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  1. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-research-report-integrating-health-system-data.pdf
    April 01, 2020 - Similarly, infection control specialists at Penn examining Clostridium difficile infection rates found … to deploy diagnostic testing were often insufficient to distinguish between colonization and active infection
  2. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/kidney-stone-prevention_research-protocol.pdf
    June 15, 2011 - renal colic with severe abdominal and flank pain; nausea and vomiting; urinary tract obstruction; infection … metal chelator Acetohydroxamic acid Lithostat Renal calculi associated with chronic urinary tract infections …  Symptomatic stone recurrence  Pain  Urinary tract obstruction with acute renal failure  Infection
  3. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
    June 01, 2014 - COPD exacerbations due to Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, or Streptococcus pneumoniae infection … COPD exacerbations due to Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, or Streptococcus pneumoniae infection … responses (i.e., long-acting bronchodilators, inhaled glucocorticosteroids), and antibiotics for lung infections … azithromycin is a widely used drug that clinicians are generally comfortable prescribing for treating infections
  4. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cerebral-palsy-feeding_executive.pdf
    March 01, 2013 - lead to poor nutritional status, growth failure, chronic aspiration, esophagitis, and respiratory infections … Harms associated with tube feeding include surgical harms, infection, increased rates of reflux requiring … Overall, rates of peritonitis were low, ranging from 2 to 5 percent, one study reported minor site infections … percent of the children in each arm of the RCT, and minor harms included aspiration, urinary tract infection … Harms with gastrostomy can be common, and include overfeeding, site infection, stomach ulcer, and reflux
  5. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/machine-learning-quality_research.pdf
    September 01, 2012 - resource use, and processes of care of hospitalized patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection … The initiatives to reduce catheter-associated blood stream infections, to identify early sepsis, and … The most common complication was wound infection, which occurred in 5% of operations. … Surgical wound classification is an important predictor of the risk of postoperative surgical site infections
  6. Layout 1 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-anemia_executive.pdf
    May 01, 2006 - Risk of hepatitis B infection is estimated to be 1 in 220,000 per unit of blood transfused.
  7. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-grading_methods.pdf
    July 01, 2012 - MacCannell T, Umscheid CA, Agarwal RK, Lee I, Kuntz G, Stevenson, KB, and the Healthcare InfectionInfection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2011; 32(10): 939-969. 21.
  8. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/infantile-epilepsy-amended-protocol.pdf
    March 07, 2021 - anxiety • Caregiver quality of life • General health status • Cost of treatment • Adverse events (infection … Adverse effects: Infection, new neurological deficits, surgical complications, irritability, somnolence
  9. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/hip-fracture-pain_surveillance.pdf
    July 08, 2015 - Surgical wound infection (2 RCTs, n = 110) •! … There were no reports of infection in two RCTs (n = 184). … Surgical wound infection (2 RCTs, n = 110) •! … There were no reports of infection in two RCTs (n = 184). … One trial (n = 40) reported no damage to surrounding structures, headaches, or infections.
  10. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/vte-prophyalaxis_executive.pdf
    May 01, 2013 - minor) • Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia • Allergic reaction • Mechanical device complications • Infections … minor) • Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia • Allergic reaction • Mechanical device complications • Infections … ICU stay Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia • Allergic reaction Mechanical device complications Infections … stay • Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia • Allergic reaction • Mechanical device complications • Infections … stay • Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia • Allergic reaction • Mechanical device complications • Infections
  11. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/calcineurin-inhibitor_disposition-comments.pdf
    March 15, 2016 - 3, Lines 23-24: the increased access to transplantation for individuals with well-controlled HIV infection … small group of committed clinicians to demonstrate, through rigorous clinical research, that HIV infection … highlight that there is more than renal function that the patient and clinical need to worry about - infections … We have added text to the Results and Discussion to emphasize the limited data available on infections … Some of the major side effects, such as renal dysfunction and opportunistic infections, were widely
  12. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pregnancy-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
    December 01, 2014 - chromosomal abnormalities, placental abnormalities, poor fetal growth, chronic maternal health issues, and infections
  13. 13-MDM347013 30..38 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/outcomes-testing-evaluation_research.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - 13-MDM347013 30..38 Medical Tests—White Paper Series Additional Patient Outcomes and Pathways in Evaluations of Testing The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the authors, who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent the views…
  14. 13-MDM347013 30..38 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/whitepaper4-bossuyt02262010-2.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - 13-MDM347013 30..38 Medical Tests—White Paper Series Additional Patient Outcomes and Pathways in Evaluations of Testing The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the authors, who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent the views…
  15. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/renal-cancer_research-protocol.pdf
    April 20, 2015 - sampling (see KQ2) to estimate the risk of malignancy, including direct complications (e.g., pain, infection … o Loss of kidney o Ureteral injury (any injury of collecting system and ureter) o Urinary tract infection … • Loss of kidney • Ureteral injury (any injury of collecting system and ureter) • Urinary tract infection
  16. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hemorrhage-postpartum_research-protocol.pdf
    June 11, 2014 - www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: June 11, 2014 2 overdistention of the uterus, infection … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: June 11, 2014 3 and surgeries can increase the risk of infection … include fever, vomiting, vascular perforation, uterine ischemia, thrombosis, fertility loss, and infection
  17. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/stem-cell-children_research-protocol.pdf
    November 01, 2010 - survival, both immediate harms associated with HSCT (e.g., graft-versus-host disease and opportunistic infections … opportunistic infection) specific organ injury Treatment, therapy, or intervention HSCT ( … Online: August 5, 2010 Adverse effects of treatment GVHD immunosuppression (opportunistic infection … the autoimmune disease Adverse effects of treatment GVHD immunosuppression (opportunistic infection
  18. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breastfeeding-health-outcomes-disposition-comments.pdf
    March 31, 2025 - protective association of breastfeeding was also found for severe respiratory and gastrointestinal infections … protective association of breastfeeding was also found for severe respiratory and gastrointestinal infections … the points states “There was evidence of a potential reduced risk of moderate-to- severe respiratory infections … infants ages 24 months and younger and a potential reduced risk of moderate-to- severe gastrointestinal infections … Association of non- breastfeeding) are most evident in the literature for respiratory and gastrointestinal infections
  19. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/11_peptic_ulcer_potential_high_impact_2012-12-111.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - Helminthic therapy involves self-infection with parasitic worms (i.e., helminths), which is believed … carries the usual risks associated with surgery—such as those associated with general anesthesia, and infection—and … improving health outcomes by reducing morbidity and mortality from central line catheter–related infections
  20. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
    June 01, 2014 - (22.4%); nausea (18.2%); headaches (15.9%); abdominal distension (13.8%); upper respiratory tract infection … bloodstream, abdominal x-rays or ultrasound to provide images of the abdomen, stool-sample tests to detect infection

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