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  1. 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].

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Final Progress Report: Short-term Clinical Deterioration After Acute Pulmonary Embolism (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/weekes-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - important indicator of acute PE of moderate to high severity is an acute increase in right ventricular pressure … abnormality is commonly assessed in two ways: 1) laboratory surrogates of myocardial stretch and injury … and 2) imaging assessments for RV dilatation, pressure increases, and decreased systolic function. … point each for abnormal RV by echocardiography, abnormal RV by computed tomography, systolic blood pressure

  9. What Was in Those Platelets? | PSNet

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    August 28, 2024 - placed back on the mechanical ventilator), given an infusion of dopamine to maintain adequate blood pressure … transfusion-related deaths reported to the FDA for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 were transfusion-related acute lung injury

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49566/psn-pdf
    July 01, 2008 - placed back on the mechanical ventilator), given an infusion of dopamine to maintain adequate blood pressure … transfusion-related deaths reported to the FDA for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 were transfusion-related acute lung injury

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836794/psn-pdf
    March 31, 2022 - The patient was hypotensive on arrival, but his blood pressure improved with fluid resuscitation. … Laboratory tests were notable for acute kidney injury, metabolic acidosis, hypomagnesemia, hypophosphatemia

  12. Meeting Minutes, March 2021 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2021-03-nac/nacmtg031821-minutes.html
    July 01, 2021 - revealed improvement in patient safety overall, especially with regard to urinary tract infections and pressure … A health disparity means a higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality experienced by

  13. Section 2: Engaging Stakeholders in a Care Management Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm2.html
    October 01, 2014 - management unit work with patients having a wide range of conditions (e.g., hemophilia, burns, spinal cord injury … However, local physicians' support of the program created enough pressure to reverse the decision to

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33728/psn-pdf
    May 01, 2012 - of adverse events in hospital patients, and it moves patient safety from a retrospective focus on injury … really important transition to make, and it's going to be hard because it's going to put a lot of pressure

  15. In Conversation With… Brian Jarman, PhD | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-brian-jarman-phd
    March 01, 2015 - at the beginning of last year to get the head of the NHS to resign, and he did resign as a result of pressure … demonstrate an average or below average R-AHMR, given that most quality problems, while associated with injury

  16. Simulation-Based Education Improves Patient Safety in Ambulatory Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Lavelle_33.pdf
    March 12, 2008 - related to pediatrics, respiratory emergencies, and seizures, the urgent care staff also requested trauma … scenarios (e.g., lacerations, fractures, head injuries, spinal cord injuries). … to obtain a more easily transportable, moderate-fidelity manikin with heart/lung sounds and blood pressure

  17. Crosscutting-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1412 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/crosscutting-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
    December 01, 2014 - Senior- specific EDs use furnishings and equipment designed to provide comfort, reduce injury risk, … patient vital signs: (1) oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry; (2) cardiodynamics by noninvasive blood pressure … curve of oxygen desaturation [AUCDesat]) that served as a surrogate for potential hypoxia-induced injury … a risk of falls for elderly patients, narrow and thin mattresses increase the risk of developing pressure … Clinical researchers state that these challenges, combined with the pressure to make rapid diagnoses

  18. Evidence Summary: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
    August 23, 2022 - (MI) or stroke, revascularization, composite CVD outcomes, or harms of treatment (including muscle injury … , cognitive loss, incident diabetes, and hepatic injury) were included. … cardiovascular risk factors (including dyslipidemia, elevated C-reactive protein level, elevated blood pressure … Stenosis Progression Observation: Measuring Effects of Rosuvastatin; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure … the Elderly at Risk; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SBP, systolic blood pressure

  19. Slide 1

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    January 01, 2020 - Importance: About 70 million American adults (29%) have high blood pressure (Nwankwo, et al., 2013). … High blood pressure costs the Nation $46 billion each year. … mostly attributable to sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), congenital anomalies, infection, and injury … Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [Online]. (2013). http://www.cdc.gov … /injury/wisqars/index.html .

  20. Miscommunication During the Interhospital Transport of a Critically Ill Child | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/miscommunication-during-interhospital-transport-critically-ill-child
    March 27, 2024 - Disconnection in information exchange during pediatric trauma transfers: a qualitative study. … moderator of child’s acute biological response and subsequent posttraumatic stress symptoms in pediatric injury … disorder symptoms and child gender on risk for persistent posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in child trauma … May 29, 2024 WebM&M Cases Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis
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