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  1. Disposition of Comments for CER 151 Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hemorrhage-postpartum_disposition-comments.pdf
    April 28, 2015 - The correct term is probably “injury” or “damage” for both bladder and ureteral injury. … 900 ml or up to 20% of the circulating blood volume cause no change in either the maternal blood pressure … Maternal tachycardia is present (100-120 beats/min and maternal hypotension (systolic blood pressure

  2. Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cognitive-decline_executive.pdf
    March 01, 2017 - forms of dementia (such as Lewy body disease, infectious disease, frontotemporal, traumatic brain injury … identifiable conditions such as Lewy body, infectious diseases, frontotemporal, and traumatic brain injury … Thus, the findings may underestimate the effects of controlling blood pressure on dementias as a whole … these positive outcomes can be viewed as a potential additional benefit from efforts to control blood pressure

  3. Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cognitive-decline_executive.pdf
    March 01, 2017 - forms of dementia (such as Lewy body disease, infectious disease, frontotemporal, traumatic brain injury … identifiable conditions such as Lewy body, infectious diseases, frontotemporal, and traumatic brain injury … Thus, the findings may underestimate the effects of controlling blood pressure on dementias as a whole … these positive outcomes can be viewed as a potential additional benefit from efforts to control blood pressure

  4. Virtual Nursing: Improving Patient Care and Meeting Workforce Challenges | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/virtual-nursing-improving-patient-care-and-meeting-workforce-challenges
    August 30, 2023 - of Nursing Quality Indicators showed low incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, pressure … injuries, deep vein thrombosis, and central-line associated blood stream infection. 1 In terms of patient … VIC takes some of the pressure off of the nurses on the floor with good catches and error prevention. … Interruptions in workflow for RNs in a Level One Trauma Center.

  5. In Conversation with... Kathleen Sanford and Sue Schuelke about Virtual Nursing | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-kathleen-sanford-and-sue-schuelke-about-virtual-nursing
    August 30, 2023 - VIC takes some of the pressure off of the nurses on the floor with good catches and error prevention. … Interruptions in workflow for RNs in a Level One Trauma Center. … of Nursing Quality Indicators showed low incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, pressure … injuries, deep vein thrombosis, and central-line associated blood stream infection. 1 In terms of patient

  6. Pc2015

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    January 01, 2012 - OP NOS 4 '7992' RADIUS/ULNA INJ OP NOS 4 '7993' METACARP/CARP INJ OP NOS 4 '7994' FINGER INJURY OP … 4 '7998' TOE INJURY OPERATION NOS 4 '7999' UNSPEC OPBONE INJ NEC 4 '8000' ARTHROT & PROS REMOV NOS … 1 '9172' CULTUREOP WOUND 1 '9173' C & SOP WOUND 1 '9174' PARASITOLOGYOP WOUND 1 '9175' TOXICOLOGYOP … WOUND 1 '9176' CELL BLK/PAPOP WOUND 1 '9179' MICRO EXAMOP WOUND NEC 1 '9181' BACT SMEAR NEC 1 '9182 … DRESSING APPLIC 2 '9357' DRESSING OF WOUND NEC 2 '9358' PRESSURE TROUSER APPLICA 2 '9359' IMMOBILIZ

  7. Diabetes-Related Inpatient Stays, 2018 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb279-Diabetes-Inpatient-Stays-2018.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - The unspecif ic category Complication of other surgical or medical care, injury, initial encounter is … complications* —† —† 3 41.1 Essential hypertension 5 21.2 4 40.1 Chronic kidney disease 10 16.4 5 35.8 Pressure … stays for type 2 but not type 1 diabetes: hypertension with complications and secondary hypertension, pressure

  8. Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Opioids, Opioid Misuse and Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults: Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/opioids-oa-protocol.pdf
    June 29, 2019 - Risk of injury associated with opioid use in older adults. … Meta-analysis of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and their effects on blood pressure. … Effects of COX inhibition on blood pressure and kidney function in ACE inhibitor-treated blacks and

  9. AHRQ_DHR_2022_Annual_Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/ahrq-dhr-2022-year-in-review.pdf
    January 01, 2022 - the need for opioids, and improve outcomes for children needing at-home dressing changes for burn injuries … Identifying and prioritizing effective care plans to prevent falls and related injuries is challenging … Applying CDS may prevent and treat venous thromboembolism Patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBI … As a trauma critical care surgeon at the PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S) Christopher Tignanelli, M.D., … researchers plan to widely disseminate this new VTE prophylaxis CDS tool for TBI patients to U.S. trauma

