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181. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0210_12-07-2009.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury … (TBI) 6 months post initial injury. … )  In the United States, approximately 1.5 million traumatic brain injuries occur per year. … The most common causes of TBI include motor vehicle accidents, falls, assaults, gunshot wounds, and … sports injuries.

182. Excess length of stay, charges, and mortality attributable to medical injuries during hospitalization. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/excess-length-stay-charges-and-mortality-attributable-medical-injuries-during-hospitalization
     February 27, 2009 - Classic Excess length of stay, charges, and mortality attributable to medical injuries … Excess length of stay, charges, and mortality attributable to medical injuries during hospitalization … for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators , this study identified medial injuries … variability in both the need for extended hospitalization and the associated costs depending on the specific injury … Excess length of stay, charges, and mortality attributable to medical injuries during hospitalization

183. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49724/psn-pdf
     January 01, 2015 - Bowel Injury After Laparoscopic Surgery January 1, 2015 Moorthy K. … Bowel Injury After Laparoscopic Surgery. PSNet [internet]. 2015. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/bowel-injury-after-laparoscopic-surgery The Case A 30-year-old man presented … The injury could be a result of direct injury during laparoscopic port insertion (access injury) or … One advantage of laparoscopic surgery is that repeat laparoscopy can be performed without much trauma

184. Identifying risk factors for medical injury. | PSNet
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     April 12, 2011 - Study Identifying risk factors for medical injury. … Identifying risk factors for medical injury. Int J Qual Health Care. 2006;18(3):203-10. … more than 550,000 hospital discharges from Wisconsin discharge records data and identified medical injuries … The medical injuries studied were limited to those within specific International Classification of Diseases … April 12, 2011 Medical injuries among hospitalized children.

185. A case for improving measurement of intraoperative iatrogenic injuries. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/case-improving-measurement-intraoperative-iatrogenic-injuries
     February 14, 2017 - Commentary A case for improving measurement of intraoperative iatrogenic injuries … A case for improving measurement of intraoperative iatrogenic injuries. … using surgeon-reported data to determine appropriate variables and narrowing variables to include only injuries … A case for improving measurement of intraoperative iatrogenic injuries.

186. Evaluation of the suitability of root cause analysis frameworks for the investigation of community-acquired pressure ulcers: a systematic review and documentary analysis. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-suitability-root-cause-analysis-frameworks-investigation-community-acquired
     June 16, 2021 - July 20, 2022 6-PACK programme to decrease fall injuries in acute hospitals: cluster … Implementing an electronic root cause analysis reporting system to decrease hospital-acquired pressure injuries … July 7, 2021 Root cause analysis for hospital-acquired pressure injury. … March 6, 2019 Towards international consensus on patient harm: perspectives on pressure injury … October 8, 2016 Wound-care teams for preventing and treating pressure ulcers.

187. Emergency Department Visits and Inpatient Stays Involving Dog Bites, 2008 (pdf file)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb101.pdf
     November 09, 2010 - These differences are similar to all injuries. … Hospitalizations for dog bite injuries. … The most frequent procedure was debridement of wound. … Injuries were defined in a manner consistent with the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors … , such as the American College of Surgeons’ National Trauma Data Bank (http://www.facs.org/trauma/ntdb.html

188. Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals Training Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressure-injury/index.html
     October 01, 2017 - Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals Training Program AHRQ developed the Pressure Injury Prevention … Webinars in a systematic quality improvement effort focused on reducing hospital acquired pressure injuries … Risk Factors for Pressure Injuries: Going Beyond Validated Instruments —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention … Device-Related Pressure Injury —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention Program Implementation Sharing Webinar … Wound Classification —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention Program Training Webinar. 

189. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NEDS Notes
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/injury/nedsnote.jsp
     May 01, 2015 - Uniform Values State Specific Notes General Notes   Records with injuries are … Two HCUP variables indicate injuries are reported on the record: INJURY is used to indicate at least … The table below lists the diagnosis codes in the range 800-999 used to identify injuries: ICD-9 … ; sprains and strains; intracranial injury; internal injury of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; open wound … and spinal cord; traumatic complications and unspecified injuries; poisoning and toxic effects of substances

190. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60727/psn-pdf
     July 29, 2020 - A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall injuries. … A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall injuries. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/randomized-trial-multifactorial-strategy-prevent-serious-fall-injuries … care systems to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention to prevent falls with injury … The intervention did not result in a significantly lower rate of serious fall injury compared to usual

191. Statistical Brief #101
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb101.jsp
     November 01, 2010 - These differences are similar to all injuries. … The most frequent procedure was debridement of wound. … Injuries were defined in a manner consistent with the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors … , such as the American College of Surgeons’ National Trauma Data Bank ( http://www.facs.org/trauma/ntdb … Hospitalizations for dog bite injuries.

192. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT (HCUP) E CODE EVALUATION (pdf file)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2014-01.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - The percentage of injuries with injury-related E codes was determined for each of the following HCUP … This earlier report evaluated E code completeness for both injuries and medical misadventures. … , abdomen, and pelvis; open wound of the head, neck, trunk, upper limb, and lower limb; injury to blood … percentage of these injuries with nonspecific injury E codes. … room in the U.S. and enumerates the percentage of these injuries with nonspecific injury E codes.

193. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37658/psn-pdf
     June 14, 2011 - Applying modern error theory to the problem of missed injuries in trauma. … Applying modern error theory to the problem of missed injuries in trauma. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/applying-modern-error-theory-problem-missed-injuries-trauma Root cause … explore contributing factors to both active errors and latent errors in the diagnostic evaluation of trauma … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/applying-modern-error-theory-problem-missed-injuries-trauma https://psnet.ahrq.gov

194. Is it possible to identify risks for injurious falls in hospitalized patients? | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/it-possible-identify-risks-injurious-falls-hospitalized-patients
     December 12, 2012 - Since only about 1 in 10 falls result in injury, some argue that rather than trying to prevent all falls … , a better approach would be to try to prevent injuries from falls. … retrospective study was unable to pinpoint variables that identified patients likely to sustain an injury … December 12, 2012 Venous thromboembolism after trauma: a never event? … February 29, 2012 The cost of serious fall-related injuries at three midwestern hospitals

195. Elements of Access to Health Care: Workforce Capacity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/access/elements4.html
     June 01, 2018 - Distribution of trauma center utilization (Level I and II) for severe injuries in the United States, … Trauma Center Utilization for Severe Injuries Trauma care systems were developed to provide complex … Level II: Provide initial definitive trauma care regardless of the severity of the injury. … Distribution of trauma center utilization (level I and II) for severe injuries in the United States, … Importance: Well-coordinated and timely treatment for trauma patients can prevent needless injury to

196. Final Progress Report: Call Light Responsiveness and Effect on Inpatient Falls and Patient Perceptions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/tzeng-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Key Words: Falls; injurious falls; hospital-acquired injury; consumer satisfaction; quality of healthcare … hip fractures, head traumas) [1]. … in half by 2013 or 43,750 fall injuries over 3 years [1]. … A fall was defined as an unplanned descent to the floor with or without injury. … A fall was defined as an unplanned descent to the floor with or without injury.

197. Preventable errors in the operating room--part 2: retained foreign objects, sharps injuries, and wrong site surgery. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventable-errors-operating-room-part-2-retained-foreign-objects-sharps-injuries-and-wrong
     April 25, 2018 - Preventable errors in the operating room--part 2: retained foreign objects, sharps injuries … Preventable errors in the operating room--part 2: retained foreign objects, sharps injuries, and wrong … Building on part one  of this two-part series, the authors discuss wrong-site surgeries and needle stick injuries … Preventable errors in the operating room--part 2: retained foreign objects, sharps injuries, and wrong … More Related Resources Identifying resilience: a system safety review of trauma

198. Learning during crisis: the impact of COVID-19 on hospital-acquired pressure injury incidence. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-during-crisis-impact-covid-19-hospital-acquired-pressure-injury-incidence
     August 25, 2021 - Study Learning during crisis: the impact of COVID-19 on hospital-acquired pressure injury … Learning during crisis: the impact of COVID-19 on hospital-acquired pressure injury incidence. … care delivery, including how hospitals prevent common hospital-acquired conditions such as pressure injuries … data, the authors of this study did not identify a longitudinal increase in hospital-acquired pressure injuries … The authors discuss how prior organizational efforts to reduce hospital-acquired pressure injuries allowed

199. The cost of serious fall-related injuries at three midwestern hospitals. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cost-serious-fall-related-injuries-three-midwestern-hospitals
     January 03, 2017 - Study The cost of serious fall-related injuries at three midwestern hospitals. … The cost of serious fall-related injuries at three Midwestern hospitals. … In this study, hospitalized patients experiencing serious injuries from falls were associated with … The cost of serious fall-related injuries at three Midwestern hospitals. … June 1, 2011 Patient risk factors for medical injury: a case–control study.

200. Has the pendulum swung too far?; The impact of missed abdominal injuries in the era of nonoperative management. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/has-pendulum-swung-too-far-impact-missed-abdominal-injuries-era-nonoperative-management
     August 04, 2021 - ; The impact of missed abdominal injuries in the era of nonoperative management. … The impact of missed abdominal injuries in the era of nonoperative management. … This study examines whether delayed surgery in abdominal trauma patients resulted in an increase in … The impact of missed abdominal injuries in the era of nonoperative management. … September 7, 2022 Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries.