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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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 Infection … Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
2011; 32(10): 939-969.
21.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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…
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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…
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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