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21. ABCDEF Bundle Data Literacy Training, Performance Measurement Tracking, and Performance Feedback | PSNet
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    April 24, 2024 - These gaps kept bundle compliance levels lower than preferred. … These improvements included lower next-day in-ICU mortality, lower next-day in-hospital mortality rates … the next day (AOR=0.57 [0.36–0.89]; p=0.01) and lower next-day in-hospital mortality (AOR=0.59 [0.40 … In intervention units, compliance was associated with a 16% lower likelihood of next-day ICU transfer … to a general unit (AOR=0.84 [0.73–0.96]; p=0.01) and a 16% lower likelihood of next-day hospital discharge

22. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: How the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally, 2010 Update. | PSNet
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    July 07, 2010 - physicians reveals that, despite its costliness, the United States health care system continues to rank lower

23. Failure to Rescue | PSNet
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    Therefore, using lower rates of in-hospital complications by themselves may simply reward hospitals with

24. Retracted: Association between physician burnout and patient safety, professionalism, and patient satisfaction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | PSNet
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    May 23, 2018 - burnout is associated with increased risk of patient safety incidents, lapses in professionalism , and lower

25. Medication competency of nurses according to theoretical and drug calculation online exams: a descriptive correlational study. | PSNet
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    May 24, 2023 - November 11, 2020 Is my patient ready for a safe transfer to a lower-intensity care setting … RN assessments of excellent quality of care and patient safety are associated with significantly lower

26. Renal Failure Due to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia | PSNet
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    February 01, 2004 - Garnick, MD Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) occur in … approaches for optimal management.( 4 ) Take-Home Points A basic evaluation for an older man with lower … Men with rapidly worsening lower urinary tract symptoms attributed to benign prostatic hyperplasia should … Evaluation and treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in older men. … Newer Medications for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Attributed to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Review

27. Diuretics and Electrolyte Abnormalities | PSNet
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    January 10, 2024 - At the visit, the patient complained of worsening lower extremity edema over the prior few weeks. … She did have 1–2+ pitting edema of the bilateral lower extremities, slightly worse than her usual. … severe symptoms), and worsening heart failure was a possible cause of the pitting edema of the bilateral lower … advanced age (due to declining ability of the kidneys to reabsorb sodium), female gender (possibly due to lower

28. Periodic Issue | PSNet
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    April 10, 2024 - did not differ between timeframes, although the likelihood of both drugs being co-administered was lower … did not differ between timeframes, although the likelihood of both drugs being co-administered was lower … Unsurprisingly, strong perceived safety increased the acceptance of digital technologies and lower perceived … WebM&M Cases Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture

29. A "Reflexive" Diagnosis in Primary Care | PSNet
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    April 01, 2008 - Describe the need to differentiate between upper motor neuron and lower motor neuron disease. … Determining upper motor neuron versus lower motor neuron weakness early on can be essential as many of … Upper motor neuron versus lower motor neuron exam findings. … Upper Motor Neuron Signs Lower Motor Neuron Signs Hyperreflexia Hyporeflexia Increased … July 21, 2021 Stroke hospitalization after misdiagnosis of "benign dizziness" is lower

30. Hindsight is 20/20: Thrombolytics for Alcohol Intoxication | PSNet
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    April 24, 2024 - stroke has received less attention, perhaps because systemic thrombolysis is associated with a much lower … While moderate ethanol consumption has been suggested to lower the risk of stroke, there is ample evidence … both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. 5 Thus, patients who drink alcohol may have both elevated and lower … technologies may be useful in patients presenting with stroke symptoms, especially in those with a lower … WebM&M Cases Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower

31. Microsoft PowerPoint - Spotlight Case_Hindsight is 2020_SLIDES_FINAL.pptx (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - stroke has received less attention, perhaps because systemic thrombolysis is associated with a much lower … • While moderate ethanol consumption has been suggested to lower the risk of stroke, chronic heavier … both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.5 • Thus, patients who drink alcohol may have both elevated and lower … technologies may be useful in patients presenting with stroke symptoms, especially in those with a lower … lesions consistent with stroke, before administering thrombolytics, in cases where the clinician has lower

32. Hemolysis Holdup | PSNet
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    October 30, 2019 - highest in emergency departments), patient population (higher in newborns), anatomic site of phlebotomy (lower … from antecubital fossa), collection method (phlebotomy lower than collection through an intravenous … method (potentially higher with pneumatic tube transport), and the proficiency of collecting personnel (lower … needle venipuncture rather than collection from an intravenous catheter Use of ≤ 21 gauge needle (lower … April 11, 2018 Six ways to lower errors—and unnecessary surgeries—in radiology exams.

33. In Conversation With… Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc | PSNet
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    April 24, 2024 - Some early work also found that PICCs were associated with a lower rate of infections than central venous … had adopted a strategy of preferentially placing PICCs (given their insertion safety and perceived lower … was in the outpatient setting, the risk of infection with a PICC compared to any other line was 28% lower … VC: Well, it's true that they don't embolize to the lungs as much as lower extremity clots. … Ordering a single lumen PICC should thus lower risk of thrombosis.

34. Vital Signs: Core Metrics for Health and Health Care Progress. | PSNet
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    September 19, 2012 - Committee on Core Metrics for Better Health at Lower Cost, Institute of Medicine. … Committee on Core Metrics for Better Health at Lower Cost, Institute of Medicine. … Committee on Core Metrics for Better Health at Lower Cost, Institute of Medicine. … Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Best Care at Lower

35. Isolated Clot, Real Error | PSNet
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    December 01, 2013 - On rounds, the team decided to order whole-leg Doppler ultrasounds of both lower extremities looking … Thrombosis of right lower extremity." … records and read the original ultrasound report, which did state there was a thrombosis in the right lower … They can lead to occlusion, embolization, fracture, and filter-associated lower extremity DVT. … In addition, 13% of patients without an indication for dose reduction received lower-than-standard doses

36. Post-Acute Transitional Services: Safety in Home-Based Care Programs | PSNet
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    April 24, 2024 - For-profit HHAs have been reported to have higher costs ($4,827 compared with $4,075 per episode) and lower … versus home health found a higher 30-day readmission rate in patients discharged to home health, but at lower … In Year 5, the payment incentive was associated with lower Medicare expenditures, but these results were … similar patients that did not select HaH services found that HaH patients had shorter length of stay, lower … An older meta-analysis of 61 randomized control trials reported there was decreased mortality, lower

37. Assessing the impact of virtual medication history technicians on medication reconciliation discrepancies. | PSNet
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    September 02, 2020 - of unintentional discrepancies per medication and incomplete medication histories were significantly lower

38. Using CPOE to improve communication, safety, and policy compliance when ordering pediatric chemotherapy. | PSNet
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    April 17, 2013 - characterization of error types and frequency and development of a quality improvement initiative to lower

39. The impact of safety culture, quality of care, missed care and nurse staffing on patient falls: a multisource association study. | PSNet
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    August 16, 2023 - In this study of 619 hospital nurses, a strong safety climate , good working conditions, and lower rates … of self-reported missed care were associated with a lower incidence of inpatient falls. … Additionally, good collaboration between nurses, physicians, and pharmacists was associated with lower

40. An Ounce of Prevention | PSNet
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    April 10, 2024 - Trauma, particularly of the lower extremities and pelvis, increases the risk of VTE. … PE has been identified at autopsy in as many as 60% of patients with lower-extremity fractures ( 7 ), … In this setting, lower-extremity DVT often is caused by prolonged bed rest; the risk increases when surgery … trauma enhances the risk of upper-extremity DVT.( 10 ) The risk of symptomatic PE in patients with lower-extremity