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1. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
   effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dementia-nursing-home-characteristics_research-protocol.pdf
   November 03, 2011 -  Alzheimer’s special care units. … The total number of NH beds in Alzheimer’s special care units increased in the 1980s but has decreased … since 2004, when there were 93,763 beds in such units. … This review examined specialized units for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. 34 The … Special care units for dementia individuals with behavioural problems.

2. Topic Brief: Interventions to Decrease Hospital Length of Stay (pdf file)
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   November 01, 2019 - The effectiveness and variation of acute medical units: a systematic review. … Evidence-based design for neonatal units: a systematic review. … units within a hospital. … This 2018 Cochrane SR13 assessed the evidence for short-stay units. … • The 2016 JBI SR20 looked at its effectiveness in acute care units.

3. 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-nursing-staff-shortages.pdf
   October 01, 2024 - facilities, all government facilities reported staff shortages during the pandemic.5 When acute care units … Population Nurse staffing in acute care hospital settings, including hospital wards, intensive care units … Strategies/protocols to manage patient care during acute or chronic staff shortages such as closing units … Interprofessional Team Collaboration and Work Environment Health in 68 US Intensive Care Units.

4. Executive summary_Systematic Review: Fiber Intake and Laxation in People With Normal Bowel Function (pdf file)
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   July 01, 2025 - stool consistency at greater than about 30 g/day of total dietary fiber (e.g., slope 0.022 vs. 0.003 units … various types) added to formula or infant cereal probably results in softer stools (by, on average, 0.5 units … Total Fecal Weight Dry Fecal Weight Fecal Frequency Transit Time Constipation Total fiber ▲▲ 0.013 units … Added fiber ▲▲ 0.010 units per g/d Strongest >15 g/d ▲▲ 1.41 g/d per g/d Stronger at lower

5. Comparative Effectiveness of Strategies to De-escalate Aggressive Behavior in Psychiatric Patients in Acute Care Settings (pdf file)
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   October 01, 2016 - to 30 percent of patients (adolescents, adults, and elderly persons) admitted to acute psychiatric units … a calm environment in which aggression is less likely to develop and tend to focus on entire care units … Risk Assessment Interventions Versus Usual Care Units employing structured risk assessment protocols … reported significantly fewer aggressive incidents than usual care units. … Interventions were in line with clinical practice in acute care units.

6. Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Response: Patient and Family Engagement (pdf file)
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   October 01, 2023 - targeting Fuller, 202023 Cross- sectional An academic medical hospital, general medicine units … randomized controlled trial An urban academic medical center, medical and surgical cardiac units … of academic medical centers,19,20 a trauma center,21 or medical surgical units of a U.S. … of an academic medical hospital,23 medical and surgical cardiac units of 12 Making Healthcare … – Patient and Family Engagement an urban academic medical center,24,25 or oncology and neurology units

7. Cluster Randomized Trial of Hospitals to Assess Impact of Targeted Versus Universal Strategies to Reduce Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Intensive Care Units | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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8. S44 (pdf file)
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   October 01, 2007 - said, f When I first went to the Veterans Administration (VA) central office in 1968, coronary care units … The VA was faced with a problem: they did not have the money to pay for coronary care units in all 150 … 7079/07/4500-0044 Medical Care • Volume 45, Number 10 Suppl 2, October 2007S44 hospitals that got units … A very logical way to test right off the bat whether coronary care units were life saving or not, and … Joint decisions, negotiated Duration of delay, size and location of controls, whether to randomize, units

9. Asthma-Immunotherapy-2010 Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2010 - MAJOR PROTEIN UNITS (mcg Ag/ML) – micrograms of the major protein moiety(s) of the specific allergen … BIOLOGIC UNITS/ML (BU/ML) – biological unitage assigned to define allergen potency. … /IR units/etc)]. … Extract containing 5-9.9 units per mL is assigned a potency of 5,000 Bioequivalent Allergy Units (BAU … Extract containing 10-19.9 Fel d1 units is assigned a potency of 10,000 BAU/mL.

10. 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)
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    May 01, 2024 - Peterson, 202021 Stepped wedge 4 hospitals in a single health system, all adult inpatient units … Focusing ASC PSPs on specific units or settings may be rationalized when a hospital or health system … found the use of real-time PCR to screen for C. auris upon admission to three high-risk healthcare units … Candida auris admission screening pilot in select units of New York City health care facilities, 2017 … A mathematical model and inference method for bacterial colonization in hospital units applied to active

11. - (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 - Presented in units ng/ml. … Presented in units ng/ml. … Presented in units µmol/kg*h. … Presented in units mL/min. … Presented in units mL.