  10. Facilitator Guide: Optimize Your Briefings and Debriefings (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_opt_briefings_facnotes.docx
    December 01, 2017 - defines a sentinel event as an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury … Serious injury specifically includes loss of limb or function. … Review the perfusion plan, including cannulation, perfusion pressure goals, temperature, and transfusion

  11. Facts and Figures 2006

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/facts_figures_2006.jsp
    January 01, 2006 - Spinal cord injuries had the highest mean charge of any condition, $113,200, primarily due to the expensive … Stays with a principal diagnosis of high blood pressure during pregnancy increased by 22 percent between … Spinal cord injuries had the highest mean charge of any condition, $113,200, but had a lower average … Alcohol related disorders, anxiety disorders, and suicide and intentional self-injury appeared as comorbid … depression also had an anxiety disorder or had a diagnosis of suicide attempt and intentional self-injury

  12. Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disabilities-quality-improvement-outcomes_disposition-comments.pdf
    October 15, 2012 - various models, disability is a differing construct typically the combined result of single or multiple injuries … person and his or her need for basic medical care for the management of generic issues such as blood pressure … Finally the comparison of trauma versus manifestations of illness relate to different etiologies. … Quality-adjusted life years lost to road crash injury: updating the injury impairment index. … Patient populations include people with temporary disability due to trauma or illness, and people with

  13. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
    June 01, 2013 - Resting LES manometric pressure changed from 52.5 mm Hg before POEM to 19.8 mm Hg after the procedure … Significant reductions in Eckardt score (1.1–7.5, p<0.0001) and LES pressure (19–49 mm Hg, p<0.0001 … Esophageal achalasia is typically diagnosed by the manometric detection of elevated LES resting pressure … primary cause of SBS is surgical removal of more than half of the small intestine because of disease, injury … POEM relieves dysphagia, sphincter pressure. [internet].

  14. Environmental Scan of Patient Safety Education and Training Programs (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/environmental-scan-programs/envptscan.pdf
    June 01, 2013 - of Patient Safety Definition of Patient Safety Reference Freedom from accidental or preventable injuries … psnet.ahrq.gov/glossary) The prevention of health care errors and elimination or mitigation of patient injury … National Patient Safety Foundation Freedom from accidental injury; ensuring patient safety involves … The avoidance, prevention, and amelioration of adverse outcomes or injuries stemming from the processes … Complications 26 429 -- Delirium 2 427 -- Nosocomial Infections 3 450 -- Patient Falls 11 428 -- Pressure

  15. psychiatric-readmissions-protocols-140904 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/psychiatric-readmissions_research-protocol.pdf
    December 31, 2014 - With increasing pressure to decrease health care costs, reducing hospital bed days (psychiatric or otherwise … psychiatric care: (1) psychiatric hospital stays have become too brief (in the context of financial pressures

  16. Barotrauma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/barotrauma

  17. Effectiveness of Treatments for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/diabetic-neuropathy_research-protocol.pdf
    May 09, 2016 - Sensory loss from neuropathy increases risk for foot injury, delayed treatment (since injuries are not … Loss of sensation increases risk for foot injury, delays treatment and can lead to foot and leg ulceration … temperatures with subsequent preventative actions and the use of therapeutic footwear with demonstrated pressure-relieving

  18. Disposition of Comments Report for Screening, Behavioral Counseling, and Referral in Primary Care To Reduce Alcohol Misuse (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/alcohol-misuse_disposition-comments.pdf
    July 10, 2012 - homicide, motor vehicle crashes, and pedestrian injuries. … We agree and we have revised the text to remove “trauma-related” as a descriptor of injuries, and we … (1999): Alcohol interventions in a trauma center as a means of reducing the risk of injury recurrence … Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 55: 849–856, Peer Reviewer #1 ES / Results … Remember, please, that it takes “support systems” for clinicians learning to take blood pressure at

  19. Research Review Title: Infection Prevention and Control for the Emergency Medical Services and 911 Workforce (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ems-911-workforce-disposition-comments.pdf
    November 01, 2022 - Aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs) are procedures such as intubation or the use of positive airway pressure … Sharp safe devices lead to the decrease in risk related to contaminated sharps injuries. … Congress and required sharps safe devices this is what lead to a decrease in contaminated sharps injuries

  20. Making Information Technology a Team Player in Safety: The Case of Infusion Devices (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Nemeth.pdf
    January 01, 2002 - particular kinds of medications to desired effect such as vasopressors, which are used to control blood pressure … Adverse events including device- related deaths and serious injuries must be reported to the FDA and
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