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  1. Follow-up Visits for Children Who Are Obese or Overweight with a Weight-Related Comorbidity: Report (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0242-fullreport.pdf
    February 01, 2020 - Follow-up Visits for Children Who Are Obese or Overweight with a Weight-Related Comorbidity: Report … The risk of an obese child becoming an obese adult is 25 percent at age 6 years, increasing to 75 percent … Care for children who are overweight or obese is presented in four stages. … Will all Americans become overweight or obese? … A controlled study of sleep related disordered breathing in obese children.

  2. How safety is compromised when hospital equipment is a poor fit for patients who are obese. | PSNet

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    October 07, 2020 - How safety is compromised when hospital equipment is a poor fit for patients who are obese … How safety is compromised when hospital equipment is a poor fit for patients who are obese. … reporting system to characterize safety events related to monitoring and patient care for patients who are obese … The authors summarize the literature on best practices to prevent safety events in patients who are obese … How safety is compromised when hospital equipment is a poor fit for patients who are obese.

  3. Obesity-Child Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/obesity-child_executive.pdf
    March 31, 2010 - for health problems compared with their normal-weight counterparts and are more likely to become obese … adults.4 Obese children and adolescents are more likely to have serious health conditions, such … , and approximately 30 percent were either overweight or obese.2 Some minority groups, such as African … Unlike weight-loss interventions for obese or overweight children, these interventions may not have … Do obese children become obese adults? A review of the literature. Prev Med. 1993;22(2):167-77.

  4. Exhibit 9. Top five minimal cut sets for the basic case | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    April 01, 2018 - Event 182 (0.2) Fail to administer indicated antibiotics Event 543 (0.0325) SSI risk for obese … Staff fails to provide patient with instructions for weight reduction Event 450 (0.293) Obese … 433 (0.05) Patient has organism at postoperative visit Event 543 (0.0325) SSI risk for obese … Event 30 (0.125) Fail to prepare skin appropriately Event 543 (0.0325) SSI risk for obese … Staff fails to provide patient with instructions for weight reduction Event 450 (0.293) Obese

  5. STATISTICAL BRIEF #364: Obesity in America: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Age 20 and Older, 2009

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    March 01, 2012 - Obese and extremely obese adults were less likely to have regular exercise reported (50.0 percent and … Comorbidities (see figure 8) Adults classified as being obese or extremely obese were more likely to … extremely obese. … obese. … Diabetes was more likely to be reported in those defined as obese (15.0 percent) and extremely obese

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 01, 2005 - , and BMI > 40 kg/m2 defining morbidly obese patients. … Morbidly obese patients develop oxygen desaturation more quickly than non-obese adults. … Quality of Care of Obese Patients. … Management of the obese critically ill patient. … Critical care of the morbidly obese.

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 15, 2020 - How safety is compromised when hospital equipment is a poor fit for patients who are obese. … How safety is compromised when hospital equipment is a poor fit for patients who are obese. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-safety-compromised-when-hospital-equipment-poor-fit-patients-who-are- obese … The authors summarize the literature on best practices to prevent safety events in patients who are obese … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-safety-compromised-when-hospital-equipment-poor-fit-patients-who-are-obese

  8. Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a systematic review. | PSNet

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    December 09, 2020 - Review Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a systematic … Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a systematic review. … This systematic review identified limited evidence that overweight and obese children maybe be at increased … Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a systematic review.

  9. Follow-up Visits for Children Who Are Obese or Overweight with a Weight-Related Comorbidity: Tables 5-6 (pdf file)

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    June 02, 2025 - Follow-up Visits for Children Who Are Obese or Overweight with a Weight-Related Comorbidity: Tables 5 … weight 4 4 (100) 1 Table 6: Follow Up Visits for Children with BMI above the 95th Percentile (Obese … Inter-Rater Reliability Table 6: Follow Up Visits for Children with BMI above the 95th Percentile (Obese

