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1621. Making Information Technology a Team Player in Safety: The Case of Infusion Devices (pdf file)
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      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

1622. Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2013 - Wound Care 1. For what types of wounds is chlorhexidine (CHG) application safe? … to avoid causing additional soft tissue damage or extension of the wound due to pressure against the … #2: Nasal Trauma  Do NOT use mupirocin if nostril(s) are packed. …  CHG will not harm occlusive dressing (e.g., wound vacs).  Do NOT use on large or deep wounds … CHG can cause permanent injury if it comes in direct contact with nerves and is allowed to remain there

1623. Management of Uterine Fibroids - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2017 - such as technical success, conversion to alternate procedure, estimated blood loss during procedure, wound … Pain symptoms improved by GnRH treatment in four studies included pelvic pressure, pelvic and abdominal … improvement in measures of quality of life symptoms (days of bleeding, heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pressure … Harms associated with myomectomy included transfusion and pelvic organ injury. … occurred in one study, but overall risk across studies cannot be calculated since bowel and bladder injury

1624. Development of a Targeted Patient Portal Intervention to Improve Depression Treatment Adherence, Satisfaction, and Outcomes (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2021 - observe graphs of their hemoglobin A1c, or patients with hypertension may review graphs of their blood pressure … national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries

1625. PII: S0749-3797(01)00255-0 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2001 - It is the leading cause of disabled life-years and is second only to injuries as a cause of life-years … A 50-year-old man with a blood pressure of 120/80 mmHg, a TC of 180 mg/dL, and an HDL-C of 40 mg/dL has … A 50-year-old man with hypertension (blood pressure of Figure 1. … Serum cholesterol, blood pressure, cigarette smoking, and death from coronary heart disease: overall

1626. Archived: Evidence Summary: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      April 09, 2001 - It is the leading cause of disabled life-years and is second only to injuries as a cause of life-years … A 50-year-old man with a blood pressure of 120/80 mmHg, a TC of 180 mg/dL, and an HDL-C of 40 mg/dL has … A 50-year-old man with hypertension (blood pressure of 160/90 mmHg) who smokes and has a TC of 180 mg … Serum cholesterol, blood pressure, cigarette smoking, and death from coronary heart disease: overall

1627. Telemedicine and Patient Safety | PSNet
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      September 01, 2016 - physicians in a large academic medical center to manage treatment of children with serious illness or injury … RT : No, being able to have your tablet take your blood pressure and shoot the systolic and diastolic

1628. In Conversation With… Reed V. Tuckson, MD | PSNet
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      September 01, 2016 - RT : No, being able to have your tablet take your blood pressure and shoot the systolic and diastolic … physicians in a large academic medical center to manage treatment of children with serious illness or injury

1629. Implementing Near-Miss Reporting and Improvement Tracking in Primary Care Practices: Lessons Learned | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2017 - percent Information exchange with other settings 49 percent 53 percent 54 percent Work pressure … Patients’ and doctors’ attitudes to amount of information given after unintended injury during treatment

1630. PowerPoint Presentation: Learn From Defects for Sustainability
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      December 01, 2017 - If someone is in danger of injury or an emergent procedure is missing a vital resource, we do what needs … Were decisions made under pressure, despite distractions, or without appropriate knowledge of case or

1631. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2016
      March 01, 2016 - intravitreal injections of VEGF inhibitors include endophthalmitis, uveitis, increased intraocular pressure … , traumatic lens injury, and retinal detachment. 1 , 4 In 3 trials, these outcomes were infrequent,

1632. AHRQ Slide Template-Widescreen
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/epc-child-adolesc-mental-health-grand-rounds.pptx
      May 22, 2025 - emergency departments in delivering mental health support to youth, and understand the limitations and pressures … Low SOE consistent with no difference in suicidal ideation, suicidal attempts, or self-injury. … Adjunct interventions 1–4 session brief skills interventions Only 4-session, trauma-focused program with … Interventions that targeted trauma (R-FPP, MDT) showed promise Safety planning did not outperform usual … treatment using positive psychology principles to manage trauma reminders.

1633. Patient Advocacy in Patient Safety: Have Things Changed? | PSNet
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      June 01, 2014 - saw a flurry of new patient organizations, among them the Josie King Foundation, Medically Induced Trauma … advocates, too, have generally concentrated their efforts on hospitals, where the most devastating patient injuries … Laaser U, Senault R, Viefhues H, German Society for Social Medicine, German Institute for High Blood Pressure … Medically Induced Trauma Support Services. [Available at] 18. Mothers Against Medical Error.

1634. In Conversation with...Lucian Leape, MD | PSNet
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      August 01, 2006 - Moreover, the safety gains we have achieved are under constant challenge from the pressures of production … chronicled the number of days there had been since anyone at our plant had lost a day due a work-related injury

1635. Topic Disposition: Evaluation and Management of Headaches in Pregnancy (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2019 - intervention Outcomes Urgent etiology • Intracranial hemorrhage • Increased intracerebral pressure … Risk factors for post-dural puncture headache following injury of the dural membrane: a root-cause analysis … Trimester- specific blood pressure levels and hypertensive disorders among pregnant migraineurs.

1636. Comparative Effectiveness Review (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2006 - washout 3-7 days no NA NR Valat no fair NR/NR/232 Symptoms of invertebrate disk herniation with pressure … heart disease within 2 yrs; active hepatic disease; recent neoplastic disease; acute meniscal injury … No SS difference between current NSAID user and past NSAID users in hospitalization rates for liver injury … withdrawals.3) Other AEsRofecoxib v NSAIDs: Rofecoxib seems to be associated with increased systolic blood pressure … One study also reported an increase in diastolic blood pressure.

1637. In Conversation With… Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH | PSNet
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      January 01, 2014 - I study errors in primary care and find that there are many current pressures on primary care clinicians … in 2014 looked at the frequency of diagnostic errors in specific clinical settings, such as missed injuries … in pediatric trauma . … Another study reported that 8% of deaths at a Level 1 trauma center were definitely or potentially preventable

1638. Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Weight Loss Interventions to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      September 18, 2018 - Association of overweight with increased risk of coronary heart disease partly independent of blood pressure … Effects of a lifestyle programme on ambulatory blood pressure and drug dosage in treated hypertensive … Long-term weight loss and changes in blood pressure: results of the Trials of Hypertension Prevention … The effects of nonpharmacologic interventions on blood pressure of persons with high normal levels: results … Obesity intervention in persons with spinal cord injury.

1639. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention Training (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - The On-Time reports may also take some of the pressure off communication practices by automatically … She did make a recommendation for a medication change and some increased monitoring of blood pressure

1640. Archived: Decision Analysis: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/decision-analysis-for-aspirin/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-and-cancer-april-2016
      April 11, 2016 - Census. 17 Initial body mass index, systolic blood pressure, high- and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol … Effects of intensive blood-pressure lowering and low-dose aspirin in patients with hypertension: principal … Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study … BMI = body mass index; BP = blood pressure; CRC = colorectal cancer; CVD = cardiovascular disease; HDL-C … high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP = systolic blood pressure