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9721. Update on Methods: Insufficient Evidence - Table 6 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      February 01, 2009 - Domain Information Potential preventable burden High blood pressure in adolescence is a risk … Hypertension in adults increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.

9722. Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Opththalmia Neonatorum (pdf file)
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      Grade: A Risk Assessment All newborns should receive prophylaxis. … However, some newborns are at increased risk, including those with a maternal history of no prenatal

9723. Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Rehabilitation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/traumatic-brain-injury-rehabilitation_research-protocol.pdf
      October 25, 2010 - Assessment of Risk of Bias of Individual Studies The primary and secondary abstractor/evaluator … will independently assess the risk of bias of each eligible study by using tools specific to study … Risk of bias for each component is classified as high, uncertain, or low following guidance in the … Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studies. In: Higgins JPT and Green S, eds. … Development of an item bank on risk of bias and precision of observational studies.

9724. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      May 16, 2022 - prehospital setting are sometimes identified through review and auditing of patient care records for high- risk … trigger tool identifies patient records for review based on specific criteria, or triggers, with higher risk … Services Trigger Tool (EMSTT), for use in ground-based EMS settings to identify cases with potential risk … compared with a random sampling strategy, the EMSTT was more accurate at identifying cases with potential risk … Trigger tools can be used to evaluate low-risk, high-frequency cases that are not typically reviewed

9725. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33569/psn-pdf
      June 15, 2024 - are discharged with a plan to complete the diagnostic workup as an outpatient, placing patients at risk … and adverse drug events—particularly for patients with low health literacy, or those prescribed high-risk … While medication reconciliation alone does not appear to reduce rehospitalization risk, pharmacist-directed … medical patients are truly preventable, and clinicians lack tools to predict which patients are at risk … pharmacists-role-medication-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-hospital-multifaceted-clinical-pharmacist-intervention-risk-readmission-randomized

9726. Screening for Oral Cancer - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2004 - good quality evidence that screening for oral cancer leads to improved health outcomes for either high-risk … adults (ie, those over the age of 50 who use tobacco) or for average- risk adults in the general population … • Tobacco use in all forms is the biggest risk factor for oral cancer. … Alcohol abuse combined with tobacco use increases risk. This statement summarizes the U.S. … Patients should be encouraged to not use tobacco and to limit alcohol use in order to decrease their risk

9727. In Conversation With... Anjali Joseph, PhD, EDAC and Molly M. Scanlon, PhD, FAIA, FACHA | PSNet
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      June 30, 2021 - During the early days of the pandemic, the lack of PPE [personal protective equipment] and risk of staff … Can we characterize the risk? … It goes back to the fundamental risk management and exposure science I was talking about. … To address this risk, EDs have taken steps to work within the limitations of their built environment. … This may involve implementation of more robust environmental risk management programs.

9728. COVID-19 and the Built Environment | PSNet
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      June 30, 2021 - healthcare professionals, and healthcare architects and engineers have identified numerous areas of risk … To address this risk, EDs have taken steps to work within the limitations of their built environment. … This may involve implementation of more robust environmental risk management programs. … Can we characterize the risk? … It goes back to the fundamental risk management and exposure science I was talking about.

9729. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/screening-counseling-interventions-protocol-amendment.pdf
      February 05, 2025 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies To assess the risk of bias in the included … studies, we will use the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 (RoB 2.0) tool for RCTs,23 the Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized … Youth Risk Behavior Survey: data summary & trends report. … RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions.

