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21. Sepsis alert systems, mortality, and adherence in emergency departments: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | PSNet
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    September 06, 2017 - Cases Navigating Chaos: Fatal Iatrogenic Liver Injury in a Patient Admitted for Leg

22. Implicit bias and patient care: mitigating bias, preventing harm. | PSNet
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    September 22, 2021 - with a case involving an 18-month-old African American child with a spiral fracture of the left lower leg

23. WebM&M: Case Studies | PSNet
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    March 25, 2025 - (DVT), but on awakening from general anesthesia, the patient complained of severe pain in the right leg … next day the orthopedic on-call team was consulted and diagnosed compartment syndrome of the right leg … The patient required fasciectomy of the right leg and excision of necrotic muscle tissue, with a prolonged

24. Medication Reconciliation Pitfalls | PSNet
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    May 01, 2006 - Other than her leg trauma and a mild hearing deficit, the patient's examination was normal. … WebM&M Cases Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg

25. Intraosseous Line Extravasation in a Pediatric Trauma Patient | PSNet
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    September 29, 2021 - compressions or ventilation during CPR. 9 It is important to note that the anterior compartment of the leg … Correlation between muscle oxygenation and compartment pressures in acute compartment syndrome of the leg … WebM&M Cases Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg

26. A Laceration that Needed a Proper Exam, Not an X-Ray | PSNet
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    November 25, 2020 - WebM&M Cases Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg … WebM&M Cases Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg

27. The Johns Hopkins Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Collaborative Studies and Implements Methods to Prevent Avoidable Cases of Hospital Associated VTE | PSNet
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    June 19, 2024 - thrombosis (DVT) is a medical condition in which a blood clot forms, most often in the deep veins of the leg … hospitalizations and the use of surgical procedures as well as the increasing prevalence of obesity, cancer, and leg

28. In Conversation With… Mark Graban, MS, MBA | PSNet
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    January 01, 2015 - Do you worry that Lean will be a flavor of the month or do you think it has legs? … MG : I think it has legs. … Care must be taken, however, to use only the minimum effective amount of anesthesia in order to avoid leg

29. Innovation and Lean Thinking: Mutually Supportive Partners in the Transformation of Health Care | PSNet
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    January 01, 2015 - Care must be taken, however, to use only the minimum effective amount of anesthesia in order to avoid leg … Do you worry that Lean will be a flavor of the month or do you think it has legs? … MG : I think it has legs.

30. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    December 01, 2014 - neurologic impairment Elements include: level of consciousness, gaze, visual fields, facial palsy, motor arm/leg

31. The Evidence-Based Physical Examination as a Patient Safety Practice | PSNet
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    November 01, 2012 - year-old man is being admitted, for the third time in 6 weeks, because of recurrent swelling of his legs … expected signs of liver disease—spidery blood vessels on his face and neck, distended abdomen, and swollen legs—but … How do you position the leg, particularly in a bedridden patient?

32. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2015 - Do you worry that Lean will be a flavor of the month or do you think it has legs? … MG: I think it has legs.

33. Cardiac Arrest in a Woman with UTI: A Case of QT Prolongation | PSNet
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    March 27, 2024 - Cases Navigating Chaos: Fatal Iatrogenic Liver Injury in a Patient Admitted for Leg

34. Don’t Bite Your Tongue. | PSNet
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    September 18, 2024 - WebM&M Cases Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg

35. The Unhappy Patient Leaves Against Medical Advice. | PSNet
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    January 31, 2024 - Unable to get a response after 35 minutes, she hopped down the hallway on one leg to find assistance

36. Errors and Near Misses: What Health Care Could Learn From Aviation | PSNet
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    September 01, 2006 - knee joint, and they were having difficulty installing the device that was intended to stabilize the leg … This would have been terrible for the patient, because they wouldn't have been able to stabilize the leg

37. Flying Object Hits MRI | PSNet
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    September 01, 2005 - For example, a so-called “sand bag” that encircles the ankle to hold a leg in place may contain ferrous

38. A "Weak" Response | PSNet
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    February 24, 2011 - Three days later, the patient was hospitalized with sudden onset of right arm and leg weakness, as well

39. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    August 01, 2014 - skin and soft tissue from his left arm and axilla, anterior chest wall, abdominal wall, thigh, and leg

40. Triage Time Bomb | PSNet
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    September 01, 2008 - Cases Navigating Chaos: Fatal Iatrogenic Liver Injury in a Patient Admitted for Leg