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21. Asthma-Immunotherapy-2010 Research-Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/asthma-immunotherapy-2010_research-protocol.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - Only the studies where dosage unit is not specified will be excluded. … STANDARDISED QUALITY-UNIT (SQ-U) - biological potency unit assigned to certain allergen extracts by a … but we are still looking for solid references discussing this fact - this was not an FDA mandated unit … FDA has not since initiated the legal process required under the 680s for a unit change (see below … The benefit of a unit change for allergenics always has to be balanced against the risk to patients

22. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-IV-sepsis.pdf
    July 01, 2023 - supporting an impact on patient outcomes (e.g., mortality, hospital length of stay, intensive care unit … quantitative data AUC = area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; ICU = intensive care unit … and whether the effectiveness of the PSP differs across patient subgroups (e.g., by age or clinical unit … Exclusion Criteria AUC = area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; ICU = intensive care unit

23. Quality-Gap-Palliative-Hospice Executive (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/quality-gap-palliative-hospice_executive.pdf
    October 01, 2012 - patients and those with advanced disease (such as people living with advanced cancer or intensive care unit … patients and those with advanced disease (such as people living with advanced cancer or intensive care unit … Nine were RCTs, 13 were conducted in an intensive care unit, and most were in mixed-illness populations … communication and decisionmaking for impacting health care utilization outcomes in the intensive care unit … Models for structuring a clinical initiative to enhance palliative care in the intensive care unit:

24. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Engaging Family Caregivers With Structured Communication for Safe Care Transitions (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/engaging-caregivers-rapid-review.pdf
    April 01, 2024 - ; ED = emergency department; GAD-7 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item; ICU = intensive care unit; … The family navigator: A pilot intervention to support intensive care unit family surrogates. … Measuring outcomes of an intensive care unit family diary program. … Improving guidance and maternal knowledge retention after well-newborn unit discharge. … The use of family conferences in the pediatric intensive care unit.

25. psychiatric-readmissions-protocols-140904 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/psychiatric-readmissions_research-protocol.pdf
    December 31, 2014 - Background and Objectives for the Technical Brief Repeated hospitalizations on a psychiatric unit, affecting … includes providing alternatives to psychiatric hospitalization (e.g., day hospital, short-term crisis unit … The readmission does not need to be at the same psychiatric unit or hospital. … Psychiatric hospitalization: admission to a psychiatric unit in any hospital, which could be either … a general hospital with a psychiatric unit or a psychiatric hospital.

26. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response_Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-active-infection-rapid-response.pdf
    May 01, 2024 - difficile = Clostridioides difficile; CRE = carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales; ICU = intensive care unit … colonization based on factors such as medical condition, admission location (e.g., intensive care unit … (e.g., weekly) or on discharge from the hospital or high-risk unit is utilized to detect new incident … methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal screening predictive value in the intensive care unit … Tracking Staphylococcus aureus in the intensive care unit using whole-genome sequencing.

27. Cer-235-Pharma-Nonpharm-Ptsd-Update-Appendix-G-1 (xls file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-235-pharma-nonpharm-ptsd-update-appendix-g-1.xlsx
    May 29, 2025 - Also, MI computation used group as the unit of analysis (means, across groups) rather than individuals … - while individuals were the randomized unit.

28. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0122_06-29-2009.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - growing interest in the US; however, guidance on the use of nitrous oxide in the labor and delivery unit

29. Nppv-Respiratory-Failure Executive (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nppv-respiratory-failure_executive.pdf
    July 01, 2012 - In the United States, millions of patients are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) each year, … of ventilator dependence at hospital discharge, length of hospital stay, length of intensive care unit … = continuous positive airway pressure; HRQOL = health-related quality of life; ICU = intensive care unit … Adult intensive care unit use at the end of life: a population-based study. … Delirium as a predictor of mortality in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit

30. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Examining the Impact of Implementing High-Reliability Organization Principles on Patient Safety Outcomes (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hro-rapid-research.pdf
    May 01, 2025 - these principles may differ across organizations depending on context-specific factors such as team, unit … safety project, monthly coaching, and a refresher training at one year; 9. annual unit-based safety … clinical team training; unit-based safety improvement projects and monitoring; and annual clinical … For example, when opening a new care unit, an organization’s proactive assessment of potential risks … strengthen structures, processes, and tools that manifest HRO principles, such as leadership rounding, unit

31. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0352_09-22-2010.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - fetal outcomes, including heart defects, preterm delivery, APGAR scores, admission to neonatal care unit

32. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 253: Maternal and Child Outcomes Associated With the Special Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-253-maternal-child-outcomes-wic-executive-summary.pdf
    April 01, 2022 - determine whether maternal WIC participation was associated with decreased neonatal intensive care unit … risk (1 study), or academic achievement (1 study) KQ = Key Question; NICU = neonatal intensive care unit

33. Cesarean-Birth-2010 Executive (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cesarean-birth-2010_executive.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - framework for strategies to reduce cesarean birth in low-risk women NICU = Neonatal intensive care unit … A midwife-led unit for birth did not reduce use of cesarean when compared with a normal unit and special … unit. … individual or group cesarean use trends, with regular feedback of data to either the organizational unit … Across these studies, audit and feedback data were most often provided at both the unit and individual

34. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0002_03-04-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - early studies led to widespread adoption of aggressive glucose control in a variety of intensive care unit

35. ECRI_Penn EPC FINAL Environ Cleaning Protocol 08_21_14 CC[1] (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/healthcare-infections_research-protocol.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - Copper surfaces in the intensive care unit for preventing hospital-acquired infections. … Copper surfaces reduce the rate of healthcare-acquired infections in the intensive care unit. … surfaces and substances that can pose a risk of harm to patients Environmental services: an operational unit … healthcare) ("health care facility" OR hospital OR "hospital discharge")/de ("acute care" OR "burn unit

36. Environmental, Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Hospital Resources to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prevent-hai-protocol.pdf
    April 16, 2024 - guidelines FDA: Food and Drug Administration; HAI: Healthcare-associated infection; ICU: Intensive care unit … Specifics of the acute care hospital(s) in the study (urban/rural; academic/non-academic, type of unit … Device terms (general) 'medical device'/exp OR (device* OR equipment* OR instrument* OR kit OR kits OR unit

37. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-careassociated-infections_research-protocol.pdf
    August 26, 2011 - For example, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has funded the Comprehensive Unit-based … Program (CUSP) 13 to disseminate toolkits developed for the Michigan Keystone ICU [Intensive Care Unit …  Statistical analysis o Was a unit-of-analysis error present? … Accuracy of reporting nosocomial infections in intensive- care-unit patients to the National Nosocomial … free-standing dialysis center, rehabilitation center, other)  Clinical setting (intensive care unit

38. Organisation (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-radiation_appendixes.pdf
    June 16, 2008 - HIPLAN) He (1); Ne (1); proton (4); C (1); Ne & He (1); ND (2) Dose: 23-94 Fractions: 16-37 Unit … MGH 3-D planning system, FOCUS-M) Protons (15) & Carbon (4) Dose: 54-80 Fractions: 20-44 Unit … vs Photon RT & brachytherapy: 49 ND Protons (2) & Carbon (3) Dose: 62-88 Fractions: 24-30 Unit … Immobilization techniques (2) ND (3) Protons (4) & Carbon (2) Dose: 50-69 Fractions: 16-28 Unit … details on instrumentation No details on algorithms Protons Dose: 32-40 Fractions: 4-10 Unit

39. Ch 4-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_4-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - Unit of Analysis When creating a definition for an exposure measurement, it is necessary to consider … the unit of analysis for the study and the measurement precision possible within the constraints of … The nature of the intervention largely dictates the appropriate unit of analysis. … If the intervention of interest does not vary with time, the unit of measurement can be defined at … Such a situation would support a person-time unit of analysis.

40. FRN 29: Future Research Needs on Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/procalcitonin-future_research.pdf
    August 01, 2014 - Recruitment of unit “clusters” willing to be randomized may constrain sample size. … ED = emergency department; ICU = intensive care unit; LRTI = lower respiratory tract infection; PCT = … ED = emergency department; ICU = intensive care unit; LRTI = lower respiratory tract infection; PCT = … Recruitment of unit “clusters” willing to be randomized may constrain sample size. … ED = emergency department; ICU = intensive care unit; LRTI = lower respiratory tract infection; PCT =