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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/stat-briefs.html
February 01, 2024 - presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly used to treat pain … presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly used to treat pain … presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly used to treat pain … presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly used to treat pain … Household Component of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly used to treat pain
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/6bb-toolkit-fasttrack.pdf
January 12, 2021 - This guide leads you through an assessment of your organization’s chronic pain and opioid management … rarely the best choice and often the wrong medication for their pain. … How many patients do you have on LtOT for noncancer pain? By clinic? By clinician?
b. … Care plan* templates for
chronic pain management…
…do not exist. … agree will be used to manage the patient’s pain.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/sangasubana-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Diabetes Yes
5 Pain reliever 4 Dry skin No
6 Cold product 4 Dry skin Yes
7 Pain reliever 4 Diabetes No … 8 Cold product 4 Diabetes Yes
9 Pain reliever 2 Dry skin Yes
10 Cold product 2 Dry skin No
11 Pain … 4 Dry skin No
15 Pain reliever 4 Diabetes Yes
16 Cold product 4 Diabetes No
Control group 1 Pain reliever … It’s a bit painful and achy right now, so you decide to take a
pain reliever to treat the pain yourself … It’s a bit painful and achy right now, so you decide to take pain reliever to treat
the pain yourself
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/parchman-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Key Words: primary healthcare, opioid analgesics, chronic pain, quality improvement. … Purpose
Use of long-term opioid therapy (LtOT) for non-cancer pain doubled in the past decade, after … Prescription of long-acting opioids and mortality in patients with
chronic noncancer pain. … CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain - United
States, 2016. … J Pain. 2016;17(1):101-10. PMID: 26476264.
15. Trescott CE, Beck RM, Seelig MD, et al.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/58-frontline-presentation-template.docx
June 01, 2023 - [service line] surgery patients is highly variable for:
Preoperative education
Plan for anesthesia
Pain … Multimodal Pain Management
Process for patients receiving multimodal pain management
Regional analgesia … early and consistent mobility
Documentation strategy
Diet
Process for diet advancement
Multimodal Pain … Management
Process for multimodal pain management
VTE Prophylaxis
Process for patients to receive VTE … early and consistent mobility
Documentation strategy
Diet
Process for diet advancement
Multimodal Pain
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/opioids-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Prevalence of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain Among
Adults — United States, 2016.Atlanta, … • Pain and functional assessment. … Documentation
of the presence
of pain and the
source and/or
cause of pain
increased
significantly … specialists;
EHR templates
for chronic pain;
and chronic
pain and opioid
prescribing
policy. … Significant
improvements
were also noted
in
documentation
of pain, pain
treatment, and
pain followup
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/10-frontline-provider.pptx
June 01, 2023 - [service line] surgery patients is highly variable for:
Preoperative education
Plan for anesthesia
Pain … Multimodal Pain Management
Process for patients receiving multimodal pain management
Regional analgesia … early and consistent mobility
Documentation strategy
Diet
Process for diet advancement
Multimodal Pain … Management
Process for multimodal pain management
VTE Prophylaxis
Process for patients to receive VTE … early and consistent mobility
Documentation strategy
Diet
Process for diet advancement
Multimodal Pain
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/ahcpsample.docx
September 01, 2012 - Chest pain
NITROGLYCERIN
0.4 mg
1 pill every 5 minutes
(if need more than 3 pills, call 911)
Under … Chest Pain
When are my appointments?
Wednesday,
August 8
at 11:30 a.m. … 19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
My Medical Problem:
Noncardiac Chest Pain … Noncardiac chest pain is pain that is not caused by a heart problem … · If your chest pain gets different or worse, call your doctor.
