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221. Recommendation: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 24, 2020 - Assess risk. Determine if the adult is at increased risk of CVD. … Using a risk tool such as the Pooled Cohort Equations or the Framingham Risk Score. … Cardiovascular risk can be characterized as the elevation of a single risk factor or multiple risk … among patients receiving behavioral health counseling (pooled relative risk [RR], 0.80 [95% CI, 0.73 … DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; DHHS, US Department of Health and Human Services; RR, relative

222. Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for CVD Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     November 24, 2020 - Assessing whether a single risk factor or multiple risk factors are present. … Cardiovascular risk can be characterized as the elevation of a single risk factor or multiple risk factors … among patients receiving behavioral health counseling (pooled relative risk [RR], 0.80 [95% CI, 0.73 … DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; DHHS, US Department of Health and Human Services; RR, relative … -10-year-risk/ 11.

223. 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].

224. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Vitamin D and Calcium to Prevent Fractures: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary52/vitamin-d-and-calcium-to-prevent-fractures-preventive-medication-2013
     December 10, 2011 - (pooled relative risk, 0.88 [CI, 0.78 to 0.99]) in older adults, but the effects differed according … to study setting: institution (relative risk, 0.71 [CI, 0.57 to 0.89]) versus community-dwelling (relative … (pooled relative risk, 1.03 [CI, 0.84 to 1.26]), with high heterogeneity across studies ( I 2 = 60% … reduction among institutionalized elderly persons (relative risk, 0.71 [CI, 0.57 to 0.89]). … fracture (relative risk, 1.02 [CI, 0.89 to 1.16]) ( Figure 2 ).

225. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-cancer-medications_disposition-comments.pdf
     March 10, 2010 - Introduction Women need to understand what their own risks are of death as a result of breast cancer … for that subgroup, or difference in relative risk. … We agree, sorting out baseline risks from elevated relative risks is confusing. … We have included relative risk estimates for each subgroup in the text when they are calculated. … (older age) versus relative risk of treatment.

226. 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.

227. Screening for HIV Infection in Asymptomatic, Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     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 … (95% CI, 0.04-5.02) NR Abbreviations: HPTN, HIV Prevention Trials Network; NR, not reported; RR, relative … 95% 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

228. Archived: Evidence Summary: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     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

229. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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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 ad- justment7 were used to calculate the pooled relative … risks (RRs). … classes) typically available in the US Abbreviations: IRR, incidence rate ratio; KQ, key question; RR, relative … adherence and fall risks in older adults with a history of falling.

230. Final Progress Report: National Claims-Based Quality Measures for Surgical Site Infections (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - Hospitals reporting higher SSI risks will receive lower reimbursement. … In general, deep incisional and organ/space SSIs are associated with a two- to four-fold relative risk … of death during the post- operative hospitalization and a five- to six-fold relative risk of readmission … For modeling risks, each hospital’s risk in a given year was assessed as a predictor of its risk in … The net result for the SSI risks was the proportion of the following year’s risk that is the result

231. Final Progress Report: Communicating Probabilities through Interactive Computer Graphics (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Responses included relief about small risks and concern about large risks. … with higher perceived risks. … about risks. … Graphs can be useful in illustrating risks 5, 15, 16. … the relationship between graphically portrayed risks and viewers’ quantitative estimates of those risks

232. Blood-Clots-Hip-Knee-Surgery Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/blood-clots-hip-knee-surgery_executive.pdf
     March 01, 2012 - Lastly, in contemporary practice, the risks of VTE, PE, and DVT and the causal link between DVT and … risks with associated 95 percent confidence intervals. … Peto’s OR was chosen over relative risk when the control event rate was exceptionally low (less than … of proximal and distal DVT (relative risk reduction [RRR] 47 percent and 41 percent, respectively) … Relative Risks (RRs): The ratio of an event occurring in an exposed group to an event occurring in a

233. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Falls Prevention in Older Adults: Counseling and Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary24/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-counseling-and-preventive-medication-2012
     December 15, 2010 - Thus, primary analyses estimated relative risk for falling by using random-effects models 20-21 . … After 12 months, the relative risk for falling between the intervention group and usual care was 0.86 … affect the overall statistical significance for comprehensive interventions (relative risk, 0.88 [CI, … statistically significant (relative risk, 0.83 [CI, 0.71 to 0.97]). … The overall pooled relative risk for falling (n=6,322) was 0.94 (95% CI, 0.87 to 1.02), with moderate

234. Disposition of Comments Report for Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2013 - For eg., Is it what the study authors reported or did the review authors calculate relative risk for … The problem is that heel ulcers develop in neuropathic and ischemic patients, risks for whom the scales … This corresponded to a relative risk of developing a pressure ulcer of 1.57 in the control group compared … We calculated a standard relative risk with 95% CI based on the incidence rates reported in the trial … factors to identify persons with potentially reducible risks.

235. 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

236. CMS's Million Hearts Model Longitudinal ASCVD Risk Assessment Tool for Updated 10-Year ASCVD Risk (April 2021) (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - CMS's Million Hearts Model Longitudinal ASCVD Risk Assessment Tool for Updated 10-Year ASCVD Risk (April … Provide information resources to the patient outlining benefits, risks, effects, and evidence behind … The Updated Risk calculation compares the original baseline risk with the updated risk reflecting instituted … “10-year risk” Risk of showing evidence of ASCVD within the next 10 years. … Estimating Longitudinal Risks and Benefits From Cardiovascular Preventive Therapies Among Medicare Patients

237. Evidence Summary: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 238: Cervical Ripening (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-238-cervical-ripening-evidence-summary.pdf
     March 01, 2021 - Primary birth outcome: cesarean delivery Key Question Intervention Findingsa Studies Incidence Relative … vs. 40% RR 0.98 (0.80 to 1.22) CI = confidence interval; RCT = randomized controlled trial; RR = relative … Primary fetal harms outcomes Key Question Intervention Outcome Findingsa Studies Incidence Relative … difference; RR = relative risk a Difference of <1% = little or no difference; >1% to 3% = small difference … Primary maternal harms outcomes Key Question Intervention Outcome Findingsa Studies Incidence Relative

238. Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology: Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System (SURPAS) - Final Report (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - of the proposed procedure, but also alternative care options and associated risks. … , nor of sharing these risks estimates with the patient, family, and surgical team. … by surgical team members, including documenting that risks were discussed with the patient. … A printout of the patient’s risks compared to national averages in the form of pictographs can also … will help them out… Then, if we can figure out interventions that would decrease those risks, I think

239. The Use of Conjoint Analysis to Elicit Patient Preferences in Selecting Treatment Endpoints (pdf file)
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     August 27, 2012 - Serious Side-Effect Risks-- RISK OF BLEEDING ULCER 1 patient out of 100 (1%) will have a bleeding … Serious Side-Effect Risks-- RISK OF HEART ATTACK or STROKE 5 patients out of 100 (5%) will have a … Fracture Risk 5-year treatment – related risk of a renal failure 10.0 5.9 6.8 10.0 Lescrauwaet … Each set has a bar for: absolute risk and relative risk. There are no data points. … Each set has a bar for: absolute risk and relative riskThere is a dashed line labeled WHI Risk across

240. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Lung Cancer: Screening, May 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary35/lung-cancer-screening-2004
     May 15, 2004 - The top of the figure has the text, "Relative risk," with "95% confidence interval" written below it. … Relative risk has been described as the ratio of the risk of an event among an exposed population to … Each has a corresponding relative risk rate data point represented by a variably sized black box, on … A vertical line cuts down the middle of the figure ending at the 1.0 on the relative risk line. … Data points fall either to the left or the right of the vertical 1.0 relative risk rate line.