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1. Misleading Complaint | PSNet
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   December 01, 2009 - homeless man with a history of alcoholism presented to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of knee … The triage nurse documented the chief complaint as "bilateral knee pain" and left the chart for the ED … The nurse simply summarized the descriptions with the term "bilateral knee pain." … Here, the triage nurse's summary of "bilateral knee pain" was not synonymous with the varied issues heard … For instance, it is hard to imagine how any computerized diagnostic algorithm could begin with knee pain

2. Communication matters when it comes to adverse events: associations of adverse events during implant treatment with patients' communication quality and trust assessments. | PSNet
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   December 15, 2021 - This survey of German patients undergoing implant surgeries (e.g., hip and knee replacements, dental

3. What 'patient-centered' should mean: confessions of an extremist. | PSNet
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   August 04, 2021 - My right knee.

4. User's manual for the IOM's 'Quality Chasm' report. | PSNet
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   August 04, 2021 - My right knee.

5. Communication failures contributing to patient injury in anaesthesia malpractice claims. | PSNet
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   August 04, 2021 - WebM&M Cases Local Anesthesia-Induced Coma During Total Knee

6. Impact of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist relative to its design and intended use: a systematic review and meta-meta-analysis. | PSNet
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   March 17, 2021 - WebM&M Cases Local Anesthesia-Induced Coma During Total Knee

7. Raise the Bar | PSNet
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   May 29, 2024 - continuous femoral nerve blockade are independent risk factors for inpatient falls after primary total knee … Complications of femoral nerve blockade in total knee arthroplasty and strategies to reduce patient risk

8. Discharge Instructions in the PACU: Who Remembers? | PSNet
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   August 05, 2009 - The Case A 42-year-old woman was diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her left knee … Upon examination of the knee under anesthesia and with visualization from the arthroscope, the surgeon

9. A comparison of hospital adverse events identified by three widely used detection methods. | PSNet
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   January 04, 2012 - May 7, 2014 Medical and surgical comanagement after elective hip and knee arthroplasty

10. Anchoring Bias With Critical Implications | PSNet
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    June 15, 2022 - The exam was notable for loss of sensation to his knee and a foot drop secondary to his prior stroke, … ) of his leg, he developed multiple infections postoperatively and ultimately required an above-the-knee

11. EMS Perils from Hospital Overcrowding | PSNet
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    November 25, 2020 - The Case A 71-year-old man with a history of postoperative septic knee arthritis (status: post-intravenous … antibiotics) presented to a hospital-based orthopedic surgery clinic for a follow-up evaluation of his knee … negative but presumed to be the same species (Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus) grown from his knee

12. Errors and Near Misses: What Health Care Could Learn From Aviation | PSNet
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    September 01, 2006 - I can remember one particular case when they were applying a compression device to stabilize a knee. … They had removed the knee joint, and they were having difficulty installing the device that was intended … And if this didn't work he would have to leave it as a flail knee.

13. Right Patient, Wrong Sample | PSNet
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    June 01, 2004 - The Case A 54-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for preoperative evaluation and elective knee … The primary error, committed by a phlebotomist, was mislabeling of patient A’s (pre-op for knee surgery

14. In Conversation With… Mark Graban, MS, MBA | PSNet
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    January 01, 2015 - During hip and knee replacement surgery, pain signals are generated at the surgical site and transmitted … efforts) helped turn these creative thoughts into standard work that is now practiced on all hip and knee … Having rethought pain management in the case of elective hip and knee surgery, Salinas and his colleagues

15. Innovation and Lean Thinking: Mutually Supportive Partners in the Transformation of Health Care | PSNet
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    January 01, 2015 - During hip and knee replacement surgery, pain signals are generated at the surgical site and transmitted … efforts) helped turn these creative thoughts into standard work that is now practiced on all hip and knee … Having rethought pain management in the case of elective hip and knee surgery, Salinas and his colleagues

16. Overdose of Gabapentin and Oxycodone in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case for Appropriate Interruptive Drug-Disease Alerts. | PSNet
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    June 24, 2020 - On hospital day 2, he underwent a right below-knee amputation. … CKD on hemodialysis (HD). 1 This patient also had acute, persistent postoperative pain after a below-knee

17. Informed or Misled? | PSNet
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    April 24, 2018 - The Case A 50-year-old man arrived at the hospital for an elective total knee replacement.

18. Surgical Site Infections | PSNet
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    December 15, 2024 - procedures (e.g., cesarean section, perineal muscle laceration repair), orthopedic procedures (e.g., hip and knee

19. Unexplained Apnea Under Anesthesia | PSNet
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    December 01, 2005 - in the operating room Case & Commentary: Part 1 A 15-year-old boy underwent elective right knee

20. Falling Between the Cracks in the Software | PSNet
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    March 09, 2011 - The Case A 61-year-old man with a history of osteoarthritis was scheduled for a total knee replacement