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8421. Doctor wear gloves is using lancet on a patient's finger. (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - 1,2 Surgical patients, even without diabetes, are at risk for hyperglycemia Hyperglycemia is associated … with increased risk for surgical site infections (SSIs), mortality, and higher healthcare costs Risk … of SSIs has been shown to decrease by 40 percent with postoperative tight glucose control3 To limit risk

8422. Machine-Learning-Tools-Appendix-D (xls file)
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      January 01, 2024 - of bias assessment in RCTs can be supportive in some risk of bias domains. … ChatGPT for assessing risk of bias of randomized trials using the RoB 2.0 tool: A methods study 2023 … ChatGPT is currently unable to reliably assess risk of bias of randomized trials. … ChatGPT for assessing risk of bias of randomized trials using the RoB 2.0 tool: A methods study 2023 … ChatGPT is currently unable to reliably assess risk of bias of randomized trials.

8423. Kbjjfcap9Xvhkp43U-7B9Q (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2014 - Vaccination against HBV infection was associated with decreased risk in high-risk populations. … , but risk for serious adverse events did not differ. … Other groups recommend screening high-risk persons (7, 9). … For antiviral therapy and vaccination, we conducted meta-analyses to calculate relative risks using the … Screening based on behavioral risk factors, such as injection drug use and high-risk sexual behaviors

8424. Dangers of Missing an Epidural Abscess: Multiple Visits and Delayed Diagnosis with a Severely Negative Outcome | PSNet
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      April 27, 2022 - Learning Objectives List risk factors, symptoms, and exam findings associated with spinal epidural abscess … Risk Factors Nearly all (98%) patients diagnosed with SEA have at least one risk factor predisposing … In patients with severe symptoms or risk factors, a post-void residual bladder volume and assessment … While it can mimic meningitis, SEA should be considered in patients with risk factors and historical … Risk Factors for Emergency Department Unscheduled Return Visits. Medicina 2019;55(8):457.

8425. From Quality Measures to Quality Care: Examples of Quality Improvement at Work | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2018 - As a result of these efforts, between 1989 and 1992, the risk-adjusted mortality rate for bypass patients … While clinically indicated for some deliveries, this surgical procedure carries risks as well as morbidity … It reported the cesarean delivery rate, high-risk infant transfer rate, ultrasound rate, vaginal birth … They have identified the population at high risk, developed an education plan for asthmatics focusing … Patients in critical care, with hip fractures or with spinal injuries, are at particular risk.

8426. Obesity-Child Executive (pdf file)
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      March 31, 2010 - , or high risk of bias. … We assessed risk of bias as described above. … , or high), this was the risk category we assigned to that group. … Only one study, with a high risk of bias Table C. … limitations as an indirect measure of adiposity, and it is not an ideal indicator for cardiometabolic risks

8427. Utilization of ISO 9001 Principles as a Model for Community Cooperation in Establishing an Anticoagulation Clinic (pdf file)
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      June 16, 2021 - complications and readmissions related to bleeding, thromboembolic events, and adverse drug events  Risk … Variables: Service Line, DRG, Physician, Diagnosis, Procedure, Trending – Including ICD-9 codes used in risk …  Risk Adjusted Complications, Mortality, Readmissions – Reporting Variables: Service Line, DRG, Physician …  Risk assessment form: This form will record risk factors of patients on warfarin therapy. …  Clinical risk assessment tool: This tool will characterize and profile patients at risk for adverse

8428. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - Sustainability Preventing CAUTI: Focus on Culturing Stewardship Tools To Help Mitigate Device Risk … Sustainability Preventing CAUTI: Focus on Culturing Stewardship Tools To Help Mitigate Device Risk …    Resident Physician Device Risk Checklist    Resident Physician Device Risk Pocket Card    CUSP

8429. Behavioral Counseling Interventions for Healthy Weight and Weight Gain in Pregnancy (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2021 - healthy diet and physical activity for cardiovascular disease prevention in adults with cardiovascular risk … diet and physical activity for cardiovascular disease prevention in adults without cardiovascular risk … www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd … /healthful-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cardiovascular-disease-prevention-in-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling

8430. Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience: SAFER Guides. | PSNet
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      January 10, 2007 - July 29, 2015 FDASIA Health IT Report: Proposed Strategy and Recommendations for a Risk-Based … July 23, 2014 Promoting Patient Safety Through Effective Health Information Technology Risk … October 21, 2015 Promoting Patient Safety Through Effective Health Information Technology Risk … May 1, 2015 FDASIA Health IT Report: Proposed Strategy and Recommendations for a Risk-Based

