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  1. Methodology Report #36: Analyzing Medical Conditions in MEPS - User Guide (Part 1 of 2)

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr36/mr36ug.shtml
    February 24, 2023 - The number of dental visits associated with an accident or injury (DNNUM) is available in data files … High Cholesterol 28.6 30.2 36.9 44.5 45.2 46.1 401 Hypertension / High Blood Pressure

  2. Zero Harm: Striving to Reduce Preventable Harms – Point, Counterpoint, and Areas of Agreement | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/zero-harm-striving-reduce-preventable-harms-point-counterpoint-and-areas-agreement
    September 24, 2024 - safety culture and found a 37% increase in reporting, and decreases in preventable harm: 39% decrease in injuries … with falls, 37% fewer pressure injuries and a 34% reduction in central line-associated blood stream … For instance, a hospital may focus on eliminating severe pressure injuries as a preventable harm, but … Carole Stockmeier:  Patients come to us with faith, hope, and trust that we will restore health and heal wounds

  3. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/vte-protocol-8-4-10.pdf
    February 01, 2008 - guidelines also address HFS, knee arthroscopy, elective spine surgery, and isolated lower-extremity injuries … deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis, circulation enhancement, leg ulcers, leg pain incidental to leg trauma … venous insufficiency Aircast® VenaFlow® System DJO Intended to apply intermittent application of pressure … enhancement; deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis; acute and chronic edema; extremity pain incident to trauma … Predictors of wound infection in hip and knee joint replacement: results from a 20 year surveillance

  4. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/blood-clots-hip-knee-surgery_research-protocol.pdf
    February 01, 2008 - guidelines also address HFS, knee arthroscopy, elective spine surgery, and isolated lower-extremity injuries … deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis, circulation enhancement, leg ulcers, leg pain incidental to leg trauma … venous insufficiency Aircast® VenaFlow® System DJO Intended to apply intermittent application of pressure … enhancement; deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis; acute and chronic edema; extremity pain incident to trauma … Predictors of wound infection in hip and knee joint replacement: results from a 20 year surveillance

  5. Hospital Survey on Patient Safety (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospitalscanform.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - • “Patient safety” is defined as the avoidance and prevention of patient injuries or adverse events … Whenever pressure builds up, my supervisor/manager wants us to work faster, even if it means taking

  6. Hospital Survey on Patient Safety (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/resources/hospscanform.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - • “Patient safety” is defined as the avoidance and prevention of patient injuries or adverse events … Whenever pressure builds up, my supervisor/manager wants us to work faster, even if it means taking

  7. ___APS-Def_Public.book (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/APS-Def_Public_v24.pdf
    March 01, 2008 - 507 Full Burn W Graft or Inhal W/O Sign Trauma 508 Full Burn W/O Graft or Inhal W Sign Trauma 510 … Ventilation - < 96 Hours 9672 Continuous Mechanical Ventilation - 96+ Hours 9390 Continuous Positive Airway Pressure … 440 440 WOUND DEBRIDEMENTS FOR INJURIES 441 441 HAND PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES 442 442 OTHER O.R PROCEDURES … 444 444 TRAUMATIC INJURY AGE >17 445 444 TRAUMATIC INJURY AGE >17 446 446 TRAUMATIC INJURY AGE … ,POISON&TOXIC EFFECT DX 455 454 OTH INJURY,POISON&TOXIC EFFECT DX 461 461 O.R.

  8. Final Progress Report: Weekend Effects and the July Phenomenon in Patient Safety (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/weissman-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - The PSIs identify “birth trauma” in low-risk births with documentation of hypoxic injury, nerve injuries … , and several other types of injuries. … It is known that anesthesiologists have been effective at identifying factors, such as production pressure … anesthetic poisoning AND active drug dependence, active nondependent abuse of drugs, or self-inflicted injury … (N) Inc: liveborn infants Exc: infants w/subdural or cerebral hemorrhage, pre-term infants, injury

  9. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-infection-prevention-mdro-protocol.pdf
    July 01, 2023 - workers, exposure to antibiotics (with their effects on the patient microbiome as well as evolutionary pressure … interventions • Education-only interventions • Respiratory precautions (droplet, airborne, negative pressure … isolation/satisfaction o Noninfectious adverse healthcare- associated outcomes (hospital- acquired pressure … injuries, inpatient falls) • Clinical outcomes specifically for: o Central-line associated bloodstream

  10. Final Progress Report: A National Report of Nursing Home Quality Measures and Information Technology (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/alexander-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - daily living has increased; 2) who have moderate to severe pain; 3) who are at high risk and have pressure … sores; 4) who are at low risk and who have pressure sores; 5) who are physically restrained; 6) who … the percentage of residents 1) with delirium; 2) who have moderate to severe pain; 3) and who have pressure … Symptoms 14168 797 5.6 5.1 Who Were Physically Restrained 14203 798 0.9 0.7 One or More Falls with Major Injury … Physically Restrained -0.02 -0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 -0.02 0.00 One or More Falls with Major Injury

