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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s50.pdf
October 01, 2007 - Practice-Based Evidence for Clinical Practice
Improvement in Long-term Care
The National Pressure Ulcer … No resident started with a pressure ulcer, but
29% of residents developed one by the end of the 12-week … Interventions identified by regression analyses to be
associated with decreased likelihood of pressure … Measuring medical complexity
during inpatient rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury. … The National Pressure Ulcer
Long-Term Care Study: pressure ulcer development in long-term care
residents
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/pcip-evaluation-patient-survey.pdf
June 16, 2021 - In the last 6 months, when you needed
care for an illness or injury, how often did
this doctor's office … never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost always
Always
I did not need care for an illness or
injury … Do you have a chronic illness (for
example: high blood pressure, diabetes,
asthma)?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Cunningham_11.pdf
January 29, 2008 - percent).5 In terms of overall numbers, preventable
technical complications of surgery (10,891) and wound … Postoperative wound dehiscence
15. Transfusion reaction
Treatment
5. … Birth trauma and obstetric trauma (3 types
related to delivery methods)
Preventive
10. … as “response generalization.”36
This line of OBM research informed an intervention to decrease injuries … individual access to computers; d) adding clinical decision
support; e) instigating relevant peer pressure
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ambulatory-safety_disposition-comments.pdf
October 19, 2016 - We added this to the intro: Ambulatory providers
experience intense time pressure, with current
incentives … Again the extreme time pressures seem to be a
big factor here and lack of time to both be fully
attentive … injuries, patient
falls, MRSA, undue radiologic testing (i.e.,
unnecessary and unwarranted duplicative … Cluttered environments, torn carpets, uneven
flooring, exam table injuries (e.g., patients falling off … This also relates to
above comments related to pace of work and
production pressures.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-urinary-retention_research-protocol.pdf
November 19, 2012 - Examples of neurologic causes include spinal cord injury (SCI),
stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), and … diabetes mellitus.3 Other causes include Fowler’s syndrome
in women, trauma, postoperative complications … In men it may also be important to determine whether the retention is high-pressure or
low-pressure … retention (detrusor pressure at the end of micturition) as this may affect treatment
decisions.4 However … Bladder management for adults with
spinal cord Injury: A clinical practice
guideline for health-care
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2011_06.pdf
January 01, 2011 - E Codes: Another issue relates to external cause-of-injury reporting. … data to help identify
complications of care or to exclude cases (e.g., poisonings, self-inflicted injury … , delirium and other psychoses, anoxic brain injury; patients with metastatic cancer, lymphoid
malignancy … , bone malignancy, and self-inflicted injury; admissions for diseases and disorders of the
musculoskeletal … PSI 17 Birth trauma - injury to neonate per 1,000 live births (excluding preterm and osteogenesis imperfecta
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.347_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2015 - Her vital signs were notable for a temperature of 38.6° C, heart rate of 115 beats per minute, blood pressure … 2 hours despite adequate fluid resuscitation
Creatinine > 2 mg/dL
Worsening hypoxemia
Acute lung injury … with PaO2/FiO2 < 250 in the absence of pneumonia as infection source
Acute lung injury with PaO2/FiO2 … Shock
Septic shock is defined as severe sepsis with lactate ≥ 4 mmol/L or hypotension (mean arterial pressure … [MAP] < 65 mm Hg; systolic blood pressure < 90 mm Hg) not responsive to a fluid bolus
In this case,
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49774/psn-pdf
November 01, 2016 - hospital
course but was ultimately discharged to a rehabilitation facility with no major permanent injuries … a
cervical laceration that extends beyond the vagina into the peritoneal cavity or a vaginal wall injury … (12) Furthermore, the operative field may appear dry during the
procedure when the patient's blood pressure … is low, only to have significant bleeding later emerge when
severe hypertensive pressures return, after
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/real-heartache
October 01, 2018 - On physical examination, his initial blood pressure was elevated at 192/100 mm Hg, but his heart rate … Bilateral upper-extremity blood pressures were equal. … oral antacid/anesthetic combination) was given, and the patient reported symptom relief; his blood pressure … ECG interpretation: sinus tachycardia, with posterolateral injury pattern.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33764/psn-pdf
