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201. Methods-Balancing-Harms-Benefits Research-2012 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - difference and relative risk and is an information- preserving approach. … If reviewers only presented the relative risk, it would not be possible to obtain the risk difference … along with 39 relative risks. 9 Systematic reviewers should conduct the quantitative assessment … Additive Risk versus Additive Relative Risk Models. Epidemiology. 1993; 4:32- 6. 29. … Using alternative statistical formats for presenting risks and risk reductions.

202. Look-alike and sound-alike medicines: risks and 'solutions.' | PSNet
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     March 29, 2023 - Commentary Look-alike and sound-alike medicines: risks and 'solutions.' … Look-alike and sound-alike medicines: risks and 'solutions'. … Look-alike and sound-alike medicines: risks and 'solutions'.

203. The risks to patient safety from health system expansions. | PSNet
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     May 13, 2020 - Commentary Emerging Classic The risks to patient safety … The Risks to Patient Safety From Health System Expansions. … The Risks to Patient Safety From Health System Expansions. … July 7, 2021 A framework for operationalizing risk: a practical approach to patient safety

204. Disposition of Comments for Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2013 - Is it appropriate to focus exclusively on relative risk here? … also be smaller even if relative risk exceeds that seen with a larger baseline risk. … Whether to employ a relative risk that is constant or one that varies with underlying absolute risk … Which two relative risk estimates are being compared? … Control arm mortality versus relative risk.

205. The Risks of a Malpositioned Gastrostomy Tube and Poor Communication | PSNet
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     August 01, 2012 - SPOTLIGHT CASE The Risks of a Malpositioned Gastrostomy Tube and Poor Communication … The Risks of a Malpositioned Gastrostomy Tube and Poor Communication. PSNet [internet]. … The Risks of a Malpositioned Gastrostomy Tube and Poor Communication. PSNet [internet]. … Best practices to mitigate patient care transition risks are to minimize the number of provider transitions … The Risks of a Malpositioned Gastrostomy Tube and Poor Communication. PSNet [internet].

206. Preventing errors with high-risk medications. | PSNet
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     May 20, 2020 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Preventing errors with high-risk medications. … Citation Text: Preventing errors with high-risk medications. Wiley F. Drug Topics. … Cite Citation Citation Text: Preventing errors with high-risk … June 16, 2019 A medication safety education program to reduce the risk of harm caused

207. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary16/coronary-heart-disease-screening-using-non-traditional-risk-factors-2009
     October 15, 2009 - factors by self-report rather than bio-chemical measurement, found higher relative risk estimates. … No studies conducted analyses to determine the relative risk for CHD events specifically in intermediate-risk … For cardiovascular diseases in general, relative risk estimates for different categories of periodontal … pointed out 108 , "assessments of new prognostic tests should not rely solely on associations measured by relative … risks."

208. Screening for HIV: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2019 - HAART � highly active antiretroviral therapy; HR � hazard ratio; RR � relative risk. … Methods for Calculating Relative Risk for Clinical Progression or Death during HAART Compared with No … The relative risk for clinical progres- sion or death during 3-drug therapy versus no antiretroviral … For relative risks, we assumed that the log of relative risk was approximately normally distributed. … relative risk.

209. Archived: Evidence Summary: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-2005
     July 05, 2005 - among those who tested negative (relative risk, 1.27 to 2). 185 , 186 Two good-quality randomized, … HAART = highly active antiretroviral therapy; HR = hazard ratio; RR = relative risk. … (used in Outcomes Table) Because no clinical trials have directly evaluated the relative risk for … For relative risks, we assumed that the log of relative risk was approximately normally distributed. … The log of the relative risk was sampled from the normal distribution and then transformed back to relative

210. Risk Management Pearls for Medication Safety: Part I and Part II. | PSNet
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     September 30, 2015 - Citation Text: Risk Management Pearls for Medication Safety: Part I and Part II. … Chicago, IL: American Society for Healthcare Risk Management; 2014. … These guides cover medication safety principles, common causes for errors, and strategies to manage risks … Chicago, IL: American Society for Healthcare Risk Management; 2014. … February 17, 2009 Reducing the Risks of Wrong-Site Surgery: Safety Practices from The

211. Recommendation: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 03, 2019 - These risks are increased in older women, although women who have had a hysterectomy are not at risk … have suggested that even women who are well informed about the risks and benefits have relatively little … These risks increase with age. … As with all of its recommendations, the USPSTF encourages clinicians to discuss with patients the risks … Risks of breast, ovarian and contralateral breast cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.

