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6121. R18Hs017216-Johnson-Final-Report-2011 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2011 - rounding category, along with dosing information from domain experts and information about the drug’s therapeutic … we discovered that domain experts approach medication dosing and rounding by balancing the goals of therapy … Narrow Therapeutic Range The third approach recognized the potential for drugs to have a narrow therapeutic … Category Unintended Side Effects Dependent Upon Dose Impact of Effect Dependent Upon Dose Narrow Therapeutic … rounding percentage, but should provide a recommended dose given the child’s weight and reason for therapy

6122. Standardized Library of Asthma Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2019 - spondylolisthesis.b These clinical areas represent diverse populations and care settings, different treatment … • Asthma Diagnosis Grouping (AAAAI, 104 codes) 2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1047.309 • Preferred Asthma Therapy … they represent a change from the patient’s usual status that is sufficient to require a change in treatment … Resource Utilization Treatment-related resource utilization All resource utilization (as measured … by cost) related to treatment or management of asthma, including hospitalizations, ED visits, urgent

6123. False Assumptions Result in a Missed Pneumothorax after Bronchoscopy with Transbronchial Biopsy. | PSNet
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      March 15, 2023 - The patient was admitted overnight for observation and discharged the next day after treatment with supplemental … flexible bronchoscopy has proven to be an effective and less invasive option for both diagnostic and therapeutic … majority of cases, pneumothorax is treated with tube thoracostomy, but observation and conservative therapy … Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences … The reduction of race and gender bias in clinical treatment recommendations using clinician peer networks

6124. EHC Protocol: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Opioid Stewardship (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2023 - See the MHS IV Prioritization Report for additional details.1 The treatment of pain and suffering … populations not included in the CDC guidelines, such as sickle cell disease, cancer-related pain treatment … health record interventions o Protocols or care bundles, which may address components such as treatment … monitoring program reports o Other referrals relevant to pain management (behavioral health, physical therapy … The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain.

6125. ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF INCLUDED STUDIES (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2011 - , physician-directed selection of treatments, or association of treatment assignments with demographic … analysis. 3 Yates et al. developed a tool to assess the quality of RCTs of cognitive behavioral therapy … Harms are defined as the ―totality of possible adverse consequences of any intervention, therapy or … PI opinion) Who decided seriousness, severity, and causal relation with the treatments? … Aid to the evaluation of therapeutic studies. Pediatrics. 1989 Nov;84(5):815-27. 7.

6126. A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - Other risk factors include the use of intravenous catheters (IVs) or other catheters, treatment with … Encourage residents to complete the full round of antibiotic treatment. … Make sure medication and treatment carts are stocked with alcohol-based hand rub or alcohol hand wipes … and other factors (for example, if there are no longer signs or symptoms of an infection, antibiotic therapy … Talk with the resident about options for in-room therapy and other activities.

6127. Pillars of a Smart, Safe Operating Room (pdf file)
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      April 07, 2008 - just as with an actual patient, the trainee can practice communicating, ordering tests, prescribing treatments … , and observing treatment results. … The MVP can be given a variety of treatments at any time and in any doses, appropriately or inappropriately … endoscopists, radiologists) and a greater dependence on an image of the patient’s (target) anatomy to effect therapy … While many image-guided therapies are already enhancing patient safety and therapeutic efficacy, substantial

6128. Evidence Summary: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      September 05, 2017 - for identifying preschool children at higher risk for vision problems and the effectiveness of some treatments … each included study, 1 investigator extracted pertinent information about the populations, tests or treatments … ) and parent (worry about treatment, upset by treatments, arguments about treatment), it did not report … performance, functioning, or quality of life, and no eligible studies evaluated atropine or vision therapy … The therapy of amblyopia: an analysis of the results of amblyopia therapy utilizing the pooled data of

6129. 2002 HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Comparison Report
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      June 01, 2016 - than the MedPAR proportion ("debridement of wound, infection, or burn") to 19 percent lower ("other therapeutic … The estimated NIS rate was nearly twice as high for "physical therapy." … The relationship between hospital size and treatment patterns is an example. … 397 (15) 416 (20) 4.04 (0.03) 4.17 (0.31) 0.13 (0.01) 0.36** (0.02) 231: Other therapeutic … 1.41 5.45 (0.06) 5.39 4.19 (0.13) 3.97 $18,518 (640) $17,818 146: Treatment

