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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/taba.4.1.html
December 01, 2017 - Dialysis ( but without Small Kidney or Acute Kidney Failure)
Amputation
Amputation Status, Lower Limb
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/workshop/module-5/slides.html
September 01, 2017 - Minor: Bruise, abrasion; needs dressing, ice, limb elevation, topical medications, etc. … of Fall Injury
None: No injury
Minor: Resulted in bruise, abrasion; needs dressing, ice, limb
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - concern for abscess/phlegmon and physical exam is equivocal
Treatment
Elevate the affected extremity … Lower limb
cellulitis and its mimics: Part 1. J Am Acad
Dermatol. 2012 Aug;67(2):163.e1-12.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/home-mechanical-ventilators-refinement.pdf
October 01, 2017 - pressure targeted
ventilation versus volume targeted ventilation), respiratory circuit (such as single-limb … versus double-
limb), presence of a flow sensor, user interface, monitoring capability (such as measured
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=59
January 01, 2024 - Marcaccio CL , Patel PB , Wang S Effect of postoperative antithrombotic therapy on lower extremity … outcomes after infrapopliteal bypass for chronic limb-threatening ischemia. … Their primary outcome was 3-year major adverse limb events (MALE; major amputation or reintervention) … Effect of postoperative antithrombotic therapy on lower extremity outcomes after infrapopliteal bypass … for chronic limb-threatening ischemia.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/failure-to-rescue-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - conceptual model for RRSs,
adapted from DeVita et al,8 depicts the relationship between the afferent limb … , in which the event is
detected and a trigger is activated, and the efferent limb, in which a systematic … In this chapter we will be discussing patient monitoring systems as part
of the afferent limb, and RRTs … as part of the efferent limb of the RRS. … “Identifying the
hospitalised patient in crisis”--a consensus conference on the afferent limb of rapid
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=196
January 01, 2024 - Stewardship, Sepsis, Medication, Hospitalization
Treister AD , Stefek H , Grimaldi D Sleep and limb … This study aimed to characterize limb movements in children with AD and their effect on sleep. … Sleep and limb movement characteristics of children with atopic dermatitis coincidentally undergoing
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/musculo.html
June 01, 2018 - spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, limb
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/659.html
April 01, 2019 - The association between geographic density of infectious disease physicians and limb preservation in
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - Lymphedema in lower limb. … the allergen
Deep venous thrombosis
Skin not generally involved, although can have swelling of the extremity … Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care
Non-Antibiotic Therapy
Elevate the affected extremity … Lower limb cellulitis and its mimics: Part 1. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2012; Aug;67(2):163.e1-12.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-proc-related-catheter-use-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Urgency
Weak stream
Straining
Nocturia
Performance in predicting POUR following lower limb … Slide 19
Predicting POUR after Lower Limb Arthroplasty
100 consecutive male patients undergoing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module5/module5_slides_fallprev.pptx
December 03, 2012 - Minor: Bruise, abrasion; needs dressing, ice, limb elevation, topical medications, etc.
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NDNQI … Definitions of Fall Injury
None: No injury
Minor: Resulted in bruise, abrasion; needs dressing, ice, limb
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/mcc/mccchartbook.pdf
April 01, 2014 - 351 FACIAL NERVE DISORDERS -5 NO -3 NO
353 NERVE ROOT/PLEXUS DIS 4 YES 2 YES
354 MONONEURITIS UPPER LIMB … YES
753 URINARY SYSTEM ANOMALIES -1 PC 5 YES
754 CONG MUSCULOSKEL DEFORM 2 PC 3 YES
755 OTH CONGEN LIMB … -5 NO
825 FX OF TARSAL/METATARSAL -5 NO -5 NO
826 FRACTURE PHALANGES, FOOT -5 NO -5 NO
827 LOWER LIMB … 921 CONTUSION EYE & ADNEXA -5 NO -5 NO
922 CONTUSION OF TRUNK -5 NO -5 NO
923 CONTUSION OF UPPER LIMB … V46 -5 NO NO
V47 OTH PROBL W INTERNAL ORG -5 NO YES
V48 HEAD/NECK/TRUNK PROBLEMS -5 NO YES
V49 LIMB
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/mod3sess3.html
October 01, 2014 - Loss of strength in the lower limbs is especially common in residents who fall. … Anyone who walks with a cane or a walker has diminished strength in the lower limbs and is at risk for
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/curriculum/diabnotebk/diabnotebk1.html
October 01, 2014 - Prioritize evaluation of potentially life- or limb-threatening symptoms.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/vtguide/appb2.html
January 01, 2020 - if: Severe peripheral vascular disease (ABPI ≤ 0.5), Severe CHF, compartment syndrome of affected extremity … , fracture of affected extremity, local conditions such as: gangrene, recent skin graft, or open wound … of the affected extremity, known or suspected acute/subacute DVT (apply SCDs to contralateral limb if … VTE Risk Factor
Points
Previous VTE
3
Known thrombophilia
2
Cancer
2
Current lower limb … Extremities – signs of skin popping. Peripheral IV in place, left arm. No edema.
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appb2.html
January 01, 2020 - if: Severe peripheral vascular disease (ABPI ≤ 0.5), Severe CHF, compartment syndrome of affected extremity … , fracture of affected extremity, local conditions such as: gangrene, recent skin graft, or open wound … of the affected extremity, known or suspected acute/subacute DVT (apply SCDs to contralateral limb if … VTE Risk Factor
Points
Previous VTE
3
Known thrombophilia
2
Cancer
2
Current lower limb … Extremities – signs of skin popping. Peripheral IV in place, left arm. No edema.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appb2.html
January 01, 2020 - if: Severe peripheral vascular disease (ABPI ≤ 0.5), Severe CHF, compartment syndrome of affected extremity … , fracture of affected extremity, local conditions such as: gangrene, recent skin graft, or open wound … of the affected extremity, known or suspected acute/subacute DVT (apply SCDs to contralateral limb if … VTE Risk Factor
Points
Previous VTE
3
Known thrombophilia
2
Cancer
2
Current lower limb … Extremities – signs of skin popping. Peripheral IV in place, left arm. No edema.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool3o.docx
January 01, 2008 - __Don’t know, remember
__I had a recent lower extremity amputation
__Slipped, tripped
__Got lightheaded … to question 2.5)
__Minor (complaint of pain; requires ice, dressing, cleaning of wound, elevating of limb … Site of Injury
Abrasion/bruise/laceration/hematoma
Bleeding
Pain/difficulty moving extremity
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/venous-thromboembolism-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Aspirin versus anticoagulation for prevention of venous
thromboembolism major lower extremity orthopedic … Drescher et al., 20147 Treatment with
anticoagulation or antiplatelet
agents following major lower
extremity … Patients undergoing major
lower extremity orthopedic
surgery. … Aspirin may be associated
with a higher risk of DVT in
hip fracture repair, but not
lower extremity … Patients undergoing lower
limb arthroplasty surgery.
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