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141. Final Progress Report: Developing a patient-centered model of the risk of perioperative complications in spine surgery (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/ratliff-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - selection operator (LASSO) regularization method and a logistic regression approach for predicting the risks … Purpose This project sought to develop a relative risk model predicting incidence of complications in … Our analysis showed that Medicaid status was the single most important factor in predicting the risks … The following categories of features or variables were considered as potential predictors for the risks … in the high-risk group.

142. Archived: Breast Cancer: Medications for Risk Reduction | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction-2002
     July 08, 2002 - Risk for breast cancer. … Risk for adverse effects. … The relative risk reduction for breast cancer was 0.94 (95 percent CI, 0.59-1.43) for the Royal Marsden … significant difference in incidence between the tamoxifen and placebo groups in this age group. 7 The relative … Weighing the risks and benefits of tamoxifen treatment for preventing breast cancer.

143. Final Progress Report: Oral Chemotherapy Safety in Ambulatory Oncology: A Proactive Risk Assessment (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/weingart-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Official Denise Burgess (denise.burgess@ahrq.hhs.gov) 2.0 ABSTRACT Purpose: We sought to assess the risks … Results: Each stage of the medication use process poses risks to oral chemotherapy safety. … of oral chemotherapies.1 Additional risks associated with oral chemotherapy use in ambulatory oncology … They identified risks associated with temozolomide that were not identified by the capecitabine FMEA … However, given the relatively clear and consistent pattern of risks and recommendations that evolved

144. Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpra.pdf
     March 01, 2012 - ST- PRA is particularly helpful for estimating risks in outcomes that are very rare, such as the risk … ST-PRA is particularly helpful for estimating risks in outcomes that are very rare, such as the risk … and combinations of risks, and the design of an intervention aimed at reducing the risk of SSIs. … of the other risks in the model. … unique combinations of risks that contribute to the adverse outcome.

145. Developing and Piloting a Tool To Create Dot Plots To Summarize Pooled Data for Multiple Outcomes in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dot-plots-methods.pdf
     October 01, 2021 - risk with 95 percent confidence intervals as well as the absolute rates in each arm. … risks) in the same format as the dot plots. … risk and 95 percent confidence interval. … and control groups along with the proportion of patients who experienced an outcome in each group, relative … risk; SOE = strength of evidence Figure 2.

146. Mitigating Overdose Risk | The Academy
     integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/moud-playbook/implementing-treatment/mitigating-overdose-risk
     January 01, 2019 - Practices Topic Briefs Mitigating Overdose Risk … North Star The clinical care team understands the risk of overdose among patients with OUD and … Train Providers, Patients, and Families about the Risk of Overdose Educate patients and families … People with OUD are most at risk of overdose when they use opioids following periods of abstinence or … This increased risk of overdose is more common in the following situations: After leaving a controlled

147. Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Updated Modeling Study for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 26, 2022 - In all scenarios, non-CRC benefits and harms were assumed to take effect immediately, and relative risks … of Effects of Using Low-Dose (≤100 mg/d) Aspirin for Primary Prevention of CRC and CVD Parameter Relative … was lower and had a narrower confidence interval compared with the corre- sponding finding in 2016 (relative … for CRC incidence and affects fatal major gastrointestinal bleeding risks. … constant over time, but life- time net benefits of aspirin would be higher if these relative risks de

148. Screening for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/2kM7LY6ccceVo8bmdUXhYm
     September 01, 2002 - density testing to identify fracture risks, effectiveness of treatment in reducing fracture risk, and … This was comparable to the magnitude of the relative risks of most of the other significant predictors … 3,723 participants (dosage 10 to 40 mg/d; weighted relative risk, 0.51; CI, 0.38-0.69). … by 70% (relative risk, 1.7). … risk for hip fracture 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 with treatment Relative risk for vertebral 0.52

149. 10-year ASCVD risk | CDS Connect
     cds.ahrq.gov/cdsconnect/keywords/10-year-ascvd-risk
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150. C-Reactive Protein as a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/khUSqr94jqWPErt9ZRnQ95
     October 01, 2009 - For good studies that adjusted for all Framingham risk variables, the summary estimate of relative risk … CRP level was positively associated with incident CHD events in 23 of the 24 cohorts, with adjusted relative … risks that ranged from 0.98 to 2.61. … The relative risk was 1.58 (CI, 1.37 to 1.83) for high versus low CRP levels (Figure 1) and 1.22 (CI, … The relative risk was 1.53 (CI, 1.36 to 1.73) for high versus low CRP levels and 1.20 (CI, 1.12 to 1.29

