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1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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   July 10, 2024 - If the legs become pale or foot pulses become weak or absent, the legs should be lowered and the mean … Changing from the lithotomy to the open leg position, limiting leg elevation, and horizontally repositioning … If the legs look pale or blue or the foot pulses become weak or non-palpable, the legs should be lowered … Augment blood pressure when the legs are elevated  Pressure in the lower legs decreases 0.78 mm Hg for … Elevating the legs above the heart reduces leg perfusion, so blood pressure should be augmented when

2. Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture. | PSNet
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   November 25, 2020 - Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture. … Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture.. … Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture.. … Over the next 12 hours, the patient’s leg pain worsened, and the leg became quite swollen. … Acute compartment syndrome of the leg.

3. Missed Compartment Syndrome after Steep Lithotomy Position for Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgery | PSNet
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   January 29, 2021 - If the legs become pale or foot pulses become weak or absent, the legs should be lowered and the mean … Changing from the lithotomy to the open leg position, limiting leg elevation, and horizontally repositioning … If the legs look pale or blue or the foot pulses become weak or non-palpable, the legs should be lowered … Augment blood pressure when the legs are elevated  Pressure in the lower legs decreases 0.78 mm Hg for … Elevating the legs above the heart reduces leg perfusion, so blood pressure should be augmented when

4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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   April 24, 2024 - Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture. … Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture. … Over the next 12 hours, the patient’s leg pain worsened, and the leg became quite swollen. … Acute compartment syndrome of the leg. J Orthop Trauma. 2017;31(Suppl 3):S17-S18. … Interobserver variability in the measurement of lower leg compartment pressures.

5. Navigating Chaos: Fatal Iatrogenic Liver Injury in a Patient Admitted for Leg Fractures | PSNet
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   November 27, 2019 - Navigating Chaos: Fatal Iatrogenic Liver Injury in a Patient Admitted for Leg Fractures Citation … Navigating Chaos: Fatal Iatrogenic Liver Injury in a Patient Admitted for Leg Fractures. … Navigating Chaos: Fatal Iatrogenic Liver Injury in a Patient Admitted for Leg Fractures. … In this case, it appears that the CXR was not obtained until after the patient’s leg was x-rayed and … Navigating Chaos: Fatal Iatrogenic Liver Injury in a Patient Admitted for Leg Fractures.

6. A case of adverse drug reaction induced by dispensing error. | PSNet
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   August 17, 2022 - J Forensic Leg Med. 2012;19(8):497-8. doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2012.04.026. … J Forensic Leg Med . 2012; 19 (8) :497-8 . View more articles from the same authors. … J Forensic Leg Med. 2012;19(8):497-8. doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2012.04.026.

7. Mark My Limb | PSNet
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   February 10, 2015 - The Case A patient went to the operating room (OR) for surgery on the lower leg. … Per the Universal Protocol, the surgeon marked the proper leg prior to bringing the patient to the OR … The nurse began to prep the patient's lower leg, but the anesthesiologist felt that something wasn't … The patient had come just minutes away from having surgery on the wrong leg, but no harm occurred. … The correct leg was then prepared, and the patient underwent successful surgery.

8. Mechanical Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis with Thromboembolism. | PSNet
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   August 21, 2005 - woman presented to her primary care physician with uncontrolled high blood pressure and a complaint of leg … referred to the emergency department (ED) for urgent computed tomography (CT) imaging of the right leg … By hospital day 3, the right leg became discolored and cold, leaving the patient in extreme discomfort … Two days later, she complained of excruciating pain and more discoloration covering the entire right leg … Her leg was cold and pulseless; her toes appeared to be turning black.

9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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   November 16, 2022 - woman presented to her primary care physician with uncontrolled high blood pressure and a complaint of leg … referred to the emergency department (ED) for urgent computed tomography (CT) imaging of the right leg … By hospital day 3, the right leg became discolored and cold, leaving the patient in extreme discomfort … Two days later, she complained of excruciating pain and more discoloration covering the entire right leg … Her leg was cold and pulseless; her toes appeared to be turning black.

10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 16, 2004 - psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/mark-my-limb The Case A patient went to the operating room (OR) for surgery on the lower leg … Per the Universal Protocol, the surgeon marked the proper leg prior to bringing the patient to the OR … The nurse began to prep the patient's lower leg, but the anesthesiologist felt that something wasn't … The patient had come just minutes away from having surgery on the wrong leg, but no harm occurred. … The correct leg was then prepared, and the patient underwent successful surgery.

