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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/brain-injury.html
May 01, 2020 - Sports-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries Among Children, 2017
Sports-Related Traumatic Brain … Injuries Among Children, 2017 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
Source: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical … Brief #255, Inpatient Stays and Emergency Department Visits Involving Traumatic Brain Injury, 2017
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/most-common-treatment-ED.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Most Common Cause of Injuries Treated in Emergency Departments
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866839/psn-pdf
September 25, 2024 - causing neurovascular injuries, fractures, or, for the torso, hemopneumothorax or intra-abdominal injury … manage potential foreign bodies, clinicians should have a low threshold for involving an experienced
trauma … primary care
physician, but a return visit to the initial ED, with or without evaluation by a general or trauma … Consulting Editor, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Network (PSNet)
Professor
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma … Primary closure versus delayed closure for non bite traumatic
wounds within 24 hours post injury.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/non-accidental-injuries-infants-attending-emergency-department
May 31, 2023 - Book/Report
Non-accidental Injuries in Infants Attending the Emergency Department … Citation Text:
Non-accidental Injuries in Infants Attending the Emergency Department. … Misattribution of child maltreatment injuries can be a serious misdiagnosis affecting families and … safety incident reports from across the British National Health Service to explore how non-accidental injury … Copy URL
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Non-accidental Injuries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865376/psn-pdf
March 27, 2024 - In the
meantime, the patient continued to bleed from her right ankle wound. … Empiric MTP
based on the patient’s hypotension, active bleeding from her leg wound, and altered mental … Retrohepatic IVC and
hepatic vein injuries are amongst the most fatal injuries encountered in trauma … Gunshot wounds to the liver: no longer a mandatory
operation. … The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST)
Liver Injury Grade does not equally predict
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/navigating-chaos-fatal-iatrogenic-liver-injury-patient-admitted-leg-fractures
November 27, 2019 - In the meantime, the patient continued to bleed from her right ankle wound. … Empiric MTP based on the patient’s hypotension, active bleeding from her leg wound, and altered mental … Retrohepatic IVC and hepatic vein injuries are amongst the most fatal injuries encountered in trauma … Gunshot wounds to the liver: no longer a mandatory operation. … The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Liver Injury Grade does not equally predict
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36239/psn-pdf
October 20, 2010 - Delayed or missed diagnosis of cervical spine injuries. … Delayed or Missed Diagnosis of Cervical Spine Injuries. … The Journal
of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 2006;61(1). doi:10.1097/01.ta.0000196673.58429.2a … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/delayed-or-missed-diagnosis-cervical-spine-injuries
The authors found that … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/delayed-or-missed-diagnosis-cervical-spine-injuries
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb207-Sports-Hospital-Emergency-Department-2013.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Control and
Prevention.2
Sports and recreation-related injuries are a common type of injury
seen … (18 percent),
and open wounds (12 percent). … Other common, specific types of injuries
included open wounds (12 percent) and intracranial injuries … Sprain
24%
Fracture
21%
Superficial
Injury
18%
Open
Wound
12%
Intracranial
Injury
5%
Other … Open wound
Intracranial injury Other injury Other diagnosis
Specific Sports Activity
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-brain-injury_executive.pdf
April 01, 2011 - billion each year.6
Among individuals who sustain a TBI, approximately
50,000 die each year of their injuries … estimating risk in those settings, they
cannot be generalized to the base population of all
those with injuries … Definition of
mild traumatic brain injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil
1993;8:86–88.
4. Okie S. … The enigma of
“hidden” traumatic brain injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil 1998
Dec;13(6):39–56.
85. … Psychiatric disorders
and functional disability in outpatients with traumatic brain
injuries.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/nose-injuries-and-disorders
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38400/psn-pdf
February 11, 2009 - The impact of clinically undiagnosed injuries on survival
estimates. … The impact of clinically undiagnosed injuries on survival estimates. … This Swedish study compared hospital discharge data and autopsy data for trauma
patients and found that … The performance of the International Classification of Diseases Injury Severity Score—a commonly
used … prognostic tool for trauma patients—could have been improved by incorporating autopsy data.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Gallagher1.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Adnominal injuries caused by
lysis of peritoneal adhesions 91 52.6 82 47.4
Abdominal injuries caused … If trauma patients are
going to be identified and eliminated from the PSI, the definition of a trauma … Only 14.9 percent of the
events did not appear to be serious injuries, and 4.5 percent involved trauma … It is likely that many of the trauma
patients identified by the indicator suffered injuries outside … While it is impressive that bladder
injuries from hysterectomies, bowel injuries from cholecystectomies
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb130.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Annual Report of ATV-Related Deaths and Injuries. … Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care 69(6): 1344–1349.