151. Archived: C-Reactive Protein as a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/c-reactive-protein-as-a-risk-factor-for-coronary-heart-disease-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analyses-for-the-us-preventive-services-task-force/coronary-heart-disease-screening-using-non-traditional-risk-factors-2009
     July 15, 2008 - For good studies that adjusted for all Framingham risk variables, the summary estimate of relative risk … CRP level was positively associated with incident CHD events in 23 of the 24 cohorts, with adjusted relative … risks that ranged from 0.98 to 2.61. … factors or calculated a Framingham risk score. 33 , 42 , 44-46 , 52 , 55-56 , 60-61 The relative risk … The relative risk was 1.53 (CI, 1.36 to 1.73) for high versus low CRP levels and 1.20 (CI, 1.12 to 1.29

152. Articulate Word Output (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/primary-prevention-cvd-with-statins.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - to the patient’s absolute CVD risk. … On the other hand, the adverse effects appear to be relatively independent of CVD risks. … different levels of underlying CVD risks. … It assumes a relative risk reduction of 25% with statin therapy. … Most trials enrolled patients with some elevation in LDL or who had elevated risks due to diabetes.

153. Appendix S. Surgeons' Acceptance of Surgical Site Infection Risk Adjustment Models | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiaps.html
     April 01, 2018 - Initial Risk Factors Appendix J. Additional Risk Factors Appendix K. … Final Risk Factors Appendix L. … stratification metrics must reflect this new data; (4) risks of SSI associated with emergency surgery … duration) to predict the rate of SSI in high-risk and low-risk procedures. … Current risk adjustment tools are too simple; evidence-based risk factors need to be identified and measured

154. Evidence Summary: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary--html/cardiovascular-disease-screening-using-nontraditional-risk-assessment
     July 10, 2018 - For the Framingham Risk Score–based analyses, which used 3 risk strata, the top 2 risk strata (10%-20% … Combining risk markers improves cardiovascular risk prediction in women. … Comparison of novel risk markers for improvement in cardiovascular risk assessment in intermediate-risk … POPADAD, Prevention of Progression of Arterial Disease and Diabetes; RCT, randomized clinical trial; RR, relative … risk.

155. A Tale of Two Falls | PSNet
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     March 27, 2024 - impairment (e.g., dementia, stroke, brain injury, delirium). 5,6 Extrinsic factors include environmental risks … While different falls risk assessment tools can identify patients’ individualized risks, ongoing assessments … , mobility limitations or environmental risks such as lines/tubes. … identify high risk patients. … factors and what interventions are in place to reduce those risks, along with the contributing environmental

156. Current and emerging infectious risks of blood transfusions. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/current-and-emerging-infectious-risks-blood-transfusions
     June 09, 2021 - Study Current and emerging infectious risks of blood transfusions. … Current and emerging infectious risks of blood transfusions. JAMA. 2003;289(8):959-62. … Current and emerging infectious risks of blood transfusions. JAMA. 2003;289(8):959-62.

157. Archived: Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/osteoporosis-screening-2002
     September 17, 2002 - density testing to identify fracture risks, effectiveness of treatment in reducing fracture risk, and … This was comparable to the magnitude of the relative risks of most of the other significant predictors … Risk Factor Relative Risk (95% confidence interval) References Age: per 2 years … risk for hip fracture with treatment 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 Relative risk for … Poor-fair: difficult to know how risks impact individual patients.

158. Developing and Piloting a Tool To Create Dot Plots To Summarize Pooled Data for Multiple Outcomes in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/dot-plots-methods.pdf
     October 01, 2021 - risk with 95 percent confidence intervals as well as the absolute rates in each arm. … risks) in the same format as the dot plots. … risk and 95 percent confidence interval. … and control groups along with the proportion of patients who experienced an outcome in each group, relative … risk; SOE = strength of evidence Figure 2.

159. Risk Management and Patient Safety | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/risk-management-and-patient-safety
     December 01, 2010 - companies.( 3 ) Professional liability insurers have long recognized the value of controlling systems risks … Since its creation in 1976, Risk Management Foundation (RMF) has created a robust program of risk management … Risk retention group offers incentive to reduce claims frequency. Risk Retention Reporter. … as risk financing, risk control, and proactive risk management. … So you may as well manage your risk as opposed to react to your risk.

160. Recommendation: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cardiovascular-disease-screening-using-nontraditional-risk-assessment
     July 10, 2018 - Risk factors can be combined in many ways to classify a person's risk for a CVD event. … Risk Score, incorporates hsCRP level into its risk calculation. … at intermediate risk. … year risk of 7.5% or greater are considered at high risk. 4 The distribution of estimated CVD risk in … 7.5% for increased risk.