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7321. Evidence Summary: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/hypertension-in-adults-screening
      April 27, 2021 - evidence from 2 studies (n = 459) may suggest that for HBPM, additional days of measurement beyond 5 do … How well does a shortened time interval characterize results of a full ambulatory blood pressure monitoring … How often do office blood pressure measurements fail to identify true hypertension? … How in-office and ambulatory BP monitoring compare: a systematic review and meta-analysis. … Population: Highly selected populations who do not represent a primary screening populations and populations

7322. Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Weight Loss Interventions to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/boPWHmzrtxnkkPQAoCNENS
      September 18, 2018 - 2 Do primary care–relevant behavioral and/or pharmacotherapy weight loss and weight loss maintenance … Do primary care–relevant behavioral and/or phar- macotherapy weight loss and weight loss maintenance … Do primary care–relevant behavioral and/or phar- macotherapy weight loss and weight loss maintenance … How- ever, serious adverse events were not generally more common in participants randomized to medications … Reasonably consistent Precise Harms sparsely reported for included trials Few details provided about how

7323. User Guide (v2025.1) for Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccsr/DXCCSR-User-Guide-v2025-1.pdf
      November 01, 2024 - In contrast, codes that do not definitively indicate the presence of a condition or disorder (e.g., … In contrast, codes that do not definitively indicate the presence of a condition or disorder (e.g., … specific reason to do otherwise. … If a category contains a mix of codes (i.e., codes that do not contain a 7th character and codes with … Necessary in the CCSR Figure 1 provides a visual representation of how one-to-one and one-to-many

7324. Final Progress Report: Adverse Event-Directed Analysis in Ambulatory Primary Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/kennerly-ballard-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - detect events that do not result in a provider visit, are subject to response bias and all the limitations … achieve as complete an understanding as possible of both the types of events occurring and how a process … for proactive patient risk reduction activities. 8 A case-study approach, as described by Yin, … To do so, the nurses who review charts provide a formal description in a structured format (Situation … Case Study Research: Design and Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications; 1994. 45.

7325. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2010-2015.pdf
      January 01, 2015 - Therefore, we included conditions such as childbirth that generally do not result in a readmission. … .4 Readmission analyses do not usually allow the hospitalization at the receiving hospital to be counted … a detailed example on how to use the NRD to estimate national readmission rates with standard errors … This tutorial also describes how to verify that the data have been loaded correctly. … • A patient is allowed to have multiple index events, regardless of how far apart.

7326. Archived: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-january-2014
      January 14, 2014 - Although both the OGCT and the fasting plasma glucose (85 mg/dL [4.72 mmol/L]) test can rule out women who do … , and insulin (if needed) or to a control group of usual care. … How Does Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding? … OGCT. 15 The American Diabetes Association endorses glucose testing for GDM in all pregnant women who do … The panel released a statement that there is not enough evidence to adopt a 1-step approach. 17 , 18

7327. Recommendation: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/genital-herpes-serologic-screening
      February 14, 2023 - For asymptomatic adolescents and adults, including pregnant persons: Do not routinely screen for genital … not apply to persons who present to clinicians requesting testing due to a history, signs, or symptoms … “Genital herpes” refers to a range of signs and symptoms related to HSV infection in the sacral nerve … How you can prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Published March 23, 2022. … A guide to taking a sexual history. Accessed December 19, 2022.

7328. Archived: Evidence Summary: Alcohol Misuse: Screening and Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-counseling-2004
      April 06, 2004 - These guidelines do not apply to persons (such as adolescents, pregnant women, and persons with alcohol … Do such interventions improve health outcomes? … Preventive Services Task Force developed a set of criteria to determine how well individual studies were … 1989 91 United States Poor quality: Use of single alcohol outcome measure without definition of how … measured at baseline and how change was quantified.

7329. Archived: Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions-september-2015
      September 21, 2015 - Because many pregnant women who smoke do not report it, using multiple-choice questions to assess smoking … barriers to quitting, and develop a plan to quit. … , further research is needed to better clarify the effects of varying levels of intensity (such as how … How Does Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding? … How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease:

7330. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nass/2020_NASS_Introduction.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - This tutorial also describes how to verify that the data have loaded correctly. … • The HCUP Sample Design tutorial is designed to help users learn how to account for sample design … • The Producing National HCUP Estimates tutorial is designed to help users understand how three of … • The Calculating Standard Errors tutorial shows how to accurately determine the precision of the … patients who do not remain in the hospital overnight.

