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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/aom-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Acute Otitis Media
• Moderate to severe bulging of the tympanic membrane or new-onset ear drainage (otorrhea) with signs and
symptoms of middle-ear inflammation (e.g., ear pain, fever)
• Severe symptoms include ill appearance, moderate to severe otalgia, otalgia lasting at least 2 days, or
temperature o…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/sinusitis-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Acute Sinusitis
Diagnosis
• The diagnosis of acute sinusitis is based on the clinical presentation: nasal discharge or
congestion, facial pain or pressure, reduced or absent sense of taste or smell, headache, ear pain
or pressure, dental pain, bad breath, fatigue, or low-grade fevers.1
• Most cases of acu…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section2.html
October 01, 2015 - requires close evaluation to reduce the patient risk of developing VACs, including ventilator-associated pneumonia … A VAP results from aspiration of organisms into the lungs, leading to pneumonia.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/goldman-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - report for the
pneumonia sample, and the Agency Healthcare Research and Quality Inpatient Quality Indicators … diagnosis or procedure, 298 patients had an acute myocardial infarction, 205 had
community-acquired pneumonia … Reporting accuracy ranged from only 60.2% for
septicemia in the setting of community-acquired pneumonia … , but POA
reporting was only part of California’s risk adjustment model for community-acquired
pneumonia … Report for the California hospital outcomes project community-acquired pneumonia,
1996; model development
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0230-section-1-tables-1-3.pdf
June 02, 2025 - blood cells in a normally sterile body fluid, perforated viscus,
chest radiograph consistent with pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/sinusitis-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - The Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Sinusitis – Facilitator Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
1
The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses:
Sinusitis
Ambulatory Care
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Sinusitis
Ambulatory Care
SAY:
Wel…
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October 01, 2016 - There are many different kinds of respiratory tract infections, such as colds and coughs, the
flu, pneumonia … • Doctors often use antibiotics to treat some lower respiratory tract infections like pneumonia
and
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October 01, 2016 - There are many different kinds of respiratory tract infections, such as colds and coughs, the flu, pneumonia … Doctors often use antibiotics to treat some lower respiratory tract infections like pneumonia and bronchitis
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hospital-readmission-problem.pdf
June 02, 2025 - rates for Medicare and Medicaid patients for acute
myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances/vol2/Hunt.pdf
July 01, 2004 - Pre-production Developmental
Bloodstream infections*
CVC*
Hip/knee replacement
Postoperative pneumonia … Postoperative DVT/PE*
Hospital acquired UTI**
Ventilator associated
pneumonia**
Adverse drug … Our second topic not rated by AHRQ, postoperative pneumonia, is the
second most frequent postoperative … Alternatively, the typical
clinical history and diagnosis of postoperative pneumonia makes surveillance … early
postoperative discharge (the typical SSI manifests between 7–10 days, whereas
postoperative pneumonia
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July 01, 2004 - Pre-production Developmental
Bloodstream infections*
CVC*
Hip/knee replacement
Postoperative pneumonia … Postoperative DVT/PE*
Hospital acquired UTI**
Ventilator associated
pneumonia**
Adverse drug … Our second topic not rated by AHRQ, postoperative pneumonia, is the
second most frequent postoperative … Alternatively, the typical
clinical history and diagnosis of postoperative pneumonia makes surveillance … early
postoperative discharge (the typical SSI manifests between 7–10 days, whereas
postoperative pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/practice-improvement.html
July 01, 2022 - Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Clinical Decision Support Implementation Toolkit
Helps clinicians … settings implement and adopt a clinical decision support alert for the management of community-acquired pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-cognitive-load5.html
May 01, 2024 - hospitalist admitting the patient with congestive heart failure and, unbeknownst to them, multifocal pneumonia … engage in dual-process thinking; they realize that their patient has both heart failure and multifocal pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/hac-rates_2019.html
July 01, 2020 - Ventilator associated pneumonia: 13% decrease. Post-op VTE: 17% decrease.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/tools.html
February 01, 2018 - The Community-Acquired Pneumonia Clinical Decision Support Implementation Toolkit helps clinicians … informaticians in primary care and other ambulatory settings implement and adopt the community-acquired pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/ratliff-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - 2.5% in either CMS or MKS)—cardiac dysfunction, congestive heart failure,
pulmonary complication, pneumonia … —
pulmonary complication, cardiac dysrhythmia, urinary tract infection, neurological complication,
pneumonia … The next-highest performance was shown in congestive heart failure symptoms (AUC
0.75) and pneumonia … 2,497 2.0 Pneumonia 4,547 2.0
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) 1,777 1.4 Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) 4,548 … 6,501 3.5 Pneumonia 15,940 2.7
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) 3,762 2.0 Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) 14,951
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/influenza-rsv-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - known to be circulating
Physical exam
Identify complications from influenza, particularly bacterial pneumonia … Is Circulating Locally During Low Influenza Activity
High-risk patients with influenzalike illness, pneumonia … will influence management X
Patients not at high risk for complications with influenzalike illness, pneumonia … – Ambulatory Care
Moment 3: Treatment5
15
No antibiotics for uncomplicated influenza in absence of pneumonia … Secondary bacterial pneumonia can occur
Influenza and RSV
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/ltvv-slides.html
October 01, 2020 - Circle Y if the patient has one of the following:
Pneumonia. … Sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock, not secondary to pneumonia.
Aspiration.
Trauma.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ap2.html
December 01, 2014 - Surgical Site Infections
96,000
78,000
18,000
19%
$378,000,000
508
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonias
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Spehar.pdf
April 18, 2004 - Patient characteristics by facility and DRG
DRG 109 (CABG) DRG 127 (HF) DRG 89 (Pneumonia)
VHA … The survival model for pneumonia was more complex for any readmission, due to
an interaction term. … For pneumonia patients, the risk of any readmission was
impacted differently by log(LOS) depending on … Temporal
trends in outcomes of older patients with pneumonia. … Pneumonia patients’ risk of readmission: interaction of severity and log(LOS)
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