5 Aitken, M. E., C. J. … Annual Report of ATV-Related Deaths and Injuries. … ED visits for ATV injuries were more likely to occur
on a weekend than the total of other injury-related … Compared with all injury related visits, those for ATV injuries were more likely to be
covered by private
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/final_spotlight_case_open_wound_of_the_elbow_slides_09.19.2024.pptx
January 01, 2024 - healing.2
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General Approach to Wounds (4)
Eliciting the mechanism of injury will identify factors … the possibility of injury to deeper structures causing neurovascular injuries, fractures, or, for the … , arterial injury, open fracture, and foreign material.4,5
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General Approach to Wounds (6) … manage potential foreign bodies, clinicians should have a low threshold for involving an experienced trauma … Primary closure versus delayed closure for non bite traumatic wounds within 24 hours post injury.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/high-delayed-and-missed-injury-rate-after-inter-hospital-transfer-severely-injured-trauma
December 02, 2020 - Study
High delayed and missed injury rate after inter-hospital transfer of severely … High delayed and missed injury rate after inter-hospital transfer of severely injured trauma patients … Missed injuries and delayed diagnoses are an ongoing problem in trauma care. … injured patients increases the risk of delayed detection of injuries. … High delayed and missed injury rate after inter-hospital transfer of severely injured trauma patients
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/depression-brain-injury_research-protocol.pdf
December 09, 2009 - Trauma[mh] OR TBI[tiab] OR head injuries[tiab] OR head
injury[tiab] OR traumatic brain injury[tiab] … brain injury" or "traumatic
brain injuries" OR "craniocerebral trauma" or neurotrauma or "brain trauma … brain injury" or
"traumatic head injury" or "traumatic brain injuries" or "traumatic head
injuries … injuries" OR "head injury" OR
"head trauma" OR "brain trauma"
http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … brain injuries" OR "head
trauma" OR "craniocerebral trauma" OR "brain injury" OR "brain injuries" )
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar6_pu_woundassesst.pdf
April 01, 2011 - • If it is a pressure ulcer, you need to determine
the stage.
5
Assessing and Measuring Wounds … However—
• Not all wounds are clear cut. … • The cause may be multifactoral.
6
Types of Wounds
• Vascular (arterial, venous, and mixed) … • Deep tissue injury may be difficult to
detect in individuals with dark skin tone. … A Little About Myself…
Today We Will Talk About
Assessing and Measuring Wounds
Types of Wounds
Mixed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43731/psn-pdf
December 03, 2014 - Detection of missed injuries in a pediatric trauma center
with the addition of acute care pediatric … Detection of missed injuries in a pediatric trauma center with the
addition of acute care pediatric … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/detection-missed-injuries-pediatric-trauma-center-addition-acute-care- … pediatric-nurse
Missed injuries and delayed diagnoses are a relatively common problem in trauma care … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-injuries-trauma-patients-literature-review
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/bowel-injury-after-laparoscopic-surgery
January 19, 2016 - Bowel Injury After Laparoscopic Surgery
Citation Text:
Moorthy K. … Bowel Injury After Laparoscopic Surgery. PSNet [internet]. … Bowel Injury After Laparoscopic Surgery. PSNet [internet]. … The injury could be a result of direct injury during laparoscopic port insertion (access injury) or during … One advantage of laparoscopic surgery is that repeat laparoscopy can be performed without much trauma
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Stalhandske2_70.pdf
March 01, 2006 - • Monthly fall injury rate, calculated as the number of injuries/number of falls x 100. … • Severity of injury for each fall, defined as no injury, minor injury (e.g., abrasion, bruise,
minor … laceration), or major injury (e.g., hip fracture, head trauma, arm fracture).12
Team characteristics … their major injury rate by
82 percent, to only 0.39 major injuries per 100 falls. … o No injury or minor injury.
o Major injury.
o Death.