9730. Emerging Safety Issues in Artificial Intelligence | PSNet
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      February 20, 2019 - "there are legitimate concerns that the widescale use of such an algorithm, particularly in the low-risk … In this way, health care mirrors the experience of other high-risk technological systems, such as self-driving … Trends in Machine Learning Research and Associated Short-, Medium-, and Long-Term Safety Risks.( 5 ) … Implementation of a discharge education program to improve transitions of care for patients at high risk

9731. Wrong Turn through Colon: Misplaced PEG | PSNet
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      May 01, 2017 - position allows gravity to lower any overlying bowel; some clinicians use this technique to further reduce risk … Four insertion techniques reduce the risk of PEG insertion. … Risk factors and complications following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a case series of 1041 patient … to Sepsis October 1, 2016 WebM&M Cases The Risks

9732. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49664/psn-pdf
      January 01, 2013 - transfer error.(3) Handoffs in surgical care often involve equipment transfers, which may carry higher risk … remain undetected for significant periods of time—as illustrated by this case—further compounds this risk … substantial part of human work involves making tradeoffs, for example, between safety and efficiency or risk … FMEA) of process Safety checks built into process Prediction of future patient needs and likely risks

9733. Labor and Delivery Unit Safety: Shoulder Dystocia | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2023 - Probabilistic risk assessment. Causal tree worksheet. … In the context of shoulder dystocia, this includes risk awareness for all patients, timely recognition … of transition communication techniques assures a shared mental model of plan of care and perceived risks … This procedure is considered a heroic measure due to the significant risk of brachial plexus injury associated

9734. Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting: Transcript (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2015 - By day 30 with the catheter, the risk is at 100 percent. … For instance, ICU patients who are critically ill may be at high risk for infection due to underlying … Add an invasive device such as a urinary catheter, and you are increasing their risk for infection. … As we discussed earlier, the daily risk of catheter colonization grows between 3 percent and 7 percent … Slide 21 Above all, reducing the risk of CAUTI requires a team approach through communication with

9735. Microsoft Word - 3-DKE274__ACEI-ARB-DRI__Comments_Disposition_Table-21_Jan_2011 cyk _2_.docx (pdf file)
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      October 07, 2011 - First bullet regarding pregnancy risk appears to have been copied from an ACE-Inhibitor entry. … Question 2, safety information, please note that ACE inhibitors pose unique, albeit rare, interaction risks … We have added cancer risk as an important area of future research and reordered the remaining items … Aside from the risk itself, the emergence of a new adverse event from an outside meta-analysis raises … “Telmisartan, Ramipril, or Both in Patients at High Risk for Vascular Events”.

9736. 2. How will we manage change? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - How is information about patient skin condition and risks documented and shared? … Are the results used to assign risk? What is the risk assessment process? … Are prevention pathways in use for different risk categories? … Less than half (48%) identified the Braden Scale for pressure ulcer risk assessment. … Risk assessment is not being documented at least daily.

9737. 2. How will we manage change? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu2.html
      October 01, 2014 - How is information about patient skin condition and risks documented and shared? … Are the results used to assign risk? What is the risk assessment process? … Are prevention pathways in use for different risk categories? … Less than half (48%) identified the Braden Scale for pressure ulcer risk assessment. … Risk assessment is not being documented at least daily.

9738. AHRQ QI Quality Indicators Brochire (pdf file)
      qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/V2022/AHRQ_QI_Full_Brochure.pdf
      March 28, 2023 - Risk adjustment was developed with HCUP all-payer claims data, which has ~98% of all US claims. … • IQ ls include risk adjustment where appropriate. … preventable adverse events during a hospital stay to help assess total incidence within a region • Risk … • They include risk adjustment where appropriate.

9739. Caregiver | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2025 - standardizing practices, minimizing unnecessary procedures, and ensuring timely diagnosis for those at highest risk … Support to Improve Participation in Hospital at Home Impact of personalized risk … Impact of personalized risk scores on shared decision making in left ventricular assist device implantation … Blumenthal-Barby, Jennifer Project Name A Multi-Site Trial to Test Benefits of Adding a Personalized Risk

9740. Rural Populations | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2025 - R03 HS030307 Principal Investigator(s) Biro, Joshua Cardiometabolic risk … Cardiometabolic risk in pediatric patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities. … HS028880 Principal Investigator(s) Toscos, Tammy R Management of fall risk … Management of fall risk among older adults in diverse primary care settings.