8431. 095-Mrsa-Surveillance (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - However, surveillance is needed to identify patients at high risk for MRSA infections and those who would … laboratory-identified (LabID) MRSA bacteremia or past clinical cultures, and any data indicating existing or past risk … · Targeted decolonization requires review of available historical culture and risk-factor data. … · Pre-existing data indicating current or past risk factors for MRSA exposure will inform antimicrobial

8432. 049-Talking-Points-Patients-Nasal-Decolonization (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - These bacteria are known to greatly increase the risk of a severe infection that can complicate your … Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which greatly increase the risk … A single course of nasal decolonization reduces your risk for surgical site infections, but bacteria … Standard practice is to restart the nasal decolonization before every surgery to minimize your risk of

8433. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2020 - Previously, it recommended screening adults born between 1945 and 1965 and others at high risk. … clinicians consider screening persons younger than 18 years and older than 79 years who are at high risk … Periodically screen persons with continued risk for HCV infection (eg, persons with past or current injection … There is limited evidence to determine how often to screen persons at increased risk.

8434. Self-Measured Blood Pressure: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2012 - In the study, ramipril treatment was reported to reduce SBP by 3 mmHg and DBP by 2 mmHg, with a relative … Our calculated total sample sizes for relative risk (in a two-arm RCT with a 1:1 ratio between arms, … two-sided type I error rate [alpha] of 5 percent, and 80 percent power) for each combination of estimated relative … risk and control rate are presented in Figure 2. 13 Figure 2. … Depending on the specific control rate and relative risk, the total number of subjects required would

8435. Women | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2024 - and establish the efficacy of an actionable predictive model to identify pregnant individuals at high risk … postpartum hemorrhage which can be used in combination with a clinical decision support tool to reduce the risk … implementation of BREASTChoice, a multilevel breast reconstruction decision support tool with personalized risk … implementation of BREASTChoice, a multilevel breast reconstruction decision support tool with personalized risk … Citation Confidential screening for and management of Intimate Partner Violence risk using a commercial

8436. Computable Social Factor Phenotyping Using EHR and HIE Data | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2025 - Measurement of these factors is a key component of defining patient risk and understanding population … Improving their collection can lead to improvements in risk-predication models, identification of those … will assess the validity of patient-level computable social factor phenotypes to predict a patient’s risk … Generalizability and portability of natural language processing system to extract individual social risk … Generalizability and portability of natural language processing system to extract individual social risk

8437. An Incomplete Anesthesia History Leads to Adverse Outcomes | PSNet
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      January 29, 2021 - Pulmonologists therefore often seek the assistance of an anesthesiology team to help them reduce the risk … Anesthesiologists are aware of the risk of aggravating preexisting TMJ pathology when they perform jaw … The risk of prolonged paralysis that cannot readily be reversed is the main reason that succinylcholine … Treatment of these complications  placed these patients at risk for other iatrogenic complications (i.e … WebM&M Cases Saline Flush Leads to Acute Paralysis of an Awake Patient: Risks

8438. The burden of opioid-related mortality in the United States. | PSNet
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      June 02, 2021 - Opioid use can increase risk of adverse drug events, including overdoses. … Same Author(s) Association of opioid consumption profiles after hospitalization with risk … March 2, 2022 Patient race and opioid misuse history influence provider risk perceptions … June 26, 2019 Long-term risk of overdose or mental health crisis after opioid dose tapering … Related Resources Physician prescribing of opioids to patients at increased risk

8439. Overnight stay in the emergency department and mortality in older patients. | PSNet
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      March 05, 2025 - ) can result in long wait times to be seen or admitted, as well as placing patients at increased risk … In this prospective study, researchers compared the risk of in-hospital mortality among older patients … indicate that patients who spent an overnight in the ED had a higher in-hospital mortality rate, increased risk … of adverse events, and longer length of stay; this risk was exacerbated for patients with limited functional … June 30, 2021 Analysis of risk factors for patient safety events occurring in the emergency

8440. NICU medication errors: identifying a risk profile for medication errors in the neonatal intensive care unit. | PSNet
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      September 21, 2008 - Study NICU medication errors: identifying a risk profile for medication errors in … NICU medication errors: identifying a risk profile for medication errors in the neonatal intensive care … prescribing errors, errors involving malfunctioning equipment , and errors associated with known high-risk … NICU medication errors: identifying a risk profile for medication errors in the neonatal intensive care … June 25, 2012 Risk and pharmacoeconomic analyses of the injectable medication process