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1. Maximizing Safety, Value, and Patient Preferences for Treating Chest Pain | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2024 - Maximizing Safety, Value, and Patient Preferences for Treating Chest Pain Simon A. … Traditionally, when patients come to an emergency department (ED) with chest pain, the hospital’s usual … He joined a team at Wake Forest that tested a Dutch system for scoring patients in the ED with chest … into an accelerated diagnostic protocol at Wake Forest to identify low-risk ED patients with acute chest … allowed the Wake Forest hospital to reduce its admission rate for patients presenting at the ED with chest

2. Acute Bronchitis (Chest Cold) – Patient and Family Member Handout (Spanish) (doc file)
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   September 01, 2022 - Acute Bronchitis (Chest Cold) – Patient and Family Member Handout (Spanish) Bronquitis aguda (Resfriado

3. Acute Bronchitis (Chest Cold) – Patient and Family Member Handout (English) (doc file)
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   September 01, 2022 - Acute Bronchitis (Chest Cold) – Patient and Family Member Handout (English) Acute Bronchitis (Chest

4. Final Progress Report: Brief, Risky, High-Benefit Procedures: Best Practice Model (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2024 - The morbidity is significant, including improperly placed chest tubes, repeated pneumothorax after chest … another chest tube. … In two patients after removal of the chest tube, air re- accumulated, requiring repeat chest tube placement … Chest Tube Insertion Video. … Chest Tube Insertion; 3) A clip from the TV show “ER” showing a chest tube insertion.

5. Final Progress Report: Valuation of a Simple Tool for Chest Pain Patient Risk-Stratification in North America (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Valuation of a Simple Tool for Chest Pain Patient Risk-Stratification in North … Valuation of a simple tool for chest pain patient risk-stratification in North America Principal Investigator … clinical trial to determine the value of the HEART score in discriminating low- from moderate-risk chest … Key Words: HEART score, Cardiac Chest Pain, Emergency Department, Risk stratification, Decision Aids … Valuation of a simple tool for chest pain patient risk-stratification in North America 2.

6. Examples of Diagnosis Pages (pdf file)
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   June 02, 2025 - Examples of Diagnosis Pages 2 3 4 5 6 Noncardiac Chest … Pain Noncardiac chest pain is pain that is not caused by a heart problem. … If your chest pain gets different or worse, call your doctor. … Pneumonia Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Acute Myocardial Infarction Diarrhea Noncardiac Chest

7. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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   May 16, 2016 - Chest 2001;119(2):590- 602. • Henry M, Arnold T, Harvey J. … Thorax 2003;58 Suppl 2:ii39-ii52 Policies/Protocols • University of Iowa Children’s Hospital - Technique … Chest 2009;135:1315-20. 8. Mayo P, Beaulieu Y, Doelken P., et al. … Chest 2009;135:1050-60. 9. Barnes TW, Morgenthaler TI, Olson EJ, et al. … Chest 2003;123:418-23.

8. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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   May 16, 2016 - Chest 2001;119(2):590- 602. • Henry M, Arnold T, Harvey J. … Thorax 2003;58 Suppl 2:ii39-ii52 Policies/Protocols • University of Iowa Children’s Hospital - Technique … Chest 2009;135:1315-20. 8. Mayo P, Beaulieu Y, Doelken P., et al. … Chest 2009;135:1050-60. 9. Barnes TW, Morgenthaler TI, Olson EJ, et al. … Chest 2003;123:418-23.

9. Hrccdocumentationhandout 0 (pdf file)
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   June 02, 2025 - Reports High-Risk Change in Condition and Documentation Elements Documentation Element CHF/Chest … SOB at rest; unable to lie flat 1 3 SOB: Labored breathing 1 4 Wheezing and chest … tightness at rest 1 5 Inability to sleep without sitting up 1 6 Chest pain: … New or unrelieved 1 7 Chest pain: With inspiration or coughing 1 8 Cough: … focus or withdrawn or distracted or not attending activities 1 Documentation Element CHF/Chest

10. Acute Bronchitis (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - bronchitis can be distinguished from pneumonia by the absence of fever or shortness of breath and a chest … ‒ If vital signs and chest exam are normal, the probability of pneumonia is low and a chest x ray … Patients should be instructed to recontact the clinic if they develop fever, shortness of breath, or chest … Acute Cough Due to Acute Bronchitis in Immunocompetent Adult Outpatients: CHEST Expert Panel Report … Chest. 2020 Feb 21;S0012-3692(20)30329-9. PMID: 32092323. 2. Smith SM, Schroeder K, Fahey T.

11. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 20, 2016 - Chest. February 2001;119(2):590-602 • Henry M, Arnold T, Harvey J. … Thorax 2003;58 Suppl 2:ii39-ii52 Tools • AHRQ Innovations Quality Tool: Problems and Prevention: Chest … Chest 2009;135:1315-20. 8. Mayo P, Beaulieu Y, Doelken P., et al. … Chest 1994;105:1147-50. 14. Sadeghi B, Baron R, Zrelak P, et al. … Chest 2003;123:418-23. http://qualitynet.org/dcs/ContentServer?

12. Final Progress Report: Adaptation and Pilot Implementation of a Validated, Electronic Real-Time Clinical Decision Support Tool for the Care of Pneumonia Patients in 12 Utah Urgent Care Centers (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2025 - Patients diagnosed without chest imaging presented similarly to matched cough/bronchitis patients. … Basic laboratory tests, chest x-rays, and initial administration of antibiotics are available. … Participants Patients seeking care for acute cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, and fever who … , HR ≥ 100, room air SpO2 <92%, temperature ≥37.8C (100F), or rales on chest exam. … is prescribed for patients coded as pneumonia without a chest x-ray or if the chest x-ray is negative

13. Assess-Resident-Rti-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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    June 01, 2021 - Often, a chest x ray will help to distinguish the two. … Obtain a complete blood count or CBC and chest x ray to evaluate for pneumonia, or 3. … requirement, Jonas gets a chest x ray and CBC. … home residents, chest x rays are frequently abnormal. … The chest x rays shown here are from the same resident, taken 2 weeks apart.

14. Dxpages (doc file)
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    June 02, 2025 - Examples of Diagnosis Pages Noncardiac Chest Pain Noncardiac chest pain is pain that is not … caused by a heart problem. · If your chest pain gets different or worse, call your doctor. · Take your

15. Presentation: Program Overview
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    June 01, 2021 - The diagnosis is made, in part, using a chest x ray. ‹#› Assessment of RTI 3 Upper or Lower … Send a urinalysis and a urine culture, and obtain a chest x ray. 4. … Ask for a set of vitals and assess Jonas Obtain a CBC and chest x ray to evaluate for pneumonia Start … x ray and CBC: Normal WBC The chest x ray does not show any acute changes to suggest pneumonia What … Acute bronchitis Influenza Pneumonia Common cold ‹#› Assessment of RTI 13 Chest X Rays in Older

16. Emergency Department Workflow Diagrams (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2018 - Diagnostic testing including labwork and chest x-ray. Diagnosis CAP? Pursue other diagnoses. … Based on clinical assessment + results of chest x-ray. Admit to general medical ward or ICU. … Diagnostic testing including labwork and chest x-ray. Diagnosis CAP? Pursue other diagnoses. … Based on clinical assessment + results of chest x-ray. Admit to general medical ward or ICU. … Diagnostic testing including labwork and chest x-ray. Diagnosis CAP? Pursue other diagnoses.

17. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - Chest 1995;108:312S-334S. Kearon C, Akl EA, Comerota AJ, et al. … Chest 1998;114S:280S. Dobesh PP, Stacy ZA. … Chest 2012 Feb;141(2 suppl):7S-47S. Maynard G, Stein J. … Chest 2012;141:632-41. Gallagher M, Oliver K, Hurwitz M. … Chest 2013;online first doi:10:1378/chest.13-0267. Bateman AG, Sheaff R, Child S, et al.

18. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - Chest 1995;108:312S-334S. Kearon C, Akl EA, Comerota AJ, et al. … Chest 1998;114S:280S. Dobesh PP, Stacy ZA. … Chest 2012 Feb;141(2 suppl):7S-47S. Maynard G, Stein J. … Chest 2012;141:632-41. Gallagher M, Oliver K, Hurwitz M. … Chest 2013;online first doi:10:1378/chest.13-0267. Bateman AG, Sheaff R, Child S, et al.

19. The “Usually Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Community-Acquired Pneumonia – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - Other associated symptoms include fatigue or chest pain. … Slide 7 Moment 2: Chest X Ray SAY: In both adults and children in the ambulatory setting who have … Chest x rays, including posteroanterior and lateral views, also should be obtained for patients with … A chest x ray should be obtained to assess for infiltrate and antibiotics should be considered. … Because he is likely to have pneumonia, a chest x ray is not needed.

20. The “Never Antibiotic” Diagnoses: Acute Bronchitis – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - that he has pneumonia because the cough has been going on for so long and asks if he should have a chest … The patient described in the case queried whether he needed a chest x ray. … Therefore, a chest x ray is unnecessary. … exam, a chest x ray may be warranted. … should be instructed to return to or call the clinic if they develop fever, shortness of breath or chest