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9601. untitled (pdf file)
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      January 03, 2017 - factors (older age, higher body mass index [BMI], and other cardiovascular risk fac- tors), is less … Risk factors associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) include male sex, older age (40 to 70 y), … The evidence on other risk factors, such as smoking, alcohol and sedative use, and nasal con- gestion … Patients with severe untreated OSA have an increased risk of all-cause mortality. … Risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea in adults. JAMA. 2004; 291(16):2013-2016. 16.

9602. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      June 20, 2017 - Grade: B Risk Assessment All children and adolescents are at risk for obesity and should be screened … Assessment of Risk Although all children and adolescents are at risk for obesity and should be screened … , there are several specific risk factors, including parental obesity, poor nutrition, low levels of … Child height and the risk of young-adult obesity. Am J Prev Med . 2010;38(1):74-7. … Childhood adiposity, adult adiposity, and cardiovascular risk factors.

9603. Cholesterol Management Academic Detailing Guide for Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2018 - handout for clinicians summarizes guidelines for prescribing statins for cholesterol management in high-risk … , including patients with prior cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high LDL cholesterol, or elevated risk

9604. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 28, 2021 - them reaching the patient or causing patient harm.8 The 8 R’s It is commonly recognized that the risk … right route, the right documentation, for the right reason, and the right response, can reduce the risk … The Differences Between Human Error, At-Risk Behavior, and Reckless Behavior Are Key to a Just Culture … Improving Medication Safety in Community Pharmacy: Assessing Risk and Opportunities for Change. … An overview of clinical decision support systems: benefits, risks, and strategies for success. 

9605. Disposition of Comments for CER 153 Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (pdf file)
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      October 27, 2015 - this would include the EORTC risk calculator and CUETO risk calculators -- how do these classification … We do risk adapted therapy with every treatment decision. … The risk of bias of the individual study was rated as medium. … This should be risk of progression? … j) Evaluate patients in 'at-risk' populations.

9606. Preventing CAUTI: Focus on Culturing Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2023 - Sustainability Preventing CAUTI: Focus on Culturing Stewardship Tools To Help Mitigate Device Risk … Similarly, obtaining a blood culture from a CVC poses the risk of isolating a contaminant or colonizing … Cultures from nonsterile sites may trigger inappropriate antimicrobial use and risk patient harm. … Promote appropriate UC use to reduce risk of bacteriuria and symptomatic CAUTI (no catheter, no CAUTI … The absence of the catheter reduces the risk of bacteriuria and the likelihood of obtaining a urine culture

9607. Improving Patient Safety in Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2023 - increase knowledge and create tools that help healthcare providers reduce patient safety events in high-risk … settings of care, where the complexity of the system and the fragility of the patients creates a greater risk … Continuing with his focus to improve patient safety in complex and high-risk healthcare environments, … grant to study and develop processes to boost decisionmaking and problem solving in a range of high-risk … Fairbanks describes, hospital EDs are high-risk, fast-paced environments involving coordination and shared

9608. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2011 - form and assessed study risk of bias and applicability. … A second reviewer verified outcomes data and study risk of bias assessments. … medium, or high risk of bias for the relevant reported outcomes. … Most of the cohort studies were medium to high risk of bias. … Interval to delivery in high-risk patients: Do tocolytic agents really work?

9609. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Management of High-Need, High-Cost Patients: A Realist and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      November 07, 2019 - factors, financial factors, or social risk factors), and 3. … behaviors or serious mental illness), or social risk factors. 3. … We will give a low risk of bias rating for outcomes that meet all criteria. … ACOs at a crossroads: costs, risk and MACRA. A NAACOS policy white paper. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions.

9610. Q Nxyq7Cwpbuwvt27Sq42 (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2013 - for GDM (those who do not meet all low-risk criteria but lack �2 risk factors for GDM). … For patient selection, 47% of studies were assessed as having high or unclear risk of bias. … The domain of flow and timing was assessed as having low risk of bias in 39% of studies. … QUADAS-2 risk of bias and applicability assessment, by domain. … Our review did not identify compelling evidence for or against risk factor–based screening.

