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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chapter5.html
December 01, 2017 - The prevalence of amputations is based on diagnoses related to lower limb amputations that occurred during … a fiscal year and treatment of complications from previous lower limb amputations; it was found to be
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/root-cause.html
January 01, 2013 - ___ Don't know, remember
___ I had a recent lower extremity amputation
___ Slipped, tripped
___ … question 2.5)
___ Minor (complaint of pain; requires ice, dressing, cleaning of wound, elevating of limb … Injury
Abrasion/bruise/laceration/hematoma
Bleeding
Pain/difficulty moving extremity
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapf.pdf
June 28, 2012 - not diabetes
pt SSI risk
Gate233
Elderly pt SSI risk
Gate243
Pt w/ vascular
compromise in limb … Tree
Diagram
File Name: ASC Fault Tree_with_change.RFP
Gate243
Pt w/ vascular
compromise in limb … Q:0.0002
Event473
Pt w/ vascular
compromise in limb
Q:0.01 Q:0.02
Q:0.02 Q:0
Q:0.02 Q:1 … SSI risk, fail to ases, ctrl
pre-op and pp surg
Gate310
SSI risk, pt w/ vascular
compromise in limb
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=369
January 01, 2024 - Tobacco Use, Behavioral Health, Medication, Guidelines
Jindai K , Sterkel AK , Reed KD Limb … Limb embolism in a 52-year-old woman.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=454
January 01, 2024 - Duffy RP , Adams JE , Callas PW The influence of gender on functional outcomes of lower extremity … aimed to evaluate the effect of gender on early and late procedural and functional outcomes of lower extremity … The reduced patency rates in women with critical limb ischemia did not translate into differences in … limb salvage. … The influence of gender on functional outcomes of lower extremity bypass.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-144-section-2.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Quadrplg c5-c7, incomplt
34409 Other quadriplegia
3441 Paraplegia NOS
3442 Diplegia of upper limbs … musculoskeletal deformities (754)
7542 Cong postural deformity
Other congenital anomalies of
limbs … Trunk (870-879)
87264 Open wound of cochlea
87274
Open wound cochlea-
compl
Open Wound Of Upper Limb … (880-
887)
8876 Amputation arm, bilat
8877 Amputat arm, bilat-compl
Open Wound Of Lower Limb
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/ltcmodule3.pdf
June 01, 2012 - 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 … Important risk factors
about the individual include a history of previous falls, diminished lower limb
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module3/module3_tools.docx
January 01, 2012 - Activity Score
Eye opening
None
1 = Even to supraorbital pressure
To pain
2 = Pain from sternum/limb … command
Spontaneous
4 = Eyes open, not necessarily aware
Motor response
None
1 = To any pain; limbs … __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/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Hueckel_27.pdf
April 01, 2008 - On the “afferent” limb, a critical event is
identified, and a systematic response is triggered. … The “efferent” limb involves the team—the
MET, Rapid Response Team (RRT), or the critical care outreach
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/hmv-protocol.pdf
February 02, 2018 - 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/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4e_combo_psi08-postophipfx-bestpractices.pdf
May 20, 2016 - factors2,7,16,17:
o Older age
o Polypharmacy
o Functional dependence
o Gait instability
o Lower limb
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/lecvd_protocol.pdf
March 07, 2016 - Treatment Strategies for Patients with Lower Extremity Chronic Venous Disease (LECVD) … Background for the Systematic Review
Lower extremity chronic venous disease (LECVD) is a heterogeneous … other
treatable conditions that mimic LECVD, such as peripheral artery disease (PAD; e.g.,
critical limb … as an
underlying cause of symptoms (e.g., ulceration) is important because (a) untreated critical
limb … Clinical Outcomes of Lower Extremity Chronic Venous Disease
After patients are diagnosed with LECVD
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Vane.pdf
February 01, 2005 - stay very long in the hospital, and the volume of equipment
and supplies are planned for saving life, limb … However, these conditions were balanced
with the need to do whatever was necessary to save life, limb
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/diagnostic-error-reduction.pdf
September 04, 2020 - erred only in the execution (e.g., forgetting a
step in the preoperative process, marking the wrong limb
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/zierler-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - 2.099 1.229 3.584 .007
Cardiac diseases .738 .422 1.292 .288
Major surgery 1.158 .701 1.914 .566
Lower limb … risk 17 67 % 26 38%
VTE diagnostic procedures
Medical records of adult patients who underwent lower extremity … Approximately 25% of patients underwent
both a lung scan and lower limb VDS.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Rojas.pdf
March 15, 2004 - requiring basic life support/
advanced cardiac life support intervention
18 1.2
Impairment of limb … retained foreign body due to inaccurate surgical
count or break in procedural technique
9 0.6
Loss of limb
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=324
January 01, 2024 - The primary outcome is rehospitalization for major limb complications. … assess oral versus intravenous antibiotics for the treatment of postoperative wound infection after extremity … (PO) with intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy in patients with postoperative wound infections after extremity … assess oral versus intravenous antibiotics for the treatment of postoperative wound infection after extremity
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/clinical-care/clinicalcare_slides.pptx
September 03, 2014 - Hold the limb while allowing the antiseptic to dry. … Use a separate antiseptic pad for each hub/catheter limb.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapd.html
April 01, 2018 - Except for localized patients, all get pressure cuffs on limbs, prevent blood clots, deep vein thrombosis
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=227
January 01, 2024 - JR , Fish L Editor's choice - comparison of outcomes after open surgical and endovascular lower extremity … OSR has better 30-day limb salvage although there are similar long-term outcomes. … Editor's choice - comparison of outcomes after open surgical and endovascular lower extremity revascularisation