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9581. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2020 - For instance, checklists have been successful in preventing hospital-acquired infections and preventing

9582. An Evaluation of an Interactive Social Media Web site for Parents who are Concerned about Immunizing their Children - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-interactive-social-media-web-site-parents-who-are-concerned-about/annual-summary/2011
      January 01, 2011 - increase their children's risk of pertussis (whooping cough), varicella (chicken pox), and measles infections

9583. 2005 HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Comparison Report
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      November 01, 2015 - ) 5.98 (0.07) 5.97 (0.47) 1.77 (0.05) 1.34** (0.09) 197: Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections … (16) 492 (25) 8.84 (0.10) 8.21 (0.64) 18.28 (0.28) 19.15 (1.42) 159: Urinary tract infections … 0.11 $11,001 (267) $10,905 320: Kidney & urinary tract infections … (0.17) 6.87 $24,078 (632) $23,728 79: Respiratory infections … 7.44 $33,113 (977) $32,546 169: Debridement of wound; infection

9584. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2015 - conversation-withdonald-m-berwick-md-mpp https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withpeter-j-pronovost-md-phd-0 eliminate central line infections … err-human-building-safer-health-system https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu

9585. Critical Echocardiogram Result Lost to Follow-up | PSNet
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      July 31, 2023 - As such, the patient’s condition progressed while at a SNF until he developed fever and overt infection

9586. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Facts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2017 - Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Facts AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Did You Know? Low tidal volume ventilation (LTVV) is one of the interventions specifically designed to prevent ventilator-associated conditions (VAC).  For patients without acute respiratory distress …

9587. Section 7. Tools and Resources (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2017 - dressings can be used for heavily draining pressure injury/ulcers or those with clinical evidence of infection … dressings can be used for heavily draining pressure injury/ulcers or those with clinical evidence of infection

9588. Section 7. Tools and Resources (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2017 - dressings can be used for heavily draining pressure injury/ulcers or those with clinical evidence of infection … dressings can be used for heavily draining pressure injury/ulcers or those with clinical evidence of infection

9589. Final Progress Report: Engineering Safe Care Journeys for Vulnerable Older Adults (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2025 - antibiotic medication error).23 Unnecessary use of antibiotics can lead to HAIs, such as C. difficile infections … We focused on older adults diagnosed with fall or suspected urinary tract infection (UTI) in the ED, … Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of urinary tract infections in older people. … Potentially inappropriate treatment of urinary tract infections in two rhode island nursing homes. … Challenges assessing nursing home residents with advanced dementia for suspected urinary tract infections

9590. Translating From Normal to Abnormal | PSNet
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      October 02, 2019 - typed the following into Google's translator: "The results of your recent MRI were normal, making an infection … She interpreted the wording to mean that the MRI showed a mass, infection, or stroke.

9591. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 15, 2023 - history of smoking, gastroesophageal reflux disease, or current or recent upper respiratory tract infection … Risk of respiratory complications and wound infection in patients undergoing ambulatory surgery: smokers

9592. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 01, 1996 - survival is comparable to similar persons without aneurysms, but late postoperative complications (graft infection … survival is comparable to similar persons without aneurysms, but late postoperative complications (graft infection

9593. Delayed Diagnosis and Treatment of an Occult Hemothorax Following Complicated Central Line Insertion Leads to Cardiac Arrest | PSNet
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      April 01, 2008 - as erosion of the catheter through the vein wall or heart, vessel thrombosis, vessel stenosis, and infection … (such as central line-associated blood stream infection [CLABSI] or endocarditis).

9594. Final Progress Report: Pursuing Perfection in Pediatric Therapeutics (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - OPQC has also improved infant outcomes by reducing bloodstream infections by 30% in infants hospitalized … falls by 81%, ventilator-associated pneumonias by 47%, adverse drug events by 42%, and surgical-site infections … LN Donovan EF, Sparling K, Lake MR, et al The investment case for preventing NICU- associated infections … ’Riordan M, Cunningham DJ, et al A Statewide Collaborative to Reduce Pediatric Surgical Site Infections … 25107545 2015 NPC-QIC Improvement/outcomes Schaffzin JK, Harte L, Marquette S, et al Surgical Site Infection

9595. Final Progress Report: The National Quality Forum Annual Meeting 2005 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2025 - Some of the categories in the report were: Infection control Surgery Pneumonia Heart failure … Some of these studies examined anesthesia complications, infection rates, and turnaround time between … medical problems in chronic care; measures for specialty care; medication safety; healthcare-associated infections … The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has provided $25,000 for an … NQF project on infection control; additional discussions with other parties to fund the balance of the

9596. PowerPoint Presentation: Learn From Defects Through Sensemaking
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      December 01, 2017 - systems approach. 7 Source of Defects Adverse-event reporting systems Sentinel events Claims data Infection … Infection rates from hospital epidemiology and infection prevention also present known complications. … reminder, the two questions are listed: 1) How will the next patient be harmed or get a surgical site infection … In the case of reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections or catheter-associated urinary … tract infections, measure the outcome rates of these events.

9597. Characteristics of Inpatient Stays Involving Hepatitis C, 2005-2014 #232
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb232-Hepatitis-C-Hospital-Stays-Trends.jsp
      December 01, 2017 - However, 75-85 percent of those who become infected with hepatitis C develop a chronic infection that … active hepatitis B disease or hepatic coma V02.61 Hepatitis B carrier HIV CCS 5 HIV infection … The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in the United States, 1988 through 1994. … Estimation of state-level prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection, US States and District of Columbia … Increases in hepatitis C virus infection related to injection drug use among persons aged < 30 years-Kentucky

9598. EHC Protocol: Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults and Children: Comparative Effectiveness of Preventive Medical Strategies (pdf file)
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      September 24, 2024 - stones, urinary tract obstruction with acute renal impairment, end-stage renal disease, urinary tract infection … stones, urinary tract obstruction with acute renal impairment, end-stage renal disease, urinary tract infection … NRSIs, we will synthesize dichotomous outcomes (e.g., incident stones, urinary tract obstruction, infection … Incident symptomatic stones Complications related to stone events (e.g., urinary obstruction, infection … Incident symptomatic stones Complications related to stone events (e.g., urinary obstruction, infection

9599. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/arthritis_hi_impact.pdf
      January 01, 2014 - injection and are associated with increased incidence of immunosuppression, resulting in serious infections … experts expressed strong concerns regarding its safety and tolerability due to safety concerns over infections … However, adverse events observed in clinical trials completed to date, such as infections, increases … in SLE and potentially other autoimmune diseases, without eliminating the body’s ability to fight infections … The rates of treatment-related death and infections were not significantly different between the placebo

9600. Most Common Diagnoses and Procedures in U.S. Community Hospitals, 1996
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      February 11, 2011 - Urinary tract infections [159] 3,811 4.07 0.01 … Urinary tract infections [159] 3,092 3.54 0.01