· Take your medicines as prescribed
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/chen-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Abdominal pain
Headache and migraines
Generalized pain
Respiratory infections
Psychiatric disorders … , generalized pain,
and general infections (Figure 1.2). … Pain Manag Nurs. Sep 2011;12(3):180-7. doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2010.02.001
8. … Pain. May
2016;157(5):1021-7. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000475
45. … Pain Res Manag.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lambert-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - of pain. … Using
a subgroup of patients who presented with significant pain (pain score>4; n=7,762 encounters), … pain trajectories. … of the initial pain. … Most patients’ pain failed to fully resolve, plateauing at a pain score of 4
or greater.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/recent-grants-behavioral-health.html
May 01, 2024 - S4: Does Support for CDS Implementation Increase the Use of Patient-Centered Care To Treat Chronic Pain … Impact of a Novel Community-Based Biobehavioral Chronic Pain Team Training Program (4PCP) on Practitioner … management, reduced visit times, and improved patient pain. … grants funded during the 2021 and 2022 period that look at opioids—many of which focused on chronic pain … is an infographic providing an overview of change strategies to improve the management of chronic pain
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/health-literacy/my-medicines-list.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Non-prescription medicines may include vitamins, herbals, supplements, cold or cough
medicines, aspirin, pain … Non-prescription medicines may include vitamins, herbals, supplements, cold or cough
medicines, aspirin, pain … Non-prescription medicines may include vitamins, herbals, supplements, cold or cough
medicines, aspirin, pain
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/pocket-cards-4x6-skin-infections.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Findings
• Venous stasis dermatitis: skin pigmentation, edema, serous drainage, itching,
minimal pain … history of disruption of lymphatic drainage): redness
improves with elevation; minimal warmth or pain … • Peripheral arterial disease: redness goes away with elevation; can have pain but no
warmth
• Gout
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/ahcpsample.pdf
September 01, 2012 - Chest pain
NITROGLYCERIN
0.4 mg
1 pill every 5
minutes
(if need more
than 3 pills, call … Chest Pain
When are my appointments?
Wednesday,
August 8
at 11:30 a.m. … 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
10
My Medical Problem:
Noncardiac Chest
Pain … Noncardiac chest pain is pain that is not caused by a heart
problem. … If your chest pain gets different or worse, call your
doctor.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK1_T1-SBAR_UTI_Final.pdf
June 01, 2014 - Yes
¨¨ ¨ Fever of 100°F (38°C) or
repeated temperatures
of 99°F (37°C)*
¨¨ ¨ New back or flank pain … ¨¨ ¨ Acute pain
¨¨ ¨ Rigors /shaking chills
¨¨ ¨ New dramatic change in
mental status
¨¨ ¨ Hypotension … temperature of 100°F (38°C)
and at least one new or worsening of the following:
¨¨ urgency ¨ suprapubic pain … ¨¨ frequency ¨ gross hematuria
¨¨ back or flank pain ¨ urinary incontinence
OR
¨¨ ¨ 3. … No fever, but two or more of the following symptoms:
¨¨ urgency ¨ suprapubic pain
¨¨ frequency ¨ gross
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/wei-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - pain (Yes vs no) 1.84 (1.65-
2.05)
<0.001 1.48 (1.30-
1.68)
<0.001
Idiopathic pain (Yes vs no) 2.44 … Pain.
2010;150(2):332-339.
8. Cochran BN, Flentje A, Heck NC, et al. … High-risk use by patients prescribed opioids for pain and its role in overdose
deaths. … Pain. 2007;129(3):355-362.
12. Carey CM, Jena AB, Barnett ML. … Clin J Pain. 2010;26(8):647-
655.
16. Gerlach LB, Olfson M, Kales HC, Maust DT.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apa_crying.pdf
June 02, 2025 - NICU Toolkit, Appendix A: Crying
Crying
Common Causes
■ Hunger
■ Pain
■ Sleepy
■ Clothes too … or too cold
Call your doctor if:
■ Your baby looks or acts sick (is throwing up, appears
to be in pain
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/6bb-self-assess-tool.pdf
June 02, 2025 - …is rarely visible, and
communication about
of opioids for patients
chronic pain is ad hoc
informal … reflect evidence-based
guidelines, such as the CDC
Guideline for Prescribing Opioids
for Chronic Pain … • Duration and dose of opioids for chronic pain
• Use of nonopioid and nonpharmacologic therapies … Chronic care plan* templates
for chronic pain management…
…do not exist. … agree will be used to manage the patient’s pain.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/26-patient-education-guide.docx
June 01, 2023 - the Discussion of Challenging Topics
Many people are embarrassed to ask important questions about pain … Another area of concern is pain medication. … Some people are afraid to take any opioids, while others worry they won’t get enough to control their pain … Find out what each patient is concerned about regarding pain and medications. … Reassure them that your team will personalize their pain management.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/49-multimodal-analgesia.pptx
June 01, 2023 - Single-Dose Analgesics
Multimodal Analgesia Tips 5
*Number needed to treat for at least 50 percent maximum pain … commonly administered in subhypnotic fashion as infusion for patients with opioid tolerance or refractory pain … Single dose oral analgesics for acute postoperative pain in adults - an overview of Cochrane reviews. … Perioperative use of gabapentinoids for the management of postoperative acute pain: a systematic review … Postoperative multimodal analgesia pain management with nonopioid analgesics and techniques: a review