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9141. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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      May 10, 2022 - COPD remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the US.1 The major risk factor for developing … Screening or active case finding (ie, spirometry based on systematically assessing for symptoms, risk … To address KQ1 on the effectiveness of screening or risk- tailored screening (referred to as active case … of serious cardiovascular events, and inhaled corticosteroids are associated with an increase in risk … Association of cardiovascular risk with inhaled long-acting bronchodilators in patients with chronic

9142. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Prehospital Airway Management (pdf file)
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      December 20, 2019 - The criteria used will depend on the study design as recommended in the chapter, “Assessing the Risk … We will not exclude studies rated high risk of bias a priori, but high risk of bias studies will be … High risk of bias studies may be excluded if sufficient low and moderate studies are available. … Two team members will independently assess risk of bias. … Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in a randomized trial.

9143. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      February 26, 2025 - At the conclusion of this case, participants should be able to: Identify characteristics of “high-risk … Discuss indications for cross sectional imaging in patients with high-risk abdominal pain. … Case Analysis This case involved a patient presenting with high-risk abdominal pain. … “High-risk” abdominal pain is characterized by clinical features including age greater than 65 years … Similarly, involuntary guarding, which was present in this case, is considered a high-risk examination

9144. Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2004 - have not been tested in the primary care clinical setting.4 • Home visit programs directed at high-risk … mothers (identified on the basis of sociodemographic risk factors) have improved developmental outcomes … The intervention trials identified “high-risk” women and children based on various inclusion criteria … False-positive test results, most common in low-risk populations, may compromise the clinician-patient … Adverse childhood experiences and risk of paternity in teen pregnancy.

9145. Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2004 - have not been tested in the primary care clinical setting.4 • Home visit programs directed at high-risk … mothers (identified on the basis of sociodemographic risk factors) have improved developmental outcomes … The intervention trials identified “high-risk” women and children based on various inclusion criteria … False-positive test results, most common in low-risk populations, may compromise the clinician-patient … Adverse childhood experiences and risk of paternity in teen pregnancy.

9146. Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2004 - have not been tested in the primary care clinical setting.4 • Home visit programs directed at high-risk … mothers (identified on the basis of sociodemographic risk factors) have improved developmental outcomes … The intervention trials identified “high-risk” women and children based on various inclusion criteria … False-positive test results, most common in low-risk populations, may compromise the clinician-patient … Adverse childhood experiences and risk of paternity in teen pregnancy.

9147. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2025 - types of surgery have yielded more granular information about the types of cases with the highest risk … .11,12 These studies and others have highlighted the importance of carefully selecting appropriate risk … In most cases, socioeconomic factors are omitted from these risk adjustment models to better highlight … surgery (e.g., trauma or burn surgery, organ transplants, intracranial hemorrhage) and very low- risk … This new measure, retitled as “Thirty-day Risk-Standardized Death Rate among Surgical Inpatients with

9148. Periodic Issue | PSNet
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      December 31, 2024 - Weekly Issue RSS Feed Study High-risk … Errors involving high-risk medications have the potential to cause serious harm or death. … this study, incident reports from the UK's National Reporting and Learning System involving three high-risk … Suboptimal handoffs are associated with increased risk of adverse events. … Errors involving high-risk medications have the potential to cause serious harm or death.

9149. Improving Healthcare Through AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program: 2023 Year in Review (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2023 - Known—and unknown—concerns about these technologies are significant, including risks to patient safety … whereas the machine learning–augmented report promotes the identification and sharing of patient risks … personalize patient handoffs, thereby promoting intelligent and interactive communication of patient risks … - - Reducing risks can increase safety of postoperative handoffs. … making tool that visually displays, to patients and providers, information on the potential interaction risks

9150. Behavioral Programs for Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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      September 11, 2015 - progression of microvascular complications, and stressed that the benefits should be weighed against the risks … Risk of Bias Two reviewers independently assessed the risk of bias of included studies. … had a high risk. … of bias and 58 percent had a high risk. … According to our decision rules for assessing risk of bias, a low risk of bias for participant and

9151. Systematic Review of Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2020 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies To assess the risk of bias (i.e., internal … A study with moderate risk of bias is susceptible to some risk of bias but probably not enough to invalidate … A study assessed as high risk of bias has significant risk of bias (e.g., stemming from serious issues … Two independent reviewers will assess risk of bias for each study. … Duration of lactation and risk factors for maternal cardiovascular disease.

