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1. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Home Mechanical Ventilators (pdf file)
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   February 02, 2018 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review Chronic respiratory failure is a common condition … Chronic respiratory failure is defined as the long-term inability to maintain oxygen and carbon dioxide … Chronic respiratory failure may range from mild to severe and can be characterized as hypoxemic (inability … Mechanical ventilation is used to treat chronic respiratory failure. … Respiratory Network Domiciliary Non- Invasive Ventilation Working Group.

2. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits - Transfer Note and Intake Note (pdf file)
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   June 29, 2017 - ED) • Reason for transfer (grouped according to symptom or condition: cardiac/circulatory/blood, respiratory … Hypertension/uncontrolled HTN  Hypotension  Rule out congestive heart failure  Rule out DVT Respiratory … treatment  Respiratory suctioning  Medication: IV  Medications: IM or SQ  Medications: PO … )  Primary Physician  Covering Physician  Consulting Physician  Nurse Practitioner or PA  Respiratory …  Oxygen therapy  Respiratory treatment  Suctioning  Transfusion  Other ________________

3. Respirator Fit Testing (pdf file)
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   August 01, 2021 - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires your healthcare facility to follow the Respiratory … Respirator fit testing is just one important part of a healthcare facility’s Respiratory Protection … Search OSHA COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard OSHA Fit Testing Procedures OSHA Respiratory … Protection – Standard 1910.134 OSHA Respiratory Protection Training Proper N95 Respirator Use for … Respiratory Protection Preparedness Scan for mobile version http://www.ahrq.gov/ https://www.cdc.gov

4. Home Mechanical Ventilators: Protocol Appendix A (pdf file)
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   October 11, 2017 - *Scoliosis/ 20526 17 *Spinal Cord Injuries/ 41566 18 *Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome/ 991 19 *respiratory … failure" or "respiratory insufficiency" or scoliosis or "Spinal Cord Injur*" or "Spinal Muscular Atrophy … failure" or "respiratory insufficiency") AND (BiPAP or BPAP or CPAP or "noninvasive positive pressure … care" or "respiratory treatment*" or "respiratory therap*" or "respiratory service*" or "respiratory … care" or "respiratory treatment*" or "respiratory therap*" or "respiratory service*" or "respiratory

5. Learn Best Practices for Diagnosing and Managing Common Infectious Syndromes and Antibiotic Allergies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2022 - The materials below address multiple types of respiratory tract infections, divided into those for which … There are also materials covering non–respiratory tract infections and assessment of allergies. … Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Viral Acute Upper Respiratory

6. AHRQ SHARE Approach Training and Implementation Success Story (pdf file)
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   June 01, 2016 - Blyer was concerned with student and parent demands for antibiotic therapy as treatment for viral respiratory … center in shared decisionmaking would increase decisional comfort with treatment decisions related to respiratory … STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 • Many respiratory infections are caused by viruses, not bacteria … a decision aid developed at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute on the topic of antibiotics for respiratory … Additionally, preliminary data show that prescribing rates for respiratory tract infections have decreased

7. Primary Care Workflow Diagrams (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2018 - breath BP=blood pressure EHR=electronic health recordED=emergency department MA=medical assistant RR=respiratory … free text (unstructured) or selected from a drop down list (structured). 2 EHR Data Element: The respiratory … breath BP=blood pressure EHR=electronic health recordED=emergency department MA=medical assistant RR=respiratory … free text (unstructured) or selected from a drop down list (structured). 2 EHR Data Element: The respiratory … breath BP=blood pressure EHR=electronic health record ED=emergency department MA=medical assistant RR=respiratory

8. Communicating with Patients and Families around Antibiotic Decisions - Slides
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   September 01, 2022 - Patient satisfaction not impacted by antibiotic prescribing for viral upper respiratory infections. … Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for respiratory conditions does not improve Press Ganey patient … Delayed antibiotic prescription for children with respiratory infections: A randomized trial. … Antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections and encounter length: an observational study … Communication practices and antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections in children. 

