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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-2019-updated.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Obstetric
Adverse
Events
-3%
Pressure
Ulcers
Surgical
Site
Infections
Ventilator-
Associated
Pneumonias
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-131-references.pdf
October 23, 2013 - National hospitalization
trends for pediatric pneumonia and associated complications. … U.S. hospitalizations for
pneumonia after a decade of pneumococcal vaccination. … Adjunct
corticosteroids in children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. … Improved clinical
outcomes with utilization of a community-acquired pneumonia guideline. … Influence of hospital guidelines on management of
children hospitalized with pneumonia.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/vae/surveillance-fac-guide.html
February 01, 2017 - The traditional VAP surveillance definition included radiological evidence of pneumonia. … In other words, it might or might not be pneumonia. … Say:
Shifting the focus of surveillance from pneumonia alone helps us understand the importance of … the pneumonia itself. … For pneumonia—was the head of the bed elevated? For pulmonary edema—was there fluid conservation?
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/carecoordination/measure1.html
June 01, 2018 - conditions, adults age 65 and over, July 2010-June 2013
Date
Heart Failure
COPD
AMI
Pneumonia … of patients who are Black, July 2010-June 2013 (combined)
Heart Failure
COPD
AMI
Pneumonia … and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (20.9%), lower for acute myocardial infarction (18.3%) and pneumonia … For pneumonia, low share is defined as ≤6% and high as ≥29%. … and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (20.8%), lower for acute myocardial infarction (18.2%) and pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/intro-dailycare-slides.pptx
January 01, 2017 - trials (SBTs) can reduce the length of mechanical ventilation and the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia … Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals: 2014 update. … Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals: 2014 update. … Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals: 2014 update. … Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals: 2014 update.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/bronchitis-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - setting of a viral upper respiratory tract infection.1
• Acute bronchitis can be distinguished from pneumonia … ‒ If vital signs and chest exam are normal, the probability of pneumonia is low and a chest x ray … of acute bronchitis does not prevent complications such as asthma
exacerbation, bronchiolitis, or pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/index.html
June 01, 2025 - Community-Acquired Pneumonia Clinical Decision Support Implementation Toolkit is a resource to help … informaticians in primary care and other ambulatory settings implement and adopt the community-acquired pneumonia … clinical decision support alert for the management of community-acquired pneumonia.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apa_rsv.pdf
June 02, 2025 - ■ Leading cause of two lung
infections: pneumonia and
bronchitis. … ■ The shot, given monthly during RSV season, reduces the chance of your baby getting
pneumonia and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/vae/overview-ptsoffventilator-slides.pptx
January 01, 2017 - Clinical and economic consequences of ventilator–associated pneumonia: a systematic review. … Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals: 2014 update. … Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals: 2014 update. … Clinical and economic consequences of ventilator–associated pneumonia: a systematic review. … Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals: 2014 update.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab14.html
February 01, 2023 - Potentially Preventable Infection
7,870
8,390
9,072
7,539
8,212
7,884
Bacterial
Pneumonia … Preventable Infection
8,911
9,551
10,310
8,542
9,363
8,908
Bacterial
Pneumonia … Potentially Preventable Infection
4,924
4,885
5,442
4,661
4,972
4,857
Bacterial
Pneumonia … Potentially Preventable Infection
4,319
4,340
4,622
4,136
4,524
4,166
Bacterial
Pneumonia … Preventable Infection
10,664
12,232
13,917
10,048
11,168
11,123
Bacterial
Pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/improvement-facilitator-guide.pdf
November 01, 2019 - prescribers are
unaware that the recommended duration of antibiotic
therapy for community-acquired pneumonia … He is
diagnosed with hospital-acquired pneumonia. … Ampicillin and cefazolin are not generally
recommended as empiric therapy for hospital-acquired
pneumonia … because over the years many organisms
that are likely to cause hospital-acquired pneumonia
have become … He is started on ceftriaxone and azithromycin for
possible community-acquired pneumonia and
furosemide
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/diagnosis/index.html
June 01, 2021 - Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses
Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia … Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Best Practices
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/key-strategies.html
October 01, 2024 - Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia … Prevention of VAP & NV-HAP : Learn effective strategies to prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia … (VAP) and Non-Ventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (NV-HAP).
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/healthcare-associated-infections-hais.html
May 12, 2015 - Care with AHRQ Safety Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Community-Acquired Pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cap-toolkit/cap-crb65_pc-prototype.pdf
January 01, 2018 - No. 18-0020-4-EF
January 2018
www.ahrq.gov
Pneumonia acuity score and recommendations below
Agree … DBP <=60
Criteria not included:
Age >=65
Patient confused
Last BUN > 20 mg/dL
Resp rate >=30
1
Pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cap-toolkit/cap_crb65_ed-prototype.pdf
January 01, 2018 - No. 18-0020-2-EF
January 2018
www.ahrq.gov
Pneumonia acuity score and recommendations below
Agree … DBP <=60
Criteria not included:
Age >=65
Patient confused
Last BUN > 20 mg/dL
Resp rate >=30
1
Pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/guide/web2.html
December 01, 2017 - Pneumonia.
UTI.
Acute renal failure.
AMI.
Complication of device.
Stroke. … Unspecified septicemia
842
737
1256
Acute kidney failure
404
508
451
Pneumonia … Slide 19: 41 woman with HIV hospitalized with pneumonia
1st hospitalization:
Longstanding HIV … Diagnosed with pneumonia, found to have high HIV viral load. … Discharged on new antibiotics for the pneumonia.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017-ref.html
May 01, 2023 - Economic impact of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a large matched cohort. … Epidemiology and outcomes of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a large U.S. database. … Outcome and attributable cost of ventilator-associated pneumonia among intensive care unit patients in … Economic burden of ventilator-associated pneumonia based on total resource utilization. … Collaborative cohort study of an intervention to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1415-p008-2-ef.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Importance
Lower respiratory infections (defined as bronchiolitis, influenza, and community-acquired pneumonia … between 3.7 percent and 4.5 percent of all pediatric bronchiolitis
hospitalizations and 4.5 percent of pneumonia … bronchiolitis can be as much as $9,063 per
child.3 Similarly, the average cost of a hospitalization to treat pneumonia … Complications in infants hospitalized for bronchiolitis or respiratory syncytial virus
pneumonia. … Direct costs in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia after
non-response to outpatient
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/aspire_webinar2/aspire_webinar2.pptx
January 01, 2015 - Top 10 Medicare Dx:
CHF
Sepsis
COPD
Arrythmia
Pneumonia
UTI
Acute renal failure
AMI
Complication of … identify root causes
41 woman with longstanding HIV never hospitalized in past; hospitalized for pneumonia … Review readmissions from “whole person” view
41 woman with HIV hospitalized with pneumonia
1st hospitalization … :
Longstanding HIV, never previously hospitalized
Diagnosed with pneumonia, found to have high HIV viral … At discharge:
Discharged on new anti-retroviral medications
Discharged on new antibiotics for the pneumonia