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161. Dropping to New Lows | PSNet
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     December 18, 2024 - Greater benefit may be realized at the lower end of this range and lower targets may be appropriate in … Higher glucose ranges may be appropriate for terminally ill patients and those with severe comorbidities … , while lower ranges may be appropriate for patients who tolerate tight glycemic control as outpatients … Such algorithms are made even more useful when hyperlinks are added at appropriate places in the electronic … Having easily accessible and timely glucose and insulin data is the only way providers can make appropriate

162. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2015 - surrogate decision-maker.(4) The initial treatment for severe sepsis requires early administration of appropriate … One study showed that in patients with septic shock, for every hour that appropriate antibiotic therapy … As stated above, delaying appropriate antibiotic administration can have serious effects. … Had this been the case, the patient would likely have received the appropriate initial antibiotic therapy … Institutions should create robust patient safety and quality improvement programs to ensure appropriate

163. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2018 - drug-related harm of corticosteroids, including strategies to minimize drug exposure and to administer appropriate … adverse effect prevention is minimizing exposure—both in dose and duration—when clinically possible and appropriate … experience, corticosteroid prescribing errors commonly revolve around tapering, drug choice, and providing appropriate … Likely the most common corticosteroid prescribing error is failure to prescribe appropriate prophylaxis … made in prescribing corticosteroids include issues with tapering, drug choice, and failing to provide appropriate

164. The Wrongful Resuscitation | PSNet
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     October 12, 2012 - An ethics committee is an appropriate vehicle to help resolve these conflicts. … Such a case should be reported to the appropriate state authorities, and the resulting sanctions and … Electronic medical records can include appropriate "flags" that make sure that important information … In this 80-year-old man with multiple organ impairment, the most appropriate focus of advance care planning … If the physician and nursing home staff addressed the appropriate use of hospitalization and prospectively

165. But See the Patient First | PSNet
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     September 27, 2023 - of extremely diverse etiology and clinical backgrounds, there is no standardized guideline for the appropriate … Appropriate evaluation of patients with neutropenic fever should include a history and examination with … tissue infection, pneumonia, or severe mucositis can indicate the addition of vancomycin alongside appropriate … Additionally, agreement that a bedside assessment was appropriate was 90% or greater for each of the … While appropriate in some cases, the content of such handoffs is often inappropriate.    

166. Delayed Management of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection – Who does the Patient Belong To? | PSNet
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     March 31, 2021 - management is outside the scope of his or her practice, the surgeon will at least help coordinate the appropriate … in its professionalism and commitment to the patient in this case by failing to ensure and expedite appropriate … or other members of the clinical team (e.g., nurses) did not feel empowered to insist on the urgency appropriate … the substandard care provided in that the general surgeon responded with apparent resentment to an appropriate … Involving specialty services in creating these guidelines builds buy-in and provides an appropriate space

167. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 21, 2021 - Drug-drug interactions and prescription appropriateness at hospital discharge: experience with COVID-19 patients. April 21, 2021 Cattaneo D, Pasina L, Maggioni AP, et al. Drug-drug interactions and prescription appropriateness at hospital discharge: experience with COVID-19 patients. Drugs Aging. 2021;38(4):341-346…

168. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 07, 2011 - The authors outline the patient’s role in increasing diagnostic accuracy, determining appropriate treatment

169. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2023 - As a result, LGBTQ+ patients may not receive appropriate healthcare, with concomitant consequences for … providers increases safety risks; the potential for missed screenings, misdiagnoses and a lack of appropriate … This challenge can be ameliorated with effective communication and culturally and linguistically appropriate … contact, such as registration or admission, health systems can leverage these data to deliver the appropriate … events that members of the LGBTQ+ population may encounter when accessing healthcare services.21 An appropriate

170. TRIAD VII: do prehospital providers understand Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment documents? | PSNet
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     September 15, 2021 - the Same Author(s) TRIAD IX: can a patient testimonial safely help ensure prehospital appropriate … May 25, 2022 TRIAD IX: can a patient testimonial safely help ensure prehospital appropriate

171. The leader's role in medical device safety. | PSNet
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     August 14, 2017 - Healthcare executives must ensure appropriate policies, procedures. … Healthcare executives must ensure appropriate policies, procedures.

172. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     November 27, 2019 - , and drug interactions.8 Given this patient’s poor renal function, midazolam may have been a more appropriate … During the procedure, he received fentanyl and midazolam, both within appropriate dosing limits. … standardized process for screening patients preoperatively, high-risk patients such as these might not have appropriate … The patient tolerated the procedure without apparent issues and appropriate doses of fentanyl and midazolam … The actions performed by the vascular access staff were appropriate and the patient’s death could not

173. Critical Order Set Change and Critical Limb Ischemia | PSNet
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     July 02, 2019 - order set would support selection of proper bolus dosing, correct rate of maintenance infusion, and appropriate … the best practice for a particular clinical scenario or fail to recognize when an order set is not appropriate … The selection of the correct clinical indication would then result in ordering the appropriate infusion … Communication to nursing and pharmacy would also have been appropriate in this case, as the requirement … Evaluation of appropriate sodium polystyrene sulfonate use with a hyperkalemia order set: a pilot study

174. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 04, 2012 - A framework for evaluating the appropriateness of clinical decision support alerts and responses. May 4, 2012 McCoy AB, Waitman LR, Lewis JB, et al. A framework for evaluating the appropriateness of clinical decision support alerts and responses. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19(3):346-52. doi:10.1136/amiajnl- 2011-…

175. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2016 - Increased appropriateness of customized alert acknowledgement reasons for overridden medication alerts in a computerized provider order entry system. September 1, 2016 Dekarske BM, Zimmerman CR, Chang R, et al. Increased appropriateness of customized alert acknowledgement reasons for overridden medication alerts i…

176. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 16, 2019 - reports provides examples of problems related to medication misadministration, drug shortages, and the appropriate

177. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 28, 2024 - Once an appropriate level of sedation was achieved, the patient was positioned prone. … Appropriate doses of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) medications were given. … sedation is achieved.9 No matter which form of anesthesia is used, emergency airway equipment and appropriate … It is essential to ensure appropriate gastric emptying before proceeding with ERCP, to minimize the … is likely the safest option to minimize the risk of aspiration while securing the airway.10 Even if appropriate

178. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - At baseline, the boy was developmentally appropriate but quite fragile medically, with multiple recent … more than 80% manage 5 or fewer pediatric patients requiring PN.(5) Although this number may reflect appropriate … an error in transcription but they also had incorrectly perceived 55 mEq/kg/day as 55 mEq/L/day, an appropriate … Two nurses verified the TPN order was accurate and appropriate at the bedside and also did not notice … psnet.ahrq.gov//#references https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#references Institutions should incorporate all appropriate

179. Which Line: Ordering Provider or Proceduralist? | PSNet
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     September 16, 2015 - oncologist and interventional radiologist discussed the case and decided it would be safest and most appropriate … The error was disclosed to the patient, the tunneled catheter was removed, and the appropriate catheter … Otherwise, the CDS can provide real-time feedback to redirect toward more appropriate care. … As a result, the 23%–27% of imaging orders without an appropriate indication were considered mistakes … Further, the ordering physician would have to arrive at the appropriate decision relatively quickly through

180. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     July 08, 2019 - raising-and-acting-concerns-about-patient-safety This guidance from the United Kingdom outlines how physicians can raise concerns and take appropriate