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4841. PII: S0749-3797(01)00255-0 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2001 - treatment in lower-risk patients (risk of CHD events less than 1.5% per year), but mortality may be reduced

4842. 043-Vap-Prevention-Notes (doc file)
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      October 01, 2024 - limited, there is some evidence that early enteral feeding over parenteral feeding is associated with a reduced

4843. Disposition of Comments CER 214 Stroke Prevention in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (pdf file)
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      October 30, 2019 - increase in stroke/systemic embolism but no statistically significant difference in bleeding with reduced … dose vs standard dose apixaban in patients without a renal indication for reduced dosing; in the same … analysis, there was no difference in the benefit : risk of reduced dose vs. standard dose rivaroxaban … I think it would be worth noting that all of the newer agents reduced the risk of hemorrhagic stroke … This summary states that in the third study dabigatran reduced stroke in diabetic patients which was

4844. Systematic Review on Treatments for Acute Pain: Surveillance Report 1 (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2022 - Cold therapy was associated with reduced use of oxycodone 5 mg at day 1 (18% vs. 52%) and day 6 (11% … Reduced pain and opioid use in the early postoperative period in patients undergoing a frontotemporal … A randomized controlled noninferiority trial of reduced vs routine opioid prescription after prolapse … Examining reduced opioid prescriptions after gynecologic laparoscopy: a randomized controlled trial … Reduced opioid use among patients who received liposomal bupivacaine for ACL reconstruction.

4845. Archived: Evidence Summary: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 15, 2011 - examination, age-specific visual acuity testing, and cover-uncover test) from 8 through 37 months of age reduced … rather than screening versus no screening. 20 Although it found that repeated preschool screening reduced … results Hyperopia >3.0 D; myopia >1.0 D; strabismus; ptosis Cross-sectional; 4-7 y; N = 288; reduced … 5 y old) in 1 eye, worse than 20/40 (20/30) in contralateral eye, and bilateral amblyogenic factor; reduced … "very important to detect and treat early" conditions: 5.4% (135/2588); amblyopia: 2.9% (75/2588); reduced

4846. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 14. Delirium (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2020 - If the threshold was >/-1, the sensitivity improved but the specificity was reduced.14 Arendts (2017 … Nonpharmacological interventions significantly reduced delirium incidence in four trials,4,5,7,12 while … The NuDESC (threshold ≥1) had improved sensitivity (80%; 95% CI 65 to 91) but reduced specificity … Incidence of delirium was reduced (15.7% vs. 9.4%, p=.04). … Use of multicomponent interventions reduced prevalence of delirium; to enable use, education of the

4847. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Highlights: Improving Healthcare Safety by Supporting Measure Implementation (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2025 - ■ A nursing home medication safety project implemented an active medication monitoring system that reduced … Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) in private hospitals, demonstrating reduced … ■ Enhance Patient Outcomes: Reduced adverse events in high-risk environments (e.g., intensive care … Thirty-day postoperative morbidity in private sector hospitals was reduced with the implementation of … was relatively insensitive to cost of care, and the risk of stroke influenced the decision only when reduced

4848. Healthcare Costs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      Topic: Healthcare Costs The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States. MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage in the United Stat…

4849. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      January 04, 2012 - Complementary telephone strategies to improve postdischarge communication. January 4, 2012 Rennke S, Kesh S, Neeman N, et al. Complementary telephone strategies to improve postdischarge communication. Am J Med. 2012;125(1):28-30. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.05.011. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/complementary-telephon…

4850. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 10, 2018 - Survey results: community liaison programs to decrease hospital readmissions. June 10, 2018 ISMP Medication Safey Alert! Acute Care Edition. March 7, 2013;18:1-3. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/survey-results-community-liaison-programs-decrease-hospital-readmissions This newsletter article details the characteristic…

4851. AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Reduce Emergency Department Boarding and Hospital Crowding | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2025 - AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Reduce Emergency Department Boarding and Hospital Crowding A new Special Emphasis Notice from AHRQ signals the agency’s interest in receiving health services research grant applications for addressing Emergency Department (ED) boarding and hospital crowdi…

4852. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49840/psn-pdf
      September 01, 2018 - systematic review found that comprehensive safety programs that incorporate multiple interventions reduced

4853. AHRQ Views: Meeting the American Indian/Alaska Native Trust Responsibility | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Meeting the American Indian/Alaska Native Trust Responsibility Issue Number 937 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities. November 12, 2024 AHRQ Stats: Prevalence of Long COVID by Age Group As of spring 2023, 9.8 percent of adults aged 18 to…

4854. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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      May 17, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 1 Tool D.4g Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement PDI 09: Postoperative Respiratory Failure Why focus on postoperative respiratory fail…

4855. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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      May 17, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 1 Tool D.4u Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement PDI 09: Postoperative Respiratory Failure Why focus on postoperative respiratory failure in chi…

4856. In Conversation with…Troyen A. Brennan, MD, JD, MPH | PSNet
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      December 21, 2022 - They definitely reduced the cost of their malpractice claims by adopting end-tidal CO 2 monitoring and

4857. Chapter 3. Outline the Evidence and Identify Best Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2016 - ASCO recommends that hospitalized inpatients with acute medical illness or reduced mobility receive pharmacologic

4858. Chapter 3. Outline the Evidence and Identify Best Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2016 - ASCO recommends that hospitalized inpatients with acute medical illness or reduced mobility receive pharmacologic

4859. Reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs): lessons learned from a national collaborative of regional HAI programs. | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - Reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs): lessons learned from a national collaborative of regional HAI programs. Citation Welsh CA, Flanagan ME, Hoke SC, et al. Reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs): lessons learned from a national collaborative of regional HAI programs. Am J Inf…

4860. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 15, 2005 - Thirty Safe Practices for Better Health Care. April 15, 2005 AHRQ; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; NQF; National Quality Forum https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/thirty-safe-practices-better-health-care This fact sheet presents 30 safe practices that can work to reduce or prevent adverse events and medicatio…