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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/second-victim-unanticipated-adverse-events
February 12, 2020 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Impact of staff turnover during cardiac … February 12, 2020
Mortality due to hospital-acquired infection after cardiac surgery. … 2023
Transparency, public reporting, and a culture of change to quality and safety in cardiac … Serious hazards of transfusion: evaluating the dangers of a wrong patient autologous salvaged blood in cardiac
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/too_many_cooks_spotlight_pdf.pdf
January 01, 2020 - alerts in postoperative
care, and identify several factors that might trigger such alerts
based on cardiac … risk after non-cardiac surgery
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TOO MANY COOKS IN THE KITCHEN
A case describing deviations in the … Aortic stenosis and non-cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. … Multifactorial index of cardiac risk in noncardiac surgical procedures. … Examining Risk: A Systematic Review of Perioperative Cardiac Risk Prediction Indices.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-age-anaesthesiologists-competence-narrative-review
December 15, 2014 - April 19, 2023
Crisis scenarios for simulation-based nontechnical skills training for cardiac … surgery teams: a national survey among cardiac anesthesiologists, cardiac surgeons, clinical perfusionists … , and cardiac operating room nurses. … Simulation-based training improves physicians' performance in patient care in high-stakes clinical setting of cardiac
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/epidemiology-adverse-events-and-medical-errors-care-cardiology-patients
November 26, 2014 - Serious hazards of transfusion: evaluating the dangers of a wrong patient autologous salvaged blood in cardiac … Maximum emergency department overcrowding is correlated with occurrence of unexpected cardiac … November 1, 2016
Application of the aviation black box principle in pediatric cardiac … surgery: tracking all failures in the pediatric cardiac operating room. … April 13, 2011
Critical incidents related to cardiac arrests reported to the Danish Patient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/can-standard-configuration-cardiac-monitor-lead-medical-errors-under-stress-induction
May 19, 2021 - Study
Can the standard configuration of a cardiac monitor lead to medical errors … Can the standard configuration of a cardiac monitor lead to medical errors under a stress induction? … Can the standard configuration of a cardiac monitor lead to medical errors under a stress induction?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/haste-makes-care-unsafe
January 07, 2015 - At that point, the surgeon was informed that another patient in the cardiac intensive care unit (ICU) … The surgeon was the only cardiac surgeon available that day, and there was also only one cardiac anesthesia … Echocardiographic direct observation of cardiac valvular function, volume of blood in the heart, and … Take-Home Points Pulmonary artery catheters may still be used in cardiac surgery cases, but they … Strengthening handover communication in pediatric cardiac intensive care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865984/psn-pdf
May 29, 2024 - wave changes, and the presence of
Q waves could all indicate prior ischemic events and should raise cardiac … stress testing does not rely on functional capacity and is a more suitable method of assessing for cardiac … Patients with elevated HEART scores of 4 or greater have markedly increased of a major adverse
cardiac … Clinical Presentations and Outcomes in Patients Presenting
With Acute Cardiac Events and Right Bundle … Evidence-based algorithms using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin in the emergency
department.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-09/final_slides_sept_spotlight_case_when_the_lytes_go_out_slides_08.25.2020-revised.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Lytes Go Out_SLIDES_08.25.2020-revised.pptx
Spotlight
When the Lytes Go Out: A Case
of Inpatient Cardiac … that can lead to complications or
poor outcomes
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WHEN THE LYTES GO OUT: A CASE OF
INPATIENT CARDIAC … ARREST
A case describing serious and preventable
complications – cardiac arrest due to torsades de … interval
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Case Details
• On Day 7, potassium and magnesium remained low
• The patient had a cardiac … arrest due to torsades de points
and ventricular fibrillation
• Patient was transported to the cardiac
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50697/psn-pdf
November 27, 2019 - Cardiac Arrest in a Woman with UTI: A Case of QT
Prolongation
November 27, 2019
Kulig CE, Ebong IA … Cardiac Arrest in a Woman with UTI: A Case of QT Prolongation. PSNet [internet].