6130. Management of Acute Diverticulitis Topic Nomination Disposition (pdf file)
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      August 13, 2018 - Furthermore, as new data on minimally-invasive treatments emerge, recommendations continue to evolve … A systematic review of high-fibre dietary therapy in diverticular disease. … Treatment of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis without antibiotics: risk factors for treatment failure … Intermittent versus every-day mesalazine therapy in preventing complications of diverticular disease … N=84 Key Question 4 Overall Search Results AND Treatments (KQ4) Laparoscopy/ or Therapeutic

6131. 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Quality Trends (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2019 - whose providers sometimes or never asked them to help make decisions when there was a choice between treatments … People with a usual source of care who usually asks about prescription medications and treatments … who reported that home health providers always seemed informed and up to date about all the care or treatments … Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery who received radiation therapy … disease patients who saw a nephrologist at least 12 months prior to initiation of renal replacement therapy

6132. Triaging Interhospital Transfers | PSNet
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      April 12, 2023 - Existing legislation, known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), dictates that … with necessary therapy for severely ill patients awaiting transfer. … , the physician requested transfer of the patient for dermatologic and critical care evaluation and treatment … care physician in advance of patient transfer might have facilitated rapid diagnosis and expedited treatment … Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA). Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

6133. Urinary-Incontinence-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2012 - annualized cost of women’s nursing home admissions due to UI was $3 billion.6 Nonpharmacological therapies … the pelvic floor and changing behaviors that influence bladder function, whereas pharmacological therapies … We abstracted minimum datasets for diagnostic and therapeutic studies. … We abstracted inclusion of minorities, inclusion of women who failed prior therapy for UI, inclusion … modalities are superior to mono-drug therapy.

6134. Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 14, 2025 - Optimal fracture prediction thresholds for therapy onset, established from FRAX and Garvan algorithms … Change in Trabecular Bone Score (TBS) with antiresorptive therapy does not predict fracture in women: … Fracture risk and zoledronic acid therapy in men with osteoporosis. … Alendronate prevents loss of bone density associated with discontinuation of hormone replacement therapy … Combination therapy with hormone replacement and alendronate for prevention of bone loss in elderly women

6135. Standardized infection ratios for central line-associated bloodstream infections and surgical site infections, 2009–2012
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      January 01, 2020 - About 60% of measures of Effective Treatment, Healthy Living, and Patient Safety improved. … Occupational therapy Speech-language therapy 86 Settings for Services Services are delivered … independence, remain in the community, and delay or avoid institutionalization.1 Home-based physical therapy … Continuity in the provider of home-based physical therapy services and its implications for outcomes … Doctors and home health staff should monitor shortness of breath and may give advice, therapy, medication

6136. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      June 20, 2017 - Harms of Early Detection and Treatment or Intervention The USPSTF found adequate evidence to bound … behavioral approaches (weight loss maintenance, regulation of cues for overeating, and interpersonal therapy … pilot trials (n=82) that targeted overeating used regulation of cues for overeating or interpersonal therapy … Family-based obesity treatment, then and now: twenty-five years of pediatric obesity treatment. … Ten-year outcomes of behavioral family-based treatment for childhood obesity.

6137. Delay in Initiating Antibiotics Results in Fatal Error | PSNet
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      August 02, 2015 - Suspecting meningococcemia, the attending started antibiotic therapy and transferred the patient to the … Despite initiation of antibiotics and full supportive treatment, the patient had a cardiac arrest and

6138. Value of New Drug Knowledge for e-Prescribing (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2008 - Department of Health and Human Services of a particular drug, device, test, treatment, or other clinical … Medication and indication linkage: a practical therapy for the problem list?

6139. Mother's Milk, but Whose Mother? | PSNet
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      November 15, 2023 - Maternal infectious diseases, antimicrobial therapy or immunizations: very few contraindications to breastfeeding … transition communication: implementation of an electronic medical record-based tool for improved cancer treatment

6140. Tacit Handover, Overt Mishap | PSNet
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      August 01, 2006 - By that point, the anesthesiologist on call for the night had arrived, unaware of any of the treatment … Standard guidelines dictate that systemic anticoagulant therapy or low-molecular-weight heparin thromboprophylaxis