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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45336/psn-pdf
September 21, 2016 - Medical misdiagnoses put pressure on patients to stay
engaged.
September 21, 2016
Innes S. Arizona Daily Star. September 12, 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-misdiagnoses-put-pressure-patients-stay-engaged
Delayed diagnoses can have serious consequences. This news article reviews several examples of
mis…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/standardized-marking-procedure-ent-operations-prevent-wrong-site-surgery-development
February 01, 2013 - EMERGING INNOVATIONS
A standardized marking procedure for ENT operations to prevent wrong-site surgery: development, establishment and subsequent evaluation among patients and medical personnel.
Citation Text:
Rohrmeier C, Abudan Al-Masry N, Keerl R, et al. A standardized marking procedure for ENT…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36498/psn-pdf
January 07, 2011 - Recommendations from the British Committee for
Standards in Haematology and National Patient Safety
Agency.
January 7, 2011
Baglin TP, Cousins D, Keeling DM, et al. Safety indicators for inpatient and outpatient oral anticoagulant
care: [corrected] Recommendations from the British Committee for Standards in Haemat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865884/psn-pdf
May 29, 2024 - Managing Complexity in Diagnosis: Life-threatening
Complications after Gastric Bypass Surgery.
May 29, 2024
Olson APJ. Managing Complexity in Diagnosis: Life-threatening Complications after Gastric Bypass
Surgery. PSNet [internet]. 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/managing-complexity-diagnosis-life-threatening-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/cognitive-overload-icu
June 01, 2005 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Cognitive Overload in the ICU
Citation Text:
Patel VL, Buchman TG. Cognitive Overload in the ICU. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2016.
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May 29, 2024 - A Stable Airway? Fatal Airway Occlusion After Inadequate
Post-Tracheostomy Care
May 29, 2024
Gould E, Craddock K, Le Tellier T, et al. A Stable Airway? Fatal Airway Occlusion After Inadequate Post-
Tracheostomy Care. PSNet [internet]. 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/stable-airway-fatal-airway-occlusion-after-i…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-sidney-dekker-ma-msc-phd
February 26, 2025 - In Conversation With… Sidney Dekker, MA, MSc, PhD
September 1, 2013
Citation Text:
In Conversation With… Sidney Dekker, MA, MSc, PhD. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2013.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-kaveh-shojania-md
February 26, 2025 - In Conversation With… Kaveh Shojania, MD
November 1, 2015
Citation Text:
In Conversation With… Kaveh Shojania, MD. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2015.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/right-regimen-wrong-cancer-patient-catches-medical-error
August 01, 2006 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Right Regimen, Wrong Cancer: Patient Catches Medical Error
Citation Text:
Weingart SN, Jacobson J. Right Regimen, Wrong Cancer: Patient Catches Medical Error. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/steroids-and-safety-preventing-medication-adverse-events-during-transitions-care
September 09, 2013 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Steroids and Safety: Preventing Medication Adverse Events During Transitions of Care
Citation Text:
Lucier DJ, Greenwald JL. Steroids and Safety: Preventing Medication Adverse Events During Transitions of Care. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Qu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-michael-cohen-rph-ms-scd-hon-0
October 24, 2021 - In Conversation With… Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon)
October 1, 2018
Citation Text:
In Conversation With… Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon). PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/translating-normal-abnormal
October 02, 2019 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Translating From Normal to Abnormal
Citation Text:
Turner AM. Translating From Normal to Abnormal. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2017.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/wet-read
October 01, 2017 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
The Wet Read
Citation Text:
Arenson RL. The Wet Read. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2006.
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January 01, 2008 - Contaminated or Not? Guidelines for Interpretation of
Positive Blood Cultures
January 1, 2008
Weinstein MP. Contaminated or Not? Guidelines for Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures. PSNet
[internet]. 2008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/contaminated-or-not-guidelines-interpretation-positive-blood-cultures
The…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/time-death
January 03, 2017 - Time of Death?
Citation Text:
Taekman JM, Wright MC. Time of Death?. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2005.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/not-so-therapeutic-tap
December 01, 2014 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Not-So-Therapeutic Tap
Citation Text:
Barsuk JH. Not-So-Therapeutic Tap. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2012.
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August 26, 2020 - Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen
August 26, 2020
Dutton RP. Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen. PSNet [internet]. 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/too-many-cooks-kitchen
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships: As a provider accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Un…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/857258/psn-pdf
November 30, 2023 - Always Check the Muscle Twitch: Residual
Neuromuscular Block After Removal of a Gastric Balloon
November 30, 2023
Bohringer C, Ashley S. Always Check the Muscle Twitch: Residual Neuromuscular Block After Removal of
a Gastric Balloon. PSNet [internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/always-check-muscle-twitch-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49657/psn-pdf
July 01, 2012 - Not-So-Therapeutic Tap
July 1, 2012
Barsuk JH. Not-So-Therapeutic Tap. PSNet [internet]. 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/not-so-therapeutic-tap
Case Objectives
Describe current issues with training clinicians to perform procedures.
Understand how simulation can be used to ensure trainees are competent in proc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49491/psn-pdf
September 01, 2005 - Time of Death?
September 1, 2005
Taekman JM, Wright MC. Time of Death? PSNet [internet]. 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/time-death
The Case
An 80-year-old woman with multiple illnesses, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),
was found pulseless and cyanotic in her hospital bed. A code was ca…