212. Health IT Enhanced Family Health History Documentation & Management in Primary Care - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2011 - of providers to both capture this type of information and to estimate and provide guidance on health risks … provide tailored disease risk and risk reduction information for these four common conditions (breast … tailored disease risk and risk reduction information for the patient and PCP. … associated with lifestyle risk factors for the targeted diseases/conditions. … assessment module of self-reported family health history and personal risk factors.

213. Evidence Summary: Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-nonpregnant-adolescents-and-adults1/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening
     June 11, 2019 - of a composite outcome of mortality, AIDS-defining events, or serious non-AIDS events (relative risk … Relative risks (RRs) were calculated based on reported event rates, to calculate absolute risk differences … , 0.04-5.02) NR Abbreviations: HPTN, HIV Prevention Trials Network; NR, not reported; RR, relative … CI, 0.94-1.25]) Some inconsistency between RCT and observational data regarding cardiovascular risks … rate ratio; KQ, key question; NA, not applicable; OR, odds ratio; RCT, randomized clinical trial; RR, relative

214. Final Recommendation Statement: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction
     September 03, 2019 - These risks are increased in older women, although women who have had a hysterectomy are not at risk … have suggested that even women who are well informed about the risks and benefits have relatively little … These risks increase with age. … As with all of its recommendations, the USPSTF encourages clinicians to discuss with patients the risks … Risks of breast, ovarian and contralateral breast cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.

215. Fires during surgeries a bigger risk than thought. | PSNet
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     August 24, 2016 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Fires during surgeries a bigger risk than thought. … Citation Text: Fires during surgeries a bigger risk than thought. Kowalczyk L. Boston Globe. … Cite Citation Citation Text: Fires during surgeries a bigger risk … September 26, 2012 When surgery goes wrong: weighing up the risks.

216. Evidence Summary: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 04, 2024 - of 1 or more falls (relative risk [RR], 0.96 [95% CI, 0.91-1.02]), injurious falls (IRR, 0.92 [95% CI … Random-effects meta-analyses with a Knapp-Hartung adjustment 7 were used to calculate the pooled relative … risks (RRs). … Effects of Virtual-Group Exercise at Home (V-GEAH) on adherence and fall risks in older adults with a … typically available in the US Abbreviations: IRR, incidence rate ratio; KQ, key question; RR, relative

217. Improving the Safety of Diagnosis and Therapy in the Inpatient Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - In this risk score, X n represents baseline risk factors and in-hospital clinical factors, as well as … The high-risk cohorts included cases of patients who were transferred to the ICU after 24 hours, died … with preimplementation period (16.5 vs. 20.9, OR 0.75 [95% CI 0.43-1.29], p=0.29), or a 25 percent relative … risk reduction in overall DE. 1 In postimplementation analysis, researchers found that relative risk … reductions in DE were greater in patients in the high-risk cohort.

218. Final Evidence Summary: Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary27/screening-depression-suicide-risk-children-adolescents
     October 11, 2022 - (3 studies with statistically significant results using varying thresholds), and loss of diagnosis (relative … Rating Scale–Revised mean difference, −3.76 [95% CI, −5.95 to −1.57; n = 793; 3 studies), remission (relative … Results favored pharmacotherapy for remission (relative risk [RR], 1.20 [95% CI, 1.00 to 1.45]; n = 793 … fluoxetine) reported varying results in the placebo group in different publications; as a result, the relative … ; NA, not applicable; OR, odds ratio; RR, relative risk; SIQ, Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire; SIQ-JR

219. Emerging Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease: A Summary of Systematic Reviews Conducted for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2009 - factors by self-report rather than bio- chemical measurement, found higher relative risk esti- mates … No studies conducted analyses to deter- mine the relative risk for CHD events specifically in intermediate-risk … For cardiovascular diseases in general, relative risk es- timates for different categories of periodontal … out (108), “assessments of new prognostic tests should not rely solely on associations measured by relative … risks.”

220. Health Information Technology Enhanced Family Health History Documentation & Management in Primary Care - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-enhanced-family-health-history-documentation/annual-summary/2012
     January 01, 2012 - improve providers’ ability to capture this information and estimate and provide guidance on health risks … provide tailored disease risk and risk reduction information for four common conditions (breast cancer … risk factors into a single tool. … This will provide tailored disease risk and risk reduction information for the patient and PCP. … The pilot of the risk assessment in the IVRS identified quality problems with the system. Dr.