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9681. 10th Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/10th-USPSTF-Annual-Report-to-Congress.pdf
      November 01, 2020 - disparities persist in healthcare based on age, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, and social risk … Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults, and Older Adults: Screening • Evaluate screening and interventions … for suicide risk, including: – Understanding how to better help people with suicide intentions before … they act – Whether screening and interventions might be effective in individuals at average or high risk … Screening for suicide risk in adolescents, adults, and older adults in primary care: U.S.

9682. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2003 - The Commentary This case illustrates the risk to safety that can arise when patients with acute psychiatric … No automated system or lab test can provide useful information about suicide risk. … admitted to a medicine service following a serious suicide attempt who are judged an ongoing suicide risk … Standard order sets would minimize risk to patients and serve as the basis for care guidelines. … Risk assessment remains a critical part of caring for suicidal medical inpatients, but it lacks precision

9683. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2019 - conditions Patient engagement Intensive care coordination by MAs Enhanced, patient-centered risk … In one program, women with at-risk pregnancies received intensive interventions such as home visits and … (See Cherokee and Methodist case examples) Key Finding 6: Risk Stratification and Population Management … Through home visits by community health worker programs, patients at risk for specific health-related … issues receive intensive monitoring, for example elderly patients at risk for falls or patients with

9684. Final Research Plan: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
      November 15, 2018 - blood pressure, lipid levels, body mass index, weight, and calculated 10-year cardiovascular disease risk … outcomes (blood pressure, lipid levels, BMI, weight, and calculated 10-year cardiovascular disease risk … Are there risk assessment tools that are feasible for use in primary care settings, accurately predict … the risk of prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, and have been externally validated in U.S. populations? … plasma glucose, and the oral glucose tolerance test All other tests, such as genetic testing for the risk

9685. Conceptual Paradigms of Diagnostic Quality, Safety, and Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2025 - to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim 12 ) that creates harm or risk … how many layers of latent flaws, preconditions, and unsafe acts align to create vulnerable moments of risk … the method as described allows for multiple contributing factors that create preconditions that pose risk … as a vulnerability, although it acknowledges that latent flaws in the system create preconditions of risk … without confirmation on exam or testing to exclude a more serious explanation when the patient may have risk

9686. Fatal Error in Neonate: Does "Just Culture" Provide an Answer? | PSNet
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      June 24, 2020 - How can investigators determine whether this is an error, or at-risk or reckless behavior? … Determining whether this is an honest error or at-risk/reckless behavior is a very difficult judgment … What is the recommended response in case of an error or at-risk/reckless behavior? … It may have managed the organization's risk, but it is probably seen as very unjust by all other major … The response, however, is probably typical: hospitals often want to manage their own (liability) risk

9687. Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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      December 07, 2005 - The use of risk factors for selective screening has not been evaluated, and a list of specific risk … Does Identification of Risk Factors Improve Screening? … The use of risk factors for selective screening has not been evaluated and a list of specific risk … Risk factors for speech delay of unknown origin in 3-year-old children. … Does identification of risk factors improve screening? b.

9688. Vision Screening in Children Aged 6Months to 5 Years: Evidence Report and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      September 05, 2017 - of the condition of interest (eg, amblyopia or its risk fac­ tors). … Risk Factors for Amblyopiaa,b Age, mo Risk Factorc 12-30 31-48 >48 Astigmatism, diopters >2.0 >2.0 … for amblyopia risk factors or other visual conditions. … Risk factors for amblyopia in the vision in preschoolers study. … Amblyopia prevalence and risk factors in Australian preschool children.

9689. Antipsychotics-Children Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      June 04, 2010 - Timing: See KQ1 above Settings: See KQ1 above Question 4: Do the effectiveness and risks of first … be rated as high risk of bias. … The overall risk of bias will be considered low only if all components are rated as having a low risk … The risk of bias for all other studies will be rated as unclear. … Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studies. In: Higgins JPT, Green S, eds.

9690. Effectiveness of Treatments for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)
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      May 09, 2016 - Sensory loss from neuropathy increases risk for foot injury, delayed treatment (since injuries are not … Altered proprioception can also increase risk of falling and fear of falling. … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies: The assessment of risk of bias of included … Prevention of foot ulcers in the at-risk patient with diabetes: a systematic review. … ROBIS: A new tool to assess risk of bias in systematic reviews was developed.