9152. Recommendation: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      February 25, 2020 - Assessment of Risk Increasing age is the strongest known risk factor for cognitive impairment. 9 The … and Asian populations. 10 Other risk factors include cardiovascular risk factors (eg, diabetes, hypertension … Some of the suggested studies investigated the prevention of cognitive impairment by controlling risk … Prospective study of alcohol consumption and risk of dementia in older adults. … Risks and benefits of screening for dementia in primary care: the Indiana University Cognitive Health

9153. Screening for and Management of Obesity in Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2012 - Obesity is asso- ciated with such health problems as an increased risk for coronary heart disease, type … Obesity is also associated with an increased risk for death, particularly in adults younger than 65 years … These interventions also improve glucose tolerance and other physiologic risk factors for cardiovascular … or referring obese adults to intensive behavioral interventions to improve weight status and other risk … Metformin trials examined par- ticipants with diabetes risk factors (4).

9154. Are interventions to reduce interruptions and errors during medication administration effective?: a systematic review. | PSNet
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      August 28, 2024 - August 28, 2024 Risk factors associated with medication administration errors in children … March 13, 2024 Child age and risk of medication error: a multisite children's hospital … March 29, 2017 Underlying risk factors for prescribing errors in long-term aged care: … September 26, 2016 Association of interruptions with an increased risk and severity of

9155. The burden and risk factors for adverse drug events in older patients--a prospective cross-sectional study. | PSNet
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      May 20, 2020 - Study The burden and risk factors for adverse drug events in older patients--a prospective … The burden and risk factors for adverse drug events in older patients--a prospective cross-sectional … patients presenting to a South African emergency department and identified factors associated with risk … The burden and risk factors for adverse drug events in older patients--a prospective cross-sectional

9156. Electronic approaches to making sense of the text in the adverse event reporting system. | PSNet
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      August 03, 2022 - J Healthc Risk Manag. 2016;36(2):10-20. doi:10.1002/jhrm.21237. … J Healthc Risk Manag . 2016; 36 (2) :10-20 . View more articles from the same authors. … J Healthc Risk Manag. 2016;36(2):10-20. doi:10.1002/jhrm.21237. … Related Resources From the Same Author(s) New graduate registered nurses: Risk

9157. Differences in hospitals' workplace violence incident reporting practices: a mixed methods study. | PSNet
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      January 19, 2022 - July 15, 2020 Risk perception on the labour ward: a mixed methods study. … Assessing the impact of hospital mergers and acquisitions on safety culture with proactive risk … July 7, 2021 Burnout and sources of stress among health care risk managers and patient … See More About The Topic Hospitals Health Care Executives and Administrators Risk

9158. Factors influencing the reporting of adverse medical device events: qualitative interviews with physicians about higher risk implantable devices. | PSNet
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      May 17, 2017 - the reporting of adverse medical device events: qualitative interviews with physicians about higher risk … the reporting of adverse medical device events: qualitative interviews with physicians about higher risk … the reporting of adverse medical device events: qualitative interviews with physicians about higher risk … March 29, 2012 Did duty hour reform lead to better outcomes among the highest risk patients

9159. Primary care closed claims experience of Massachusetts malpractice insurers. | PSNet
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      August 14, 2017 - Malpractice risk in outpatient primary care is increasingly under scrutiny. … From the Same Author(s) Randomized trial of reducing ambulatory malpractice and safety risk … December 11, 2013 Enhance patient safety by identifying and minimizing risk exposures … View More See More About The Topic Ambulatory Clinic or Office Physicians Risk

9160. Determinants of adverse events in vascular surgery. | PSNet
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      March 21, 2012 - Vascular surgery is considered a higher risk surgical specialty, as many patients undergoing vascular … procedures are elderly and have other comorbid illnesses, putting them at elevated risk of postoperative … Procedural complexity and comorbidities were associated with increased risk of a PSI, corroborating prior … studies that have found a link between illness severity and risk of complications in medical patients