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  1. Findings and Lessons From the AHRQ Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/findings-and-lessons-from-the-ahrq-ambulatory-safety-and-quality-program.pdf
    August 09, 2013 - 07-003), which supported research in risk assessment and modeling to iden- tify preventable patient injuries … patients a way to document and monitor their own symptoms or biological indicators such as blood pressure

  2. Hydrocephalus | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/hydrocephalus

  3. Continuous-Outcomes-Quantitative-Synthesis Methods (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/continuous-outcomes-quantitative-synthesis_methods.pdf
    March 01, 2011 - that a parallel study with 15 patients in each group reports the following: “The mean systolic blood pressure … Effect of nitric oxide on oxygenation and mortality in acute lung injury: systematic review and meta-analysis … High frequency oscillation in patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome

  4. Rapid Evidence Product Addressing Social Isolation To Improve the Health of Older Adults A Rapid Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rapid-social-isolation-older-adults-final.pdf
    February 01, 2019 - any occurred, and two45, 48 reported no adverse events (including one that explicitly reported no injuries … Only one study specifically said no injuries occurred, which is an important harm to report given the … physical nature of many of the interventions and the health impact of injuries in older adults. … serious adverse events (e.g., hospitalization) and less severe adverse events (e.g., musculoskeletal injuries … o “Whom can you really count on to help you feel more relaxed when you are under pressure or tense?

  5. Evaluation and Research on Antimicrobial Stewardship's Effect on Clostridium difficile (ERASE C. difficile) Project: toolkit (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/cdifftoolkit.pdf
    September 01, 2012 - The guidelines also call for a periodic review because sensitivities could again change as selective pressure … Source: Developed by AHRQ Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit project team. … STEP 5: Epidemiologic Surveillance With time and selective pressure, resistance patterns will change … premenopausal, nonpregnant), diabetics, elderly people, nursing home residents, or patients with spinal cord injury

  6. Asthma-Immunotherapy-2010 Research-Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/asthma-immunotherapy-2010_research-protocol.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - exhaust fumes/cigarette smoke/etc), weather factors (changes in temperature, humidity, barometric pressure … ) Safety terms [adverse events (AE); serious AE (SAE); anaphylaxis] i) Adverse events (AE): An injury … Etiology: Drug effects, wound infections, technical complications, negligence, diagnostic mishaps,

  7. PC CDS Performance Measurement Inventory (xls file)

    cdsic.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/SMD%20PC%20CDS%20Performance%20Measurement%20Inventory_FINAL_9.19.23.xlsx
    January 01, 2023 - Tablet-Based Patient-Centered Decision Support for Minor Head Injury in the Emergency Department: Pilot … Tablet-Based Patient-Centered Decision Support for Minor Head Injury in the Emergency Department: Pilot … Results Clinician attitudes and beliefs Social influence Degree of social pressure or social expectations

  8. Final Progress Report: Patient-Centric Risk Model for Medication Safety During Care Transitions (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/gurses-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - in community settings accounted for 2.5-11.2% of all emergency department visits with unintentional injuries … Monitor medication effects: measure, document, and track self-monitoring values (e.g., blood pressure

  9. Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: User's Guide (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hospital-user-guide.pdf
    July 01, 2018 -  “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 shortcuts … Whenever pressure builds up, my supervisor/manager wants us to work faster, even if it means taking

  10. Final Progress Report: Leveraging Existing Assessments of Risk Now (LEARN) Final Report (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/woods2-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - The outcomes for pediatric trauma patients treated at children’s hospitals are significantly more favorable … otitis media, and viral syndromes.1 For older children, the most common diagnoses are superficial injury … improved information with respect to error, error risk, and approaches to reduce errors in emergency and trauma

  11. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Patient Monitoring Systems To Prevent Failure To Rescue (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/patient-monitoring-systems-rapid-review.pdf
    December 01, 2024 - For some studies these included events such as myocardial infarction or acute kidney injury and others … the outcome of other serious adverse events (as defined by the study), which included acute kidney injury … One study reported that understaffing and time pressure negatively influenced adherence to monitoring … significant reductions in other serious adverse events such as myocardial infarction and acute kidney injury … J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Jul;87(1S Suppl 1):S67-s73. doi: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002197.

