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1. Mark My Limb | PSNet
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   June 30, 2021 - Mark My Limb Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook … stabilizing the patient, he checked the chart and discovered that the nurse had scrubbed the wrong extremity

2. Limb Loss after Vasopressor Use | PSNet
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   April 10, 2024 - the vasoactive agents were discontinued, the primary service noted that the patient had cool lower extremities … consulted in the evening, but their assessment was that she had Rutherford Grade 3 ischemia and her limbs … patients with vasopressor dependent sepsis require an amputation, most commonly involving the lower extremity … that minimally invasive Phase I options should be employed on all patients, including elevation of the extremity … The epidemiology of extremity threat and amputation after vasopressor-dependent sepsis.

3. Critical Order Set Change and Critical Limb Ischemia | PSNet
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   August 16, 2023 - Critical Order Set Change and Critical Limb Ischemia Save Save to your library … Case A 72-year-old woman with a history of severe peripheral vascular disease presented with acute limb … The patient ultimately required surgical intervention for critical limb ischemia, including amputation

4. Mechanical Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis with Thromboembolism. | PSNet
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   August 21, 2005 - Acute limb ischemia results from a rapid decrease in blood flow in an extremity due to occlusion of an … The symptoms of acute limb ischemia are typically pain, numbness, coldness of the extremity, paresthesia … Stages of acute limb ischemia in the lower extremity have been established and depend on the extent of … Diagnosis of acute limb ischemia in a lower extremity is based on the patient’s medical history, visual … In severe cases of acute limb ischemia in which irreversible damage has occurred and the extremity is

5. Spotlight (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2022 - Limb viability is threatened and amputation is necessary in some cases. 27 Compartment Syndrome … Acute Complications of Extremity Trauma. Emerg Med Clin N Am 2007;25(3):751–61. 21. … Acute compartment syndrome in lower extremity musculoskeletal trauma. … Failure of pulse oximetry in the assessment of raised limb intracompartmental pressure. … Compartment Syndrome of the Lower Extremity after Intraosseous Infusion of Fluid.

6. Misconnection Leading to Arterial Thrombosis | PSNet
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   January 29, 2021 - six hours after event revealed restoration of flow in the radial artery and improved perfusion to the extremity … The perfusion of the catheterized limb should be compared to that of another, non-catheterized extremity … the problem is due to the arterial catheter or to a shock state with impaired perfusion to all four extremities … Limbs with arterial lines should be carefully monitored for signs of ischemia. … Inadvertent intra-arterial drug injections in the upper extremity: systematic review.

7. Intraosseous Line Extravasation in a Pediatric Trauma Patient | PSNet
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   September 29, 2021 - on her left great toe to confirm continuous perfusion of the extremity. … IO needles should not be placed in an extremity with a long bone fracture, in an extremity with a vascular … Clinicians should exam the target limb frequently. … Acute complications of extremity trauma. … Acute compartment syndrome in lower extremity musculoskeletal trauma.

8. A Stroke of Error | PSNet
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   December 01, 2015 - Each limb is tested in turn, beginning with the non-paretic arm. … holds 90 (or 45) degrees for full 10 seconds. 1 = Drift; limb holds 90 (or 45) degrees, but drifts … Each limb is tested in turn, beginning with the non-paretic leg. … Limb Ataxia: This item is aimed at finding evidence of a unilateral cerebellar lesion. … . 2 = Present in two limbs.

9. Findings of the first consensus conference on medical emergency teams. | PSNet
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   August 13, 2014 - An RRS should consist of an "afferent limb," the mechanism by which team responses are triggered; an … "efferent limb," the team of clinicians that responds to an event; an administrative arm responsible … The authors did not endorse a specific model for the efferent limb, stating that physician-led or nurse-led

10. Which End Is Which? | PSNet
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    June 01, 2004 - The core problem here consisted of failure to identify the appropriate limb of colon to bring up for … The first is that sigmoid colon is appropriately identified, but the distal limb mistakenly brought out … second confirmatory test consists of instilling air or water (rather than a colonoscope) into the distal limb

11. Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture. | PSNet
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    November 25, 2020 - Background Acute compartment syndrome (CS) is a limb-threatening emergency caused by elevated pressure … The “6 Ps” of limb ischemia have also been associated with CS and refer to pain, pallor, pulselessness … Concerns about life- and limb-threatening conditions like CS should be escalated to a physician with … Concerns about limb- or life-threatening conditions should be escalated to a team member with experience … Acute compartment syndrome in lower extremity musculoskeletal trauma.

12. Physician staffing models and patient safety in the ICU. | PSNet
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    July 19, 2006 - WebM&M Cases Critical Order Set Change and Critical Limb

13. Specifications of computerized provider order entry and clinical decision support systems for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a systematic review. | PSNet
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    April 24, 2019 - WebM&M Cases Critical Order Set Change and Critical Limb

14. Hindsight is 20/20: Thrombolytics for Alcohol Intoxication | PSNet
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    March 20, 2024 - All four limbs drifted but did not hit the bed and there was no limb ataxia. … Arterial Thrombosis June 28, 2023 WebM&M Cases Limb

15. Three laws for paperlessness. | PSNet
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    July 22, 2015 - WebM&M Cases Critical Order Set Change and Critical Limb

16. Emergent Triage Miss | PSNet
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    December 20, 2023 - Triage Level 1 Triage Level 2 Triage Level 3 Descriptions Emergent, life or limb … being seen by a provider Immediate Require prompt care but will not suffer loss of life or limb

17. Nothing Called Small Surgery | PSNet
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    February 01, 2023 - used in conjunction with local, rather than general, anesthesia and are often better tolerated than a limb … not exceed 250 mmHg in the upper extremity and 350 mmHg in the lower extremity; 11–15 the pressure  … The permissible duration of tourniquet application in the extremities is commonly reported at 1.5 – to … 2 hours; however, this limitation is stems largely from the large muscle content in the extremities, … Hand Surg Int J Devoted Hand Up Limb Surg Relat Res J Asia-Pac Fed Soc Surg Hand. 2003 Jul;8(1):133–6

18. Case not closed: prescription errors 12 years after computerized physician order entry implementation. | PSNet
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    August 26, 2009 - WebM&M Cases Critical Order Set Change and Critical Limb

19. Delayed Diagnosis and Treatment of an Occult Hemothorax Following Complicated Central Line Insertion Leads to Cardiac Arrest | PSNet
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    August 16, 2023 - Peripheral versus central cannulation for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a comparison of limb ischemia … WebM&M Cases Critical Order Set Change and Critical Limb

20. Falling Through the Crack (in the Bedrails) | PSNet
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    April 01, 2016 - risk and to prevent falls.( 10 ) Physiological risk factors for falls include gait instability, lower limb … or symptoms resulting from a fall Minor Application of a dressing, ice, cleaning of a wound, limb … Gait instability Assist with out of bed: one or two person(s) Consider PT consult Lower limb