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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/materials/prevention/index.html
January 01, 2023 - also provides a sample decision tree for monitoring residents during daily encounters for signs and symptoms … Prevention Learning Modules
This series of three learning modules focuses on identifying the signs and symptoms … of COVID-19, knowing when and how to report signs and symptoms of COVID-19, and remembering to maintain
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm8a.html
October 01, 2014 - Number of symptoms. … In general, two studies showed that symptoms are reduced significantly when an in-person care management … intervention is employed. 3 , 8 In particular, one study found that symptoms were reduced significantly … Four studies explored the impact of telephonic care management on number of symptoms present. 3 , 10- … , but at 12 months, no significant change in asthma symptoms had occurred.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cap-toolkit/pc-workflowdiagrams.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Refer to ED or call EMS
if symptoms severe. … Refer to ED or call EMS
if symptoms severe. … Refer to ED or call EMS
if symptoms severe.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-aspiration-pneumonia.docx
June 01, 2021 - injury from acidic material
Progression to bacterial infection
Clinical features
Range from no symptoms … adding vancomycin or linezolid to the above regimens.3,9
· Reassess at 48 hours.2,8
· If clincial symptoms … Reliability of nonlocalizing signs and symptoms as indicators of the presence of infection in nursing-home
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/distributed-cognition-er-nurses3.html
August 01, 2022 - frequently interrupted by clinicians (or even family members) or are not given time to talk about their symptoms … in their own words may limit discussion of their symptoms, which can result in significant diagnostic … nurses make up a key part of “the diagnostic safety net,” 12 because they often identify key signs and symptoms … aggregating specific observations to make ever broader categories of information to understand the symptoms
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/evidencenow_pursuit.pdf
January 01, 2024 - approximately 50,000 women
Veterans and estimates that 30 percent (n=15,000) of these women will
have UI symptoms … Variables
to be assessed include diagnosis rates of UI and other
symptoms and UI symptom improvement
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/cap-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - CAP
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care
4
Moment 1: Diagnosis of CAP
Symptoms … malaise, headache, sore throat, and cough that linger for over a week
Legionella pneumophila: acute symptoms … pneumonia, consider a 3- to 5-day course of antibiotic therapy7
Children and adults with recent flulike symptoms … The clinical signs and symptoms of worsening shortness of breath, a productive cough, and fevers make … Patient Handout: The Patient Handout explains the symptoms and symptomatic treatment of community-acquired
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/TK3_T5_Minimum_Criteria_Nursing_Staff_Training.docx
October 01, 2016 - Residents without symptoms but who have a positive UA test result may not actually have bacteriuria or … Why doesn’t the UTI SBAR form state that “cloudy urine,” “smelly urine,” or other symptoms indicate a … Discuss with staff anything else that might be considered symptoms but that is not listed on the UTI … But, unless there are actual symptoms, antibiotics shouldn’t be prescribed. … At least two of the following symptoms: fever, redness, tenderness, warmth, or swelling that is new or
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/ASB-one-page.pdf
November 01, 2019 - Diagnosis
• Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a positive urine culture in a patient with no signs or
symptoms … • Do not order urine cultures unless your patient has signs and symptoms of a UTI, including in
patients … Lack
of association between bacteriuria and
symptoms in the elderly.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/penicillin-allergy.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Consider a different beta-lactam antibiotic or medication to help with symptoms if the same antibiotic … are not allergies
and should not be labeled
as an allergic reaction
� Isolated gastrointestinal symptoms … � No need for hospitalization due to rash
Medium-risk antibiotic
allergy
� Hives with no other symptoms
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/bladder-matters-patient.pdf
October 18, 2023 - Symptoms include:
• Leaking urine while coughing, laughing, sneezing,
exercising
• Feeling a sudden … professional
help for a leaky bladder.
40% of women with bladder leakage report
embarrassment about their symptoms
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/pharyngitis-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - is caused by viruses in children and adults1,2
Patients with viral pharyngitis have other signs and symptoms … have a sore throat with tonsillar exudates, fever, and cervical lymphadenopathy without typical viral symptoms … pharyngitis6,7
Uncommon cause of pharyngitis in adolescents and young adults
Antibiotics may not reduce symptoms … antibiotic therapy is necessary
Consider treating with antibiotics if the patient is experiencing severe symptoms … Patient Handout: The Patient Handout explains the symptoms and symptomatic treatment of pharyngitis and
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK2_T2-Antibiotic_Pocket_Cards.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Nonspecific symptoms or signs not referable to the urinary
tract, such as falls or mental status change … “Infiltrate” on chest x-ray in the absence of clinically
significant symptoms.
7. … Respiratory symptoms in a resident with advanced
dementia, on palliative care, or at the end of life
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/strategies-to-better-manage-lipids.pptx
November 01, 2016 - Population Recommendation Grade
Adults ages 40-75 years with no symptoms or history of CVD and a calculated … Recommendation November 2016 (2)
Population Recommendation Grade
Adults ages 40-75 years with no symptoms … Increased risk of diabetes
Muscle aches – rhabdomyolysis
Hepatotoxicity
Strategies for addressing symptoms
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - Ask if there has been an acute change in symptoms that would suggest a new process, such as new fever … These symptoms and signs suggest cellulitis. … However, the erythema should become less intense, and systemic symptoms such as fever should improve … Patients should be improving by day 3, but at that time may have some residual signs and symptoms. … If patients have no improvement or worsening symptoms by day 3, they should be re-evaluated.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/outcomes/chipra-140-section-6-b.pdf
December 29, 2017 - can resume regular
activity
0.40 .23 .58** .23 .26 .32 .15 -.05 .18
Q41
Provider explained
symptoms … Q42
Parents given written info
about symptoms … discharge .61
Q40 Provider explained when child can resume regular activity .76
Q41 Provider explained symptoms … or problems to look for after discharge .83
Q42 Parents given written info about symptoms or problems
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-244-fullreport.pdf
December 01, 2019 - The purpose of this measure is to improve monitoring of symptoms and treatment progress for
adolescents … Even minor levels of depression symptoms are associated with decreases in work function (Beck,
Crain … Measuring and tracking depressive symptoms is important to improve patient outcomes (Knaup,
et al., … Regular tracking and monitoring of symptoms can
help clinicians better understand the effectiveness … Residual symptoms after partial remission: An important
outcome in depression.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/bladder-matters-provider.pdf
October 18, 2023 - Symptoms include:
• Leaking urine while coughing, laughing, sneezing,
exercising
• Feeling a sudden … their
incontinence problems.
40% of women with bladder leakage report
embarrassment about their symptoms
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/covid-19/long-covid-summit-report.pdf
February 27, 2023 - Patients
experienced depression as a result of having Long COVID and described its symptoms to be as … disabling as their physical symptoms. … Patients having the existence of their symptoms denied by clinicians. … highlighted that the existence of conflicting definitions and the lack of broad
consensus on what symptoms … pattern that is inconsistent with the typical symptoms-diagnosis-treatment pattern that
characterizes
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section7.html
May 01, 2023 - falsely increase the publicly reported CAUTI rates, even if the patients do not have clinical signs and symptoms … should be discouraged in cases where a urine culture turns positive in a catheterized patient who has no symptoms … In patients with symptoms, the IDSA guidelines list “signs and symptoms compatible with CAUTI include