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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"guideline adherence"”.
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A quality improvement project addressing perioperative glycemic guideline adherence
… hospital following concerns for lack of adherence to current protocols regarding perioperative glycemic management and not meeting statistical expectations. Project stakeholders and initiators configured protocol simplification and educational meetings in hopes to improve protocol …
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Chemotherapy for lung cancer: Determinants of guideline adherence and associated patient outcomes
<p>Evidence-based guidelines recommend chemotherapy for medically fit patients with stage II-IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Adherence to chemotherapy guidelines has rarely been studied among large populations, mainly because performance status (PS), a key component in assessing chemotherapy …
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Nutrition and Physical Activity Cancer Prevention Guideline Adherence and Association with Circulating Concentrations of Vitamin D and Precancerous Lesions
Background: Many studies have reported that adherence to health promotion guidelines for diet, physical activity, and maintenance of healthy body weight may decrease cancer incidence and mortality, including site-specific cancers such as colorectal cancer. To date, there have been no studies …
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Adolescent Hypertension at a School-Based Health Center: A Pre-Implementation Study Using the Tailored Implementation for Chronic Diseases (TICD) Checklist
… conditions in adulthood. The updated guidelines released by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2017 reclassify adolescents to tighter blood pressure categories. The purpose of this project is to evaluate current practices meeting the updated American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) …
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Implementation Strategies to Improve Critical Care Nurses' Knowledge of and Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines
… Successful implementation of evidence-based guidelines can improve patient outcomes, particularly among vulnerable neuroscience patients. Focused efforts to improve nursing knowledge of and adherence to these guidelines are warranted. The purpose of this dissertation was to determine the most …
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Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Adherence Among Pregnant Women
… Control and Prevention (CDC) publishing regular guidelines for prenatal STI screening and treatment, limited evidence exists regarding provider adherence to these recommendations as the majority prior studies rely on public health case reports or manual chart reviews, which restrict scalability …
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Guideline-led prescribing to heart failure patients in Ireland and Egypt
Introduction: Guidelines strongly recommend patients with Heart Failure (HF) be treated with multiple medications proven to improve clinical outcomes, as tolerated. Guideline-led prescribing of HF evidence-based medicines is strongly associated with improved survival, prognosis, and quality of life …
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The adherence to group b streptococcus screening guidelines amongst pregnant women in Western Australia – A quantitative descriptive analysis
… suggests variations in viewpoints and thus low adherence to relevant clinical guidelines amongst midwives and pregnant women in the midwifery led model of care. To date, no research has been undertaken to provide empirical evidence for these anecdotal reports, suggesting the need for research. …
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Efficacy of Botswana's National Cancer Treatment Strategy: A Preliminary Analysis of Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients
The general metadata -- e.g., title, author, abstract, subject headings, etc. -- is publicly available, but access to the submitted files is restricted to UT Southwestern campus access and/or authorized UT Southwestern users.
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Exploring the relationship between patterns of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and cardiometabolic health in middle-aged Irish adults
… sensitivity to assess patterning of activity and guideline adherence and assessing the relationship with cardiometabolic and inflammatory markers. Furthermore, GENEActiv accelerometer-derived MVPA appears to be better at detecting relationships with cardiometabolic and inflammatory markers. The …
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Evaluating Visual Cues to Improve Central Line Checklist Adherence: Challenges and Lessons Learned
… bedside central line insertions. While initial adherence rates reached 92% with a paper-based checklist in one ICU, adherence declined following its integration into EPIC and expansion to four additional ICUs. Post-integration survey results indicated adherence had fallen to 57%. LOCAL PROBLEM: …
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Implementation of Genetic Carrier Screening In The Ob Population: Healthcare Cost Impact and Recommendation Adherence
… organizations, such as ACOG and ACMG, develop guidelines to aid providers in ordering appropriate genetic testing. In this study, the ordering of carrier screening by obstetricians and genetic counselors was used to determine if duplicate genetic testing was taking place at a large academic …
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Indicadores de adherencia de las Guías de Práctica Clínica en Colombia : 2016
Las Guías de Práctica Clínica (GPC) son un insumo fundamental dentro del Sistema de Salud para la prestación de los servicios las cuales impactan su calidad y financiación, tras cinco años de la publicación de las primera GPC en Colombia, realizadas con una metodología vigente y reconocida, es …
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Adherencia global a las guías internacionales de tromboprofilaxis venosa en cirugía ortopédica mayor. Revisión sistemática de la literatura
Antecedentes: El aumento del riesgo de enfermedad tromboembólica después de cirugía ortopédica mayor (COM) ha sido ampliamente descrito en la literatura y las guías de práctica clínica incluyen recomendaciones para disminuir este riesgo. Sin embargo, no existe evidencia de una …
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Healthcare worker's adherence to the use of adult primary care guidelines in management of cardiovascular disease in the North-West Province
… blood clots. In this country, Standard Treatment Guidelines are issued to help healthcare workers with diagnosis and management. Given the destructive effects of CVDs, the study's goal was to investigate healthcare workers' adherence to the implementation of APC guidelines in the management of …