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  1. Microsoft PowerPoint - Spotlight Case_A Missed Bowel Perforation - SLIDES_FINAL.pptx (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2023 - Microsoft PowerPoint - Spotlight Case_A Missed Bowel Perforation - SLIDES_FINAL.pptx Spotlight A Missed Bowel Perforation – the Importance of Diagnostic Reasoning Source and Credits • This presentation is based on the September 2023 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case o See the full article at https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web…

  2. Nursing and physician attire as possible source of nosocomial infections. | PSNet

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    July 01, 2016 - Study Nursing and physician attire as possible source of nosocomial infections. Citation Text: Wiener-Well Y, Galuty M, Rudensky B, et al. Nursing and physician attire as possible source of nosocomial infections. Am J Infect Control. 2011;39(7):555-9. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.12.016. …

  3. Safety of patients isolated for infection control. | PSNet

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    January 15, 2020 - Study Classic Safety of patients isolated for infection control. Citation Text: Stelfox HT, Bates DW, Redelmeier DA. Safety of patients isolated for infection control. JAMA. 2003;290(14):1899-1905. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar PubMed BibT…

  4. Saline Flush Leads to Acute Paralysis of an Awake Patient: Risks of Improper Medication Labeling in an Operating Room | PSNet

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    February 01, 2019 - The Case A 48-year-old man with colon cancer was booked for laparotomy and sigmoid colectomy. … Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification of level III due to serious nature of his colon

  5. Microsoft PowerPoint - Spotlight Case_The Risks of a Malpositioned Gastrostomy Tube_FINAL.pptx (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2023 - (especially of the foregut), and atypical location of the stomach relative to the small bowel or colon … with peritonitis or necrotizing soft tissue infection,6,11,14 injury to adjacent organs such as the colon … of the skin and the internal gastric bumper is allowed to migrate downstream and pass through the colon … Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy misplacement in the transverse colon of a neurocognitively compromised

  6. Time-series analysis of health care–associated infections in a new hospital with all private rooms. | PSNet

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    July 31, 2019 - Study Time-series analysis of health care–associated infections in a new hospital with all private rooms. Citation Text: McDonald EG, Dendukuri N, Frenette C, et al. Time-Series Analysis of Health Care-Associated Infections in a New Hospital With All Private Rooms. JAMA Intern Med. 2019.…

  7. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)

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    July 01, 2008 - An abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a perforated colon, likely from diverticulitis.

  8. Fire in the Hole!—An OR Fire | PSNet

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    August 03, 2017 - The Case A patient was taken to the operating room (OR) to undergo a planned laparoscopic subtotal colon … After resecting the segment of the colon where the tumor was located, the surgeon realized that he had

  9. In Conversation With... Jack Westfall, MD, MPH | PSNet

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    September 28, 2022 - The community had an understanding that testing to prevent colon cancer was important. … You notice that I changed the language there from “colorectal cancer” to “colon cancer.” … When we actually worked with a group of community members , they said “colon cancer” screening. … We don’t use the word “rectal” at the dinner table, so can we just call it colon cancer? … People were coming in saying, “I’m here to get tested to prevent colon cancer.”

  10. Universal surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 affiliated hospitals. | PSNet

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    December 23, 2008 - Study Universal surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 affiliated hospitals. Citation Text: Robicsek A, Beaumont JL, Paule SM, et al. Universal surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 affiliated hospitals. Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6)…

  11. Dependence vs. Pain | PSNet

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    October 30, 2019 - aggressive intravenous fluids, and his abdominal computed tomography scan (CT) revealed a perforated colon … April 1, 2015 WebM&M Cases Wrong Turn through Colon

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 01, 2015 - The Case A patient was taken to the operating room (OR) to undergo a planned laparoscopic subtotal colon … After resecting the segment of the colon where the tumor was located, the surgeon realized that he had

  13. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus central line–associated bloodstream infections in US intensive care units, 1997-2007. | PSNet

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    April 05, 2013 - Study Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus central line–associated bloodstream infections in US intensive care units, 1997-2007. Citation Text: Burton DC, Edwards JR, Horan TC, et al. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus central line-associated bloodstream infections in U…

  14. Periodic Issue | PSNet

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    August 30, 2023 - An abdominal x-ray confirmed a large amount of stool in the colon with no free air and her blood leukocyte … the surgeon found stercoral colitis and a large perforated “stercoral ulcer” of the proximal sigmoid colon

  15. The effect of universal glove and gown use on adverse events in intensive care unit patients. | PSNet

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    December 09, 2015 - Study The effect of universal glove and gown use on adverse events in intensive care unit patients. Citation Text: Croft LD, Harris AD, Pineles L, et al. The Effect of Universal Glove and Gown Use on Adverse Events in Intensive Care Unit Patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2015;61(4):545-53. doi:…

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 27, 2023 - A Missed Bowel Perforation - the Importance of Diagnostic Reasoning September 27, 2023 Timbag L, Sinigayan VR, Molla M. A Missed Bowel Perforation - the Importance of Diagnostic Reasoning. PSNet [internet]. 2023. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/missed-bowel-perforation-importance-diagnostic-reasoning Disclosure of …

  17. A Missed Bowel Perforation - the Importance of Diagnostic Reasoning | PSNet

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    January 29, 2021 - SPOTLIGHT CASE A Missed Bowel Perforation - the Importance of Diagnostic Reasoning Citation Text: Timbag L, Sinigayan VR, Molla M. A Missed Bowel Perforation - the Importance of Diagnostic Reasoning. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of He…

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 15, 2024 - He was found to have colon cancer with metastases to the liver.

  19. Medication Reconciliation With a Twist (or Dare We Say, a Patch?) | PSNet

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    April 03, 2024 - hospital with abdominal pain and diagnosed with a bowel obstruction, secondary to a new diagnosis of colon … She underwent an uncomplicated surgical resection of the colon cancer with relief of the obstruction.

  20. Periodic Issue | PSNet

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    August 30, 2023 - An abdominal x-ray confirmed a large amount of stool in the colon with no free air and her blood leukocyte … the surgeon found stercoral colitis and a large perforated “stercoral ulcer” of the proximal sigmoid colon
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