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141. Rapid Response: Efficacy of Dental Services for Reducing Adverse Events in Those Receiving Chemotherapy for Cancer (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2023 - The first is that examination by a dentist can identify local sources of active infection, such as oral … Four of the studies examined the outcome of major infection,10, 26, 44, 45 9 examined the outcome of … The synthesis found that the infection rates during treatment ranged from 0 to 4%, which aligns with … , and both showed a significantly lower infection rate in the patients who had received pre-treatment … Should oral foci of infection be removed before the onset of radiotherapy or chemotherapy?

142. Tonsillectomy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 10, 2016 - Protocol   Project Title: Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection …  as  complications  of  recurrent   throat  infections.   …   -­Number  of  throat  infections/year   -­Severity  of  throat  infections     -­Number  of  streptococcal …   -­Number  of  throat  infections/year   -­Severity  of  throat  infections     -­Number  of  streptococcal …   -­Number  of  throat  infections/year   -­Severity  of  throat  infections     -­Number  of  streptococcal

143. Psoriatic Arthritis Surveillance Assesment_CER 54_Low (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2013 - (INSUFFICIENT) A new RCT of MTX vs placebo reported more nausea / vomiting, respiratory infection … Another cohort study focused on anti-TNFs and serious infection;4 it found serious infection hospitalization … No serious opportunistic infections were reported. … ; 0.8% had at least one serious infection. … No serious opportunistic infections were reported.

144. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Prevention of Health Care–Associated Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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145. Disposition of Comments for CER 183 Tonsillectomy for OSDB (pdf file)
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     January 17, 2017 - content experts, we focused the review on the most common indications for tonsillectomy (throat infections … and the one study that required fewer prior infections separately. … Table 13 outlines outcomes including strep infections. … and those requiring few infections. … Evidence contradicts "failure of tonsillectomy for primary management of . . . throat infections."

146. Executive summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 274: Diagnosis and Treatment of Tethered Spinal Cord (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2024 - neurological status over time, but it is also associated with complications such as surgical site infection … prophylactic surgery appeared to be associated with post operative complications such as surgical site infection

147. Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection in Children | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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148. Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Response: Use of Report Cards and Outcome Measurements To Improve the Safety of Surgical Care (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2023 - ) and organ/abdominal infections. … American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical Site Infection Guidelines, 2016 … Reducing the rate of post-surgical urinary tract infections in orthopedic patients. … American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical Site Infection Guidelines, 2016 … Reducing the rate of post-surgical urinary tract infections in orthopedic patients.

149. Pneumonia-Antibiotic-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2014 - cases may be ventilator associated.3,4 In the ICU setting, HAP accounts for up to 25 percent of all infections … or infections in other organ systems are excluded.) … , public policies to support development and approval of new drugs to treat resistant infections, and … Resistant organisms are a persistent and increasing problem, with MRSA infections now accounting for … International study of the prevalence and outcomes of infection in intensive care units.

150. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 08, 2011 - harms associated with pressure ulcer treatment such as dermatologic complications, bleeding, pain, or infection … healing, healing time, reduced wound surface area, pain, and prevention of serious complications of infection … healing, healing time, reduced wound surface area, pain, and prevention of serious complications of infection …  For harms of treatment: pain, dermatologic complications, bleeding, and infection Timing … outcomes including complete wound healing, healing time, wound surface area, pain, and prevention of infection

151. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Summary of Findings, 2023-2024 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2024 - Prevention in Adults of Transmission of Infection With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms .. 19 6a. … Prevention in Adults of Transmission of Infection With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms 6a. … o Environmental decontamination may reduce MDRO infections (low SOE). … a small effect on MDRO infections in the endemic setting (low SOE). … Prevention in Adults of Transmission of Infection With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms 6a.

152. Horizon Scanning_Rapid Cost Analyses of Selected Potential High-Impact Intervention Reports (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - Implementing antimicrobial copper surfaces to reduce hospital acquired infections (HAIs) requires … (about 62,760 HIV infections) over the next 20 years would be prevented, compared with no change in … Assuming OraQuick could prevent 8,000 new HIV infections annually, and the annual cost of treating … Retrofitted Private Intensive Care Rooms To Reduce Hospital- Acquired Infections On average, HAIs … If the reduction in bacterial infections is closer to the 54% reduction in bacterial infections observed

153. AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program Annual Report 2023 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - Chemotherapy suppresses the immune system, rendering patients more susceptible to infections of all … kinds including infections of the mouth, teeth, and gums Who: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services … response review showed that pre- chemotherapy dental care may reduce the incidence and/or the severity of infections … Current Evidence for Infection Prevention and Control Interventions in Emergency Medical Services: A … Making Healthcare Safer IV: Prevention of Transmission of Infection With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms

154. Disposition of Comments Report for Biologic and Nonbiologic Systemic Agents and Phottherapy for Treatment of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis (pdf file)
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     November 27, 2012 - A variety of infections were reported including bacterial arthritis, febrile infection, Lyme disease … infection. … A variety of infections were reported including bacterial arthritis, febrile infection, Lyme disease … infection. … A variety of infections were reported including bacterial arthritis, febrile infection, Lyme disease

155. Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment of C. difficile Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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156. Topic 0589 Cleaning and Monitoring of HAIs NSD SJ Clean (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2013 - Surface Cleaning, Disinfection, and Monitoring of Cleaning to Reduce Hospital Acquired Infections … The topic, Surface Cleaning, Disinfection, and Monitoring of Cleaning to Reduce Hospital Acquired Infections … • What methods of training, education and motivation (e.g. team building with Infection Control and … (HAIs) are the most common complication of hospital care, resulting in 1.7 million infections and 99,000 … More than two million people are sickened every year with antibiotic-resistant infections, with at least

157. Chronic-Urinary-Retention Research (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - Primary outcomes included rate of urinary tract infections, urinary symptom or quality-of-life score … urinary frequency, urgency, or incontinence.3 Elevated PVR or CUR can increase risk for urinary tract infections … Harms are specific to the interventions and may include infection and surgical complications. … Patients with CUR had PVR of 100 to 500 ml RCT Primary outcomes Urinary tract infection NS … UTI = urinary tract infection; PVR = post void residual urine volume Table H11.

158. women-hiv-protocol-160301 (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - current guidelines for HIV testing, HIV treatment, and comorbidities and HIV-related opportunistic infections … such as hepatitis C, tuberculosis, and opportunistic infections, cancers, or dementia. … Examples of co-occurring diseases of interest include cancer, infections (including hepatitis C, human … papilloma virus [HPV], tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, AIDS defining infections such as Pneumocystis … HIV infection, drug use, and onset of natural menopause.

159. Environmental Cleaning for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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160. Venous-Ulcers-Treatment-Future Research (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - This includes adequate preparation of the wound bed by debridement, controlling for infection, and the … Operational definitions of clinical infection versus colonization need to be clearly elucidated. … Wound pain can be an indication of clinical 19 infection. … Infection was often confused with colonization, and the inflammation due to edema and the underlying … disease was often confused with infection.