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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-ann-l-hendrich-rn-phd
February 26, 2025 - She has become one of the foremost experts on the problem of health care–associated falls, and has developed … Hendrich : The largest predictor of who falls is associated with intrinsic risk, things that we carry … Is there a smoldering urinary tract infection that's gone undetected that's going to cause a big episode
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-andrew-bindman-md
June 15, 2024 - First, AHRQ invests in figuring out what makes a difference in, for example, things like health care–associated … translated into practice and has made a difference in terms of reducing, for example, the number of catheter-associated … urinary tract infections and blood-borne infections in the hospital setting. … heart disease, perhaps the only two conditions that have a death rate higher than what we believe is associated
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/failure-ensure-patient-safety-leads-patient-falls-nursing-homes
August 14, 2024 - Subsequently, the patient was diagnosed with sepsis, presumably from a urinary tract infection (UTI), … involving allegations of improper care, are increasing. 3
For NH residents, there are many factors associated … use of restraints for fall prevention. 9 , 14 Some studies have indicated that bedrails have been associated … Her PCP ordered physical therapy and a psychiatric evaluation for her dementia-associated agitation. … Factors associated with falls in Canadian long term care homes: a retrospective cohort study.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/failure-report
July 01, 2008 - Case & Commentary: Part 1 A well-appearing 9-month-old infant weighing 8 kg presented with urinary … brand name for the antibiotic ceftriaxone), 450 mg intramuscularly (IM), for empiric treatment of a urinary … tract infection (UTI) to be given immediately.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/848110/psn-pdf
April 26, 2023 - Subsequently, the
patient was diagnosed with sepsis, presumably from a urinary tract infection (UTI) … #1
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For NH residents, there are many factors associated … the use of restraints for fall prevention.9,14 Some studies have indicated that
bedrails have been associated … Her PCP ordered physical therapy and a psychiatric evaluation for her
dementia-associated agitation. … Factors associated with falls in Canadian long term care
homes: a retrospective cohort study.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-06/spotlight_case_hemorrhagic_shock_slides_final.pptx
January 01, 2024 - -year-old man weighing 175 pounds, in excellent health except for seasonal allergies and mild lower urinary … tract symptoms (LUTS) developed severe low back pain. … Ordering laboratory tests and imaging, as done in this patient, only delays treatment of the shock and associated
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/moving-pains
August 17, 2017 - medical school faculty, was admitted to the acute care ward of the school's teaching hospital with a urinary … tract infection and pneumonia. … Identification of risk factors for negative outcomes associated with intrahospital transport of acutely
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/tale-two-falls
March 27, 2024 - visuospatial skills, judgment, executive function, and attention. 10,11,12 Other medical conditions such as urinary … tract infections and incontinence can also contribute directly or indirectly to falls. … more harm than good, as it has not been shown to be effective in reducing consecutive falls and is associated … Prevalence and factors associated with polypharmacy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. … Prevalence, risk factors and outcomes associated with physical restraint in acute medical inpatients
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867035/psn-pdf
October 30, 2024 - visuospatial skills,
judgment, executive function, and attention.10,11,12 Other medical conditions such as urinary … tract
infections and incontinence can also contribute directly or indirectly to falls. … more harm than good,
as it has not been shown to be effective in reducing consecutive falls and is associated … Prevalence and factors associated with polypharmacy: a
systematic review and meta-analysis. … Prevalence, risk factors and outcomes associated with
physical restraint in acute medical inpatients
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866205/psn-pdf
July 10, 2024 - hemorrhagic-shock-after-elective-spine-surgery-failure-rescue-after-limited-response-nursing
A 67-year-old man, in excellent health except for seasonal allergies and mild lower urinary … tract symptoms
(LUTS), developed severe low back pain. … Ordering laboratory tests and imaging, as done
in this patient, only delays treatment of the shock and associated
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/840256/psn-pdf
November 16, 2022 - re also using
quantitative data from the electronic health record to model the processes and their associated … where older adults come to the emergency department from a
skilled nursing facility with a suspected urinary … tract infection.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49534/psn-pdf
May 01, 2007 - The providers thought that the patient's mental status change was
likely due to urinary tract infection … study of hospitalized Medicare patients,
antiseizure drugs were the seventh most common drug class associated … Phenytoin is one of the drugs most commonly associated with preventable clinically significant adverse
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-paul-mcgann-md
July 10, 2024 - Thousands of hospitals, in fact in some states it's mandated, use that for things like central line–associated … bloodstream infections, catheter–associated urinary tract infections, and surgical site infections.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33804/psn-pdf
March 03, 2016 - Thousands of hospitals, in fact in some states it's mandated,
use that for things like central line–associated … bloodstream infections, catheter–associated urinary tract
infections, and surgical site infections.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867805/psn-pdf
February 26, 2025 - hospital-acquired infections have
decreased, notably catheter-related bloodstream infections and ventilator-associated … Catheter-
associated UTIs (urinary tract infections), or CAUTIs, have been a more difficult target. … another example of
an intervention that has clearly reduced risk, although there is still a lot of risk associated
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hemorrhagic-shock-after-elective-spine-surgery-failure-rescue-after-limited-response-nursing
October 31, 2023 - The Case A 67-year-old man, in excellent health except for seasonal allergies and mild lower urinary … tract symptoms (LUTS), developed severe low back pain. … Ordering laboratory tests and imaging, as done in this patient, only delays treatment of the shock and associated
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/antiseizure-medication-disorder
April 01, 2006 - The providers thought that the patient's mental status change was likely due to urinary tract infection … study of hospitalized Medicare patients, antiseizure drugs were the seventh most common drug class associated … Phenytoin is one of the drugs most commonly associated with preventable clinically significant adverse
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-vineet-chopra-md-msc
February 28, 2024 - the safety of hospitalized patients by preventing hospital-acquired complications—particularly those associated … Some early work also found that PICCs were associated with a lower rate of infections than central venous … May 18, 2022
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus … 2019
Adherence to simple and effective measures reduces the incidence of ventilator-associated
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withjennifer-daley-md
January 01, 2008 - What we did have to make was a hospital-associated infection reporting system, which was built with our … IT partner, Perot Systems, which basically tracks device days and hospital-associated infections for … central venous lines, catheter-associated urinary tract infections (UTIs), and ventilator-associated … But it resulted in a dramatic decrease in hospital-associated infections. … And then there's a small bonus to every employee in the hospital associated with hand washing, which
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/implementing-patient-safety-program-large-national-health-system
January 01, 2008 - What we did have to make was a hospital-associated infection reporting system, which was built with our … IT partner, Perot Systems, which basically tracks device days and hospital-associated infections for … central venous lines, catheter-associated urinary tract infections (UTIs), and ventilator-associated … But it resulted in a dramatic decrease in hospital-associated infections. … And then there's a small bonus to every employee in the hospital associated with hand washing, which