15-0073-4-EF September 2015 Learning Objectives At the end … needs precise, accurate measurement of urinary output Assistance in healing incontinent patients with Stage … prolonged immobilization (e.g., potentially unstable thoracic or lumbar spine) Improved comfort for end-of-life … Examples: Management of acute renal failure, IV fluids, or IV or oral bolus diuretics Fluid management

269. Ace-Inhibitor-Arb-Update-Surveillance-160328 (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2025 - ,$cerebral$ vascular$disease$or$events$[including$stroke],$symptomatic$coronary$artery$ disease,$end"stage … $From$the$end$of$ treatment$to$the$end$of$withdrawal,$(EoW),$the$ mean$increase$in$24"h$mean$ambulatory … $These$data$demonstrated$that$treatment$of$stage$1"2$hypertension$with$AZL"M$was$more$effective$than$ … $The$composite$primary$outcome$was$the$time$to$death,$end"stage$renal$disease,$or$a$50%$reduction$from … $From$ the$end$of$treatment$to$the$end$of$ withdrawal,$(EoW),$the$mean$ increase$in$24"h$mean$ambulatory

270. Patient Safety in Home Dialysis | PSNet
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     April 28, 2021 - When kidney damage becomes severe enough, patients may be diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD … training and ongoing communication between the patient and the care team. 7   Mitigating Safety Risks in End-Stage … Could you start out by describing your current role and summarize how you engage with ESRD [end-stage … renal disease] caregivers? … KH : That is a great place to end.

271. Archived: Evidence Summary: Blood Pressure in Adults (Hypertension): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 15, 2007 - Additional complications of hypertension include end-stage renal disease, retinopathy, and aortic aneurysm … 2006 6 To examine whether treatment of prehypertension with candesartan prevents or postpones stage … 100 mm Hg DBP 95-110 mm Hg Patients with treatment for hypertension, symptomatic CVD, end-organ … Julius, et al., 2006 6 - Candesartan significantly decreased risk for hypertension at the end … ; BP = blood pressure; CAD = coronary artery disease; CHF = congestive heart failure; CRF = chronic renal

272. Harm From Alarm Fatigue | PSNet
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     February 14, 2018 - Case & Commentary Part 1 A 54-year-old man with hypertension, diabetes, and end-stage renal disease on … developing a fatal arrhythmia due to his acute myocardial infarction and co-morbid conditions (diabetes, end-stage … renal failure).

273. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2016 - She had a past medical history of end-stage renal disease (on hemodialysis 3 times/week), hypertension … Since many medications are excreted by the kidneys, patients with renal dysfunction are at even higher

274. Restless-Legs Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 16, 2011 - believed to be idiopathic or primary RLS, or secondary to other conditions such as iron deficiency, end-stage … characteristics (age, gender, race, comorbidities, disease severity, etiology, iron status, pregnancy, end-stage … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: December 16, 2011 8 o Iron Status o Pregnancy o End-stage …  Studies that include individuals with RLS comorbid with iron deficiency, pregnancy, or end-stage … renal disease

275. Archived: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2008 - Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, renal disease, and amputation and leads to increased mortality … benefits of tight glycemic control on microvascular clinical outcomes, such as severe visual impairment or end-stage … renal disease, take years to become apparent. … the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults age 20 to 74 years and the leading cause of end-stage … renal disease, accounting for 44% of new cases of end-stage renal disease.

276. Always Check the Muscle Twitch: Residual Neuromuscular Block After Removal of a Gastric Balloon | PSNet
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     January 29, 2021 - of rocuronium for endotracheal intubation, and she was given intravenous sugammadex (200 mg) at the end … deep paralysis is requested for this type of procedure, additional sugammadex must be given at the end … Reduce the dose of rocuronium in patients with renal and hepatic impairment The amount of sugammadex … needed at the end of the procedure depends on the total amount as well as the timing of the rocuronium … Is it always necessary to reverse the neuromuscular blockade at the end of surgery?

277. Section 2: Engaging Stakeholders in a Care Management Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Stakeholders should be involved during each stage of the program to build support for it, provide suggestions … Program staff should involve senior leadership during the initial planning stage to take advantage of … Providers should be involved during the implementation stage to achieve early buy-in to the program. … To activate providers during the implementation stage, States have formed provider advisory boards or … A strong lobby might exist for a particular disease (e.g., end stage renal disease or hemophilia) that

278. Gout Dx protocol_140715-draft (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - primary care physicians (PCPs) and emergency medicine physicians are well-positioned to diagnose early-stage … participated in two systematic reviews on gout; the search strategy appears in an appendix at the end … Disagreements regarding inclusion at the full-text stage will be reconciled, with the input of the project … At the end of the project, abstracted data will be uploaded to the Systematic Review Data Repository … Because of their role as end-users, individuals are invited to serve as Key Informants and those who

279. Nephropathy-Contrast-Induced Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - The leading theories are that CIN results from hypoxic injury of the renal tubules induced by renal … normal Effective Health Care Program 2 in most patients, the acute kidney injury may require renal … nephropathy for the outcomes of incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy, chronic kidney disease, end … stage renal disease, mortality, and other adverse events? … At the end of the results section, we refer to information about other miscellaneous comparisons for

280. The Emergency Department & Catheter Insertions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - include: Elderly (especially women), Incontinence, Debility, Use in non-critically ill cardiac and renal … Immobilization needed for trauma or surgery Incontinent with open sacral/perineal wounds End … catheterization Elderly Women Incontinent Obese Immobile Non-critically ill cardiac and renal … Is the patient in end-of-life or hospice care? Is there chronic or existing catheter use? … catheter and treat signs of shock, such as hypotension, decreased cardiac output/function, decreased renal