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March 01, 2005 - The patient remained "NPO" overnight in
anticipation of the cardiac catheterization. … They assumed he
was undergoing cardiac catheterization. … Cardiac catheterization and peripheral arterial bypass
surgery were later completed successfully. … The patient was determined to be at significant cardiac risk, precluding surgery and requiring further … Cardiologists are frequently asked to evaluate cardiac risk for patients undergoing peripheral vascular
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73455/psn-pdf
June 30, 2021 - The ECG was normal and she was referred for a cardiac exercise treadmill test,
which was normal for … Causes of Palpitations
Cardiac disorders
Intermittent tachycardia (e.g. atrial fibrillation)
Intermittent … rhythm, and should potentially avoid
ruling out cardiac disease when symptoms are not reported during … Martin MD
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Brigham and Women … Frequency of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities in a Half Million Adults.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44862/psn-pdf
March 16, 2016 - how
human error, accident causation, and high reliability can improve safety of care delivered by cardiac … managing-risks-organizational-accidents
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/high-reliability
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-cardiac-operating-room-human-factors-and-teamwork-scientific-statement
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September 01, 2017 - The ECG was normal and she was referred for a cardiac exercise treadmill test, which was normal for the … Causes of Palpitations
Cardiac disorders
Intermittent tachycardia (e.g. atrial fibrillation … rhythm, and should potentially avoid ruling out cardiac disease when symptoms are not reported during … Martin MD
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Brigham and Women … Frequency of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities in a Half Million Adults.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73229/psn-pdf
May 26, 2021 - He then experienced sudden cardiac arrest and was emergently taken to the cardiac
catheterization laboratory … Following a percutaneous cardiac
procedure, the patient experienced bradycardia and cardiac arrest within … Young, PharmD
Vasopressors are commonly used in the treatment of shock to support blood pressure, cardiac … serious adverse effects including
ischemia (e.g. stroke, myocardial infarction, soft tissue necrosis), cardiac … Within 9 hours of admission the patient’s hemodynamic
lability progressed to cardiac arrest and death
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May 22, 2019 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Reducing three infections across cardiac … May 22, 2019
Safety culture in cardiac surgical teams: data from five programs and national … approach to peer assessment, hazard identification, and prioritization of patient safety efforts in cardiac
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October 06, 2021 - J Cardiac Failure. 2021;27(9):925-933. doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.05.014. … J Cardiac Failure . 2021; 27 (9) :925-933 .
View more articles from the same authors. … J Cardiac Failure. 2021;27(9):925-933. doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.05.014.
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October 20, 2021 - May 25, 2022
A handoff protocol from the cardiovascular operating room to cardiac ICU … More
Related Resources
Mortality due to hospital-acquired infection after cardiac … April 22, 2020
Reducing three infections across cardiac surgery programs: a multisite
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November 09, 2022 - Author(s)
Transparency, public reporting, and a culture of change to quality and safety in cardiac … April 13, 2022
Hospital-wide cardiac arrest in situ simulation to identify and mitigate … February 17, 2021
Health system redesign of cardiac monitoring oversight to optimize
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April 23, 2014 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-team-behaviors-and-patient-outcomes
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-cardiac-operating-room-human-factors-and-teamwork-scientific-statement … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-cardiac-operating-room-human-factors-and-teamwork-scientific-statement
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43618/psn-pdf
October 22, 2014 - commentary describes lessons learned from a multidisciplinary initiative developed to enhance safety
of cardiac … focus-society-cardiovascular-anesthesiologists-initiative-improve-quality-and-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-cardiac-operating-room-human-factors-and-teamwork-scientific-statement
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October 18, 2017 - Association of measured quality and future financial performance among hospitals performing cardiac … Serious hazards of transfusion: evaluating the dangers of a wrong patient autologous salvaged blood in cardiac … June 9, 2011
Standardized multidisciplinary protocol improves handover of cardiac surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45669/psn-pdf
January 23, 2017 - discusses how a communication gap left a patient uninformed about the risks associated with an invasive
cardiac … overkill-avalanche-unnecessary-medical-care-harming-patients-physically-and-financially-what
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-you-have-re-examine-reconsider-your-diagnosis-checklists-and-cardiac-exam
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October 04, 2023 - This commentary reviews a single-center project that used smartphone technology to enhance cardiac … Enhancing patient safety with intelligent intravenous infusion devices: experience in a specialty cardiac
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January 01, 2020 - premature closure may contribute to medical error
• Interpret ECG patterns that may indicate serious non-
cardiac … physician ordered:
– High-dose aspirin
– Unfractionated heparin drip
– Echocardiogram to assess cardiac … suggesting that
the clinician initially considered trauma but prematurely narrowed
their focus to cardiac … consider that the ECG changes
could be secondary to intracranial hemorrhage rather than primary
cardiac … • ECG changes are not always ischemic and do not always
indicate primary cardiac pathology.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46040/psn-pdf
April 12, 2017 - A laboratory
experiment and field study in cardiac rehabilitation. … A laboratory experiment and field study in cardiac
rehabilitation.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36718/psn-pdf
July 26, 2011 - identify the rate of false-positive and false-negative diagnoses of atrial fibrillation, the
most common cardiac … study also found that
the computerized ECG interpretation frequently did not identify the correct cardiac
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865411/psn-pdf
March 27, 2024 - Uterine Artery Injury during Cesarean Delivery Leads to
Cardiac Arrests and Emergency Hysterectomy … Uterine Artery Injury during Cesarean Delivery Leads to Cardiac Arrests and
Emergency Hysterectomy. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/uterine-artery-injury-during-cesarean-delivery-leads-cardiac-arrests-and … Although the patient survived, she
suffered another cardiac arrest with residual cognitive impairment … In this case, the patient’s blood loss was so
rapid that she went into cardiac arrest while awaiting
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February 06, 2014 - Checklists and cardiac exam. … July 13, 2016
A patient safety checklist for the cardiac catheterisation laboratory. … Checklists and cardiac exam.
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April 10, 2024 - This analysis examines a case of communication failure during cardiac telemetry processes that resulted … Empowering telemetry technicians and enhancing communication to improve in-hospital cardiac