12. Translation of a C. difficile Treatment Clinical Pathway Into Machine-Readable Clinical Decision Support Artifacts Prototyped for Electronic Health Record Implementation (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2019 - /volume] in Serum LOINC 2.66 26697-3 Clostridioides difficile IgA Ab [Units/volume] in Serum … LOINC 2.66 26702-1 Clostridioides difficile IgG Ab [Units/volume] in Serum LOINC 2.66 310541005 … /volume] in Stool by Immunoassay LOINC 2.66 6360-2 Clostridioides difficile toxin A [Units/volume … ] in Unspecified specimen by Immunoassay LOINC 2.66 6365-1 Clostridioides difficile toxin B [Units … /volume] in Stool by Immunoassay LOINC 2.66 6366-9 Clostridioides difficile toxin B [Units/volume

13. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response: Acute Care Nursing Staff Shortages That Compromise Patient-to-Nurse Ratios (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2025 - facilities, all government facilities reported staff shortages during the pandemic.7 When acute care units … Staffing ratios improved in ten specialty units publishing public data.29 Medicaid Expansion … Studies may not be generalizable to other types of nursing units, with different specialties having … Interprofessional Team Collaboration and Work Environment Health in 68 US Intensive Care Units. … Support interventions for nurses working in acute psychiatric units: A systematic review.

14. Er r or Rate Reduction Regarding Lower Limb Prosthesis (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prosthesis_research-protocol.pdf
    March 16, 2017 - Knee units not eligible for prosthesis. … Knee units: Single-axis, constant friction knee. … Knee units: Single-axis, constant friction knee. … Knee units: Fluid and pneumatic control knees. … Knee units: Any ankle knee system appropriate.

15. Disposition of Comments Report for Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients Wtih Kidney Disease (pdf file)
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    August 11, 2014 - These are generally eGFR units not creatinine clearance (which are usually ml/min). … We reviewed and revised the report to make sure GFR units of measurement are listed correctly. … TEP #1 Results As a matter of convention, this reviewer believes that units should be expressed as ng … We prefer to keep the units expressed as mcg/L. … Dialysis units?

16. Rapid Evidence Product: Adverse Events Associated With COVID-19 Pharmaceutical Treatments (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2024 - CONTAIN 250 ml RR 0.86; CI 0.56, 1.33 Low Cardiac Arrythmia Bar, 20214 60 1/40 0/39 PennCCP2 2 units … 0/473 CONTAIN 250 ml RR 5.05; CI 0.24, 104.97 Low Headache Bar, 20214 60 1/40 0/39 PennCCP2 2 units … 589 CSSC-004 250 ml RR 1.99; CI 0.18, 21.89 Low Hypotension Bar, 20214 60 0/40 2/39 PennCCP2 2 units … 90 22/468 14/473 CONTAIN 250 ml RR 1.59; CI 0.82, 3.07 Low Bar, 20214 60 2/40 1/39 PennCCP2 2 units … , 7.69 Moderate/ Unclear Syncope Bar, 20214 60 Convalescent Plasma 1/40 0/39 PennCCP2 2 units

17. Refining Key Questions: Interactive Case Study Quiz
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    May 01, 2010 - in those cases that require massive transfusions (most frequently defined as the use of 10 or more units … 138 No effect ●○○ 3 128 279 Weakly favors rFVIIa Thromboembolic events 5 301 469 No effect ●○○ Units … Outcomes The strength of evidence was low for the findings of no effect of rFVIIa use on mortality, units … 1 40 36 No data No data Insufficient Thromboembolic events 1 40 36 Unknown Unknown Insufficient Units … Mortality (10 day) 1 24 12 Unknown Insufficient Thromboembolic events 1 24 12 Unknown Insufficient Units

18. Refining Key Questions: Interactive Case Study Quiz
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/rfviia.pptx
    May 01, 2010 - in those cases that require massive transfusions (most frequently defined as the use of 10 or more units … 138 No effect ●○○ 3 128 279 Weakly favors rFVIIa Thromboembolic events 5 301 469 No effect ●○○ Units … Outcomes The strength of evidence was low for the findings of no effect of rFVIIa use on mortality, units … 1 40 36 No data No data Insufficient Thromboembolic events 1 40 36 Unknown Unknown Insufficient Units … Mortality (10 day) 1 24 12 Unknown Insufficient Thromboembolic events 1 24 12 Unknown Insufficient Units

19. Rapid Evidence Product: No-Touch Modalities for Disinfecting Patient Rooms in Acute Care Settings (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2022 - One controlled study (which compared CDI for three units using UVL with three units using standard … study18 assessed impact of antimicrobial solid copper surfaces on CDI rates for three intensive care units … hospital[mh] OR health facilities[mh] OR hospitals[mh] OR hospitals, isolation[mh] OR intensive care units … United States Single-center pre/post study Before and after relocation of 3 intensive care units … of academic hospital (563 hospital) 3 ICUs were general, neuro- intensive, and burn-trauma units

20. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    September 08, 2011 - Outpatient: Ambulatory clinics, urgent care centers Inpatient: Hospital wards, intensive care units … Outpatient: Ambulatory clinics, urgent care centers Inpatient: Hospital wards, intensive care units … Illness"[Mesh]) OR "Intensive Care"[Mesh] OR "Postoperative Complications"[Mesh] OR "Intensive Care Units … post-surgical infections' OR 'critically ill'/exp OR icu OR 'intensive care'/exp OR 'intensive care units