2019. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/cardiac-arrest-woman-uti-case-qt-prolongation
The Case
A 36-year-old … She was resuscitated according to the advanced cardiac life support protocol and
received intravenous … The error in this case was only recognized after
the patient suffered a cardiac arrest.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49824/psn-pdf
March 01, 2018 - /missing-ecg-and-missed-diagnosis-lead-dangerous-delay
The Case
A 35-year-old woman with no prior cardiac … transmit the ECG to the emergency department (ED) to activate
"Code STEMI" while en route so that the cardiac … She was rushed to the cardiac catheterization laboratory
for emergency percutaneous coronary intervention … ultimately required placement of a device to assist her heart function and a prolonged stay in the cardiac … Code STEMI is designed to
achieve timely activation of the cardiac catheterization laboratory.(4) The
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/standardized-postoperative-handover-process-improves-outcomes-intensive-care-unit-model
June 21, 2015 - Transitions of care in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit*. … standardized handoff tool was associated with a decrease in postoperative adverse events in pediatric cardiac … Transitions of care in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit*.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60952/psn-pdf
September 30, 2020 - When the Lytes Go Out: A Case of Inpatient Cardiac
Arrest
September 30, 2020
Stripe B, Zuidema D. … When the Lytes Go Out: A Case of Inpatient Cardiac Arrest . PSNet [internet]. 2020. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/when-lytes-go-out-case-inpatient-cardiac-arrest
Disclosure of Relevant … a cardiac arrest due to?torsades?de pointes and ventricular fibrillation.? … He was transported to the cardiac intensive care with
return of spontaneous circulation.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/nonsustained-ventricular-tachycardia-after-acute-coronary-syndromes-recognizing-high-risk
September 20, 2011 - About 2 hours after the initial run of VT, the patient experienced a cardiac arrest secondary to sustained … led the patient to a care environment that was more vigilant and better equipped for management of cardiac … Unfortunately, large studies have failed to show improved survival following in-hospital cardiac arrest … Kristin Newby, MD, MHS Professor of Medicine Co-Director, Cardiac Care Unit Duke University … Automated external defibrillators and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/premature-closure-was-it-just-syncope
February 10, 2021 - Concerned for a cardiac etiology of syncope, the emergency physician administered aspirin, started the … patient on an unfractionated heparin drip, and ordered an echocardiogram to assess cardiac function. … This led to a framing error and premature closure around isolated cardiac pathology. … Additionally, had the clinician not closed on a cardiac diagnosis prematurely, they likely would have … ECG changes are not always ischemic and do not always indicate primary cardiac pathology.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/four-years-experience-hospitalist-led-medical-emergency-team-interrupted-time-series
October 03, 2011 - system consisting of a hospitalist, critical care nurse, and respiratory therapist successfully reduced cardiac … March 5, 2010
Changing cardiac arrest and hospital mortality rates through a medical … February 3, 2010
A reduction in cardiac arrests and duration of clinical instability
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/epidemiology-and-patient-outcome-after-medical-emergency-team-calls-triggered-atrial
March 05, 2010 - Atrial fibrillation, a common cardiac arrhythmia, triggered a significant proportion of rapid response … May 25, 2010
Changing cardiac arrest and hospital mortality rates through a medical emergency … February 3, 2010
A reduction in cardiac arrests and duration of clinical instability
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/associations-workflow-disruptions-operating-room-surgical-outcomes-systematic-review-and
April 03, 2019 - Related Resources
Crisis scenarios for simulation-based nontechnical skills training for cardiac … surgery teams: a national survey among cardiac anesthesiologists, cardiac surgeons, clinical perfusionists … , and cardiac operating room nurses.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-clinical-simulation-study-how-improve-quality-and-safety-healthcare
March 31, 2021 - June 21, 2023
Crisis scenarios for simulation-based nontechnical skills training for cardiac … surgery teams: a national survey among cardiac anesthesiologists, cardiac surgeons, clinical perfusionists … , and cardiac operating room nurses.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unexpected-death-within-72-hours-emergency-department-visit-were-those-deaths-preventable
July 08, 2020 - Maximum emergency department overcrowding is correlated with occurrence of unexpected cardiac … September 8, 2021
Impact of staff turnover during cardiac surgical procedures. … September 7, 2016
Ambulance diversion associated with reduced access to cardiac technology … July 3, 2014
Critical incidents related to cardiac arrests reported to the Danish Patient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trauma-resuscitation-using-situ-simulation-team-training-trust-study-latent-safety-threat
October 27, 2021 - Related Resources
Crisis scenarios for simulation-based nontechnical skills training for cardiac … surgery teams: a national survey among cardiac anesthesiologists, cardiac surgeons, clinical perfusionists … , and cardiac operating room nurses.