  12. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary50/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2009
    July 15, 2009 - and can affect the ability to live independently or increase the risk for falls and other accidental injuries … reported 5 cases of presumed endophthalmitis, 6 cases of uveitis, and 11 cases of elevated intraocular pressure … fields with Humphrey automated visual field unit c ; Perkins applanation tonometer d ; intraocular pressure

  13. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents - Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/deficit-hyperactivity-protocol.pdf
    November 01, 2021 - that share symptoms with ADHD (e.g., anxiety, conduct disorders, speech or language delay, complex trauma … inattentive, hyperactive/impulsive, or combined), socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity, prior trauma … growth suppression, weight decrease, sleep disturbance, gastrointestinal symptoms, elevated blood pressure … Trauma and ADHD – Association or Diagnostic Confusion? A Clinical Perspective. … Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 2021 Jul 9:15248380211030234. doi: 10.1177/15248380211030234.

  14. Health Information Technology Evaluation Toolkit: 2009 Update (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/health-information-technology-evaluation-toolkit-2009-update.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - external risk factors such as cancer, hyper- coagulable state, and so on) • PE/DVT • Falls • Pressure … ulcers • Catheter-related infections • Post-op infections • Operative organ/vessel/nerve injury … Consider external issues (e.g., financial pressures to discharge patients early, other concurrent QI

  15. CER 215 Adverse Effects of Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-215-depression-older-adults-comments.pdf
    March 28, 2019 - Association between antidepressants and fall‐related injuries among long‐term care residents. … When tables (and text) report medication-related differences in continuous variables (e.g., blood pressure

  16. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report 221 Behavioral Programs for Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/diabetes-behavior-programs_disposition-comments.pdf
    September 28, 2015 - there were limited data on many outcomes including fitness, body composition, serum lipids and blood pressure … We classified activity-related injury as a harm that could be directly attributable to the program.

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

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/fetal-surgery_disposition-comments.pdf
    July 05, 2011 - that in 66% of survivors of vesicoamniotic shunting (> 90%), in utero therapy prevented severe renal injury … Peer Reviewer #5 Results Thoracic lesions: Not really lung compression but increased intrathoracic pressure

  18. Screening Older Adults for Impaired Visual Acuity: A Review of the Evidence for the USPSTF (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/7eLc5kBtomL_HKpYDwsFPf
    July 01, 2009 - and can affect the ability to live independently or increase the risk for falls and other accidental injuries … visual fields with Humphrey automated visual field unit‡; Perkins applanation tonometer§; intraocular pressure … reported 5 cases of presumed endophthalmitis, 6 cases of uveitis, and 11 cases of elevated intraocular pressure

  19. FRN 40 - Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Future Research Needs (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mrsa-screening_research.pdf
    June 01, 2013 - hospitals and other health care facilities where vulnerable hosts, frequent exposure to the selective pressure … hospitals and other health care facilities where vulnerable hosts, frequent exposure to the selective pressure … It is important that future studies not lose sight of primary prevention of disease and the injury associated … Sustained reduction in MRSA wound infections after cardiothoracic surgery.

  20. Evidence Summary: Healthy Weight and Weight Gain In Pregnancy: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/healthy-weight-and-weight-gain-during-pregnancy-behavioral-counseling-interventions
    May 25, 2021 - Harms were anxiety, depression, maternal musculoskeletal injuries, stigma, and those related to insufficient … 77 , 79 , 80 , 82 Gestational hypertension was defined as persistent or repeated measures of blood pressure … no effects of GWG interventions on the remaining maternal outcomes (postpartum hemorrhage, perineal trauma
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