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  1. Management of Uterine Fibroids - Evidence Summary (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/evidence-summary-cer-195-uterine-fibroids-final.pdf
    December 01, 2017 - For older women, the chance was 9–19 percent after medical treatment or UAE and 0 percent after myomectomy … such as technical success, conversion to alternate procedure, estimated blood loss during procedure, wound … Medical Management We identified 43 studies assessing effectiveness of medical treatment (including … Harms associated with myomectomy included transfusion and pelvic organ injury. … occurred in one study, but overall risk across studies cannot be calculated since bowel and bladder injury

  2. Addressing Violence in the Workplace Chat Conversation: NAA June 2023 Webinar (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/addressing-workforce-safety-chat-062723.pdf
    June 27, 2023 - severe dementia waiting for an outside bed for 15+ days, who is violent daily causing several staff injuries … You can zero tolerance towards incivility as there are violent behaviors that are a reuslt of their medical … from tom peterson to everyone: 2:56 PM As you limit serious injuries per WPV efforts, the lost days

  3. Microsoft PowerPoint - FINAL Spotlight Case_A Complicated Course-Severe Alcohol Withdrawal - SLIDES.pptx (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2023-07/spotlight_a_complicated_course.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - within the intensive care unit 4 Case Details (1) • A 65-year-old man weighing 71 kg with a past medical … • Medical record review revealed that he had been titrated upward to dexmedetomidine IV 0.6 mcg/kg … diazepam, chlordiazepoxide) are metabolized by the liver; therefore, in patients with AWS with liver injury … Medication errors room: a simulation to assess the medical, nursing and pharmacy staffs’ ability to … Healthcare utilization in medical intensive care unit survivors with alcohol withdrawal.

  4. Methodological Challenges in Describing Medication Dosing Errors in Children (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/McPhillips.pdf
    January 01, 2004 - Background Errors of medication use are among the most common types of medical errors and include … In clinic visits, weights are therefore often measured and recorded in pounds in the medical record … chart and there are sufficient funds and staff available to conduct medical record reviews. … In comparison, a documented weight was available only 80 percent of the time in medical records for … A computer alert system to prevent injury from adverse drug events: development and evaluation in a

  5. Microsoft Word - finbody.doc (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/renal-artery-stenosis_research-2007.pdf
    January 01, 2007 - (Prepared by Tufts-New England Medical Center under Contract No. 290-02-0022.) … study), or angioplasty versus medical therapy in a nonrandomized study. … kidney failure in 6 to 12 percent of patients in three studies).45,67,69,76 Renal artery or parenchymal injury … Medical versus surgical management of atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. … Delicate percutaneous renal artery stenting minimizes postoperative renal injury and protects kidney

  6. Diagnostic Failure: A Cognitive and Affective Approach (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Croskerry.pdf
    January 01, 2004 - With disease, injury, or illness, the diagnosis is often obvious and may involve no more than simple … Manchester, UK: Medical Defence Union; 1998. 7. … Minimizing medical mistakes: the art of medical decisionmaking. … Which patients are most challenging for second-year medical students? … A case study in medical error: the use of the portfolio entry.

  7. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/8JYDupJfG6LdRn7A6FkqXX
    March 01, 2016 - Copyright 2016 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. … Copyright 2016 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. … Copyright 2016 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. … Copyright 2016 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. … of VEGF inhibitors include endophthalmitis, uveitis, increased intraocular pressure, traumatic lens injury

  8. AHRQ Grant Final Progress Report: Real-Time, Wireless, Networked Feedback for Bed-Tilt Compliance (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/thomas1-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2013;75(4):717-721. 16. Bird D, Zambuto A, O’Donnell C, et al. … National Trauma Institute prospective evaluation of the ventilator bundle in trauma patients: Does it … J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2013;74(2):354-362. 18. Lawrence P, Fulbrook P. … J Trauma Injury Infect Crit Care 2008;64(1):22-29. 20. Bingham M, Ashley J, De Jong M, et al. … Trauma VAP SWAT team: A rapid response to infection prevention.

  9. Disposition of Comments Report for CER 134 Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol-Use Disorders in Outpatient Settings (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_disposition-comments.pdf
    May 13, 2014 - In addition, it is unclear how "accidents" differ from "injuries". … We also added a footnote to explain the issue raised here for accidents and injuries. … Injuries may be from a wide variety of alcohol-related problems (e.g., violence, falls). … The short-term outcomes are usually acute, involving social, accident, injuries, arrest, job performance … COMINE Medical Management.

  10. C- Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/musculoskeletal-disorders-imaging_research-protocol.pdf
    August 05, 2010 - These individuals include medical experts/practitioners in radiology and orthopedics, public and private … payers and medical directors, and a patient/consumer representative. … spinal osteophytosis/ or spinal stenosis/ or spondylolisthesis/ or thoracic vertebrae/ or whiplash injuries … Alternative graphs depicting study designs, medical conditions where positional MRI is utilized, sample … Physical Principles of Medical Imaging–2nd Ed.

