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9381. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ace-inhibitor-arb-update_research-protocol.pdf
      May 07, 2010 - individuals 70 years of age and older have hypertension.1 In addition to being the number one attributable risk … analyzed in this comparison will include relative benefits (blood pressure control, cardiovascular risk … Generic Name US Trade Name FDA Approval Warnings – Increased Risk Candesartan Cilexetil Atacand® … how do ACEIs, ARBs, and direct renin inhibitors differ in blood pressure control, cardiovascular risk … World health report 2002: reducing risks, promoting healthy life. World Health Organization.

9382. Ebola: Are We Ready? | PSNet
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      July 01, 2012 - Although the patient was not harmed, he was placed at risk for development of a central line–associated … Hospital faculty and staff were placed at risk of contamination with Ebola. … Although the nurse was able to draw blood, in doing so she ran the risk of becoming contaminated. … is even higher when the procedures are to be performed by individuals wearing bulky PPE and when the risks … for error and, due to the nature of the organism, high-risk for harm to staff and patients.

9383. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867359/psn-pdf
      December 18, 2024 - out of the hospital.12 The benefits of human milk feeding for infants are many and include decreased risk … diabetes mellitus, and obesity.3,13 Infants in a NICU further benefit from human milk by reducing the risk … These are times when there is higher risks of errors being made as the nurse assisting may not know … policies and procedures but also about how “helping or covering during break episodes” can be high risk … expressed breast milk.20 The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority described a comprehensive set of risk

9384. Development and pilot testing of guidelines to monitor high-risk medications in the ambulatory setting. | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - Development and pilot testing of guidelines to monitor high-risk medications in the ambulatory setting … Development and pilot testing of guidelines to monitor high-risk medications in the ambulatory setting

9385. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41761/psn-pdf
      October 17, 2012 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lost-sponge-patient-safety-operating-room This commentary reviews the incidence and risk … incidence-and-characteristics-potential-and-actual-retained-foreign-object-events-surgical https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risk-factors-and-outcomes-foreign-body-left-during-procedure-analysis

9386. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47280/psn-pdf
      October 15, 2018 - Participants will learn how to develop and implement policies, integrate health care technologies, assess risk … using-contemporary-leadership-skills-medication-safety-programs https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/latent-risk-assessment-tool-health-care-leaders

9387. Colchicine and macrolides: A cohort study of the risk of adverse outcomes associated with concomitant exposure. | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - Colchicine and macrolides: A cohort study of the risk of adverse outcomes associated with concomitant … Colchicine and macrolides: A cohort study of the risk of adverse outcomes associated with concomitant

9388. 2023 Intervention Content Diet Activity (xls file)
      cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/1071/2023_Intervention_Content_Diet_Activity.xlsx
      January 01, 2023 - Patient-Facing Intervention Text: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for CVD Prevention in Adults with CVD Risk … for (in other words, more likely to have) heart disease or a stroke based upon risk factors you may … Risk factors include high blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol (the “bad” kind of cholesterol), low HDL … Preventive Services Task Force) find that one way to lower the risk of heart disease and stroke is through … In addition, the experts know that all adults, whether they are at an increased risk for heart disease

9389. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40854/psn-pdf
      January 01, 2012 - services (EMS) personnel found that lower perceived safety culture was associated with an increased risk … of adverse events in patients and an increased risk of injury in EMS providers.

9390. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39020/psn-pdf
      October 14, 2009 - critical-review-systems-approach-within-patient-safety-research This narrative analyzes how systems thinking components can be applied to risk … critical-review-systems-approach-within-patient-safety-research https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-risk-management-enhancing-patient-safety

9391. Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/c-diff-infections_disposition-comments.pdf
      March 01, 2012 - Peer Reviewer #4 Executive Summary Page 11, Line 32: The sentence “There is a small risk…” The … Risk factors for CDI was not formally part of the scope of the CER. … Results Conflicting data on why certain studies show significant variation in specific antibiotic risks … The only risk factor that was examined was a formulary change. … Article has been removed from risk factor table.

