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  1. Using Electronic Health Records to Support Decision-Making in Pediatric Obesity Care | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-electronic-health-records-support-decision-making-pediatric-obesity-care
    January 01, 2023 - Using Electronic Health Records to Support Decision-Making in Pediatric Obesity Care Project Description Publications Project Details - Completed Grant Number K08 HS024332 Funding Mechanism(s) AHRQ Patient-Centered Outcomes Resear…

  2. Medical misdiagnoses can have fatal consequences. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-misdiagnoses-can-have-fatal-consequences
    July 27, 2011 - November 2, 2005 Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a systematic

  3. Always Check the Muscle Twitch: Residual Neuromuscular Block After Removal of a Gastric Balloon | PSNet

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    January 29, 2021 - are used as part of the anesthetic. 5 Persistent paralysis is particularly dangerous for severely obese … Anesthesia for the morbidly obese patient .

  4. Integrating Evidence-Based Clinical and Community Strategies to Improve Health (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/tfmethods.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - An estimated 30% of American adults ged �20 years old or older—over 60 million people— re currently obese … Offer obese patients—those whose BMI is �30— intensive counseling and behavioral interventions to promote … Refer obese patients to programs that offer intensive counseling and behavioral interventions for optimal … Available at: www.thecommunityguide.org/obese/ default.htm. 0. American Dietetic Association. … /obese/default.htm http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20040928.html http://www.hhs.gov/news/press

  5. Strategies To Prevent Weight Gain in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/weight-gain-future_research.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - Background Context The most recent estimates classify more than 35 percent of U.S. adults as obese … older adults (age >64), women, men, low income, racial/ethnic minorities, normal weight, overweight, obese … disease/diabetes, adults with severe mental illness, adults with cancer, racial/ethnic minorities, and obese … Obese adults (2.7), adults with cancer (3.8), and adults with severe mental illness (4.8) received the … Middle aged (36-64) 2 ‡ Low income 2 ‡ Other 2 ‡ Older (65+) 1 ‡ Racial/ethnic minorities 1 1.8* Obese

  6. Vte-Prophyalaxis Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/vte-prophyalaxis_executive.pdf
    May 01, 2013 - to liver disease (KQ 4) • Patients on antiplatelet agents (KQ 5) • Bariatric surgery (KQ 6) • Obese … Hospitalized Patients Who Are Obese or Underweight We included two studies on this Key Question. … However, the extent to which anti-Xa levels predict bleeding in obese patients undergoing bariatric … RCTs should evaluate the comparative effectiveness and safety of LMWHs in obese patients. … RCTs of VTE prevention will ideally report data on subgroups of obese and overweight patients, as well

  7. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-june-2017
    June 20, 2017 - Predicting weight loss and maintenance in overweight/obese pediatric patients.

  8. Health Information Technology to Support Clinical Decision Making in Obesity Care | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Health Information Technology to Support Clinical Decision Making in Obesity Care Project Final Report ( PDF , 725.45 KB) Disclaimer Disclaimer The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily …

  9. Safety culture across cultures. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-culture-across-cultures
    February 12, 2020 - September 14, 2022 Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a systematic

  10. 5 pandemic mistakes we keep repeating. We can learn from our failures. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/5-pandemic-mistakes-we-keep-repeating-we-can-learn-our-failures
    March 10, 2021 - July 14, 2021 Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a systematic

  11. Online Counseling to Enable Lifestyle-Focused Obesity Treatment in Primary Care - Final report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs018155-mctigue-final-report-2013.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Methods: Obese primary care patients were enrolled into 1 of 3 arms of a randomized controlled trial … Scope In 2009–2010, 35.7% of U.S. adults were obese. 1 In 2003, the US Preventive Services Task Force … and offer intensive counseling and behavioral interventions to promote sustained weight loss for obese … We included obese patients (BMI > 3 kg/m 2 for whom the primary care physician feels that weight … Impact of USPSTF practice guidelines on clinician weight loss counseling as reported by obese patients

  12. Weight-Gain-Prevention Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/weight-gain-prevention_executive.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - Studies of overweight and obese patients were included if the study did not describe the goal of the … Evidence Among Obese Adults From a General Population One randomized trial (124 participants) was … The one study of obese individuals included abdominally obese individuals. … Studies reported as weight maintenance among overweight and obese individuals may not have been solely … strategies to prevent weight gain among healthy weight individuals and, separately, overweight and obese

  13. Microsoft Word - PSI report-revised to AHRQ_031208_rev.doc (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2008_02.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - NS + NS NS + + NS + Health-related Population Characteristics % of population that is overweight or obese … 12.6% 11.2% 1.2% 20.4% Health-related Population Characteristics % of population that is overweight or obese … college degree NS 7.2% Health-related Population Characteristics % of population that is overweight or obese … college degree NS 0.9% Health-related Population Characteristics % of population that is overweight or obese … college degree NS 4.0% Health-related Population Characteristics % of population that is overweight or obese

  14. 037-Ss-Bed-Bathing-Chg-Cloths-Protocol (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/037-ss-bed-bathing-chg-cloths-protocol.docx
    April 01, 2025 - . · For obese or incontinent patients, additional cloths may be needed.

  15. Reducing preventable harm in hospitals. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-preventable-harm-hospitals
    March 16, 2016 - March 5, 2010 Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a systematic

  16. Situational Awareness and Patient Safety: A Learning Package. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/situational-awareness-and-patient-safety-learning-package
    September 13, 2017 - March 14, 2018 How is physicians' implicit prejudice against the obese and mentally ill

  17. Topic 0548 Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for MDD NSD FINAL SJ (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0647-13114.pdf
    June 21, 2013 - medical treatment, reduced participation in preventive activities, and increased likelihood of being obese

  18. Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity-kit/obtoolkit-tool15.html
    March 01, 2014 - Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Pati…

  19. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/vte-prophyalaxis_research-protocol.pdf
    March 01, 2011 - Although these obese patients were at risk of VTE, their hospitalizations were short, and they were … The pharmacokinetics of several agents may be different among obese patients requiring dose adjustments … burns, trauma, or traumatic brain injury, patients undergoing bariatric surgery, patients who are obese …  Burns (KQ 3)  Liver disease (KQ 4)  Antiplatelet therapy (KQ 5)  Bariatric surgery  Obese … and in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery.

  20. Lessons from walking the medical distancing tightrope. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lessons-walking-medical-distancing-tightrope
    October 21, 2020 - May 5, 2021 Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a systematic
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