  11. Pediatric Patient Safety Consortium (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/CHIPRA204-Materials_XIII.pdf
    August 25, 2014 - safety, and implementation of psychotherapeutic interventions to minimize the potential for psychologic trauma … safety, and implementation of psychotherapeutic interventions to minimize the potential for psychologic trauma … A) Is the item useful in the absence of an illness or injury? B) Explain: 11a.) … not useful in the absence of a medical condition or injury. … A referral can be within the medical home or outside of the medical home.

  12. Calculating Community-Level Statistics for HCUPnet: Methods (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/tech_assist/data_query/508_Methods_Community_Statistics20220128.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - be determined that the substance was misused or whether the poisoning was caused inadvertently by medical … ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD (779) Drug withdrawal syndrome in newborn 779.5 Opioids Chapter 17: Injury … 980.8 Alcohol Unspecified alcohol 980.9 Alcohol Supplemental Classification of External Causes of Injury

  13. Calculating Community-Level Statistics for HCUPnet: Methods (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/tech_assist/data_query/Methods_Community_Statistics20230207.pdf
    December 01, 2022 - be determined that the substance was misused or whether the poisoning was caused inadvertently by medical … IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD (779) Drug withdrawal syndrome in newborn 779.5 Opioids Chapter 17: Injury … 980.8 Alcohol Unspecified alcohol 980.9 Alcohol Supplemental Classification of External Causes of Injury

  14. Pediatric Patient Safety Consortium (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/CHIPRA202-Materials_XIII.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - safety, and implementation of psychotherapeutic interventions to minimize the potential for psychologic trauma … safety, and implementation of psychotherapeutic interventions to minimize the potential for psychologic trauma … A) Is the item useful in the absence of an illness or injury? B) Explain: 11a.) … not useful in the absence of a medical condition or injury. … A referral can be within the medical home or outside of the medical home.

  15. Pediatric Patient Safety Consortium (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/CHIPRA205-Materials_XIII.pdf
    August 13, 2014 - safety, and implementation of psychotherapeutic interventions to minimize the potential for psychologic trauma … safety, and implementation of psychotherapeutic interventions to minimize the potential for psychologic trauma … A) Is the item useful in the absence of an illness or injury? B) Explain: 11a.) … not useful in the absence of a medical condition or injury. … A referral can be within the medical home or outside of the medical home.

  16. Partnering to Improve Patient Safety in Rural WV - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs014920-bellamy-final-report-2007.pdf
    January 01, 2007 - Bellamy, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Karen Hannah, MBA West Virginia Medical Institute, Incorporated … Patricia Ruddick, RN, MSN, West Virginia Medical Institute, Incorporated Charles P. … Schade, MD West Virginia Medical Institute, Incorporated John Brehm, MD West Virginia Medical Institute … assuming that the events would have resulted in an adverse event with an associated increased LOS and/or injury … 58,146 8.6 8.6 5.7 11.0 Postoperative Sepsis 87 6,293 13.8 14.8 13.4 28.2 Postop Wound

  17. Interpreting the Patient Safety Literature | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/interpreting-patient-safety-literature
    June 01, 2005 - a particular patient safety intervention is going to save large numbers of lives or reduce serious injuries … Clinicians reviewing medical records often disagree in labeling cases as adverse events from medical … Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes. … Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice. … Pronovost: When I was a fourth-year medical student at Johns Hopkins, my dad died from a medical mistake—his

  18. VI. Summary and Conclusions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/hotline/conclusios6.html
    May 01, 2016 - patient safety has demonstrated the capacity of patients and their caregivers to identify errors and injuries … experienced in the course of medical care. 43 , 44 While patients and their proxies may sometimes

  19. Final Progress Report: What About Mom? Using Administrative Data To Develop Measures for Monitoring Healthcare Quality in Pregnancy & Childbirth (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/gregory-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - cesarean rates may be examined for an association with postpartum 8 hemorrhage or unintentional injuries … to be specific for pregnancy Yes 0.1487 + 0.1980, 0.7886 (0- 1.1534) PSI #14: Post-operative wound … Alternative codes evaluated Yes 1.0931 + 1.4021 0.6600 (0-13.6126) excluding clavicle, brachial nerve injury … deliveries N = 506,674 665.0 before labor 665.1 during labor 674.1 dehiscence/disruption of uterine wound … Maternal birth trauma Use AHRQ definition PSI 18 and 19?

  20. Spotlight

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-08/spotlight_case_a_fatal_twist_in_pseudohyperkalemia_slides.pptx
    January 01, 2024 - laboratories, especially in busy clinical settings such as the ED.2–4 Hemolysis is a generalized process of injury
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