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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/situ/simulation-ut-tachysystole.html
July 01, 2023 - Trigger #1
Patient moans with every contraction, requests pain medication . … Distractors
Partner gets back from dinner, appears anxious about his wife’s pain. … Partner asks nurse for pain medication for his wife. … Trigger #1
Patient moans with every contraction, requests pain medication. … Partner asks nurse for pain medication for his wife.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/identifying-delirium.pdf
June 01, 2021 - CAUSES OF DELIRIUM
COMMON SYMPTOMS
• Sleep
deprivation
• Dehydrati
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• Pain … sleep at night, activity during day
CORRECT SENSORY DEFICITS
• Eyeglasses
• Hearing aids
• Pain
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-4x6-delirium.pdf
June 01, 2021 - difficult to arouse
CAUSES OF DELIRIUM
• Sleep deprivation
• Dehydration
• Medications
• Pain … CORRECT SENSORY DEFICITS
• Eyeglasses
• Hearing aids
• Pain management
• Good lighting
4.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cp31307.html
May 01, 2013 - Conditions addressed include diabetes, hepatitis C, heart failure, and chronic pain. … The curriculum for chronic pain management is a joint effort between the VA and the Department of Defense … Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has implemented Project ECHO around the world for chronic pain … "For instance, pain experts will still see their own patients, but they will also apply their new knowledge … For example, how is pain being managed?
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/long-term-care/hospice.html
January 01, 2023 - Hospice care is highly related to palliative care, i.e., care intended to relieve symptoms such as pain … The patient received the right amount of medication for his/her pain.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/4-things.html
March 01, 2017 - New suprapubic pain or costovertebral angle pain or tenderness. … Acute pain, swelling or tenderness of testes, epididymis, or prostate.
Pus around the catheter.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/outcomes/chipra-140-section-7-e.pdf
June 02, 2025 - concerns 54.0% 60.4% <.001
Call button 57.0% 70.3% <.001
Child comfort 67.1% 67.6% .63
Child pain … and concerns 55.5% 58.9% .002
Call button 58.2% 69.0% <.001
Child comfort 66.6% 68.1% .14
Child pain
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/ta/index.html
May 01, 2025 - ; PDF - 216 KB) Therapeutic Options for Obesity in the Medicare Population (2014; PDF - 316 KB) Pain … Management Injection Therapies for Low-Back Pain (2014; PDF - 77 KB) Technology Assessments for 1990
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/appendix-c.html
May 01, 2024 - S4: Does Support for CDS Implementation Increase the Use of Patient-Centered Care To Treat Chronic Pain … Read Research Profile #1 Reframing Optimal Management of Pain and Opioids in Older Adults (R18) PIs: … outcomes, pain, and physical function in a multisite pragmatic trial. … management, reduced visit times, and improved patient pain. … outcomes, pain, and physical function in a multisite pragmatic trial.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapc.html
December 01, 2017 - Pain, contractures or decreased ROM resulting from osteoarthritis. … Pain management
___ evaluate resident's pain level using appropriate pain scale for residents with … Resident does not complain of pain and there is no evidence of grimacing or pain upon movement. … Resident does not complain of pain and there is no evidence of grimacing or pain upon movement. … Was she in pain? What was her agenda? What did Mrs. P say happened?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-compendium-self-assessment-instructions.pdf
December 01, 2023 - care practices that want to improve their clinical management of older adult patients
with chronic pain … delivery areas
were identified for improving how organizations manage opioid medications and chronic pain … Nonpharmacologic Pain Management
7.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-pediatric-safety-2.html
August 01, 2023 - far more likely to be associated with benign rather than serious illness (e.g., fever or abdominal pain … For example, abdominal pain is one particularly common and challenging chief complaint given its broad … ages 4-18 years found that 9 percent of patients attended at least one acute care visit for abdominal pain … clinicians treating children may hesitate to order certain tests to avoid adding to their patients’ pain … used to direct a medical evaluation and enhance differential diagnoses in CMC patients presenting with pain
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/uti-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Diagnosis
• First, ask about symptoms
o Acute cystitis: dysuria, frequency, urgency, suprapubic pain … o Pyelonephritis: fever, flank pain
o Sending a urine culture in the absence of symptoms is indicated … should seek further medical care if symptoms are not improving by day 3 or if patients
develop flank pain
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/outcomes/chipra-140-section-7-b.pdf
June 02, 2025 - 54.2% 56.4% 54.0% .10
Call button 56.7% 61.0% 62.5% .02
Child comfort 66.9% 66.7% 69.9% .17
Child pain … 55.4% 55.3% 54.0% .63
Call button 60.2% 60.6% 59.3% .93
Child comfort 67.2% 66.3% 70.1% .13
Child pain
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/4-things.pdf
March 01, 2017 - confusion or functional decline (with NO alternative
diagnosis AND leukocytosis)
■ New suprapubic pain … or costovertebral angle pain or tenderness
■ New, very low blood pressure (with no alternate
noninfectious … cause)
■ Acute pain, swelling or tenderness of testes, epididymis, or prostate
■ Pus around the catheter
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/gore-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - An audience member asked for additional guidance on the topic of pain management. Dr. … He proposed that interventional pain management procedures may be underutilized. … J Pain Symptom Manage 2018; 55: 1216.
8. … J Pain Symptom Manage 2016; 51: 597.
11. … J Pain
Symptom Manage 2010; 40: 801.
16.
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/analyses.html
November 01, 2022 - Patient Factors That Affect Opioid Use Among Adults With and Without Chronic Pain . … The Impact of the Abuse-Deterrent Reformulation of Extended-Release OxyContin on Prescription Pain Reliever
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T1-Sample_Policy_final.docx
October 01, 2016 - F (37°C) AND at least one of the following:
New or worsening:
Urgency, or
Frequency, or
Suprapubic pain … No fever, then two or more of the following:
Urgency, or
Frequency, or
Suprapubic pain, or
Gross hematuria … temperatures of 99°F (37°C), or
New or worsening costovertebral tenderness, or
New onset suprapubic pain … following:
For discomfort or prior to cleaning/dressing changes, consider using acetaminophen or other pain … For discomfort, consider using acetaminophen or other pain reliever.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/situ/simulation-postpart-hemorrhage.html
July 01, 2023 - Can I have something for pain?"
… Patient has pain in lower abdomen and area around vagina. … Partner asks nurse for water and pain medication for patient.
Baby is crying at intervals. … Can I have something for pain?"
… Patient has pain in lower abdomen and area around vagina.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/selker-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Though age and sex are fairly straightforward variables to enter, the patient’s chest
pain status is … presence of chest pain as a primary or secondary reason for coming to the ED. … By
stating “chest pain,” a family of related symptoms are intended, including left arm pain, jaw pain … ,
shortness of breath, upper abdominal pain, dizziness, or syncope. … the ED registration system, or an ACI-TIPI chest pain status of primary or
secondary.