7331. Introduction To The HCUP Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nass/NASSIntroduction2021.pdf
      April 01, 2024 - This tutorial also describes how to verify that the data have loaded correctly. … • The HCUP Sample Design tutorial is designed to help users learn how to account for sample design … • The Producing National HCUP Estimates tutorial is designed to help users understand how three of … • The Calculating Standard Errors tutorial shows how to accurately determine the precision of the … patients who do not remain in the hospital overnight.

7332. Introduction to the NASS, 2022 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nass/NASSIntroduction2022.pdf
      December 01, 2024 - This tutorial also describes how to verify that the data have loaded correctly. … • The HCUP Sample Design tutorial is designed to help users learn how to account for sample design … • The Producing National HCUP Estimates tutorial is designed to help users understand how three of … • The Calculating Standard Errors tutorial shows how to accurately determine the precision of the … patients who do not remain in the hospital overnight.

7333. Variation in the Rate of Cesarean Section Across U.S. Hospitals, 2013 #211
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb211-Hospital-Variation-C-sections-2013.jsp
      September 01, 2016 - Among these high-volume hospitals, the total C-section rate varied from a minimum of 15.4 to a maximum … Because most State data do not identify patients in SCHIP specifically, it is not possible to present … A hospital is considered to be a teaching hospital if it has an American Medical Association-approved … We also invite you to tell us how you are using this Statistical Brief and other HCUP data and tools, … and to share suggestions on how HCUP products might be enhanced to further meet your needs.

7334. Archived: Evidence Summary: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary19/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
      December 22, 2014 - Four of these studies 25–28 examined how well automated oscillometric OBPM (1 to 3 measurements) predicted … Although the results do not apply to all age groups and were potentially confounded by additional management … How important is the recommended slow cuff pressure deflation rate for blood pressure measurement? … How well do home and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring methods predict cardiovascular events compared … How accurate are other noninvasive blood pressure measurement methods in establishing or confirming the

7335. CHIPRA 119 Section 5, Literature Review and Discussion (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-119-section-5-lit-review.pdf
      March 19, 2012 - Despite the variations in methods it has been demonstrated that interventions to warm infants do improve … Despite the variations, it has been demonstrated that interventions to warm infants do improve outcomes … All of these affects do not support the statement that double wall incubators have any benefit on long … Editorial Warming our Cesarean section patients: why and how? … Two problems identified: Trying to define a „normal‟ temperature (which depends on how it is measured

7336. Chapter-3 - Sepsis Recognition (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/sepsis-1.pdf
      March 01, 2020 - guidelines about how to treat septic patients, with aggressive interventions and timeframes. … The focus of the PSPs contained in this chapter is the afferent phase: how clinicians and hospitals … Because of the changing criteria for sepsis, the PSPs do not compare the accuracy of the various diagnostic … .3,4 3.1.2 Methods To answer the question, “Do sepsis screening tools improve patient outcomes?” … have poor positive predictive value and do not improve mortality or length of stay.

7337. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pepticulcer_hi_impact.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - and conclusions in this document are those of the authors, who are responsible for its content, and do … a Web site to order the product, at a cost of roughly $485 for three vials, plus shipping. 4 Patients … upon which to base a medical treatment. … Experts with a clinical perspective believe that this therapy has a very high potential to disrupt … Experts’ opinions were divided in assessment of how TSO might affect the per-patient costs of treating

7338. Chapter-8 - Diabetes (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/diabetes-1.pdf
      March 01, 2020 - In this update, we more narrowly focus on medication management in hospitals and how to better equip … public-private partnership to disseminate a research-based lifestyle change program intended to prevent … to a manual titration protocol in a trauma intensive care unit. … say in their own words what they understand the clinician has instructed them to do. … Harms Due to Diabetic Agents 8-14 Appendix A.

7339. Chartbook #14: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health Insurance Coverage and Usual Source of Health Care, 2002
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/cb14/cb14.shtml
      March 01, 2006 - We also invite you to tell us how you are using this Chartbook and other MEPS data and tools and to share … suggestions on how MEPS products might be enhanced to further meet your needs. … One way to measure access to care is to ask whether people have a usual source of care-that is, ask people … Studies have shown that people who do not have a usual source of care reduce their chances … Pacific Islander Hispanics, and other Hispanics, the race categories of black, white, Asian, and other do

7340. HCUP Tools for ICD-10-CM/PCS Loading Tutorial - Accessible Version
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/tech_assist/toolstutorial/508/508course.jsp
      January 01, 2020 - Login Do Your own analysis Explore Expert Research & Limited … This module covers how to: Find HCUP Tools that can be used with HCUP or other administrative … Understand how to download and save HCUP Tools for ICD-10-CM/PCS to your computer, and then modify or … Return to Contents Wrap Up This tutorial described how to: Find HCUP Tools … In addition, the tutorial provided a high-level overview of how the transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10