11. Who pays for medical errors? An analysis of adverse event costs, the medical liability system, and incentives for patient safety improvement. | PSNet
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    April 13, 2011 - J Empirical Leg Stud. 2010;4(4):835-860. doi:10.1111/j.1740-1461.2007.00108.x. … J Empirical Leg Stud . 2010; 4 (4) :835-860 . … J Empirical Leg Stud. 2010;4(4):835-860. doi:10.1111/j.1740-1461.2007.00108.x.

12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2014 - Motor Leg: The limb is placed in the appropriate position: hold the leg at 30 degrees (always tested … Drift is scored if the leg falls before 5 seconds. … Each limb is tested in turn, beginning with the non-paretic leg. … Left Leg 6b. Right Leg ______ ______ 7. … to stroke is scored as abnormal and the examiner should test as many body areas (arms [not hands], legs

13. Isolated Clot, Real Error | PSNet
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    December 01, 2013 - On rounds, the team decided to order whole-leg Doppler ultrasounds of both lower extremities looking … A repeat ultrasound of the right leg showed resolution of the thrombosis. … This patient underwent whole-leg ultrasound in the workup of fever, which then revealed a superficial … However, guidelines recommend against obtaining routine whole-leg ultrasound when deep vein thrombosis … Don't obtain whole-leg ultrasound in the routine evaluation of suspected DVT 2.

14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    March 27, 2024 - Navigating Chaos: Fatal Iatrogenic Liver Injury in a Patient Admitted for Leg Fractures March 27, 2024 … Navigating Chaos: Fatal Iatrogenic Liver Injury in a Patient Admitted for Leg Fractures. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/navigating-chaos-fatal-iatrogenic-liver-injury-patient-admitted-leg-fractures … In this case, it appears that the CXR was not obtained until after the patient’s leg was x-rayed and … Empiric MTP based on the patient’s hypotension, active bleeding from her leg wound, and altered mental

15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2005 - pregnant, presented to the emergency department (ED) in the middle of the night complaining of left leg … Physical examination revealed her left leg was slightly cooler than the right leg but was otherwise … revealed no evidence of deep venous thrombosis, but there appeared to be decreased blood flow to the leg … Ten percent of patients present with isolated leg ischemia as the initial symptom of an aortic dissection … However, in other circumstances, such as presentation with leg pain, the expertise of the emergency

16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2018 - On rounds, the team decided to order whole-leg Doppler ultrasounds of both lower extremities looking … A repeat ultrasound of the right leg showed resolution of the thrombosis. … This patient underwent whole-leg ultrasound in the workup of fever, which then revealed a superficial … However, guidelines recommend against obtaining routine whole-leg ultrasound when deep vein thrombosis … Don't obtain whole-leg ultrasound in the routine evaluation of suspected DVT 2.

17. A Stroke of Error | PSNet
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    February 01, 2016 - Motor Leg: The limb is placed in the appropriate position: hold the leg at 30 degrees (always tested … Drift is scored if the leg falls before 5 seconds. … Each limb is tested in turn, beginning with the non-paretic leg. … Left Leg 6b. Right Leg ______ ______ 7. … to stroke is scored as abnormal and the examiner should test as many body areas (arms [not hands], legs

18. Pregnant With Danger | PSNet
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    January 12, 2011 - pregnant, presented to the emergency department (ED) in the middle of the night complaining of left leg … Physical examination revealed her left leg was slightly cooler than the right leg but was otherwise unremarkable … revealed no evidence of deep venous thrombosis, but there appeared to be decreased blood flow to the leg … Ten percent of patients present with isolated leg ischemia as the initial symptom of an aortic dissection … However, in other circumstances, such as presentation with leg pain, the expertise of the emergency physician

19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    November 07, 2012 - J Forensic Leg Med. 2012;19(8):497-8. doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2012.04.026.

20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2009 - The patient denied any recent trauma to her leg and had no fever or respiratory symptoms. … examination was significant for moderate pitting edema, mild erythema, and tenderness of the left leg … The patient was able to bear weight on the affected leg but had an antalgic gait (a limp adopted to … thrombophlebitis and prescribed oral antibiotics along with elevation and warm compresses to the affected leg