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21. 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.

22. X-ray Flip | PSNet
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    August 10, 2019 - chest. … He thus placed a right chest tube. … right-sided chest tube. … A second chest tube was then placed, this time in the patient's left chest. … The right chest tube was removed after the physicians confirmed that there was no air leak.

23. Aspergillus Mediastinitis & Endocarditis in a Pediatric Patient Complicating Cardiac Surgery and Bedside Chest Closure. | PSNet
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    November 16, 2022 - Aspergillus Mediastinitis & Endocarditis in a Pediatric Patient Complicating Cardiac Surgery and Bedside Chest … Aspergillus Mediastinitis & Endocarditis in a Pediatric Patient Complicating Cardiac Surgery and Bedside Chest … Chest closure was delayed until postoperative day 3, following routine practice, and performed under … The chest tissue culture collected during surgery demonstrated Aspergillus fumigatus . … The patient returned to PICU with an open chest to optimize antibacterial and antifungal therapies for

24. 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

25. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2017 - Chest Tube Complications June 1, 2017 Santhosh L, Broaddus C. Chest Tube Complications. … 5–12 hours after chest tube removal. … BTS guidelines for the insertion of a chest drain. Thorax. 2003;58(suppl 2):ii53-ii59. … Thorax. 1982;37:46-48. [go to PubMed] 9. De Leyn P, Lismonde M, Ninane V, et al. … Chest. 2001;119:590-602.

26. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4d_pdi05-nqi01-pneumothorax-bestpractices.pdf
    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.

27. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4r_combo_pdi05-nqi01-pneumothorax-bestpractices.pdf
    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.

28. 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

29. 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.

30. 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?

31. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    May 31, 2023 - Reducing errors resulting from commonly missed chest radiography findings. … Reducing errors resulting from commonly missed chest radiography findings. … Chest. 2023;163(3):634-649. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2022.12.003. … This commentary recommends strategies to reduce these errors in diagnostic chest radiography, including … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-errors-resulting-commonly-missed-chest-radiography-findings https

32. Sequist, Thomas D. | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - Project Name Can Risk Score Alerts Improve Office Care for Chest Pain? … Project Name Can Risk Score Alerts Improve Office Care for Chest Pain? … Can Risk Score Alerts Improve Office Care for Chest Pain? … Can Risk Score Alerts Improve Office Care for Chest Pain? - Final Report. … Project Name Can Risk Score Alerts Improve Office Care for Chest Pain?

33. A Real Heartache | PSNet
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    October 01, 2018 - The Case A 60-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with 2 hours of burning chest … A chest radiograph and routine blood work, including a troponin assay, were also normal. … The reduction of chest discomfort by sublingual nitroglycerin as a predictor of ischemic chest pain is … Clinical predictors of acute coronary syndromes in patients with undifferentiated chest pain. … Coronary CT angiography versus standard evaluation in acute chest pain.

34. Coming up for Err: Missed Diagnosis in a Patient with Recurrent Pneumothorax | PSNet
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    December 14, 2022 - At this time, another chest CT was obtained, and a pulmonology consultation was requested. … After this second episode of spontaneous pneumothorax, she was discharged to her home after the chest … She was taken to a different ED this time, where she had another chest CT. … Chest Joint Congress. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2017.04.142 .   … Chest. 2001 Feb;119(2):590-602. doi: 10.1378/chest.119.2.590. PMID: 11171742.   Gupta N, et al .

35. 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

36. 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.

37. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    May 29, 2024 - Fatal Oversight: Misdiagnosis of Nocturnal Chest Pain with Elevated D-dimer. … Fatal Oversight: Misdiagnosis of Nocturnal Chest Pain with Elevated D- dimer. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/fatal-oversight-misdiagnosis-nocturnal-chest-pain-elevated-d-dimer The … Chest pain triage: current trends in the emergency departments in the United States. … Chest pain in the emergency room: a multicenter validation of the HEART Score.

38. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2020 - ACR Recommendations for the use of Chest Radiography and Computed Tomography (CT) for Suspected COVID … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/acr-recommendations-use-chest-radiography-and-computed-tomography-ct- suspected-covid … Two early studies suggested that chest CT may have a sensitivity as high as 97%. … However, higher quality studies have shown that the sensitivity of chest CT is only 67-93% among patients … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/acr-recommendations-use-chest-radiography-and-computed-tomography-ct-suspected-covid

39. 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

40. Andriole KP et al. 2002 "Workflow assessment of digital versus computed radiography and screen-film in the outpatient environment." | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2002 - of computed radiography (CR) versus digital radiography (DR) and screen-film for performing upright chest … Comparative results of a screen-film (analog) dedicated chest unit versus a CR reader and a DR dedicated … chest unit show a higher patient throughput for the digital systems. … A mean of 8.2 patients were moved through the analog chest room per hour, versus 9.2 patients per hour … potential cost of the two digital modalities, namely CR versus DR, for performing a two-view upright chest