April 01, 2014 - Does this accelerate the pressure to think about safety more broadly in the ambulatory
environment and … That report called out the
fact that many physical injuries are happening in the workforce, as well … as psychological injury due to lack
of respect, bullying, fear, stress, and productivity pressures.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-artery-stenosis_appendixes.pdf
April 01, 2005 - Effects on blood
pressure and renal function. … pressure … the various
treatment regimens
examined were
effective for lowering
blood pressures in RAS
patients … • Renal artery or
parenchymal injury
during procedure ranged
from 1-10%. … various
treatment regimens
examined were effective
for lowering blood
pressures in RAS
patients
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/webinars/perinatal-care-experience-slides.pdf
March 06, 2025 - Function, quality of life, satisfaction
• Harms (eg, mistreatment, disrespectful care, birth related injury … Days 43 Days to One Year
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May 29, 2024 - Angina is typically described as a pressure-like or squeezing sensation in the chest, associated with … remember that electrocardiographic changes are not
seen in unstable angina, as there is no permanent injury … limit
Table adapted from Long et al. (2017)9
1Examples of risk factors include retrosternal pain, pressure
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_consumer.pdf
February 01, 2016 - � People with alcohol use disorder also have a higher risk of:
»High blood pressure
» Liver problems … »Depression, anxiety, or
other mental problems
»Anemia (a very low number
of red blood cells)
» Injury … Alcohol use disorder can be a long-term condition,
like high blood pressure or asthma.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/developing-tool-assessing-competency-root-cause-analysis
May 01, 2014 - May 22, 2019
Fake it 'til you make it: pressures to measure up in surgical training. … Root cause analysis to identify contributing factors for the development of hospital acquired pressure … injuries.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nursing-staff-shortages-rapid-research-appendix-c.xlsx
January 01, 2024 - Indicator
QI Quality improvement
RN registered nurse
SD Standard deviation
SOII Survey of Occupational Injuries … California's nurse-to-patient ratio law and occupational injury. … Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers decreased from 26 before the staffing change to 22 after the staffing … LOS also decreased with the addition of nurses for pressure ulcers and postoperative respiratory failure … Tarazi, 2020 Observational with comparison Policy: Medicaid expansion NR Hospitals under financial pressures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2019qdr-core-measures-quality.pdf
January 01, 2019 - 51.9% in 2013 67.7% in 2017 -9.5 0.006
Surgical Safety Home health care patients whose surgical
wound … single measure that was not changing over time
examines long-stay nursing home patients who experience injuries … Ulcers Short-stay nursing home patients with new or
worsening pressure ulcers (MDS)
0.7% in 2013 … Ulcers High-risk, long-stay nursing home patients with
pressure ulcer (MDS)
5.3% in 2013 4.8% in … 2017 -2.1 0.018
Falls Long-stay nursing home patients experiencing
one or more falls with major injury
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/UXw277rnvJ8e_Dfsh4V3K3
July 26, 2022 - increased physical activity, or decreased sedentary time
among adults without known elevated blood pressure … (high blood pres-
sure stage 1 [systolic blood pressure [SBP] 130 mm Hg or diastolic
blood pressure … behavioral outcome (eg, dietary intake, physical activ-
ity) or report adverse events (eg, serious harm, injury … nificantly different between groups.29-31,48,56,82 Twelve trials
reported the incidence of musculoskeletal injuries … including physical
activity counseling reported generally no
differences in rates of musculoskeletal
injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb.pdf
June 02, 2025 - ■ Should have:
– Blood pressure checked at every visit. … are at risk for zinc deficiency and may need
supplementation:
– Poor growth, diarrhea, impaired wound … – Bivona
■ Cuffed: Indicated to prevent chronic aspiration, or when ventilating with high pressures … – Set suction pressure between 80-100 mmHg. … – Gastric or esophageal trauma during placement.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49732/psn-pdf
May 01, 2015 - 4 mmol/L or hypotension (mean arterial pressure [MAP] 4) In this case, the patient presented to
the … mental status
Lactate > 2 mmol/L
Urinary output
Creatinine > 2 mg/dL
Worsening hypoxemia
Acute lung injury … with PaO2/FiO2
Acute lung injury with PaO2/FiO2
Bilirubin > 2 mg/dL
Platelet count 9/L
International … normalized ratio > 1.5
Partial thromboplastin time > 60 seconds
MAP: mean arterial pressure
SBP: … systolic blood pressure
Reprinted from (4) with permission from Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.