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2021. Delayed Management of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection – Who does the Patient Belong To? | PSNet
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      March 31, 2021 - when) treated in a timely and aggressive manner. 1 Rarely, NSTIs can occur as a severe postoperative wound … If he or she described a ‘wound infection in a plastic surgery patient,’ for example, this would have … Burnout Physician burnout (also referred to as “moral injury”) is an ongoing topic of discussion in medicine … clinical care is still growing, but it has been associated with increased patient safety events and medical … Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery . 2018 July;85(1):208-214.

2022. Draft Recommendation: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      December 17, 2024 - 100,000 persons were attributed to unintentional falls, making falls the leading cause of unintentional injury … These recommendations do not apply to persons with a history of osteoporotic fractures, medical conditions … The CDC’s STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Death, and Injuries) initiative helps reduce fall risk

2023. The Other Side | PSNet
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      May 01, 2007 - Error disclosure for patients, however, is merely the first step in a long process of adjustment to an injury … Wrong site surgery is a devastating, costly medical error. … Disclosure of medical errors is a challenging but important feature of providing medical care and must … A systems analysis approach to medical error. … Patients’ and physicians’ attitudes regarding the disclosure of medical errors.

2024. Long-term care healthcare-associated infections in 2021: an analysis of 17,971 reports. | PSNet
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      July 06, 2022 - July 8, 2009 Utilizing quality improvement methods to prevent falls and injury from falls

2025. Patient Safety | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - procedures, and ensuring timely diagnosis for those at highest risk, ultimately seeking to prevent renal injury

2026. The Anesthesiology Control Tower: Like Air Traffic Control for Operating Rooms | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2020 - rooms improves care Machine learning algorithms for predicting postoperative death, acute kidney injury

2027. Archived: Intimate Partner Violence and Elderly Abuse: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      March 08, 2004 - documentation of the incident and physical findings (e.g., photographs, body maps); treatment for physical injuries … child or spouse. 11 Harmful outcomes of family violence may include not only repercussions of acute trauma … the home visit group had improved outcomes, including decreased reports of child maltreatment, child injuries … Inflicted injury versus accidental injury. Pediatr Clin North Am 1990;37(4):791-814. 28. … Chicago: American Medical Association; 1992. 46.

2028. Overview of Children in the Emergency Department, 2010 (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2013 - Journal of the American Medical Association. 2010;304(6):664–70. 2 Lewis LM, Asplin BR. … ■ Injuries and poisoning and respiratory disorders were the most common reasons for ED visits … 480,100 (9.6) 607,700 (13.2) 458,800 (11.7) Asthma 452,700 (9.0) 352,500 (7.6) Open wounds … unspecified (32.8%) and lower leg injury not otherwise specified (13.0%). … include obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, orthopedic, cancer, pediatric, public, and academic medical

2029. National Inpatient Hospital Costs: The Most Expensive Conditions by Payer, 2011 (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2013 - In terms of injury-related hospital stays:  Hip fracture was a top-ranked condition for Medicare …  Intracranial injury and crushing or internal injury was top ranked only for the uninsured. … care 864 1.4 63 15 Acute myocardial infarction 858 1.4 38 16 Trauma to perineum and vulva … Appendicitis and other appendiceal conditions 1,305 1.2 151 18 Fracture of lower limb 1,293 1.1 89 19 Trauma … 337 2.0 20 14 Crushing injury or internal injury 306 1.8 17 15 Congestive heart failure, nonhypertensive

2030. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 15, 2013 - Additional immediate health consequences of abuse and neglect include injuries and emotional and behavioral … A trial specifically evaluating visits for injuries or ingestions reported reduced hospital visits for … Use of pancreatic and liver enzymes to screen for occult abdominal trauma in situations of possible physical … Association between childhood trauma and physical disorders among adults in the United States. … Screening for occult abdominal trauma in children with suspected physical abuse.

2031. Section5 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2007 - of Medicare stays were for respiratory conditions (13 percent), digestive conditions (10 percent), injuries … Digestive body system conditions accounted for 9 percent of private insurance discharges and injury …  Complication of surgical procedures or medical care increased 60 percent. … 16 4.4 6.7 80 Crushing injury or internal injury 17 23 8.4 9.4 34 Musculoskeletal …  Complication of surgical procedures or medical care rose 80 percent.

