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1. Artificial lung ventilation tube connected to the patient in the bed (doc file)
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   October 01, 2024 - Artificial lung

2. Final Progress Report: Mortality Assessment in Lung Cancer Resection (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/kowozer-report.pdf
   January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Mortality Assessment in Lung Cancer Resection Final Progress Report … Scope: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. … Scope Lung cancer resection is the best treatment for patients with early-stage lung cancer. … Influence of hemodialysis on clinical outcomes after lung transplantation. … Special Treatment Issues in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer, 3rd

3. Low Tidal Volume (Lung Protective) Ventilation Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2017 - injury biomarkers in patients with healthy lungs and low risk of pulmonary complications. … Early effect of tidal volume on lung injury biomarkers in surgical patients with healthy lungs. … healthy lungs and low risk of pulmonary complications. … lungs. … They note that while the strategy of lung-protective ventilation is protective for the lungs, it may

4. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Facts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/ltvv-fact-sheet.html
   January 01, 2017 - Emerging evidence links protective tidal ventilation to decreased incidence of acute lung injury (ALI … Prevent the lung damage that can occur within a few hours of mechanical ventilation at high tidal volume … be an effective strategy to lower ventilator-associated events rates. 1 In patients with healthy lungs … Ventilator-associated lung injury in patients without acute lung injury at the onset of mechanical ventilation … What tidal volumes should be used in patients without acute lung injury?

5. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation: Introduction, Evidence, and Implementation: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2017 - Say: LTVV is a lung protective strategy that seeks to prevent ventilator-associated lung injury. … Hunter circulated air in and out of the lungs. … or lobe of a lung. … the lungs. … Plateau pressure is a pressure measured in the lungs after the end of inspiration, when the lungs have

6. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation: Introduction, Evidence, and Implementation: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2025 - Low tidal volume ventilation protects lungs by— Preventing "volutrauma" (overdistension of some alveoli … Image: Photograph of room full of many iron lungs and nurses assisting the patients in them. … Polio epidemics in the 1950s outstripped the supply of iron lungs, returning attention to the use of … Leads to stiff lungs with areas of over- and underinflation. … They also found other organ systems besides the lungs benefited as well.

7. Kozower, Benjamin | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2014 - Institution: University of Virginia Grant Title: Mortality Assessment in Lung Cancer Resection … efficient and clinically useful statistical model for use in estimating patient specific survival following lung … specific threshold value of hospital volume at which mortality risk is substantially increased following lung … Kozower's long-term career goal is to improve the quality and delivery of lung cancer care.

8. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2016 - Publication Date: April 2016 Publication Number: 16-0015-3-EF Lung Cancer … Publication Date: March 2016 Publication Number: 16-EHC007-11 Lung Cancer … The mortality reduction is equivalent to three lung cancer deaths prevented per 1,000 people screened … A Decision Aid for People Considering Lung Cancer Screening w/Low-Dose Computed Tomography Lung Cancer … decision aid in Spanish discusses lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography.

9. Asthma | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   Your airways are tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. … When your airways react, they get narrower and your lungs get less air.

10. References (doc file)
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    January 01, 2017 - Alternative strategies should be considered to protect the lungs of these patients. … Early effect of tidal volume on lung injury biomarkers in surgical patients with healthy lungs. … healthy lungs and low risk of pulmonary complications. … lungs. … They note that while the strategy of lung-protective ventilation is protective for the lungs, it may

11. Presentation: Program Overview
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    January 01, 2017 - Low tidal volume ventilation protects lungs by— Preventing “volutrauma” (overdistension of some alveoli … inappropriate outside of the operating room (OR) Polio epidemics in the 1950s outstripped the supply of iron lungs … rate not exceeding 14 to 16 per minute, and also in providing periodic passive hyperinflation of the lungs … injury (ALI) Involves a breakdown in lung architecture and capillary leak Leads to stiff lungs with … VT   Mascia, et al. (2010) RCT Med/surg 118 10–12 3–5 6–8 8–10 Increase in eligible and harvested lungs

12. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/ltvv-factsheet.docx
    January 01, 2017 - Emerging evidence links protective tidal ventilation to decreased incidence of acute lung injury (ALI … Prevent the lung damage that can occur within a few hours of mechanical ventilation at high tidal volume … therefore be an effective strategy to lower ventilator-associated events rates.1 · In patients with healthy lungs … Ventilator-associated lung injury in patients without acute lung injury at the onset of mechanical ventilation … What tidal volumes should be used in patients without acute lung injury?

