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psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-459
October 30, 2024 - October 2, 2024 Weekly Issue
PSNet highlights the latest patient safety literature, news, and expert commentary, including Weekly
Updates, WebM&M, and Perspectives on Safety. The current issue highlights what's new this week in patient
safety literature, news, conferences, reports…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/distraction-anesthesiologist-and-lack-resuscitation-drugs-resulting-delayed-treatment
January 29, 2021 - Conclusion
This patient became hypoxic during an episode of laryngospasm but fortunately did not suffer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/incomplete-anesthesia-history-leads-adverse-outcomes
January 29, 2021 - the patient had an underlying sensitivity to succinylcholine, contributing to the response to this episode
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50698/psn-pdf
November 27, 2019 - gender, ethnicity, family history of suicide), "dynamic" factors (such as an active
psychotic or mood episode
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/electronic-err
April 01, 2014 - Electronic Err
Citation Text:
Tang PC. Electronic Err. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2004.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/triage-time-bomb
September 01, 2008 - Triage Time Bomb
Citation Text:
Washington DL. Triage Time Bomb. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2004.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49446/psn-pdf
August 30, 2021 - Too Tight Control
May 1, 2004
Rubin HR, Fajtova VT. Too Tight Control. PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/too-tight-control
Case Objectives
Appreciate the advantages and potential complications of intensive insulin therapy in the hospitalized
patient
List hospital-based safeguards available to…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841469/psn-pdf
December 14, 2022 - Strongyloides: A Hidden Traveler and Potentially Lethal
Missed Diagnosis.
December 14, 2022
Carlile N, Smith CL, Maguire JH, et al. Strongyloides: A Hidden Traveler and Potentially Lethal Missed
Diagnosis. PSNet [internet]. 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/strongyloides-hidden-traveler-and-potentially-lethal-mi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60952/psn-pdf
September 30, 2020 - When the Lytes Go Out: A Case of Inpatient Cardiac
Arrest
September 30, 2020
Stripe B, Zuidema D. When the Lytes Go Out: A Case of Inpatient Cardiac Arrest . PSNet [internet]. 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/when-lytes-go-out-case-inpatient-cardiac-arrest
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships: As a pr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/inflicting-confusion
August 04, 2021 - Inflicting Confusion
Citation Text:
Scott FI, Lichtenstein GR. Inflicting Confusion. 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/perspective/conversation-john-d-birkmeyer-md
January 31, 2024 - researchers, the idea that it's not about the physician, it's about the entire team and about the entire episode
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/spotlight_case_missed_connection-a_case_of_inadequate_ecg_oversight_in_cardiac_surgery_slides_-_final.pdf
January 01, 2024 - VF may have been induced a
second time because the team did not correct the problem after the first episode
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/spotlight_case_a_cognitive_and_communication_blind_spot_slides.pptx
January 01, 2024 - Spotlight
Spotlight
A Cognitive and Communication Blind Spot Contributes to Permanent Paralysis
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the October 2024 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at https://psnet.ahrq.gov/webmm
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Garth Utter, MD, MSc, FACS…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-08/spotlight_case_a_fatal_twist_in_pseudohyperkalemia_slides.pptx
January 01, 2024 - Spotlight
Spotlight
A Fatal Twist in Pseudohyperkalemia
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the August 2024 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at https://psnet.ahrq.gov/webmm
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Justin L. Devera, MD, David K. Barnes, MD, FACEP, and William R. Le…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/857259/psn-pdf
November 30, 2023 - Medication Mix-Up Leads to Patient Death
November 30, 2023
Sanchez L, Romano PS. Medication Mix-Up Leads to Patient Death. PSNet [internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/medication-mix-leads-patient-death
The Case
An 81-year-old man was transferred from an outside hospital and admitted to the intensive car…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovations
February 26, 2025 - Innovations
The PSNet Innovations page highlights pioneering advances that can improve patient safety. PSNet innovations are defined as “new or updated interventions, approaches, systems, tools, policies, organizational structures or business models implemented to improve or enhance quality of care and reduce harm.” …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/innovations-promoting-hand-hygiene-compliance
May 01, 2014 - Although the product will be dispensed on demand, only one episode of hand hygiene is recorded for every
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49750/psn-pdf
January 01, 2016 - psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/room-without-orders
prompted a formal review as, in addition to the preventable episode
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49611/psn-pdf
October 01, 2010 - The patient survived the
episode without any life-threatening arrhythmias and was transferred to an
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49717/psn-pdf
September 01, 2014 - The nurse, reluctant to administer this medication in light of the
recent episode of somnolence, attempted