9. TeamSTEPPS Rapid Response Systems Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2014 - Within several minutes, team members arrived at the patient’s room; however, the respiratory therapist … After a second overhead page and other calls, the respiratory therapist arrived, stating that he could … a delay in the assessment of the patient’s airway and intervention pending arrival of the response respiratory … Discussion points might include: Why might have the respiratory therapist been late? … Return to Top Scenario 2 The RRT was called for a patient who had a risk of respiratory failure

10. Tool: STEP | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - Status: The respiratory therapist notes that a ventilated patient is showing a marked increase in respiratory … Environment: It is a shift change, and everyone is busy, so the respiratory therapist checks the medication … Progress: The respiratory therapist notifies the oncoming nurse of their concern. 

11. Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Care Antibiotic Stewardship (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - practice to facilitate extraction of antibiotic prescriptions, overall visits, and visits for acute respiratory … tract infections, influenza without pneumonia, and respiratory syncytial virus [RSV] infection, and … Several focus on respiratory tract infections because these are common reasons for patients to present … Respiratory tract infections addressed are divided into infections for which antibiotics are never indicated … (upper respiratory tract infections, influenza without pneumonia, RSV, and acute bronchitis), infections

12. Community-Acquired Pneumonia Clinical Decision Support Training: Emergency Department Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2018 - 57% ICU Slide 11: CURB-65 CDS Tool Automatically extracts data from EHR (age, blood pressure, respiratory … is over 18 and comes in with one of the chief complaints listed below: Chief Complaints Cough Respiratory … difficulties Respiratory distress Breathing problem Shortness of breath Image: Sample CAP CDS … : Criteria Data Source Confusion Recorded by nurse in flow sheet BUN Last in 24 hours Respiratory … rate Last respiratory rate in vitals section Blood pressure Last blood pressure in vitals section

13. PowerPoint Presentation
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    November 30, 2013 - lightheaded Hypertension/uncontrolled HTN Hypotension Rule out congestive heart failure Rule out DVT Respiratory … reinsertion   Treatments Prior to Transfer Labs X ray IV fluids Subcutaneous fluids NG tube Oxygen Respiratory … treatment Respiratory suctioning Medication: IV Medications: IM or SQ Medications: PO Seen By (Within … Oxygen therapy Respiratory treatment Suctioning   Transfusion Other __________ Surgical Procedure … Provider Consulting Physician Nurse Practitioner or PA Respiratory Therapist Other 0-3 Days 4-30 Days

14. Ventilator-Associated Event Surveillance: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2017 - Harms that can befall these mechanically ventilated patients range from acute respiratory distress syndrome … This surveillance also includes quantitative evidence of respiratory deterioration after a period of … We know that respiratory deterioration in previously stable patients is definitely a risk factor for … If this is one of your problems, are the nursing and respiratory therapy staffs working together to make … Work collaboratively with respiratory therapists to identify subtle changes in your patients’ condition

15. Improving Antibiotic Use is a Patient Safety Issue
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    September 01, 2022 - stewardship leads Access to information technology support Decoupling patient satisfaction scores for upper respiratory … You wrote 2 prescriptions out of 20 acute respiratory infection cases that did not warrant antibiotics … You wrote 5 prescriptions out of 20 acute respiratory infection cases that did not warrant antibiotics … Communication practices and antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections in children. … Self-reported familiarity with acute respiratory infection guidelines and antibiotic prescribing in primary

16. Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department Setting (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2018 - Confusion + Uremia + Respiratory rate + low Blood pressure + age 65 years or older. … presentation of: Mortality risk & treatment options Score: 0 or 1 2 3 or more Confusion Urea > 7 mmol/l Respiratory

17. First-of-Its-Kind Study Examines Disparities in Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Cigarette Smoking in the United States | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - Profile Highlights Work of Amy Vogelsmeier To Improve Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated Viral Respiratory … Profile Highlights Work of Amy Vogelsmeier To Improve Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated Viral Respiratory … develop knowledge and recommendations to improve U.S. nursing homes’ ability to respond to high-risk respiratory … "An opportunity to minimize respiratory infections and the negative outcomes, not just from the illness

18. Learn Best Practices for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Syndromes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - Treatment Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections Community-Associated Lower Respiratory … Urinary Tract Infections   Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Community-Associated Lower Respiratory

19. Obsrounds (doc file)
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    August 07, 2012 - · Administrators, nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and medical and nursing students, to … Within which practice domain (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dietary, respiratory)?

20. Emergency Department Workflow Diagrams (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2018 - medical services CAP=community-acquired pneumonia ICU=intensive care unit EHR=electronic health record RR=respiratory … medical services CAP=community-acquired pneumonia ICU=intensive care unit EHR=electronic health record RR=respiratory