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www.ahrq.gov/data/qualityindicators/index.html
January 01, 2025 - These indicators reflect inpatient quality of care, such as potentially avoidable complications and iatrogenic … broadly address healthcare quality in the domain of maternal health and identify opportunities to reduce complications … Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) help hospitals assess the incidence of adverse events and in-hospital complications … More specifically, they focus on potential in-hospital complications and adverse events following surgeries … PDIs focus on potentially preventable complications and iatrogenic events for pediatric patients treated
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/index.html
March 01, 2023 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to prevent surgical site infections (SSI) and other complications … facility can use to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent surgical site infections and other complications … facility can use to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent surgical site infections and other complications
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-cataract-surgical-outcomes-late-surgeon-career-stages-population-based-cohort
September 23, 2020 - surgical events did not differ by career stage, although very small increases in risk of two specific complications—dropped … March 14, 2018
Association between surgeon stress and major surgical complications. … January 17, 2019
Complications of daytime elective laparoscopic cholecystectomies performed … About The Topic
Outpatient Surgery
Operating Room
Physicians
Ophthalmology
Surgical Complications
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-cognitive-aids-adherence-best-practice-treatment-deteriorating-surgical-patients
September 30, 2020 - flowcharts, and clinical guidelines), could improve timely recognition and effective management of complications … An interpretative phenomenological analysis of vulnerability as experienced by patients with complications … February 2, 2022
Cognitive bias impact on management of postoperative complications, … Topic
Operating Room
Quality and Safety Professionals
Surgery
Postoperative Surgical Complications
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74076/psn-pdf
November 17, 2021 - Influence of perioperative handoffs on complications and
outcomes. … Influence of perioperative handoffs on complications and outcomes. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/influence-perioperative-handoffs-complications-and-outcomes
Handoffs occur … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/influence-perioperative-handoffs-complications-and-outcomes
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34806/psn-pdf
December 23, 2008 - Identification of in-hospital complications from claims
data. Is it valid? … Identification of in-hospital complications from claims data. Is
it valid? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identification-hospital-complications-claims-data-it-valid
In order to … While
the authors suggest that their method has validity for capturing most surgical complications, … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identification-hospital-complications-claims-data-it-valid
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-improvement-ambulatory-surgery-centers-major-national-effort-aimed-reducing
September 23, 2020 - ambulatory surgery centers: a major national effort aimed at reducing infections and other surgical complications … Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A Major National Effort Aimed at Reducing Infections and Other Surgical Complications … Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A Major National Effort Aimed at Reducing Infections and Other Surgical Complications … Outpatient Surgery
Physicians
Quality and Safety Professionals
Surgery
Surgical Complications
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33596/psn-pdf
June 01, 2025 - Background and Theory
The concept of failure-to-rescue (FTR) captures the idea that many complications … medical care are not
preventable, but health care systems should be able to rapidly identify and treat complications … the
unexpected is inevitable, and therefore no amount of planning and anticipation will prevent all
complications … ,
failure to relay information regarding complications, and failure to react in a timely and appropriate … Stakeholders voiced concerns about counting deaths from complications that started before the
index
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-diabetes.html
June 01, 2018 - Black adults had higher rates of admission than Whites for admission for short-term complications of … Black children had higher rates of admission for short-term complications than White children and this … diabetes without complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over, by race/ethnicity, 2001-2013 … Hospital Admissions for Uncontrolled Diabetes Without Complications, Stratified by Income
Hospital … admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over, by
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47682/psn-pdf
May 11, 2019 - Measuring hospital-acquired complications associated
with low-value care. … Measuring Hospital-Acquired Complications Associated
With Low-Value Care. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measuring-hospital-acquired-complications-associated-low-value-care
Overuse … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measuring-hospital-acquired-complications-associated-low-value-care
https
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapa2.html
April 01, 2018 - The orthopaedic surgeons were asked to fill out a Complications Survey. … ; Bunker and Thomas report 0.6% complications. … Hemarthrosis was the most common (219 cases, 23.5% of all complications). … (Table 1 gives a list of all complications and their respective percentages.) … Equipment failures led to 17% of complications.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60286/psn-pdf
April 29, 2020 - With Covid-19 delaying routine care, chronic disease
startups brace for a slew of complications. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/covid-19-delaying-routine-care-chronic-disease-startups-brace-slew-
complications … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/covid-19-delaying-routine-care-chronic-disease-startups-brace-slew-complications … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/covid-19-delaying-routine-care-chronic-disease-startups-brace-slew-complications
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/factfinders
February 17, 2021 - The collection focuses on three primary areas: procedural contraindications, procedure-related complications … , and injectate-related complications such as the safe use of multi-dose and single-dose vials . … The Topic
Hospitals
Physicians
Medicine
Medication Safety
Nonsurgical Procedural Complications
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/silber-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - , medical complications had
been difficult to ascertain using ICD-9-CM d iagnosis codes, as … Here, post-admission complications included
any patient who had a diagnosis that was not POA or who … and a very
small, though significant,
negative correlation between
FTR and complications. … Though complications have the lowest omega
ratio, they lack construct validity in all other analyses … Hospital
characteristics associated with failure to rescue from complications after
pancreatectomy.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43047/psn-pdf
August 02, 2015 - Hospital readmission after noncardiac surgery: the role of
major complications. … Hospital readmission after noncardiac surgery: the role of major
complications. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-readmission-after-noncardiac-surgery-role-major-complications … As expected, patients who were predicted to have a high rate of
complications were also more likely … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-readmission-after-noncardiac-surgery-role-major-complications
https
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42229/psn-pdf
July 03, 2014 - Relationship between occurrence of surgical
complications and hospital finances. … Relationship between occurrence of surgical complications and
hospital finances. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/relationship-between-occurrence-surgical-complications-and-hospital-finances … compared with those who had no complications. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/relationship-between-occurrence-surgical-complications-and-hospital-finances
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34874/psn-pdf
February 25, 2009 - Intensive care unit nurse staffing and the risk for
complications after abdominal aortic surgery. … Intensive care unit nurse staffing and the risk for complications
after abdominal aortic surgery. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intensive-care-unit-nurse-staffing-and-risk-complications-after-abdominal … aortic-surgery
This study examines the association between nurse staffing ratios and postoperative complications … Results demonstrated an
increased risk for complications, including specific respiratory-related ones
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-208-section6a.pdf
June 02, 2025 - SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES
Table 6: State Level Reliability, unadjusted and adjusted model with complications … 0.65 0.63
365 0.92 0.92 0.81 0.81
Table 7: Spearman-Brown Reliability Measure, adjusted model with complications
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-plastic-surgery
September 09, 2020 - This commentary outlines tactics to prevent complications in plastic surgery, including electronic … September 9, 2020
Complications in surgery: root cause analysis and preventive measures … See More About The Topic
Operating Room
Physicians
Nurses
Plastic Surgery
Surgical Complications
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-diagnosis-and-treatment-occult-hemothorax-following-complicated-central-line
April 01, 2008 - It is the responsibility of the proceduralist to look for evidence of early complications associated … Always have a low threshold to look for complications from any procedure. … Central line complications. … Complications and failures of subclavian-vein catheterization. … A study of the complications of small bore 'Seldinger' intercostal chest drains.