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February 10, 2021 - Lewis, MD This case illustrates how the misinterpretation of a common laboratory complication can lead
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August 21, 2014 - Hippocrates first alluded to a clinical condition of "necrotizing erysipilas" in the 5th century BC as a
complication
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July 14, 2010 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Elopement
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Gerardi D. Elopement. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2007.
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February 26, 2025 - In Conversation With… Timothy B. McDonald, MD, JD
April 1, 2019
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In Conversation With… Timothy B. McDonald, MD, JD. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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January 01, 2014 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Antibiotics for URI/Sinusitis—A Simple Decision Gone Bad
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Ranji SR. Antibiotics for URI/Sinusitis—A Simple Decision Gone Bad. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2008.
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August 05, 2022 - Patient Safety in the Ambulatory Care Setting
August 5, 2022
Schiff G, Mossburg SE, Dowell P, et al. Patient Safety in the Ambulatory Care Setting. PSNet [internet].
2022.
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Introduction
There is no way to review the year 2021 in quality and …
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March 24, 2025 - In Conversation with…Albert Wu, MD, MPH
May 1, 2011
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In Conversation with…Albert Wu, MD, MPH. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2011.
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August 20, 2018 - A Double “Never Event”: Wrong Patient and Wrong Side.
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Bellini A, Salcedo ES. A Double “Never Event”: Wrong Patient and Wrong Side.. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2023.
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August 21, 2005 - Impatient Inpatient Dosing
August 21, 2005
White RH. Impatient Inpatient Dosing. PSNet [internet]. 2005.
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Case Objectives
Appreciate the challenges of initiating warfarin therapy in the hospitalized patient
Understand the fundamental pharmacology of warfarin…
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May 01, 2008 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
A Painful Medication Reconciliation Mishap
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Chou R. A Painful Medication Reconciliation Mishap. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2018.
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November 03, 2015 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Errors in Sepsis Management
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Shimabukuro D. Errors in Sepsis Management. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2015.
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January 17, 2018 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art?
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Thompson GR, Verghese A. Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art?. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2006.
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August 22, 2014 - Beyond the Hospital: the New Frontier of Patient Safety
August 22, 2014
Plews-Ogan M. Beyond the Hospital: the New Frontier of Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/beyond-hospital-new-frontier-patient-safety
Perspective
The frontier of patient safety outside the hospital has y…
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December 01, 2005 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Unexplained Apnea Under Anesthesia
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Barach P. Unexplained Apnea Under Anesthesia. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2003.
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December 07, 2009 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
No News May Not Be Good News
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Moore CR. No News May Not Be Good News. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2012.
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December 29, 2014 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Transfer Troubles
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Hains IM. Transfer Troubles. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2012.
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March 22, 2009 - In Conversation with...Dean Schillinger, MD
March 22, 2009
In Conversation with..Dean Schillinger, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2009.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withdean-schillinger-md
Editor's note: Dean Schillinger, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco,
Directo…
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May 01, 2014 - In Conversation With… Didier Pittet, MD, MS
May 1, 2014
In Conversation With… Didier Pittet, MD, MS. PSNet [internet]. 2014.
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Editor's note: Didier Pittet, MD, MS, is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Infection Control
Programme and WHO Co…
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February 01, 2023 - Hospital-Acquired Diabetic Ketoacidosis.
February 1, 2023
Zuidema D, Bagley B, Tan CL. Hospital-Acquired Diabetic Ketoacidosis. PSNet [internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hospital-acquired-diabetic-ketoacidosis
The Cases
Case #1: A 46-year-old Hindi-speaking resident of a skilled nursing facility (SNF) …
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September 01, 2013 - The Pains of Chronic Opioid Usage
September 1, 2013
Manchikanti L, Hirsch JA. The Pains of Chronic Opioid Usage. PSNet [internet]. 2013.
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Case Objectives
Describe the appropriate initial assessment of patients with chronic non-cancer pain.
List the most comm…