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5901. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 26, 2023 - balance individual versus population risks and benefits as exemplified by research about misdiagnosis of infection … Rate of diagnostic errors and serious misdiagnosis-related harms for major vascular events, infections

5902. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2017 - Central line infections were seen as the price of doing business in ICUs. … It did work in the sense that it achieved the same infection rate, but it could have achieved so much

5903. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2011 - That first big trial for postoperative deep wound infections, the idea of timing a prophylactic antibiotic … did not allow us to publish was the cost consequences of massively reducing our postoperative wound infection

5904. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 24, 2020 - However, testing for sexually transmitted infections, coagulation disorders, and anemia should be performed

5905. A Laceration that Needed a Proper Exam, Not an X-Ray | PSNet
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      November 25, 2020 - Unless there is concern for infection or an open fracture, it is perfectly acceptable to provide wound … Unless infection or an open fracture is present, hand wounds should be managed with copious irrigation

5906. In Conversation With… Eric J. Topol, MD | PSNet
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      February 26, 2025 - the beginning because as we go forward that same smartphone is a platform for doing labs, diagnosing infections … for example if you have an app that enables you to examine your child's eardrum, it says there is an infection

5907. In Conversation With... Ann Gaffey, RN, MSN, CPHRM and Bruce Spurlock, MD | PSNet
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      March 30, 2020 - For example, the infection-related activities are very effective and we’re seeing massive reductions … feedback. [4] New harm-specific PSPs have also been added to this report, including practices within infection

5908. Management of CSF Leaks After Elective Spine Surgery: Routine Laminectomy Leads to Fatal Discitis and Sepsis | PSNet
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      March 09, 2022 - This product also resorbs completely within 1 year, 50 with no inflammatory response, a 1.9% infection … March 9, 2022 Culture change in infection control: applying psychological principles … May 20, 2019 Infection prevention in the operating room anesthesia work area.

5909. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)
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      July 01, 2006 - non-clinical member of the medical school faculty, was admitted to the acute care ward with a urinary tract infection

5910. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)
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      December 01, 2010 - 4% to 38% Patients with pressure ulcers are at risk for pain, distress, increased length of stay, infection

5911. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2011 - His CT scan demonstrated clear signs of acute cholangitis (an infection in the biliary tree, in this

5912. Under Pressure: Tracheostomy Cuff Over Inflation Leading to Tissue Necrosis and Cuff Rupture | PSNet
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      March 15, 2023 - include overinflation of the cuff, malpositioning of the tracheostomy, corticosteroid use, tracheal infection … May 29, 2024 What US hospitals are doing to prevent common device-associated infections

5913. Are Residency Duty Hour Rules Improving Patient Safety? | PSNet
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      April 01, 2013 - safety field has begun to make measurable inroads in some areas, such as reducing hospital-acquired infections … When there have been focused efforts in particular arenas, certainly catheter-related bloodstream infections

5914. In Conversation with...Richard Ricciardi about Office-Based Patient Safety | PSNet
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      January 31, 2024 - Responding to this shift, AHRQ funded a project to reduce surgical site infections and other complications … Beyond infections and complications from surgeries, researchers have begun to describe deviations from

5915. In Conversation With… Christopher P. Landrigan, MD, MPH | PSNet
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      April 01, 2013 - safety field has begun to make measurable inroads in some areas, such as reducing hospital-acquired infections … When there have been focused efforts in particular arenas, certainly catheter-related bloodstream infections

5916. Total Parenteral Nutrition, Multifarious Errors | PSNet
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      January 23, 2017 - developmentally appropriate but quite fragile medically, with multiple recent admissions for anemia and infections … effects of PN include complications associated with intravenous access (e.g., thrombosis, bloodstream infection

5917. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2005 - misadventures that lead to fatal overdoses—rather than common patient safety problems (e.g., hospital-acquired infection … Hospital-onset infections: a patient safety issue.

5918. Spotlight (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2022 - with a long bone fracture, in an extremity with a vascular injury, or through skin with overlying infection

5919. Microsoft PowerPoint - FINAL Spotlight_Falls in Skilled Nursing Units_04.12.2023.pptx (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2023 - • Subsequently, the patient was diagnosed with sepsis, presumably from a urinary tract infection … impairment, behavioral symptoms associated with dementia, and delirium – acute illnesses such as infections

5920. Robotic Surgery: Risks vs. Rewards | PSNet
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      October 31, 2023 - In addition, the rates of some complications—deep vein thrombosis, wound infections, lymphoceles and … Robotic-assisted Surgery RAS shares the same risks of open and laparoscopic surgery, including the potential for infection