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4321. Hybrid Cardiac Rehabilitationi (HYCR) Tools and Resources Guide (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/hycr-tools-resources-guide.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - Exercises that improve balance can help prevent falls as we age. … This will help to decrease the risk of falls or accidents. … • Reduce blood pressure: Strength training can be beneficial for the prevention and treatment of high … • Pay attention to proper form and technique, as they are very important for injury prevention.

4322. Archived: Evidence Summary: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/lipid-disorders-in-adults-cholesterol-dyslipidemia-screening-2001
      April 09, 2001 - In men, mean TC increases steadily from early adulthood to middle age and then reaches a plateau, falling … primary prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. … Washington, DC: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. … Coronary Prevention Study Group.

4323. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      August 19, 2011 - Such an evaluation clearly falls outside the scope of our review, which is to evaluate the impact of … Detection and treatment of vulnerable plaques and vulnerable patients: novel approaches to prevention

4324. The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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      September 01, 2022 - approved oseltamivir in children younger than 14 days old, both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Slide 32 RSV Prevention SAY: Premature infants, healthy infants younger than 6 months old, children

4325. On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing Facilitator Training Implementation of the Healing Reports: Handouts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - Rehab Director: We always consider if particular support surfaces are needed for pressure ulcer prevention … The need to do this was stressed during the pressure ulcer prevention and healing education that we had … Then, once a week we meet with Curtis [Rehab Director] to talk about residents who have had falls and … Pressure ulcers are always on the agenda; sometimes we have QAA projects related more to prevention. … Advisory Panel, European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, and Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance's Prevention

4326. Technical Review 17: Nutritional Research Series, Vol. 1: Application of Systematic Review Methodology to the Field of Nutrition (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2009 - Clinical practice guidelines: prevention of cytomegalovirus disease after renal transplantation. … Multivitamin/mineral supplements and prevention of chronic disease. … Dietary fat intake and prevention of cardiovascular disease: systematic review. … , but not alpha- linolenic acid, benefit cardiovascular disease outcomes in primary- and secondary-prevention … bone health Intake or sun exposures and serum 25(OH)D Vitamin D intakes and BMD, fractures or falls

4327. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2017 - which is a heterogeneous disease and is difficult to diagnose.7 A major barrier to standardizing prevention … threshold, is one of the interventions specifically designed to prevent VAC.8,32,33 LTVV is a key prevention … be easier to add a nightlight to bathrooms rather than redesign the floor plan to reduce patient falls … The preventability of ventilator-associated events. the CDC prevention epicenters wake up and breathe … A European care bundle for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

4328. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 14, 2023 - Critical Echocardiogram Result Lost to Follow-up June 14, 2023 Boctor N, Molla M. Critical Echocardiogram Result Lost to Follow-up. PSNet [internet]. 2023. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/critical-echocardiogram-result-lost-follow The Case A 63-year-old man with history of stroke, systolic heart failure, and ventric…

4329. CER 215 Adverse Effects of Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults (pdf file)
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      March 28, 2019 - Peer reviewer #6 Results page 53, lines 12 and paragraph "Risk Factors for Falling..." … although adjustments were made for dementia, antihypertensives, sedatives and hypnotics, and prior falls … no more information on the treatment of depression in older adults with dementia, frailty, risk of falls … For example, depression in an of itself in older adults a risk for falls. … or powered to detect harm, further statements that balances the risks of untreated depression on falls

4330. Emergency Department and Catheter Insertion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - He is the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control and St. … compliance proper technique for placement and review the points of impact for the emergency nurse in CAUTI prevention … With immobility comes venous thrombo-embolism and falls. … any CAUTI cases that are attributed to ED placement, so if you can work with your hospital infection prevention … So if you – you know, as what was asked in the question, you know, how do we engage infection prevention

4331. Evidence Summary: Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      March 19, 2024 - Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Evidence Summary Prevention … A prospective study of secondary prevention of child maltreatment. … A cognitive approach to child mistreatment prevention among medically at-risk infants. … Prevention of child maltreatment in high-risk rural families: a randomized clinical trial with child … Nurse home visitation and the prevention of child maltreatment: impact on the timing of official reports

4332. Discharged with IV antibiotics: When issues arise, who manages the complications? | PSNet
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      October 10, 2017 - April 27, 2016 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management

4333. Delayed Recognition of a Positive Blood Culture | PSNet
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      January 29, 2020 - Notification of public health authorities allows for monitoring, control, and prevention of communicable

4334. In Conversation with...Albert Wu, MD, MPH | PSNet
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      February 26, 2025 - In Conversation with...Albert Wu, MD, MPH July 1, 2008  Citation Text: In Conversation with..Albert Wu, MD, MPH. PSNet [internet]. 2008.In Conversation with...Albert Wu, MD, MPH. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Departm…

4335. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)
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      July 01, 2005 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 Spotlight Case July 2005 Impatient Inpatient Dosing Source and Credits This presentation is based on the July 2005 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case in Medicine See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov CME credit is available through the Web site Commentary by: Richard H. White…

4336. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2006 - 80-hour work week imposed on physicians in training might compound the risk of patients like this falling

4337. In Conversation With… Christine Cassel, MD | PSNet
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      February 26, 2025 - Or a patient falls or gets what might be a preventable pressure ulcer, or a mistake occurs in a surgical

4338. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2010 - In Conversation with…Pat Croskerry, MD, PhD June 1, 2010 In Conversation with…Pat Croskerry, MD, PhD. PSNet [internet]. 2010. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withpat-croskerry-md-phd Editor's note: Pat Croskerry, MD, PhD, is a professor in emergency medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova…

4339. Continuing Education | PSNet
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      February 26, 2025 - Complications (28) Delirium (4) Nosocomial Infections (3) Patient Falls

4340. Implications for Practice Improvement, Research, and Policy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2024 - State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults Implications for Practice Improvement, Research, and Policy Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults Introduction Uniqu…