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321. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/gestational-diabetes-screening-diagnosis_research-protocol.pdf
     December 16, 2011 - uncertainty exists regarding whether treatment to reduce maternal glucose levels decreases the risks … This will be done using the Mantel-Haenszel method for relative risks and the inverse variance method … For dichotomous outcomes, we will compute relative risks to estimate between-group differences. … correction factor of 0.5 will be added to each cell of the 2x2 table in order to obtain estimates of the relative … risk.

322. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/gestational-diabetes-screening-diagnosis_research-protocol.pdf
     December 16, 2011 - uncertainty exists regarding whether treatment to reduce maternal glucose levels decreases the risks … This will be done using the Mantel-Haenszel method for relative risks and the inverse variance method … For dichotomous outcomes, we will compute relative risks to estimate between-group differences. … correction factor of 0.5 will be added to each cell of the 2x2 table in order to obtain estimates of the relative … risk.

323. 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.

324. Vitamin D With or Without Calcium Supplementation for Prevention of Cancer and Fractures: An Updated Meta-analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     December 01, 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 (I2 � 60%; P … 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).

325. 72. For the Patient Unwilling To Quit (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Motivational information has the greatest impact if it is relevant to a patient's disease status or risk … Risks The clinician should ask the patient to identify potential negative consequences of tobacco use … Examples of risks are: Acute risks : Shortness of breath, exacerbation of asthma, increased risk … Long-term risks : Heart attacks and strokes, lung and other cancers (e.g., larynx, oral cavity, pharynx … Environmental risks : Increased risk of lung cancer and heart disease in spouses; increased risk for

326. Archived: Evidence Summary: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 09, 2001 - The relative risk reductions for CHD events ranged from 19% to 37% and for CHD mortality from 20% to … the relative risk of CHD events by 31% and total mortality by 22%. … Drug therapy for lipid disorders reduces the relative risk for CHD events by 30%. … These women appeared to have a relative risk reduction for first CHD events similar to that for men, … Some epidemiologic studies have found that the relative risk of elevated cholesterol is attenuated in

327. Fallpxtool4B (doc file)
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     January 29, 2013 - Environmental risks (e.g., hooked up to IV). … Educates patient/family about fall risk factors. … Environmental risks (e.g., hooked up to IV). … CNA Reports any new fall risks to nurse. Keeps environment around bed clutter free. … Reviews medications for fall risk.

328. Sick and Pregnant | PSNet
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     August 25, 2021 - prevent cancer progression following antiestrogen therapy).( 1 ) To help practitioners weigh the risks … clarity and lack of a strong evidence basis.( 5-7 ) For example, categories do not clearly communicate relative … risk (e.g., risk does not necessarily increase as one goes from categories C to D to X) nor how the … levothyroxine B No evidence of risk in humans: either animal studies show risks, but … amoxicillin C Risk cannot be ruled out.

329. Archived: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 2002 - Risk assessment should include asking about the presence and severity of the following risk factors: … of cardiovascular risk than categorizations based simply on counting the numbers of risk factors (http … Although balance of benefits and harms is most favorable in high-risk people (5-year risk greater than … caused Major gastrointestinal bleeding events **** : 2-4 caused * These estimates are based on a relative … Five-year risks of 1%, 3% and 5% are equivalent to 10-year risks of 2%, 6%, and 10%, respectively. **

330. Assessing Harms when Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 01, 2020 - However, placebo-controlled RCTs may also provide important information on absolute and relative risks … trials. 35 There was no clear tendency for randomized trials or observational studies to report larger relative … risks. … three outcomes were more than 0.20. 76 However, the 95-percent confidence intervals for estimates of relative … risks for these three adverse events encompassed clinically significant increases in risk (-13.5 percent

331. Patient, Family Member, and Clinician Perceptions of Disclosure of Adverse Events in Labor and Delivery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2017 - how to include patients and families in the care team and how to communicate with patients about the risks … degree of inter-rater agreement across respondents to see if our clinical experts agreed regarding the relative … Triage / Assessment Clinician does not sufficiently educate patient/family about risks. … Intra-Partum Fetal Death Pre-Hospital Clinician does not educate mother/family about risks 3.60 … Intra-Partum Fetal Death Pre-Hospital Clinician does not educate mother/family about risks 4.00

332. Physician and patient tools to improve chronic kidney disease care. | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - Project Name A Risk Based Approach to Improving Management of Chronic Kidney Disease Technology

333. Recommendation: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 14, 2025 - predicted by FRAX alone and by BMD alone are similar, but both are less accurate than risks predicted … thresholds at the individual level to account for additional risks (eg, fall risk) not considered in … The pooled relative risk (RR) for the effect of screening on hip fractures was 0.83 (95% CI, 0.73-0.93 … Relative risk estimates were imprecise and CIs were wide in all these studies. 1 , 46 One cohort study … Development of prognostic nomograms for individualizing 5-year and 10-year fracture risks.

334. Kidney-Disease-Medicine Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - risks and 95 percent confidence intervals. … Relative risk reduction was not significantly different than in similar patients who did not have microalbuminuria … • Inconsistent data suggested greater relative risk reduction for several clinical vascular outcomes … Inconsistent results suggested possibly a greater relative risk reduction with beta blockers in patients … • No RCT data address whether treatments have different relative risk reduction in clinical outcomes

335. Kidney-Disease-Medicine Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-disease-medicine_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - risks and 95 percent confidence intervals. … Relative risk reduction was not significantly different than in similar patients who did not have microalbuminuria … • Inconsistent data suggested greater relative risk reduction for several clinical vascular outcomes … Inconsistent results suggested possibly a greater relative risk reduction with beta blockers in patients … • No RCT data address whether treatments have different relative risk reduction in clinical outcomes

336. PII: S0749-3797(01)00255-0 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - The relative risk reductions for CHD events ranged from 19% to 37% and for CHD mortality from 20% to … decreased the relative risk of CHD events by 31% and total mortality by 22%. … reduction; NNT, numbers needed to treat; RRR, relative risk reduction; CI, confidence interval. … Drug therapy for lipid disorders reduces the relative risk for CHD events by 30%. … These women appeared to have a relative risk reduction for first CHD events similar to that for men,

337. 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.

338. Improving the Safety of Diagnosis and Therapy in the Inpatient Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     patientregistry.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/improving-safety-diagnosis-long-desc.html
     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.

339. Improving the Safety of Diagnosis and Therapy in the Inpatient Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/improving-safety-diagnosis-long-desc.html
     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.

340. Improving the Safety of Diagnosis and Therapy in the Inpatient Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     teamstepps.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/improving-safety-diagnosis-long-desc.html
     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.