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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/pfphac.pdf
September 01, 2014 - Infections NHSN SSIs combined for 17 procedures based on CDC NHSN data
VAP MPSMS Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia … Catheters
MPSMS Postoperative Cardiac Events for Cardiac and Noncardiac Surgeries
MPSMS Postoperative Pneumonia … with a principal diagnosis of acute
myocardial infarction (AMI), congestive heart failure (CHF), or pneumonia … is credible that the rate of harm is greater for
patients who have had major surgery, AMI, CHF, or pneumonia … Pressure
Ulcers
Hospital-Acquired Pressure
Ulcers
53.03 62.45 0.85
VAP Ventilator-Associated
Pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase4_Monitoring.doc
January 01, 2005 - Urinary tract infections and pneumonia are common nursing home infections, and they can be tracked readily … · Guidelines for the appropriate use of antibiotics for pneumonia need to be developed locally. … Nursing home staff can develop a list of appropriate and inappropriate antibiotics for pneumonia that … Pneumonia in older residents of long-term care facilities. … for the management of adults with hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare-associated pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab14b.html
February 01, 2023 - Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
8,842
7,293
8,646
7,429
Bacterial Pneumonia … Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
10,083
8,214
9,883
8,357
Bacterial Pneumonia … Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
5,192
4,666
5,136
4,689
Bacterial Pneumonia … Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
4,522
4,295
4,707
4,030
Bacterial Pneumonia … Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
7,420
7,178
7,265
7,401
Bacterial Pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab16b.html
February 01, 2023 - Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
6,854
9,857
7,993
8,134
Bacterial Pneumonia … Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
7,704
11,200
9,090
9,155
Bacterial Pneumonia … Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
4,539
5,568
4,865
5,050
Bacterial Pneumonia … Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
4,200
4,766
4,607
4,093
Bacterial Pneumonia … Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
6,330
8,871
7,119
7,794
Bacterial Pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab15b.html
February 01, 2023 - Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
8,714
7,498
8,325
7,742
Bacterial Pneumonia … Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
9,879
8,477
9,452
8,764
Bacterial Pneumonia … Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
4,963
4,880
4,936
4,893
Bacterial Pneumonia … Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
4,415
4,421
4,415
4,422
Bacterial Pneumonia … Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection
7,559
7,064
7,306
7,337
Bacterial Pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/sustain-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - clinicians, patients, and administrators
Local guidelines developed for common infections
Community-acquired pneumonia … Hospital-acquired pneumonia/ventilator-associated pneumonia
Urinary tract infections
Skin and soft tissue … Example Intervention2
Goals
To decrease the duration of therapy
prescribed for community-acquired
pneumonia … initiative to decrease excessive duration of antibiotic therapy for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39263/psn-pdf
February 03, 2010 - to multidisciplinary rounds in an open
trauma intensive care unit regarding ventilator-associated
pneumonia … to multidisciplinary rounds in an open trauma
intensive care unit regarding ventilator-associated pneumonia … demonstrated that implementation of multidisciplinary rounds reduced the incidence of
ventilator-associated pneumonia … measurable-outcomes-quality-improvement-trauma-intensive-care-unit-impact-daily-quality
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevention-ventilator-associated-pneumonia-evidence-based-systematic-review
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/952.html
April 01, 2025 - April 8, 2025
AHRQ Stats: Rates of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia The rate of ventilator-associated … pneumonia during inpatient stays increased by 20.1 percent between 2016 and 2019. … using locally validated risk factors for drug-resistant pathogens in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/other-resources.pdf
June 01, 2021 - asymptomatic-bacteriuria/
https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/68/10/e83/5407612
Community-Acquired Pneumonia … and Duration of Therapy
Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia. … American Journal of Medicine: “Efficacy of short-course antibiotic regimens for
community-acquired pneumonia … review and meta-analysis of
the efficacy of short-course antibiotic treatments for community-acquired pneumonia … PMC6125522/pdf/e00635-18.pdf
Review article from the New England Journal of Medicine: “Community-acquired pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_4_Monitoring.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Urinary tract infections and pneumonia
are common nursing home infections, and they can be tracked … Pneumonia in older residents of long-term care facilities. … – Guidelines for the appropriate use of antibiotics for pneumonia need to be developed locally. … Nursing
home staff can develop a list of appropriate and inappropriate antibiotics for pneumonia that … the management of adults with hospital-ac-
quired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare-associated pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac_rates_2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Events
-5%
Pressure
Ulcers
6%
Surgical
Site
Infections
0%
Ventilator-
Associated
Pneumonias
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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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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/automating-detection-diagnostic-error-infectious-diseases-using-machine-learning
October 09, 2024 - i.e., the deviation between predicted diagnosis and documented diagnosis, weighted by mortality) of pneumonia … s)
Diagnostic discordance, uncertainty, and treatment ambiguity in community-acquired pneumonia … Diagnostic discordance, uncertainty, and treatment ambiguity in community-acquired 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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837500/psn-pdf
June 22, 2022 - Analysis of hospital-level readmission rates and variation
in adverse events among patients with pneumonia … Analysis of hospital-level readmission rates and variation in
adverse events among patients with pneumonia … Based on a sample of over 46,000 Medicare patients with pneumonia discharged between
July 2010 and December
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2007/pdfs/section2_2.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Hemolytic jaundice and perinatal jaundice (infant
jaundice following birth) 33 43 0.7 0.8 31
Pneumonia … 12
1-17 years, total discharges 1,821 1,658‡ 100.0 100.0 -9
Asthma 159 114 8.7 6.9 -28
Pneumonia … All patients:
Pneumonia was a top five condition for all age groups except 18-44 year olds:
… Hospital stays for pneumonia declined among children (a drop of 39 percent for children less than
one … Pneumonia stays rose among adults 45-64 years (31 percent), but fell among adults 65-84 years
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2008/exhibit2_3.jsp
January 01, 2008 - 2.4
1.7
-24
Hemolytic jaundice and perinatal jaundice
33
41
0.7
0.9
24
Pneumonia … All patients:
Pneumonia was a top five condition for all age groups except 18-44 year olds: … Hospital stays for pneumonia declined among children (a drop of 39 percent for children less than one … Pneumonia stays rose among 45-64 year olds (28 percent), but fell among 65-84 year olds (down 13 percent … The number of pneumonia stays remained relatively stable for adults 85 years and older.
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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.