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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=1
January 01, 2022 - Prevention & Control in the Post-COVID-19 World This course will review how COVID-19 spreads, signs and symptoms … also provides a sample decision tree for monitoring residents during daily encounters for signs and symptoms
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dx-safety-workgroup-meeting-notes-jul2023.pdf
November 03, 2023 - CMS • RFI-0872 [American College of Emergency Physicians]
o Patients with symptoms consistent with … diagnosis (or whether they have an emergency or
nonemergent medical condition) based on the patient’s symptoms … Many conditions share very similar symptoms, and a full workup
and examination (sometimes with additional
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-cover.pdf
June 02, 2025 - This information packet contains tips for getting care, understanding signs and symptoms of illness,
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/medication/tool-safe-oxytocin.html
July 01, 2023 - specified period of time, etc.), vital signs, tocography including resting tone, abdominal signs and symptoms … infusion : vital signs; fluid intake/output; tocography, including resting tone; abdominal signs and symptoms … ; vaginal bleeding; signs/symptoms of water intoxication (headache, nausea, vomiting, confusion, hypotension … Educate the patient and family about concerning signs and symptoms to report to nursing staff. … Provide instructions for reporting signs and symptoms to nursing staff.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urine-culturing.pptx
April 01, 2022 - 2,6-10
Urinalysis and culture are only meaningful in the presence of signs or symptoms of infection
WBCs … CLABSI and CAUTI
Urine Culturing Stewardship ׀ 4
4
CAUTI Signs and Symptoms6,11-12
Presence of symptoms … New Fever in an ICU Patient1
Questions to ask before culturing urine Yes No
Are there clear signs/symptoms … testing should be considered only if used in conjunction with careful clinical evaluation for signs and symptoms … tests when catheters are inserted
Pan culture fever workups
Reflex culture performed without patient symptoms
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/managing-urinary-incontinence-slides.pdf
October 14, 2022 - Interventions
Behavioral
Medications
Neuromodulation
Combinations
Patient Centered
Outcomes
Symptoms … life (high social impact)
Cure
Evidence-Practice Gap <40% screened in primary care
<50% with symptoms … Increase identification and counseling regarding treatment options to patients
experiencing bothersome UI symptoms … , diagnosis, and
treatment options for urinary incontinence (UI) in women Veterans
• Improve UI symptoms … Impact
• Convenient, remote access to care
• Self-management tool (MyHealtheBladder) for improved UI symptoms
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/healthit-ed-table1.html
February 01, 2021 - Role in diagnostic safety, such as followup of uncertain diagnoses
Apps
Monitoring symptoms
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/respiratory-assess.html
June 01, 2021 - After viewing or presenting this presentation, viewers will be able to—
Recognize the signs and symptoms
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-195-figures-1-3.pdf
June 30, 2015 - Outcome
Child Suffers
Post-Traumatic
Headache and
Seeks ED Care
•Without signs or
symptoms
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/situ/simulation-postpart-hemorrhage.html
July 01, 2023 - Symptoms and bleeding should continue while the team attempts various measures to address.
… Symptoms and bleeding should continue while the team attempts various measures to address.
… Symptoms and bleeding should continue while the team attempts various measures to address. … Symptoms and bleeding should continue while the team attempts various measures to address.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care
16
Moment 3: Indications for Antibiotics for Skin Abscesses
Signs and symptoms … extension of erythema does not indicate antibiotic failure
Erythema should become less intense
Systemic symptoms … resolution does NOT mean that the patient is failing therapy
If patients have no improvement or worsening symptoms … Patient Handout: The Patient Handout explains the symptoms and symptomatic treatment of cellulitis and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/mindfulness-061014.pptx
March 07, 2014 - although standard practice before treatment 18 (16.2)
Urine culture was positive, but no documented symptoms … were present 23 (20.7)
Urine culture was negative, and no documented symptoms were present 3 (2.7 … 49 patients with UTI diagnosed 32.6% did not meet criteria for UTI (most due to lack of symptoms … PATIENT CATEGORY PREFERRED 2ND LINE DURATION
ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA
Defined as having NONE of symptoms
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/mui-environmental-scan-brief.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Studies in the United States indicate that nearly 50
percent of women 40 years of age and
older report symptoms … Kelleher, and Ian Milsom, “The Impact of Overactive Bladder, Incontinence and Other Lower Urinary Tract
Symptoms
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www.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=1
January 01, 2022 - Prevention & Control in the Post-COVID-19 World This course will review how COVID-19 spreads, signs and symptoms … also provides a sample decision tree for monitoring residents during daily encounters for signs and symptoms
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patients-source-understanding-dx-error-vol2-4.html
June 01, 2023 - of course, emerge for a variety of conditions when patients present with an unusual combination of symptoms … or these symptoms manifest in atypical ways.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/coordination-of-care/strategy6l-planned-visits.html
March 01, 2020 - illness, 3 they can fill the gap left by acute care visits that—because of their focus on immediate symptoms—frequently … of the illness (e.g., improvements in indicators such as blood pressure, cholesterol, HbA1c), reduce symptoms
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK1_T2-Clinician_letter_Final_0.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Although residents
with specific UTI symptoms like dysuria usually need treatment, urinalyses and cultures … bacteriuria applies to
a positive result from any routinely collected culture without corresponding urinary symptoms
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/nicutoolkit.pdf
January 01, 2004 - ..................12
Appendix A: Family Information Packet
Getting Care
Understanding Signs and Symptoms … These
modules include disease prevention education (signs and symptoms of illness, crying, colic,
preventing … ■ Includes a brief description of the condition and its management, warning signs and symptoms
of … Topics include tips for:
■ Getting care
■ Understanding signs and symptoms of illness
■ Medicines … medications and how to administer them, a description of what
the medications are for, and signs and symptoms
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/uti-assess.html
June 01, 2021 - Recognize the signs and symptoms of a suspected UTI that should be reported to and discussed by the health
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide73.html
October 01, 2014 - Typical barriers might include:
Withdrawal symptoms.
Fear of failure.
Weight gain.