13. Intervention Leads to Increase in Lung Cancer Screenings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2024 - Intervention Leads to Increase in Lung Cancer Screenings Issue Number 924 AHRQ News Now is … Today's Headlines: Intervention Leads to Increase in Lung Cancer Screenings . … Intervention Leads to Increase in Lung Cancer Screenings Lung cancer screening rates increased due to … study of older patients in the Salt Lake City area with smoking history, the intervention improved lung … highlight the effectiveness of structured interventions in improving early detection of and outcomes for lung

14. NICU Toolkit, Appendix A, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) (pdf file)
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    June 02, 2025 - ■ Type of chronic lung disease. ■ Common in babies born early. … ■ Damaged lung tissue causes breathing and health problems. … ■ Lungs trap air, fill with fluid, and produce extra mucus. What Causes BPD? … ■ Fluid in the lungs. What are the Symptoms of BPD? ■ Grunting. ■ Breathing heavily. … ■ Lungs will eventually heal. ■ Your baby needs nutrients for healthy growth.

15. TeamSTEPPS® Diagnosis Improvement: Diagnostic Journey of Mr. Kane (pdf file)
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    June 02, 2025 - Chen, Oncologist Role: Manage stage IV lung cancer. Dr. … We repeated the procedure to get the fluid off his lungs again. … We repeated the procedure to get the fluid off his lungs again. … PCP refers pt to hospital for lung biopsy. … Letter to pt from nephro re CT results: lung nodule.

16. Journey of Mr. Kane
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    June 02, 2025 - Kane came to our clinic for urgent fluid removal from around his lungs. … Kane came to our clinic for urgent fluid removal from around his lungs. … We repeated the procedure to get the fluid off his lungs again. … We repeated the procedure to get the fluid off his lungs again. … Dec PCP refers pt to hospital for lung biopsy.

17. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mvp/ltvv-intro/ltvv-intro-facguide.docx
    January 01, 2017 - SAY: LTVV is a lung protective strategy that seeks to prevent ventilator-associated lung injury. … Hunter circulated air in and out of the lungs. … or lobe of a lung. … the lungs. … Plateau pressure is a pressure measured in the lungs after the end of inspiration, when the lungs have

18. Shared Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Decisionmaking Questions and Answers: AHRQ National Webinar on Shared Decisionmaking Tools for Lung

19. NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb-bpd.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - oxygen at 36 weeks postmenstrual age, with radiographic changes on chest x-ray (bilateral, diffuse hazy lungs … ; interstitial thickening; increased lung inflation) … injury, lung hypoplasia. … – Chronic furosemide use improves both oxygenation and lung compliance, but has not decreased length … ■ Lung function generally remains reduced until adolescence, at which point it approaches normal

20. CHIPRA 201: Section 1, Tables 1 and 2 (pdf file)
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    June 02, 2025 - exacerbation 494.1 Exclusions for All Cases Younger than 6 Years Old ICD-9-CM Codes Chronic obstructive lung … disease 496 Chronic lung disease, NOS 518.89 Tracheomalacia 519.11, 519.19 Chronic respiratory disease … Bronchomalacia 748.3 Not Sufficient for Inclusion, 6 Years or Older ICD-9-CM Codes Chronic obstructive lung … disease 496 Chronic lung disease, NOS 518.89 Tracheomalacia 519.11, 519.19 Chronic respiratory disease