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January 23, 2020 - The Case
A 64-year-old man presented to the outpatient clinic with a chief complaint of left foot pain … The fact that attending physicians supervise residents, as occurred in this case, puts this argument … A second important issue is continuity of care or, in this case, a lack of continuity. … The resident first sees the patient and then presents the case to the attending physician. … case scenarios?
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December 23, 2020 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Recurrent Hypoglycemia: A Care Transition Failure? … Case Objectives Understand the complementary abilities of an electronic health record and a personal … The challenge of health literacy immediately presents itself at this point in the case. … The case report does not mention whether the patient's primary care physician received communication … Sections
Case Objectives
Case & Commentary: Part 1
Case & Commentary: Part 2
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August 30, 2023 - The Case A 33-year-old female underwent hysterectomy for refractory endometriosis. … most likely would be considered errors of omission by the individual nurses, rather than allowing a case … Consideration of the basic care-providing systems in this case provides useful insights. … Because this analysis was limited to the material in the case report, it is less comprehensive than it … Sections
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September 01, 2013 - The Case A 47-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease due to polycystic kidney disease was admitted … The case management department reviewed this case. … Moreover, the case management department felt that her nonadherence to dialysis was encouraged by the … This case is somewhat atypical, in that the patient received analgesics for recognized chronic pain. … However, this case illustrates several behaviors that are highly suspicious for addiction.
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October 13, 2018 - The Case A 55-year-old man with a history of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, pancreatic insufficiency … The Commentary This case represents a preventable medical error. … As documented in prior case series literature, inattention, inexperience, and inadequate supervision … Case Rep Crit Care. 2011;2011:287261. [go to PubMed] 14. … Missed central venous guide wires: a systematic analysis of published case reports.
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June 01, 2005 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Cognitive Overload in the ICU
Citation Text:
Patel VL, Buchman … Case Objectives Identify the role of cognitive overload—especially interruptions—in compromising … In this case, the attending physician appeared to be the lone intensivist managing nine patients. … We may be tempted to blame the physician for the errors that occurred in this case. … Sections
Case Objectives
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September 16, 2015 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Which Line: Ordering Provider or Proceduralist? … Case Objectives
Review the role of mistake-proofing to block errors from leading to adverse events … The Case
A 58-year-old woman with multiple myeloma required placement of a central venous catheter … In the current case, the patient was harmed by having the incorrect catheter placed, but the error was … Sections
Case Objectives
The Case
The Commentary
Take-Home Points
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January 23, 2017 - With
increasingly constrained hospital budgets, there has been a new focus on showing the business case … A prior
AHRQ WebM&M perspective discussed strengthening the business case for patient safety. … what-return-investment-implementation-crew-resource-management-program-academic-medical
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/teamwork-training
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/making-business-case-patient-safety … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/strengthening-business-case-patient-safety
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March 01, 2011 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/volume-too-low-and-out
Case Objectives
Appreciate that because of multiple … The Case
A 22-month-old infant was admitted to the hospital in the late afternoon with a viral infection … The Commentary
This infant's case highlights two of the major risks that hospitalized children face … In addition, this case also reveals the specific risks of dehydration in patients with congenital heart … The 2 ounces our case patient consumed on
the first day of admission was only 60 mL, representing a
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April 01, 2003 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/another-fall
Case Objectives
List risk factors for falls in hospitalized … Case & Commentary: Part 2
The patient was identified as being a fall risk. … Case & Commentary: Part 3
The patient was found on the floor with no sign of injury. … Two final thoughts occur to me as I review this case. … A case of death by physical restraint. New lessons from a photograph.
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May 01, 2005 - The case, when discussed on AHRQ WebM&M, was felt
by the discussant to be a diagnostic error. … This case does not represent a missed diagnosis or a preventable error for several reasons. … In our judgment, this case is an example of the latter. … This case illustrates that missing one diagnosis may be preferred to missing another. … Three case reports. Eff Clin Pract.
2002;5:23-28. [ go to PubMed ]
9. Berlin L.
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June 01, 2003 - PowerPoint Presentation
Spotlight Case June 2003
Missed Appendicitis
webmm.ahrq.gov
Source and Credits … This presentation is based on June 2003
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case in Surgery
See the full article … diagnoses
List potential strategies to enhance patient safety in the emergency department (ED)
Case … Case (cont.): Missed Appendicitis
The next day, the patient returned to the ED with persistent pain. … She was seen by the same ED attending, who then asked a colleague to evaluate the case.
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January 01, 2014 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Antibiotics for URI/Sinusitis—A Simple Decision Gone Bad
Citation … Case Objectives
Understand the indications for antibiotic treatment in acute sinusitis. … A decision support system could have been very useful in this case. … A case of cascade iatrogenesis. Ann Intern Med. 2002;137:327-333. [go to PubMed]
20. … Sections
Case Objectives
Case & Commentary: Part 1
Case & Commentary: Part 2
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November 01, 2005 - The Case A 59-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with acute renal failure and mental status … The Commentary by Mary Foley, PhD, RN While this case is problematic on many levels, this commentary … In this case, it might even have resulted in a family member helping to improve the patient's adherence … There is no indication in this case that the EHR alerted the medical team to the abnormal findings and … Analysis of the communication breakdowns in that case included a critique of the EHR.( 10 ) As stated
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June 18, 2013 - Medication Management: Detailed Use Case. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-management-detailed-use-case
This report provides two example … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-management-detailed-use-case
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/shake-well
September 01, 2006 - The Case A 35-year-old patient on the neurology service was receiving carbamazepine for a seizure disorder … In the second case, a pharmacy technician failed to shake thoroughly a bottle of carbamazepine suspension … In this case, failure to vigorously shake the multi-dose suspension resulted in a wrong-dose medication … For example, in a case reported to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, 100 ml (an entire bottle … Sections
The Case
The Commentary
References
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September 12, 2016 - The Commentary
This case describes a common scenario among health care professionals. … No doubt, some will read this case, scratch their heads, and wonder what the problem is, exactly. … Aside from that, what patient safety lessons are embedded in this case? … Appropriate protocols, including review of the case with another physician, were circumvented. … Ethics case study: should doctors treat their relatives? ACP Observer.
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May 01, 2015 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/departure-central-line-ritual
The Case
A 55-year-old man with a history … The Commentary
This case represents a preventable medical error. … As documented in prior case series
literature, inattention, inexperience, and inadequate supervision … Case Rep Crit Care. 2011;2011:287261. [go to
PubMed]
14. … Missed central venous guide wires: a systematic analysis
of published case reports.
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January 01, 2019 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/one-bronchoscopy-two-errors
The Case
A 67-year-old man with a history … We do not
wish to evaluate the choice of lavage in this case, since no current recommendation exists … The intent was to place the patient in this case under light sedation
with midazolam. … In this case, the bronchoscopy was performed in an ICU setting. … When reviewing the medical literature, we did not find any statistical overview nor any case reports
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August 24, 2018 - Building a case for medication reconciliation.
August 24, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/building-case-medication-reconciliation
This article presents examples … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/building-case-medication-reconciliation
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/medication-reconciliation