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221. Sepsis Resulting from Delays in Treatment and Miscommunication among Specialists | PSNet
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     February 26, 2025 - He was treated with antibiotics and bowel rest and discharged three days later with a plan to follow … He was discharged after one week of intravenous antibiotics and drainage, with instructions to return … unable to follow up for more than 4 weeks after discharge, and a full two weeks after completion of his antibiotic … September 15, 2011 Why do hospital prescribers continue antibiotics when it is safe to … April 29, 2020 WebM&M Cases Delay in Initiating Antibiotics

222. Systematic review and evaluation of physiological track and trigger warning systems for identifying at-risk patients on the ward. | PSNet
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     July 20, 2022 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Assessment of changes in visits and antibiotic … prescribing during the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … July 20, 2022 Association of a Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use with antibiotic … March 14, 2022 Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory

223. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2024 - difficile  and antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant  Staphylococcus aureus ( MRSA … multistate-point-prevalence-survey-health-care-associated-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-safety-program-improving-antibiotic-use-antibiotic-use-and-hospital-onset … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-safety-program-improving-antibiotic-use-antibiotic-use-and-hospital-onset … Strategies to prevent  C. difficile  infections primarily involve limiting antibiotic use (a major cause … Prevention of transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria follows similar principles.

224. Dangers of Missing an Epidural Abscess: Multiple Visits and Delayed Diagnosis with a Severely Negative Outcome | PSNet
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     April 27, 2022 - He was not treated with antibiotics. … Despite initiation of intravenous antibiotic therapy, the patient developed worsening neurologic symptoms … Ideally, antibiotics should be administered after cultures have been obtained from blood, urine, and … In practice, it is appropriate to administer antibiotics early if bacterial meningitis is suspected. … Depending on regional prevalence and patient history, antibiotic therapy covering Pseudomonas species

225. Sent home to die. | PSNet
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     April 22, 2020 - Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates, antibiotic … November 4, 2020 Two pandemics, same story: the potentially dangerous overuse of antibiotics

226. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 21, 2014 - Infection with Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), which causes severe diarrhea in patients receiving antibiotics

227. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     July 16, 2015 - hospitals in the United States reported using C. difficile prevention measures, with the exception of antibiotic … This finding underscores the need to focus on appropriate antibiotic use as part of patient safety efforts … psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-improving-antibiotic-use-among-hospitalized-patients

228. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 21, 2020 - clinical outcomes, reducing adverse events, and reducing antibiotic resistance.[7],[8],[9],[10] Given … the success of the antibiotic stewardship model, pharmacist leadership in other medication stewardship … Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients. … Effect of antibiotic stewardship on the incidence of infection and colonisation with antibiotic-resistant … from_term=Interventions+to+improve+antibiotic+prescribing+practices+for+hospital+inpatients.

229. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 27, 2010 - illustrate how focusing on individual quality measures (eg, Pneumovax administration rates or timing of antibiotics

230. Spotlight: Overdiagnosis and Delay: Challenges in Sepsis Diagnosis | PSNet
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     October 28, 2020 - His blood pressure was low (80/50 mm Hg), and he was started on intravenous fluids and broad spectrum antibiotics … For example, a retrospective study of patients with septic shock found that each hour of delay in antibiotic … that these alerts lead clinicians to more frequently order lactate, chest radiographs, blood cultures, antibiotics … When patients present with circulatory shock or signs of end-organ dysfunction, empiric antibiotics are … Using procalcitonin to guide antibiotic therapy. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017;4:ofw249.

231. Triggers, bundles, protocols, and checklists—what every maternal care provider needs to know. | PSNet
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     October 19, 2022 - Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates, antibiotic … April 24, 2019 Mix-ups between epidural analgesia and IV antibiotics in labor and delivery

232. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     August 15, 2018 - There was no difference in the rate of follow-up imaging, length of stay, or duration of antibiotics

233. Evaluation of a natural language processing approach to identify diagnostic errors and analysis of safety learning system case review data: retrospective cohort study. | PSNet
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     October 30, 2024 - Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates, antibiotic … December 7, 2022 WebM&M Cases Delay in Initiating Antibiotics

234. Evaluation and accurate diagnoses of pediatric diseases using artificial intelligence. | PSNet
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     April 15, 2020 - August 21, 2024 Association of a Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use with antibiotic … October 11, 2017 Assessment of changes in visits and antibiotic prescribing during the … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID

235. Morbidity and mortality conference in emergency medicine residencies and the culture of safety. | PSNet
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     November 16, 2022 - November 13, 2024 Automated identification of antibiotic overdoses and adverse drug events … August 10, 2005 WebM&M Cases Delay in Initiating Antibiotics

236. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - The orthopedic resident did not communicate these findings to the hospitalist, nor did he start antibiotics … He was started on broad-spectrum antibiotics; however, the patient's respiratory status continued to … It was believed that the delay in diagnosis of pneumonia and initiation of antibiotics may have contributed

237. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2003 - doses.[5]) Some injectables require reconstitution, which the nurse would do for products such as antibiotics … There have been cases where patients did not receive a complete dose due to insufficient shaking of antibiotics … Improperly mixed IV antibiotics. Hosp Pharm. 1997;32:1462-1465. 7. El-Sabawy M, Threlkeld M.

238. Limb Loss after Vasopressor Use | PSNet
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     March 14, 2012 - assessment in the ED, including a physical examination that omitted the legs, she was initiated on antibiotics … post-operative course was complicated by recurrent C. difficile colitis symptoms requiring additional antibiotic … ill, unstable patient was appropriately diagnosed with sepsis and started on the standard therapy of antibiotics … While these studies have demonstrated improvement in process measures (such as adherence to antibiotic … March 14, 2012 Antibiotic prescribing practice in residential aged care facilities—health

239. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 15, 2010 - In addition to OR team function, adherence to guidelines for prophylactic antibiotics improved, and

240. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 31, 2014 - errors of omission occurred most frequently for medications that were prescribed episodically (i.e., antibiotics