  11. Diabetes-Behavior-Programs Research-Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/diabetes-behavior-programs_research-protocol.pdf
    June 05, 2014 - Question 4 For patients with T1DM, what are the associated harms (i.e., activity-related injury) of … by participant attrition rates • Harms from program as reported for studies - Activity-related injury … Harms related to the intervention (i.e., activity-related injury) may occur at any point during the … Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: June 5, 2014 9 Harms • Activity- related injury … Tight blood pressure control and risk of macrovascular and microvascular complications in Type 2 diabetes

  12. Wheeled Mobility (Wheelchair) Service Delivery (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/wheelchair-service_disposition-comments.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - or trauma. … or trauma. … living (ADLs), instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), functional mobility, positioning, pressure … living (ADLs), instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), functional mobility, positioning, pressure … And in many cases this care (e.g. wound care) cannot be provided by a therapist or supplier.

  13. 018-Revision-Summary-Contact-Precautions (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/018-revision-summary-contact-precautions.docx
    October 01, 2024 - contact, changes in care that contribute to delays and non-infectious adverse events (e.g., falls, pressure … injuries), increased symptoms of depression and anxiety, and decreased patient satisfaction.16 · Adverse

  14. Testdatajson

    cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/106/testDataJSON.txt
    December 12, 2014 - Comorbidities_comorbidity_jointpain\",\"data\":\"Review\",\"internal\":\"Hip pain - Yes\\nKnee pain - Yes\\nLimp - Yes\\nTrauma or injury … delimrtf D" , "iagnoses:\\par \\tab BMI 85th-95th percentile\\par \\tab Diabetes\\par \\tab Elevated Blood Pressure … Flowsheet" , "unit" : "CM" , "value" : "137.16" } , { "contactid" : "58119.99" , "datatype" : "BLOOD PRESSURE … "Flowsheet" , "unit" : "CM" , "value" : "132.08" } , { "contactid" : "57998" , "datatype" : "BLOOD PRESSURE

  15. Final Progress Report: Developing Best Practices for Patient Safety (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/baker-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - delivery of hospital care.14 15 16 17 18 19 By some estimates, as many as a half million preventable injuries … preventable deaths may occur each year, at a cost estimated to exceed $30 billion per year.20 Most of these injuries … evidence on the effectiveness and cost of comprehensive patient safety programs for reducing avoidable injuries … Production pressure in the work environment: California anesthesiologists' attitudes and experiences … Production pressure in the work environment: California anesthesiologists' attitudes and experiences

  16. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/wireless-motility-capsule_research-protocol.pdf
    March 14, 2012 - Then pressure measurements are captured, which provide information about the small bowel and gastric … pressure ratio during resting, mealtime, and after medication usage. … Myopathy is present if amplitude muscle pressures of less than 30 mmHg are documented, and neuropathy … Pressure patterns ○ Treatment decisions 1. Change in medications 2. … March 14, 2012 and effective assessment of gastrointestinal function in persons with spinal cord injury

  17. Final Progress Report: Improving Medication Safety Across Clinical Settings (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/bates-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - brought it to the forefront of public attention.1 The IOM report estimated that more than a million injuries … that many patients annually are injured as a result of medications.3;4 Furthermore, many of these injuries … developing systems that prevent and buffer errors, we gathered information about the types and causes of injuries … The most common injuries resulting from ADEs were cardiovascular, especially hypotension, defined as … a systolic blood pressure less than 90 mm Hg (40%), and metabolic derangements, such as severe hypoglycemia

  18. Managing Gout: A Review of the Research for Adults (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/gout_consumer.pdf
    January 01, 2017 - specializing in diseases of the joints, muscles, and bones), orthopedist (a doctor specializing in injuries … gain �� Insomnia (trouble falling asleep or staying asleep) ��Corticosteroids can cause high blood pressure

  19. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary39/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2010
    January 15, 2010 - Chanoine et al, however, reported a small reduction in diastolic blood pressure (not systolic blood pressure … Two other trials 41 , 42 that did not meet treatment inclusion criteria reported injury rates among … evidence that behavioral intervention programs may be harmful, except they perhaps mildly increase injury … height, 16 , 19 eating-disorder pathology, 20 , 22 , 25 or depression. 39 From the 2 trials in which injuries … reported for the intervention groups ( n = 114), whereas no children in the control groups reported injuries

  20. ___APS-Def_Public.book (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/APS-DRGsDefManualV25Public.pdf
    June 01, 2009 - Ventilation - < 96 Hours 9672 Continuous Mechanical Ventilation - 96+ Hours 9390 Continuous Positive Airway Pressure … 902 901 WD DBRD FOR INJURIES 903 901 WD DBRD FOR INJURIES … 904 904 SKN GRFTS FOR INJURIES 905 904 SKN GRFTS FOR INJURIES … INJURIES 908 907 OTH OR PX FOR INJURIES 909 907 OTH OR … PX FOR INJURIES 913 0-17 AGE SPLIT 913 TRAUMATIC INJURY 914 0-17 AGE
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