9691. Reducing Unecessary Urinary catheter Use in the Emergency Department: How to Implement the Process (ppt file)
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      January 01, 2010 - thought it would save time, but clearly, with extended length of stay, infection complications, and other risks … and renal patients Monitor does not necessitate catheter Elderly women seem to be at the highest risk … Others at risk for inappropriate placement include those who are incontinent, obese, immobile, and patients … drop with fewer catheters and eliminating those procedures that are unnecessary will eliminate the risk … In many cases it is not just the UTI that is avoided, but risk of urosepsis is also avoided.

9692. Sustaining Pressure Ulcer Prevention Practices at Your Hospital (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2011 - Staff may leave and be replaced by others who do things differently. 7 Risk-Adjusted Rates of … your program to leadership 22 Examples of Process Measures Percentage of— • • • Patients at risk … for pressure ulcers with interventions in place Patients with a pressure ulcer risk assessment completed … within 8 hours of admission Care plans addressing all risk factors identified Process measures answer … Myself Today We Will Talk About Purpose of Sustaining Practices Challenges of Sustaining Practices Risk

9693. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)
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      July 01, 2004 - form of human activated protein C Approved by FDA for adult patients with severe sepsis with a high risk … Referenced 4 PROWESS Exclusion Drotrecogin alfa has anticoagulant properties, so patients at high risk … Severe head trauma, intracranial mass lesion Platelet count <30,000/mm3 Trauma with an increased risk … Computer-based reminders Case audit and feedback Development of specialized teams to identify high- risk … FDA approved for mortality reduction in treatment of adult patients with severe sepsis without high risk

9694. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review_Evaluation of Dietary Protein and Amino Acid Requirements: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      November 22, 2024 - acid requirements by method/technique, and emphasizing the differences in the terms “study quality,” “risk … ” ● In response to peer reviewers’ suggestions on providing greater detail for risk of bias assessments … , we added the risk of bias assessment by each specific domain, as applicable, in Appendix C and we … to use to minimize risk of bias in future studies, and challenges to conducting nutrition and protein … Further, detailed narrative summaries and findings tables were added to Appendix G for high/very high risk

9695. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      January 04, 2017 - john-m-eisenberg-patient-safety-awards-advocacy-lexington-veterans-affairs-medical-center https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risk-management-extreme-honesty-may-be-best-policy … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risk-management-extreme-honesty-may-be-best-policy

9696. Management of fall risk among older adults in diverse primary care settings. | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - Management of fall risk among older adults in diverse primary care settings. … Management of fall risk among older adults in diverse primary care settings.

9697. External validation of the IMPROVE-DD risk assessment model for venous thromboembolism among inpatients with COVID-19. | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - External validation of the IMPROVE-DD risk assessment model for venous thromboembolism among inpatients … External validation of the IMPROVE-DD risk assessment model for venous thromboembolism among inpatients

9698. Evidence Summary: Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions
      January 19, 2021 - Combined pharmacotherapy and behavioral interventions (pooled risk ratio [RR], 1.83 [95% CI, 1.68-1.98 … The pooled risk ratio (RR) for smoking abstinence at 6 months or more for combined pharmacotherapy plus … Biomedical risk assessment as an aid for smoking cessation. … precise Possibility of publication bias but unlikely that the presence of additional studies with lower relative … risks would alter the findings, given large number of studies and consistency in findings for each type

9699. Diagnostic Failure: The Growing Deficit | PSNet
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      June 01, 2005 - The telemetry floor charge nurse referred the case to the hospital's risk management department due to … common example would be the formal creation of a list of differential diagnoses including common, high-risk … WebM&M Cases Saline Flush Leads to Acute Paralysis of an Awake Patient: Risks … Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia After Acute Coronary Syndromes: Recognizing High-Risk

9700. Risk of wrong-patient orders among multiple vs singleton births in the neonatal intensive care units of 2 integrated health care systems. | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - Risk of wrong-patient orders among multiple vs singleton births in the neonatal intensive care units … Risk of wrong-patient orders among multiple vs singleton births in the neonatal intensive care units