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1. Millions of people used tainted breathing machines. The FDA failed to use its power to protect them. | PSNet
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   June 28, 2023 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Millions of people used tainted breathing machines. … Citation Text: Millions of people used tainted breathing machines. … It discusses problems with a widely used sleep apnea breathing device (continuous positive airway pressure … Cite Citation Citation Text: Millions of people used tainted breathing

2. Airway Obstruction during Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery | PSNet
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   January 29, 2021 - drugs should be avoided when monitoring motor potentials, although avoiding these drugs can lead to problems … Correcting the error in the breathing system and/or the ventilator may take time. … Anesthesia clinicians need to review algorithms for troubleshooting problems with ventilation frequently … Some crises occur infrequently, and checklists are particularly helpful when dealing with uncommon problems … Coexisting health problems need to be identified and treated Obese patients like the patient in this

3. Severe illness getting noticed sooner - SIGNS-for-Kids: developing an illness recognition tool to connect home and hospital. | PSNet
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   September 23, 2020 - healthcare experts, identified five cues: (1) behavior, such as reduced interaction or lack of movement, (2) breathing … , including noticeable breathing or long pauses between breaths, (3) skin, such as jaundice or blueish … August 26, 2020 Reasons for drug administration problems and perceived needs for assistance

4. Endotracheal Tube Fallout in a Patient with Severe Obesity During Eye Surgery. | PSNet
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   January 29, 2021 - circuit will pull the breathing circuit apart rather than pull the ETT out of the trachea. … hypoxic drive to breathe, so the patient depends on a sufficiently high carbon dioxide level to drive respiration … Monitoring the patient’s respiration and oxygenation is especially important immediately following extubation … Disconnect the ETT from the breathing circuit prior to moving the patient. … Monitor vigilantly and correct problems rapidly.

5. Minnesota lets nurses practice while disciplinary investigations drag on. Patients keep getting hurt. | PSNet
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   April 22, 2020 - May 3, 2017 Millions of people used tainted breathing machines. … March 1, 2023 A girl dies during restraint at hospital already criticized for problems

6. Addressing racial and ethnic bias in pulse oximeters—a wicked problem. | PSNet
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   April 18, 2019 - September 2, 2009 Medication-related problems in critical care survivors: a systematic … February 14, 2024 Millions of people used tainted breathing machines.

7. Distraction of the Anesthesiologist and Lack of Resuscitation Drugs Resulting in Delayed Treatment of Laryngospasm. | PSNet
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   January 29, 2021 - The patient was breathing spontaneously. … movement of the chest and abdomen becomes non-synchronous, a pattern often described as paradoxical breathing … During normal breathing, the chest and the abdominal walls move outwards together during inspiration. … emergencies are not always predictable and anesthesia care providers must be prepared for all potential problems … A clinical study of paradoxical breathing during sleep in children.

8. PCA Overdose | PSNet
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   April 01, 2017 - A few hours after leaving the PACU and arriving on the floor, she was found pale with shallow breathing … A possible classification for such overdoses has been proposed.( 15 ) Problems include misprogramming … In the real world, such technologies are often too expensive and/or plagued with false alarm problems … Caregivers should report any problems or complications associated with PCA pumps (as well as all other … Problems with medical devices may be severely under-reported.

9. Delayed Diagnosis in the Setting of Virtual Care: Remembering the Physical Examination | PSNet
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   April 29, 2020 - The next day, her husband called her primary care office because she was feeling worse with rapid breathing … Therefore, the rapid breathing, diarrhea, and sweating experienced by the patient in this case on the … presenting symptoms, which suggested a respiratory problem, and did not pay sufficient attention to the new problems … Significant cutaneous problems are still often overlooked, during both in-person care and virtual care

10. Postdischarge Follow-Up Phone Call | PSNet
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    May 19, 2021 - These calls aim to identify and resolve postdischarge issues such as problems understanding discharge … instructions, problems obtaining outpatient appointments, problems filling prescriptions, issues relating … discovered she was unable to get the expected follow up in the gastrointestinal clinic due to insurance problems … Telephone follow-up, initiated by a hospital-based health professional, for postdischarge problems in

11. A Stable Airway? Fatal Airway Occlusion After Inadequate Post-Tracheostomy Care | PSNet
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    June 28, 2023 - transfer, the patient was found to be tachypneic with a respiratory rate of 29, complaining of difficulty breathing … Clinicians must understand how to maintain and manage tracheostomies, how to troubleshoot problems, and … these alarms must be set appropriately, and providers must be able to recognize causes and troubleshoot problems

12. Cultivate discussions in a psychologically safe workplace: part 1 and part II. | PSNet
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    August 11, 2021 - Special or Theme Issue Cultivate discussions in a psychologically safe workplace: part 1 and part II. Citation Text: Cultivate discussions in a psychologically safe workplace: part 1 and part II. ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care. July 11, 2024;29;(14):1-3; July 25, 2024;29(15):1-…

13. The One That Got Away—Elopement of a Suicidal Patient in the Emergency Department. | PSNet
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    September 27, 2023 - She was awake with discoloration to her face (purple) and neck (red), but she was breathing and able … There was adequate breathing and air exchange, adequate oxygen saturation, and no respiratory distress … LCSWs perform mental health assessments in the ED is that they can more effectively assess psychosocial problems

14. Hypoxemia after Emergency Intubation | PSNet
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    March 24, 2019 - expiratory pressure (PEEP) valve to prevent hypoxemia while staff troubleshoot the ventilator and the breathing … E stands for equipment failure, such as a leak or stuck valve in the breathing circuit or ventilator

15. All in the History | PSNet
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    February 28, 2011 - SPOTLIGHT CASE All in the History Citation Text: Fee C. All in the History. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2009. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnot…

16. Miscommunication During the Interhospital Transport of a Critically Ill Child | PSNet
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    March 27, 2024 - The following morning, her breathing was labored and rapid at 50-60 breaths a minute. … tachypneic at 60-80 breaths per minute, hypoxic with oxygen saturation in the high 80% range, grunting while breathing

17. "The Ultrasound Looked Fine": Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Patient Safety | PSNet
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    December 01, 2012 - SPOTLIGHT CASE "The Ultrasound Looked Fine": Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Patient Safety Citation Text: Lewiss RE. "The Ultrasound Looked Fine": Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and H…

18. Misplaced Vial: Medication Kit Variability Contributes to Medication Error During Patient Transport | PSNet
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    March 12, 2021 - The Case A 19-month-old boy was found unresponsive and not breathing by a parent; 911 was called and … An earlier review highlighted practical problems associated with correct performance of double checking

19. Continuing Education | PSNet
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    February 26, 2025 - Radiograph Interpretation Error (8) Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems … She heard the conversation among the surgical team members and felt that the breathing tube was pushed

20. Routine Goes Awry | PSNet
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    September 23, 2020 - have been increasing over the past 35 years due to more frequent identification of sleep disordered breathing … Growth retardation, behavioral problems, enuresis, and poor school performance may be associated with