2032. Archived: Final Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      October 22, 2015 - adults at average or high risk for falls, used alone or in combination, reduce falls or falls-related injury … Excluded Aim Trials with the primary or secondary aim of reducing falls or falls-related injuries … care (e.g., community-dwelling adults recruited from emergency department visits for falls-related injuries … interventions * : Exercise (supervised or unsupervised, individual or group) Medications (e.g., medical … Emergency department visits for falls-related injuries Institutionalizations (e.g., transition from

2033. Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2004 - documentation of the incident and physical findings (eg, photographs, body maps); treatment for physical injuries … child or spouse.11 Harmful outcomes of family violence may include not only repercussions of acute trauma … the home visit group had improved outcomes, including decreased reports of child maltreatment, child injuries … Inflicted injury versus accidental injury. Pediatr Clin North Am. 1990;37(4):791–814. 28. … Chicago: American Medical Association; 1992. 46.

2034. Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2004 - documentation of the incident and physical findings (eg, photographs, body maps); treatment for physical injuries … child or spouse.11 Harmful outcomes of family violence may include not only repercussions of acute trauma … the home visit group had improved outcomes, including decreased reports of child maltreatment, child injuries … Inflicted injury versus accidental injury. Pediatr Clin North Am. 1990;37(4):791–814. 28. … Chicago: American Medical Association; 1992. 46.

2035. Weingart SN et al. 2003 "Physicians' decisions to override computerized drug alerts in primary care." | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2003 - In the multivariable analysis using the medical chart review sample (n=189), physicians were less likely … Level 1 alerts indicate the potential for serious or life-threatening injury and are based on substantial … Level 2 alerts indicate the potential for less serious injury. … Level 3 alerts, like level 1 alerts, indicate the potential for serious or life-threatening injury, but … no control group) Study Participants A total of 212 primary care physicians (internists and medical

2036. Statistical Brief #160
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      August 01, 2013 - In terms of injury-related hospital stays: Hip fracture was a top-ranked condition for Medicare … Intracranial injury and crushing or internal injury was top ranked only for the uninsured. … care 864 1.4 63 15 Acute myocardial infarction 858 1.4 38 16 Trauma to perineum … appendiceal conditions 1,305 1.2 151 18 Fracture of lower limb 1,293 1.1 89 19 Trauma … 337 2.0 20 14 Crushing injury or internal injury 306 1.8 17 15 Congestive

2037. Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2004 - documentation of the incident and physical findings (eg, photographs, body maps); treatment for physical injuries … child or spouse.11 Harmful outcomes of family violence may include not only repercussions of acute trauma … the home visit group had improved outcomes, including decreased reports of child maltreatment, child injuries … Inflicted injury versus accidental injury. Pediatr Clin North Am. 1990;37(4):791–814. 28. … Chicago: American Medical Association; 1992. 46.

2038. Section4 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2007 -  Circulatory conditions accounted for 22 percent ($74.6 billion) and injury and poisonings for …  Injury and poisoning was the second most expensive condition in 2007. …  Injury and poisoning was, in aggregate, the second most expensive condition type in 2007 and the … Hospital stays for injury and poisoning cost an average of $12,400. … 5.8 3.5 30.1 Complication of surgical procedures or medical

2039. Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits for Super-Utilizers by Payer, 2014 #221
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      February 01, 2017 - Mental health visits constituted a greater share and injury visits constituted a smaller share of ED … Superficial injury and sprains/strains also were in the top five first-listed diagnoses for ED visits … Superficial injury was the second most common diagnosis for ED visits among Medicare super-utilizers … , and medical. … ) were categorized as medical.

2040. Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits for Super-Utilizers by Payer, 2014 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - 16 percent of ED visits for nonspecific chest pain, and 14 percent of ED visits for superficial injury … In contrast, injury ED visits were less common for super-utilizers than for other patients across payers … ■ Superficial injury and sprains/strains also were in the top five first-listed diagnoses for … Superficial injury was the second most common diagnosis for ED visits among Medicare super- utilizers … ) were categorized as medical.