9392. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
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      October 01, 2024 - | 5 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU MRSA Surveillance 5 High Risk of MRSA … Active surveillance has benefits, especially for high-risk patients to identify MRSA colonization and … Prompt intervention can decrease the risk of transmission to other patients. … Prompt intervention can decrease the risk of transmission to other patients. … Risk of infection and death due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in long-term carriers.

9393. Importance of MRSA and SSI Prevention
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      April 01, 2025 - and SSIs Lead to Increased Mortality SSIs associated with higher death rates7 2 to 11 times higher risk … Surgical procedures can increase the risk of MRSA infection. … Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection in patients with nasal MRSA … MRSA colonization is tied to increased risk of SSI due to MRSA.15 Decolonization can prevent SSI.16, … Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection in patients with nasal MRSA

9394. IQI, PSI, AND PDI RATES GENERATED BY THE AHRQ WINDOWS QI SOFTWARE (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b2b_combo_ratesgenbywin.pdf
      March 01, 2016 - Identify populations at risk. 3. Calculate observed (raw) indicator rates. 4. … Risk adjust the indicator rates (where applicable). 5. … (denominator) refers to the number of individuals in the population at risk for the event. … (population) rate refers to the population rate that is used for risk adjustment. … Population rates are only included for those indicators that use these rates in risk adjustment.

9395. Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2022 - For treatment of LTBI, a large (n = 27 830), good-quality randomized clinical trial found a relative … The relative risks (RRs) for developing active tuberculosis compared with placebo were 0.79 (95% CI, … populations with active, confirmed tuberculosis for sensi- tivity; healthy persons without tuberculosis risks … RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … The risk factor of false-negative and false-positive for T-SPOT.TB in active tuberculosis.

9396. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 258_Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/diagnostic-error-executive-summary.pdf
      August 01, 2023 - The effect of age is heterogeneous and disease-specific (e.g., younger age increases risk of missed … stroke 6.7-fold, while older age increases risk of missed appendicitis). … Female sex and non-White race were often associated with important (20–30%) increases in misdiagnosis risk … factors, and independently assessed risk of bias of included studies. … both overall and for many of these specific diseases (Key Question 2), and the chief causes of and risk

9397. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review78/ovarian-cancer-screening-2012
      April 15, 2012 - investigation in two ongoing trials assessing the efficacy of screening for ovarian cancer in average-risk … Women aged 50 years and older without active malignancy and without familial increased risk of ovarian … For women classified as elevated risk (i.e., algorithm risk ≥1 in 5 after initial screening or followup … There are two ongoing large trials that involve screening for ovarian cancer in average-risk women: the … Prospective study using the risk of ovarian cancer algorithm to screen for ovarian cancer.

9398. DEcIDE 32: The Incident User Design in Comparative Effectiveness Research (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2012 - The risk of myocardial infarction associated with antihypertensive drug therapies. … COX-2 selective non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs and risk of serious coronary heart disease. … The risk of infection associated with TNF antagonists: making sense of epidemiologic evidence. … Risks and benefits of estrogen plus progestin in healthy post- menopausal women. … Lipid- lowering agents and the risk of hip fracture in a Medicaid population.

9399. CER 215 Adverse Effects of Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults (pdf file)
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      March 28, 2019 - The Cochrane Risk of Bias tool was used to assess the risk of bias for each included RCT. … Each domain was rated as “high”, “low” or “unclear” risk of bias. … be less compelling because older individuals might be expected to experience different or greater risks … For example, depression in an of itself in older adults a risk for falls. … that the studies were not designed or powered to detect harm, further statements that balances the risks

9400. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Multidisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Karsh.pdf
      April 08, 2004 - terms, concepts, and statistics; medical error causation; human error; tools to assess safety and risk … ; systems design principles; safety culture; measurement of risk; and analysis of safety and risk. … • Culture • Analysis of safety and risk • Medical error reporting • Organizations involved … This was chosen to be a core course because medication errors are one of the leading risks to patient … It also presents the student with techniques to analyze risks and address problems in order to reduce