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  1. ADHD-Update-protocol-160818 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/adhd-update_research-protocol.pdf
    August 18, 2016 - growth suppression,24 weight decrease, sleep disturbance, gastrointestinal symptoms, elevated blood pressure … growth suppression, weight decrease, sleep disturbance, gastrointestinal symptoms, elevated blood pressure … Growth suppression • Weight decrease • Sleep disturbance • Gastrointestinal symptoms • Elevated blood pressure … suppression o Weight decrease o Sleep disturbance o Gastrointestinal symptoms o Elevated blood pressure

  2. Methods (continued, 2) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptfamilyscan/ptfamily3a.html
    July 01, 2018 - External motivation may also come from pressures or "pushes" from external organizations. … hospital-associated infections, reducing risk of harm from patient falls, and preventing hospital-associated pressure … unanticipated event in a health care setting resulting in death or serious physical or psychological injury … level (e.g., on PFACs and decisionmaking committees). 103,104 Sentinel events also lead to external pressures

  3. Slide 1

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/2014nhqdr-womenhealth.pptx
    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 .

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837959/psn-pdf
    August 31, 2022 - The patient developed generalized urticaria, bronchospasm requiring high airway pressures to achieve … Latex is essential to these plants to heal surface injuries and create immune responses against invading … Thus, unexplained hypotension, tachycardia, and high airway pressure for adequate ventilation (due to

  5. Final Progress Report: Process Reliability and Organizational Learning in Home Health Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/silver-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Two hospitalizations (1.5%) were the result of injuries that were unrelated to home care. … 120 Decline resulting from patient's condition Complication of earlier care New diagnosis Injury … benefit will be provided in those visits (e.g., an agency cannot simply increase the frequency of wound … Identifying barriers to reporting changes in condition: unclear expectations, time/production pressure

  6. 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].

  7. EMS Patient Safety in the Field | PSNet

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    July 28, 2021 - correctly and safely, but for a subset of patients experiencing time-sensitive events such as severe trauma … To assist EMS personnel in decision making in high-pressure situations and to support standardized care … One example is injuries personnel can sustain from slipping or tripping when lifting and moving equipment … and patients. 8 An injury can harm not only the worker, but also the patient, if, for example, the … What if that trauma patient all of a sudden decompensated?

  8. First Aid | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/first-aid

  9. Behavioral Programs for Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/diabetes-behavior-programs_executive.pdf
    September 11, 2015 - , and cholesterol levels.14,22-24 For instance, intensive lowering of blood pressure in people with … For patients with T1DM, what are the associated harms (i.e., activity-related injury) of behavioral … For KQ 4, harms (i.e., activity-related injury), we planned to descriptively summarize all outcomes … No studies reported on the associated harms (i.e., activity-related injury) of behavioral programs … For objective outcomes (e.g., HbA1c, weight, blood pressure), 42 percent of trials had a medium risk

  10. transforming-guidelines-action-slides-06152023 (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/transforming-guidelines-action-slides-06152023.pdf
    June 15, 2023 - interventions 9 STRIDE = STrategies to Reduce Injuries … A Randomized Trial of a Multifactorial Strategy to Prevent Serious Fall Injuries. … home • Lifestyle changes Barriers Staff • Time • No show risk • Provider preferences • Time pressures … Osteoporosis and osteopenia are well documented risk factors for fall injury, including fractures, with … Research Impact Background: CDS, Interoperability, and Data Sharing STRIDE = STrategies to Reduce Injuries

  11. 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-disposition-170707pdf.pdf
    March 24, 2017 - blood pressure. … I am a professor at UCSF and see elderly patients and individuals post neurological trauma and chronic … Thus, more of our elders will be forced to accept declining physical independence, unnecessary injuries … throughout one’s life is not like playing football where 100% of players will suffer a concussion injury … money to play and the world loves to watch the game despite the violence of the sport and the serious injuries

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

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cognitive-decline-disposition-170707pdf.pdf
    March 24, 2017 - blood pressure. … I am a professor at UCSF and see elderly patients and individuals post neurological trauma and chronic … Thus, more of our elders will be forced to accept declining physical independence, unnecessary injuries … throughout one’s life is not like playing football where 100% of players will suffer a concussion injury … money to play and the world loves to watch the game despite the violence of the sport and the serious injuries

  13. Which Line: Ordering Provider or Proceduralist? | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/which-line-ordering-provider-or-proceduralist
    September 16, 2015 - harmed by having the incorrect catheter placed, but the error was eventually discovered and further injury … The efficacy of self-check is limited by time pressure and by asymmetric knowledge—individuals in the

  14. Privacy or Safety? | PSNet

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    December 01, 2011 - patient on the same unit who also happened to have severe cognitive impairment from a traumatic brain injury … Evaluation of the suitability of root cause analysis frameworks for the investigation of community-acquired pressure

  15. Spotlight (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/final_may-spotlight-fatal_pca_slides_05.01.2020_cme_review-revised.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - opioid-induced respiratory depression; of those, 77% resulted in severe brain damage or death – Most injuries … should be monitored closely 25 Monitoring Component Assessment Type Vital Signs Heart Rate Blood Pressure

  16. Barotrauma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/barotrauma

  17. 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

  18. Pediatric Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science and Future Directions (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dxsafety-pediatric-safety.pdf
    September 01, 2023 - status, extremes of age, delirium, or poor information exchange between health systems; ■ Time pressures … Identification of children at very low risk of clinically- important brain injuries after head trauma … Cluster Randomized Trial Reducing Missed Elevated Blood Pressure in Pediatric Primary Care: Project … Disparities in the evaluation and diagnosis of abuse among infants with traumatic brain injury. … The use of telemedicine in the care of the pediatric trauma patient. Semin Pediatr Surg.

  19. Classics and Emerging Classics | PSNet

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    August 01, 2023 - Complications (93) Nosocomial Infections (50) Patient Falls (8) Pressure … clear limitations, select PSIs have been shown to accurately identify certain accidental inpatient injuries

  20. 2019NHQDRMethodsReport (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2020-04.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - • ED visits for injuries. … ED utilization for injuries was reported by trauma level and by age, sex, community income, urban-rural … PSI03 Admissions with pressure ulcers per 1,000 medical and surgical discharges of length 3 or more … QI QI Label Definition Footnote Risk Adjustment Footnote PSI15 Reclosure of postoperative abdominal wound … PSI18 Birth trauma - injury to neonate per 1,000 live birthsa,b a Consistent with the AHRQ PSI software
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