  10. Obesity Prevention and Control (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/obesity-research-methods_research-protocol.pdf
    February 08, 2017 - has increased dramatically,1, 2 with recent estimates that 17% of U.S. children and adolescents are obese … for all key questions Population(s) Include: All ages, general population; and sub-populations of obese … Exclude: Studies within specific clinical populations only, other than obese/overweight populations … PubMed Search Strategy # Term/string 1 obesity[mh] 2 obese[tiab] 3 obesity[tiab] 4 overweight[tiab … OR AB obese S27 TI obesity OR AB obesity S26 (MH "body mass index+") S25 (MH "Obesity+") S24 S9

  11. HCUP Statistical Brief #20: Obese Patients in U.S. Hospitals, 2004 (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2006 - HCUP Statistical Brief #20: Obese Patients in U.S. … This was 75 percent higher than among the non- obese hospitalized population. … This was 75 percent higher than among the non-obese hospitalized population. … recorded for obese hospital stays. … Osteoarthritis was more than twice as likely among obese inpatients compared with non-obese inpatients

  12. Statistical Brief #34: The The Prevalence of Obesity and Other Chronic Health Conditions Among Diabetic Adults in the U.S. Community Population, 2001 (pdf file)

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st34/stat34.pdf
    January 01, 2001 - , and extremely obese. … adults and over one and one-half times as likely to be obese … , obese, or overweight (figure 2). … Diabetics were also more likely to be extremely obese and obese (9.5 percent and 36.5 percent) than … Extremely Obese 40.1 35.8 19.3 2.7 2.1 Underweight Normal Weight Overweight Obese Extremely

  13. Statistical Brief #37: Trends in Adult Obesity in the United States, 1987 and 2001: Estimates for the Noninstitutionalized Population, Age 20 to 64 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2001 - • For both males and females, there was an increase in the percentage of individuals that were obese … Blacks were the most likely to be obese in 1987 and 2001, 19.7 percent and 32.5 percent, respectively … Blacks were the most likely to be obese in both years, 19.7 percent in 1987 and 32.5 in 2001 (figure … high school (27.2 percent obese) were more likely to be obese when compared to those with some college … Adults with public only health insurance were the most likely to be obese in 1987 (22.8 percent) and

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 09, 2022 - Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a systematic review. … Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a systematic review. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-overweight-and-obese-pediatric-patients-systematic-review … This systematic review identified limited evidence that overweight and obese children maybe be at increased … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-overweight-and-obese-pediatric-patients-systematic-review

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 01, 2010 - Explain the most effective strategies for managing anesthesia and postoperative pain control in the obese … However, most morbidly obese patients also have back and knee osteoarthritis, which severely limits … A sedated morbidly obese patient should never lie supine. … Obesity supine death syndrome: reports of two morbidly obese patients. … A preliminary study of the optimal anesthesia positioning for the morbidly obese patient.

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 28, 2022 - How is physicians' implicit prejudice against the obese and mentally ill moderated by specialty and … How is physicians’ implicit prejudice against the obese and mentally ill moderated by specialty and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-physicians-implicit-prejudice-against-obese-and-mentally-ill-moderated … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-physicians-implicit-prejudice-against-obese-and-mentally-ill-moderated-specialty-and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-physicians-implicit-prejudice-against-obese-and-mentally-ill-moderated-specialty-and

  17. Obesity | CDS Connect

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  18. Follow-up Visits for Children Who Are Obese or Overweight with a Weight-Related Comorbidity: Table 4 (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0242-table4.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - Follow-up Visits for Children Who Are Obese or Overweight with a Weight-Related Comorbidity: Table 4 … (p. s170) The committee proposes staged treatment for overweight or obese children, beginning with … an office-based intervention for the greatest number of overweight or obese children and then a systematic … Pediatrics 2007; 120(Suppl 4):S164-S192 Consensus statement The vulnerability of the obese child … found adequate evidence that multicomponent, moderate- to high-intensity behavioral interventions for obese

  19. Hypertension Screening for Children Who Are Overweight or Obese: Tables 6-9 (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0232-tables6-9.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Hypertension Screening for Children Who Are Overweight or Obese: Tables 6-9 Table 6.

  20. Hypertension Screening for Children Who Are Overweight or Obese: Tables 3-5 (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0232-tables3-5.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Hypertension Screening for Children Who Are Overweight or Obese: Tables 3-5 Table 3: Agreement and
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