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3001. Spotlight
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      January 01, 2024 - Furthermore, it is common practice to administer fluids to hospitalized patients with evidence for improved … evaluation, the treating clinicians changed course, administering IV loop diuretics in accord with usual practice … Proper use of checklists, treatment algorithms, or clinical decision support tools might prevent similar … Were all ICU beds full at the time of admission, with administrative or clinical barriers to transferring … The Role of the Clinical Examination in Patients With Heart Failure.

3002. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2015 - This case illustrates the difficulty in diagnosing a strangulating bowel obstruction on the basis of clinical … As this case illustrates, a patient can have strangulated bowel with no clinical or radiographic predictors … Here's a practice pearl: "Obstructions destined to resolve nonoperatively generally do so within 72 … No clinical signs, symptoms, laboratory values, or radiographic findings reliably identify patients … Usefulness of known computed tomography and clinical criteria for diagnosing strangulation in small-bowel

3003. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2006 - This practice would provide an additional safety measure to ensure that important clinical decisions … in actual patient care settings, followed by cycles of re-design until the system works well in the clinical … such as the location of computers (eg, bedside portable terminals) and adapting systems to particular clinical … Goldstein, MD, MS Professor of Medicine Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Palo Alto

3004. Tacit Handover, Overt Mishap | PSNet
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      August 01, 2006 - Standard guidelines dictate that systemic anticoagulant therapy or low-molecular-weight heparin thromboprophylaxis … Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital: Department of Anesthesia, Critical

3005. In Conversation with... Christie Allen about Maternal Safety and Perinatal Mental Health | PSNet
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      March 29, 2023 - The initial core bundles were focused on hypertension, hemorrhage, and other clinical scenarios. … Because of that, the focus of the clinical conditions bundles has expanded. … The optimal AIM team is multidisciplinary and includes physicians, midwives, other advanced practice … People may struggle to disclose their mental health challenges to clinical providers who have different … guidelines, developing robust processes for screening and follow-up are important in ensuring that appropriate

3006. Maternal Safety and Perinatal Mental Health | PSNet
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      March 28, 2023 - Selecting a screening tool for use in the clinical setting, as well as developing processes and protocols … guidelines, developing robust processes for screening and follow-up are important in ensuring that appropriate … The initial core bundles were focused on hypertension, hemorrhage, and other clinical scenarios. … Because of that, the focus of the clinical conditions bundles has expanded. … The optimal AIM team is multidisciplinary and includes physicians, midwives, other advanced practice

3007. In Conversation with…Vineet Arora, MD, MA | PSNet
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      March 01, 2011 - Clinical context is also very important. … Institute of Medicine] that helped inform the duty hours task force development of the current 2010 guidelines … residents and students to do handoffs, as well as how we monitor that such education is turning into better practice … The handover provides information about the patients' clinical course and condition, as well as what … This practice, however, fails to provide an adequate opportunity for verbal interaction, conveying goals

3008. When "Psychiatric" Symptoms Are Not | PSNet
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      September 20, 2011 - As with most medical care, the best practice continues to rely on a careful history and physical examination … Eventually, the clinical team realized how atypical such complaints would be as haloperidol side effects … Perspective Patient Safety: A Perspective from Office Practice

3009. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 10, 2024 - infection preventionists AHRQ infection control training Detailed instructions, policies and procedure guidelines … These require SNFs to have measures in place to prevent specific clinical harms (such as falls, pressure … PSNet primers are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure that they reflect current research and practice

3010. The Role of Health Literacy in Patient Safety | PSNet
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      March 22, 2009 - Building a Safe, Patient-Centered Health Practice Addressing health literacy concerns as part of a … Hernandez LM; for Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice … Medication safety in older adults: home-based practice patterns. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005;53:976-982. … We are very well trained to think about clinical practice guidelines. … When you talk to the average person in public health or clinical care, they're thinking of a much larger

