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141. Association of default electronic medical record settings with health care professional patterns of opioid prescribing in emergency departments: A randomized quality improvement study | PSNet
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     February 12, 2020 - Results suggest that this easy to implement, low-cost intervention could be helpful in combatting the … February 2, 2022 Association of low-dose whole-body computed tomography with missed injury

142. Supplemental perioperative oxygen and the risk of surgical wound infection: a randomized controlled trial. | PSNet
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     March 09, 2022 - This study addresses the benefits of a low-risk intervention to reduce postoperative surgical site infections … The authors suggest that use of oxygen therapy provides a low-cost intervention that poses an opportunity

143. Inappropriate dosing of direct oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation. | PSNet
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     August 04, 2021 - identified inappropriate dosing in nearly 15% of cases, with most patients receiving an inappropriately low … 12, 2022 The impact of an electronic alert to reduce the risk of co-prescription of low

144. Accuracy of computer-generated, Spanish-language medicine labels. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accuracy-computer-generated-spanish-language-medicine-labels
     March 01, 2023 - Low health literacy places patients at higher risk , and language barriers may also contribute to preventable … January 29, 2020 End-to-end lung cancer screening with three-dimensional deep learning on low-dose

145. Adherence to simple and effective measures reduces the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia: [L'observation de mesures simples et efficaces reduit l'incidence de pneumonie associee a la ventilation mecanique]. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adherence-simple-and-effective-measures-reduces-incidence-ventilator-associated-pneumonia
     November 16, 2011 - The authors explored low-risk and low-cost strategies to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)

146. The bare minimum: the reality of global anaesthesia and patient safety. | PSNet
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     April 22, 2015 - Low- and middle-income countries face unique barriers to safe care delivery. … Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Patient safety challenges in low-income

147. On the Other Hand | PSNet
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     December 12, 2012 - During the night shift, the midnight BP measurement using the right arm revealed a very low pressure … have found that her mental status was normal, which might have been a clue that the true BP was not as low … When the surgical team arrived in the morning, they were puzzled by the low BP (since the patient appeared … left arm, it was noted to be within normal range, even as the pressure in the right arm was still very low … likely that a discussion with the patient and family may have been all that was needed to explain the low

148. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49747/psn-pdf
     December 01, 2015 - Overnight, the patient's telemetry monitor was constantly alarming with warnings of "low voltage" and … This patient's telemetry device warned of this problem with "low voltage" alarms. … This may have prevented the repeated alarms that were a consequence of a low-voltage QRS. … " alarm limit settings; and technical alarms that indicate poor signal quality (e.g., a low battery … As a result, the sensitivity for detecting an arrhythmia is close to 100%, but the specificity is low

149. Patients with low visual ability have higher risk of acetaminophen self-dosing errors. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/did-you-know/patients-low-visual-ability-have-higher-risk-acetaminophen-self-dosing-errors
     January 01, 2018 - Patients with low visual ability have higher risk of acetaminophen self-dosing errors.

150. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867439/psn-pdf
     January 08, 2025 - good-bad-and-ugly-what-do-we-really-do-when-we-identify-best-and-worst- organisations Governments and organizations frequently identify high- and low-performing … This article highlights the pitfalls of the most common statistical methods used to identify high and low

151. Hypoxic Gas Supply from Cross-Connected Pipelines | PSNet
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     February 05, 2020 - When a patient in this situation is connected to an anesthesia machine, the low oxygen alarm that is … When using low flow or closed-circuit anesthesia, a hypoxic gas mixture may develop in the anesthesia … Low flow anesthesia is used to reduce the amount of sevoflurane used during anesthesia and to prevent … Have a low threshold to change to a different gas supply Whenever desaturation occurs very rapidly, or … Increase the FIO2 when using low fresh gas flow Using low fresh gas flow may produce a hypoxic gas mixture

152. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     December 01, 2015 - Alarm Fatigue (2) Overnight, the patient's telemetry monitor was constantly alarming with warnings of "low … QRS Complex In a recent study, low-voltage QRS complexes were a major cause of false cardiac monitor … alarms In that study, one patient contributed 5725 arrhythmia alarms due to a low-voltage QRS complex … a highly publicized death at a well-known academic medical center In that case, there were repeated low … Alarm settings not tailored for the individual patient Presence of certain patient conditions like low

153. Crossing the Global Quality Chasm: Improving Health Care Worldwide. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/crossing-global-quality-chasm-improving-health-care-worldwide
     June 15, 2011 - Global Quality Chasm examines the human toll of poor-quality care worldwide, with a particular focus on low … estimating that 134 million adverse events (resulting in 2.5 million deaths) occur in hospitals in low

154. Understanding the attitudes of hospital pharmacists to reporting medication incidents: a qualitative study. | PSNet
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     September 04, 2016 - This qualitative study identified a culture of low expectations among hospital pharmacists with regard … admitted that systems were underused but ascribed this to the high prevalence of medication errors and the low

155. The good, the bad and the ugly: what do we really do when we identify the best and the worst organisations?. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/good-bad-and-ugly-what-do-we-really-do-when-we-identify-best-and-worst-organisations
     August 20, 2018 - Governments and organizations frequently identify high- and low-performing healthcare organizations … This article highlights the pitfalls of the most common statistical methods used to identify high and low

156. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837667/psn-pdf
     July 13, 2022 - and errors is a cornerstone of patient safety improvement efforts, but challenges remain, including low … quality of reports and low rates of reporting.

157. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867135/psn-pdf
     November 13, 2024 - such as the challenges associated with diagnosing new climate-related pathogens, and how overuse of low-value … Public health policies could encourage patients and providers to reduce low-value, high-emission diagnostic

158. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867134/psn-pdf
     November 13, 2024 - The review found low-certainty evidence that education sessions paired with reminder cards and ADE report … The review found uncertain or very low-certainty evidence on the effectiveness of other inventions (

159. Associations of person-related, environment-related and communication-related factors on medication errors in public and private hospitals: a retrospective clinical audit. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/associations-person-related-environment-related-and-communication-related-factors-medication
     January 19, 2022 - August 26, 2009 Follow-up of abnormal screening mammograms among low-income ethnically

160. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837324/psn-pdf
     July 08, 2022 - Collaborative began looking at ways to reduce the unnecessary use of cesarean delivery (C-section) in low-risk … The cesarean rate among this low-risk population was used for the Healthy People 2020 and 2030 goal, … There is tremendous variation in hospital care, with low-risk cesarean rates ranging from 2.4% to 36.5% … Trends in low-risk cesarean delivery in the United States, 1990–2013. … Reduce cesarean births among low-risk women with no prior births – MICH-06.