9611. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Avoiding Bias in Selecting Studies (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2013 - Guidance is intended to reduce inconsistencies and risk of bias. … those at high risk of bias. … Including studies with a high risk of bias without appropriate weighting for their risk of bias may … • Consider the risk of introducing spectrum bias when selecting populations. … Does alendronate reduce the risk of fracture in men?

9612. Disposition of Comments for Migraine in Adults: Preventive Pharmacologic Treatments (pdf file)
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      April 18, 2013 - We clarified this sentence as follows: “We analyzed adjusted relative risk from observational studies … Reviewer 3 Children Report, Results: RCTs had low risk of bias, with double-blind design and low risk … Then absolute risk difference is 0.713 or 71%. … The number of attributable events per 1000 treated is 1000* absolute risk difference or 713. … the conclusion that beta blockers are without bothersome harms seems to minimize potential safety risks

9613. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      March 26, 2012 - Several risk and protective factors play a role in the development of syndromes such as PTSD. … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies. … Studies with a medium risk of bias are those that do not meet all criteria required for low risk of … KQs with the available studies with low or medium risk of bias. … Assessing risk of bias in included studies.

9614. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2005 - standard for a number of industries, including aerospace, nuclear power, and national defense, where the risk … in which to effectively conduct multidisciplinary team training in http://www.socmedsim.org high-risk … Take-Home Points In high-risk medical domains such as the delivery room, conditions may deteriorate … Improving performance, reducing error, and minimizing risk in the delivery room. … Fetal and Neonatal Brain Injury: Mechanisms, Management and the Risks of Practice. 3rd ed.

9615. Gjqj 6Nehz7Xahypfhvr33 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2016 - These studies included many women with ele- vated risk for breast cancer. … report on risk factors (40, 42, 43). … , these women were at higher risk. … No studies ad- dressed the important potential risks of overdiagnosis and the associated harms of unnecessary … Many studies included mixtures of women at increased breast cancer risk due to risk factors other than

9616. Secure Messaging in a Pediatric Respiratory Medicine Setting (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2011 - how health IT can be used to improve decision support, automate quality measurement, improve high-risk … As with any study, it is important you know what the risks and benefits are to make an informed judgment … The only potential risk would be accidental disclosure of information about the care you receive. … decide whether or not you wish to be a part of this research study you should know enough about its risks … Risks and Inconveniences The major risk would be unintentional disclosure of information about the care

9617. Strengthening the Business Case for Patient Safety | PSNet
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      May 01, 2013 - In weighing these arguments it is important to keep in mind that what we know about the benefits and risks … But to fundamentally rethink the way they deliver health care—the 1% to 2% financial risk hasn't been … Let's put 5% or 10% at risk. … If you look at risk-adjusted mortality rates for instance, safety-net hospitals have marginally worse … Academic hospitals tend to have lower risk-adjusted mortality rates.

9618. In Conversation with Jessica Behrhorst about The Evolution of Root Cause Analysis | PSNet
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      February 26, 2025 - Risk-based prioritization is an important part of RCA 2 . … To adapt RCA 2 to this, ambulatory care organizations can use the risk-based prioritization tool to … areas, the risk levels they want to see, and potentially modify the risk-based prioritization tool to … For example, some organizations may start by only implementing the risk prioritization framework and … This proactive approach helps organizations identify potential risks before they result in actual harm

9619. The Evolution of Root Cause Analysis | PSNet
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      February 26, 2025 - mandated its use for investigating sentinel events—serious incidents that result in patient harm or risk … For example, some organizations may start by only implementing the risk prioritization framework and … This proactive approach helps organizations identify potential risks before they result in actual harm … Risk-based prioritization is an important part of RCA 2 . … areas, the risk levels they want to see, and potentially modify the risk-based prioritization tool to

9620. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      November 30, 2021 - many women are delaying childbearing until later in their reproductive life, which can increase the risk … Increasing maternal age is strongly correlated with increased risk of maternal death; 27% of maternal … cognition, they should be less influenced by the patient’s race/ethnicity, helping to minimize the risks … Manufacturers set the sensitivity high to avoid the risk of missing a critical signal, but the specificity … The strategies to address these problems are multifold and include appropriate responses in high-risk