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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_consumer.pdf
January 01, 2016 - Radiation treatment is given a few minutes
a day, 5 days a week, for 8 to 9 weeks.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-report-translation-c-diff-treatment-clinical-pathway.pdf
November 01, 2019 - a recurrent CDI if positive C. difficile
test and recurrent symptoms attributable to CDI within 8 weeks … Diagnose as recurrent CDI if positive C. diff test with recurrent
symptoms attributable to CDI within 8 weeks … fidaxomicin orders)
Uncomplicated/Non-Fulminant infection – FIRST recurrence (symptoms within 8
weeks … not HUP, Princeton)
Uncomplicated/Non-Fulminant infection – 2+ recurrences (symptoms within 8
weeks … Select additional treatments if this is a recurrent episode
Recurrent: symptoms within 8 weeks
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/screening-depression-suicide-risk-adults
June 20, 2023 - 40,857; 0.7% of antidepressant users had a suicide attempt vs 0.3% of placebo users; median follow-up, 8 weeks … (n = 443) of a suicide risk screening intervention found no difference in suicidal ideation after 2 weeks … ). 32 That trial reported no statistically significant group differences in suicidal ideation at 2 weeks … among people described as having low socioeconomic status found reduced depressive symptoms at up to 12 weeks … Among primary care patients who screened positive for depression, there was 1 suicide attempt after 2 weeks
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49492/psn-pdf
November 01, 2005 - Reconciling Doses
November 1, 2005
Federico F. Reconciling Doses. PSNet [internet]. 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/reconciling-doses
Case Objectives
List the steps involved in medication reconciliation.
Describe the role of each of the stakeholders in medication reconciliation.
Discuss how medication reconc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.167_slideshow.ppt
January 01, 2008 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case January 2008
How Do Providers Recover from Errors?
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the January 2008 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Colin P. West, MD, PhD, Mayo Clini…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49472/psn-pdf
March 01, 2005 - Preventable Rash
March 1, 2005
McLean C. Preventable Rash. PSNet [internet]. 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/preventable-rash
The Case
A 35-year-old man with HIV was being followed in an outpatient internal medicine clinic. At a routine visit,
screening laboratories were checked. The clinic never contacted th…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73515/psn-pdf
August 01, 2022 - Missouri Quality Initiative (MOQI) Reduces
Hospitalizations Among Nursing Home Residents
July 28, 2021
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/missouri-quality-initiative-moqi-reduces-hospitalizations-among-nursing-
home-residents
Summary
The MOQI seeks to reduce avoidable hospitalization among nursing home residents b…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dangerous-dapsone
January 10, 2011 - Dangerous Dapsone
Citation Text:
Bookwalter T. Dangerous Dapsone. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2004.
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Format:
Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMedId RIS…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lipsitz-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Improving Safety of Transitions to Skilled Nursing Care Using Video Conferencing
1. Title Page
Title: Improving Safety of Transitions to Skilled Nursing Care Using Video Conferencing
PI: Lewis Lipsitz, MD
Team Members:
Amber Moore, MD, MPHa,b; Julie C. Lima, MPH, PhDc; Sweta Patel, BD…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/paradoxical-pulse
May 01, 2013 - Paradoxical Pulse
Citation Text:
Roy CL. Paradoxical Pulse. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2011.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/HAP-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - PowerPoint Presentation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
Acute Care
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(20)-0028-EF
November 2019
HAP
AHRQ Safety Program for Improv…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/HAP-facilitator-guide.pdf
November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving
Antibiotic Use
1
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(20)-0028-EF
November 2019
Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment
Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
Acute Care
Slide Title and Commentary Slide N…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/VAP-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - PowerPoint Presentation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Acute Care
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(20)-0028-EF
November 2019
VAP
AHRQ Safety Program f…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/depression_hi_impact.pdf
October 01, 2014 - indicated it has produced
a rapid (within 2 hours) and relatively sustained (approximately 1 to 2 weeks … manufacturers may target different areas of the
brain with their respective DBS devices.
1
About 2 to 4 weeks … for 40
minutes) produced a rapid (within 2 hours) and relatively sustained (approximately 1 to 2 weeks
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
June 01, 2015 - however, the remainder (64%
[692 of 1,074]) of initial responders had relapsed disease at up to 18 weeks … During the first 4 weeks after treatment, 40.8% of the
rifaximin group and 31.2% of the placebo group
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/joo-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Patient participants who were scheduled to be seen in primary care clinic by a recruited PCP 2
weeks … , a
template was chosen with the recommendation to de-escalate inhalers and repeat spirometry
1-2 weeks
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/elder-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - During intensive weeks, practices were reporting any and
all detected errors relating to the testing … (This web-based form
was made available to all staff and providers at the study offices for 2 weeks
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-treatment-ssri_executive.pdf
April 01, 2012 - The
interventions were a minimum of 4 weeks duration and
three of the studies involved dose escalation … are associated with
greater likelihood of a positive treatment response to
combined therapy at 12 weeks … If a patient does not respond to a full dose of
fluvoxamine for at least 12 weeks, what alternatives
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/medread-tools.pdf
July 28, 2016 - Take no
more than 2 weeks
(2 meetings) to
complete.
2 Tool 4
Community
Inventory
This tool prompts … Take no more than 2 weeks (2 meetings) to complete.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2011_01.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Sequential hospital visits may occur for any reason and can be separated by days, weeks,
months or years … for chest pain, 93.1 percent of the patients had not been seen back in an ED
or admitted; within two weeks … cause 11,559 2.3%
Patients seen in the ED for any cause and not
admitted
23,786 4.8%
Within two weeks