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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46523/psn-pdf
November 15, 2017 - knowledge-attitudes-and
Unsafe injection practices in health care settings have led to more than 50 disease … The authors discuss implications for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's
One & Only safe
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/feasibility-patient-reported-diagnostic-errors-following-emergency-department-discharge-pilot
August 19, 2020 - emergency department patients: a look-forward analysis with administrative claims data using Symptom-Disease … adult emergency department patients: a look-back analysis employing insurance claims data using Symptom-Disease … adult emergency department patients: a look-back analysis employing insurance claims data using Symptom-Disease
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inpatient-telemedicine-and-new-models-care-during-covid-19-hospital-design-strategies-enhance
August 18, 2021 - Related Resources
Patient Safety Primers
Coronavirus Disease … Safety of Older Adults Residing in Nursing Homes
February 24, 2022
Coronavirus disease … Home health staff perspectives on infection prevention and control: implications for Coronavirus Disease
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49609/psn-pdf
October 01, 2010 - Barcode labeling of dialyzers; staff education; avoiding reuse in patients with
infectious diseases; … Renal Disease in the United States. … National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases: Bethesda … National surveillance of dialysis-associated diseases
in the United States, 2002. … Incorrect dialyzer/dialysis solution/water quality issues
Transmission of infectious diseases
Improper
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rx-reality-clinicians-confront-medical-gaslighting
May 29, 2024 - June 30, 2013
Iatrogenic Disease. … April 29, 2020
With Covid-19 delaying routine care, chronic disease startups brace for
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-homes-fined-covid-infection-control-lapses
November 24, 2021 - October 12, 2022
Patient Safety Primers
Coronavirus Disease … support the re-opening of Canadian nursing homes to family caregivers and visitors during the coronavirus disease … Long-Term Care
Facility and Group Administrators
Geriatrics
Public Health
Infectious Diseases
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40725/psn-pdf
October 16, 2012 - Association of ICU or hospital admission with
unintentional discontinuation of medications for chronic
diseases … Association of ICU or hospital admission with unintentional
discontinuation of medications for chronic diseases … accompanying editorial [see link below] raise appropriate concern about carefully reconciling chronic
disease
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/undiagnosed-vaginal-bleeding
July 06, 2022 - After undergoing radiation therapy and chemotherapy, she still has persistent disease. … Cervical neoplasia is a slow growing disease, taking 10-30 years to progress from Human Papilloma Virus … a regional and then distantly metastatic cancer.( 14 ) While some cases of more rapidly progressive disease … appears that this woman's advanced stage cervical cancer represented a systematic failure to detect disease … fiscal constraints of the medical care system also contributed to the failure to detect this woman's disease
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33565/psn-pdf
September 01, 2024 - According to a study
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at any given time, approximately … equipment shortages,
the built environment, and rapidly changing evidence surrounding transmission of the disease … finding-right-balance-evidence-informed-guidance-document-support-re-opening-canadian-nursing
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/coronavirus-disease … what-us-hospitals-are-doing-prevent-common-device-associated-infections-during-coronavirus
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-coronavirus-disease … Current Context
The large burden of disease posed by HAIs has resulted in considerable regulatory attention
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37687/psn-pdf
February 22, 2011 - use-interactive-telephone-based-self-management-support-program-identify-
adverse-events-among
Chronic disease … outside the
context of clinician visits and provides a model for addressing patient safety in chronic disease
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.281_slideshow.ppt
October 01, 2012 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … systemic signs or symptoms, it would have been appropriate and consistent with the 2011 Infectious Diseases … Clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the treatment of methicillin-resistant … *
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … *
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49537/psn-pdf
June 01, 2007 - Case & Commentary: Part 1
An 83-year-old man with coronary artery disease, mild heart failure, a history … of repaired abdominal aortic
aneurism (AAA), and prior lumbar disk disease (status post L5-S1 fusion … Gallstone disease or
intrahepatic cholestasis would each be less likely. … Do you have kidney disease? Moderate
3. … Do you have thyroid disease? Excellent
11. Do you suffer from angina? Good
12.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-diagnosis-and-treatment-systemic-lupus-erythematosus-psychiatric-presentation
September 27, 2023 - young patient with new-onset psychotic illness who may have a family history of SLE or other autoimmune disease … conditions; syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) with hyponatremia; liver disease … encephalopathy); hyper- or hypothyroidism; folate, vitamin B12, or vitamin D deficiency; various rheumatologic diseases … ; Wilson’s disease; human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease; and neurosyphilis. 9-14 The physical … Preclinical Autoimmune Disease: a Comparison of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Multiple
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-01/spotlight_case_misdiagnosis_of_small_bowel_obstruction_-_slides_-_final.pptx
January 01, 2025 - Although ultrasound is a reasonable first study to investigate hepatobiliary disease, it misses important … features including age greater than 65 years, immunocompromise, alcohol use disorder, cardiovascular disease … , prior abdominal operations, or major comorbidities such as cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. … acceptance of a diagnosis before it is fully verified.18
This case exemplifies closure on biliary disease … Ascites, or free intraperitoneal fluid, is abnormal in patients without a history of liver disease.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/direct-oral-anticoagulants-are-high-risk-medications-potentially-complex-dosing
August 21, 2005 - Rivaroxaban with or without aspirin in stable cardiovascular disease. … Thrombosis: A major contributor to global disease burden. … Antithrombotic treatment in peripheral artery disease. … Rivaroxaban in Peripheral Artery Disease after Revascularization. … : A Case for Appropriate Interruptive Drug-Disease Alerts.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49480/psn-pdf
May 01, 2005 - contribute to overcalling medical errors
Describe the impact of considering the clinical spectrum of disease … First, clinical
presentations of a particular disease vary. … is the failure to consider the consequences of competing diseases as the cause of a patient’s complaints … The dissecting aneurysm case is one in which (i) several serious diseases may explain the patient’s … These diseases take varying times to diagnose and have markedly different
probabilities of occurrence
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/61028/psn-pdf
October 14, 2020 - moving on to more common diagnoses, thereby
ensuring that all patients are screened for more serious diseases … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/covid-19-making-right-diagnosis
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/coronavirus-disease
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74731/psn-pdf
February 02, 2022 - prospective-study
Use of personal protective equipment is necessary to reduce the spread of infectious diseases … identification-and-characterization-failures-infectious-agent-transmission-precaution
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/personal-protective-equipment-preventing-highly-infectious-diseases-due-exposure-contaminated
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-diagnosis-mesenteric-ischemia
March 31, 2021 - This disease can result from several different pathophysiological processes, be challenging to diagnose … Its chronic form most commonly affects women; more than 70% of patients with this disease are female. … Physical exam and laboratory studies can be relatively unrevealing early in the disease process, until … Ischemic diseases of the bowel. … Systematic review of survival after acute mesenteric ischaemia according to disease aetiology.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49786/psn-pdf
March 01, 2017 - Describe why the likelihood of disease in a particular patient affects the interpretation of diagnostic … The detection of
incidental coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients without functional myocardial … that disease is likely
to be a false positive. … Nicolle LE, Bradley S, Colgan R, Rice JC, Schaeffer A, Hooton TM; Infectious Diseases Society of
America … Infectious Diseases Society of
America guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria