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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/diagnosis/cellulitis.html
November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections … approach to diagnosing cellulitis
Describe the microbiology of cellulitis and how that informs empiric therapy … Describe empiric treatment options for cellulitis
Discuss the role of antibiotic therapy for skin … abscesses
Discuss opportunities for de-escalation of antibiotic therapy for cellulitis
Discuss … reasonable durations of antibiotic therapy for cellulitis
Slides (PPTX)
Facilitator Guide (
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/cancer/suppl-provider-info-items.html
March 01, 2017 - MODALITY] with the appropriate term: radiation therapy, drug therapy, or cancer surgery. … Since it was decided that you would have [CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY], did your [CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY … ] team clearly explain how your cancer and [CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY] could affect your normal daily … In the last 6 months, did your [CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY] team tell you what the next steps in your … [CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY] would be?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/UTI-one-page.docx
November 01, 2019 - preferred; avoid fluoroquinolones
· [Place local treatment recommendations here]
· [Place local treatment … local treatment recommendations here]
· [Place local treatment recommendations here]
· Complicated … recommendations here]
· [Place local treatment recommendations here]
· [Place local treatment recommendations … Therapy vs no therapy for bacteriuria in elderly ambulatory nonhospitalized women. … Prospective randomized comparison of therapy and no therapy for asymptomatic bacteriuria in institutionalized
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/CAP-one-page.docx
November 01, 2019 - · Empiric therapy
· Provide coverage for S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, L. pneumophila
· Avoid routine … recommendations here]
· [Place local treatment recommendations here]
· Narrowing and oral therapy
· … After clinical improvement is observed, convert from intravenous to oral therapy
· Use sputum culture … results to narrow therapy; if organism is susceptible to ampicillin or if the S. pneumoniae urinary … Short- versus long-course antibacterial therapy for community-acquired pneumonia: a meta-analysis.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slides.ppt
August 01, 2009 - *
PHS
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Treatment Recommendations – Counseling
Formats of Psychosocial Treatments
Recommendation … Recommended duration of therapy is 3-6 months. … Therapeutic monitoring – Although therapeutic blood levels for smoking cessation have not been determined … , therapeutic monitoring of plasma nortriptyline levels should be considered under American Psychiatric … Treatments may be made more intense by increasing (a) the length of individual treatment sessions and
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/diagnosis/hap.html
November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
After viewing … able to—
Discuss the approach to diagnosing hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP)
Discuss empiric treatment … recommendations for HAP
Discuss opportunities for de-escalation of antibiotic therapy for HAP after … additional clinical and microbiological data are available
Discuss reasonable duration of antibiotic therapy
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/diagnosis/vap.html
November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
After viewing … to—
Discuss the approach to diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
Discuss empiric treatment … recommendations for VAP
Discuss opportunities for de-escalation of antibiotic therapy for VAP after … additional clinical and microbiological data are available
Discuss reasonable durations of antibiotic therapy
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/respiratory-facilitator-guide.pdf
November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Community-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Conditions … Acute Care
Slide Title and Commentary Slide Number and Slide
Best Practices in the Diagnosis and
Treatment … Conditions
Acute Care
SAY:
This presentation is titled “Best Practices in the
Diagnosis and Treatment … for 5 days is as safe and effective as longer treatment
courses. … treatment of CAP.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-UTI.docx
June 01, 2021 - · Uncomplicated acute cystitis13
· Oral therapy preferred; avoid fluoroquinolones
· [Place local treatment … recommendations here]
· [Place local treatment recommendations here]
· Uncomplicated pyelonephritis … trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole are preferred given excellent penetration into the kidney; their use as empiric therapy … should be based on local E. coli susceptibility data.
· [Place local treatment recommendations here] … A retrospective, non-inferiority, cohort study comparing empirical therapy with cefazolin versus ceftriaxone
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - distinguish it from mimicking conditions
Describe the microbiology of cellulitis and how that informs empiric therapy … antibiotic regimens for cellulitis that minimize adverse events
Discuss reasonable durations of antibiotic therapy … Cellulitis
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care
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Moment 3: Duration of Therapy … should be improving by day three
Lack of complete resolution does NOT mean that the patient is failing therapy … Five- to seven-day courses of therapy are sufficient for most cases of cellulitis
Cellulitis
AHRQ
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/update/correctadd.html
October 01, 2014 - charged with the responsibility of identifying effective, experimentally validated tobacco dependence treatments … Partner support, psychological treatment, and nicotine gum in smoking treatment: an incremental study … Nortriptyline and cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of cigarette smoking. … Is telephone counselling a useful addition to physician advice and nicotine replacement therapy in helping … Is stress management training a useful addition to physician advice and nicotine replacement therapy
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/tx-infantile-epilepsy.html
November 01, 2022 - New Evidence Report on Treatments for Infantile Epilepsies
New Evidence Report on Treatments
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/diagnosis/respiratory.html
November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in Diagnosis, Treatment of Community-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Conditions … chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations, and aspiration events
Discuss empiric treatment … COPD exacerbations, and aspiration pneumonia
Discuss opportunities for de-escalation of antibiotic therapy … for CAP after additional clinical data are available
Discuss reasonable durations of antibiotic therapy
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www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/diagnosis-treatment/diagnosis/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Diagnosis
Information about what to do after you receive a diagnosis.
Next Steps After Your Diagnosis
This guide offers general advice for people with almost any disease or condition. And it has tips to help you learn more about your specific problem and how it can be treated. The information here is …
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www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/diagnosis-treatment/treatments/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Taking Medicines
Learn about taking medicine
Read
Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely
How To Create a Pill Card
Your Medicine: Be Smart. Be Safe.
Watch
Staying Active and Healthy With Blood Thinners (Video, 8 minutes, 29 seconds; Transcript )
Manténgase activo y saludable con lo…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide188.html
October 01, 2014 - Systems-Providing Treatment for Tobacco Use and Dependence as a Covered Benefit Recommendation (Continued … for individuals who received tobacco use interventions as a covered benefit (n = 3 studies)
Treatment
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide184.html
October 01, 2014 - Systems-Tobacco Dependence Treatment as a Part of Assessing Healthcare Quality
Treating Tobacco … These standard measures should also include measures of outcomes (e.g., use of cessation treatment, short-and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-88-measure-1-section-5-attachment-2.pdf
November 12, 2010 - Language and cultural differences may also impact
treatment decisions (Rowland, et al). … for ADHD treatment of 579 children from age 7-9.9. years. … trial were
randomly assigned to one of four intervention groups: intensive multicomponent behavior
therapy … compared
to the patients for whom treatment is necessary (Jensen, et al). … Changes in ADHD Treatment Services: Treatment Services for
Children with ADHD: A National Perspective
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-89-adhd-behavior-section-5-attach-2.pdf
November 12, 2010 - Language and cultural differences may also impact
treatment decisions (Rowland, et al). … for ADHD treatment of 579 children from age 7-9.9. years. … trial were
randomly assigned to one of four intervention groups: intensive multicomponent behavior
therapy … compared
to the patients for whom treatment is necessary (Jensen, et al). … Changes in ADHD Treatment Services: Treatment Services for
Children with ADHD: A National Perspective
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide187.html
October 01, 2014 - Systems-Providing Treatment for Tobacco Use and Dependence as a Covered Benefit Recommendation (Continued … who received tobacco use interventions as a covered health insurance benefit (n = 3 studies)
Treatment