3011. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 24, 2024 - assessment and confirm clinical suspicion for CS. … The AAOS Clinical Practice Guideline Summary for the Management of Acute Compartment Syndrome provides … adopt practices that consider handoff frequency and team structure, including the roles of advanced practice … If compartment syndrome is suspected, clinical assessment alone is unreliable. … The clinical diagnosis of compartment syndrome of the lower leg: are clinical findings predictive of

3012. Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture. | PSNet
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      November 25, 2020 - assessment and confirm clinical suspicion for CS. … The AAOS Clinical Practice Guideline Summary for the Management of Acute Compartment Syndrome provides … adopt practices that consider handoff frequency and team structure, including the roles of advanced practice … If compartment syndrome is suspected, clinical assessment alone is unreliable. … The clinical diagnosis of compartment syndrome of the lower leg: are clinical findings predictive of

3013. In Conversation With… Robert Hirschtick, MD | PSNet
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      January 01, 2018 - Do you struggle with that at all in terms of the actual clinical value of the exercise? … paste, just two studies were identified that demonstrated a relationship between copy and paste and clinical … But even as the research base expands, we already have published guidelines and toolkits for the safe … Ultimately, physicians need to reestablish ownership of the accuracy of clinical documentation. … Duly noted: lessons from a two-site intervention to assess and improve the quality of clinical documentation

3014. Spotlight (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2022 - • Early recognition is critical to prevent irreversible damage. • Compartment syndrome is a clinical … • As in adults, compartment syndrome remains a clinical diagnosis in children. 32 Compartment … • Therefore, close attention to fluid dose and infusion rate is another best practice to prevent … • Compartment syndrome is a clinical diagnosis. … Part 1: Executive Summary: 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

3015. Difficult Encounters: A CMO and CNO Respond | PSNet
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      March 01, 2018 - Had I been the CMO in this case, I would have quickly evaluated the clinical facts and confirmed that … It's highly unusual for a CMO to be asked to second-guess a surgeon's clinical judgment in matters directly … these educational offerings might include Conflict Management/Engagement, Engaging in Collaborative Practice … Our clinical departments are now required by The Joint Commission and the ACGME to regularly evaluate … February 27, 2019 Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated

3016. What Have We Learned About Safe Inpatient Handovers? | PSNet
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      March 01, 2011 - The handover provides information about the patients' clinical course and condition, as well as what … This practice, however, fails to provide an adequate opportunity for verbal interaction, conveying goals … Clinical context is also very important. … Institute of Medicine] that helped inform the duty hours task force development of the current 2010 guidelines … residents and students to do handoffs, as well as how we monitor that such education is turning into better practice

3017. PCA Overdose | PSNet
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      April 01, 2017 - Finally, in the event of an adverse clinical event possibly related to PCA usage, nothing should be discarded … November 1, 2017 Compliance with guidelines to prevent surgical site infections: as simple … View More See More About The Topic Intensive Care Units Emergency Departments Clinical

3018. Buprenorphine and the Medically Ill Patient | PSNet
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      August 20, 2018 - In the current clinical scenario, an older man with a long history of opioid analgesic dependence sought … programs do not have embedded primary care so that substance abuse treatment must be received in one clinical … Clinical Textbook of Addictive Disorders. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Guilford Press; 2011. … Clinical guidelines for the use of buprenorphine in the treatment of opioid addiction: A treatment improvement … Clinical pharmacology of buprenorphine: ceiling effects at high doses.

3019. Delay in Treatment: Failure to Contact Patient Leads to Significant Complications | PSNet
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      February 01, 2004 - , however, when the ball is dropped in the final step: the patient presents in a timely manner, the clinical … Proposed federal regulations would require clinical laboratories to release test results directly to … —should not matter per se, only the clinical implications. … Here too there are no specific rules or guidelines: the determination is made case by case. … by the available contact information, try other means including online sources as warranted by the clinical

3020. In Conversation with…Christopher P. Landrigan, MD | PSNet
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      April 01, 2005 - If there was an immediate risk to the patient, then they could intervene immediately with the clinical … because the observers were seeing something that was evolving but simply because they were present when clinical … something—for example, once one of the observers noticed an x-ray hanging backwards—they pointed it out to clinical … whatever new ACGME guidelines are developed?