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3701. State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/news/exhibit_booth/sedd_brochure.jsp
      May 01, 2018 - Topics Rely on the SEDD to study State-level emergency department issues, including: Injury … assessment and planning Use of hospital services Impact of health policy changes Diffusion of medical

3702. Final Progress Report: The ED Pharmacist as a Safety Measure in Emergency Medicine (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - The University of Rochester Medical Center is a regional trauma center, pediatric center, transplant … Respond to all trauma and medical resuscitations in the ED. … • Adverse drug event (ADE) is defined as a preventable or nonpreventable “injury resulting from medical … (select one)” Attend medical and trauma resuscitations 27 (36%; 25-48%) 11 (33%; 18-52%) 16 (38%; …  Adverse drug event (ADE) is defined as a preventable or non-preventable “injury resulting from medical

3703. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2010 - Describe the role of the dialysis unit medical director in promoting patient safety in dialysis units … The quality indicators include identification of medical injuries and medical errors. … Falls and fall-related injuries in older dialysis patients. … The role of the medical director: changing with the times. Semin Dial. 2008;21:54-57.  … Arlington, VA: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. [Available at] 9.

3704. Evaluation of Effectiveness and Safety of Antiepileptic Medications in Patients With Epilepsy (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2008 - nature of this syndrome suggests that it is a nonspecific response of the brain to diffuse neural injury … A patient with a penetrating head wound, depressed skull fracture, intracranial hemorrhage, or prolonged … The causes of seizures in older adults include cerebrovascular disease, trauma (blunt trauma and subdural … Neurological adverse events • Suicidal ideation • Health-related quality-of-life • Mortality • Medical … On some specific reports such as reports requested by the Office of Medical Applications of Research

3705. Nonfatal, unintentional medication exposures among young children—United States, 2001–2003. | PSNet
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      February 27, 2019 - June 12, 2013 Assessing the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System—Cooperative

3706. Multicentre study to develop a medication safety package for decreasing inpatient harm from omission of time-critical medications. | PSNet
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      May 18, 2022 - Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among frontline health care personnel in a multistate hospital network--13 academic medical … June 16, 2019 In-hospital sequelae of injurious falls in 24 medical/surgical units in

3707. The effect of a safe zone on nurse interruptions, distractions, and medication administration errors. | PSNet
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      October 19, 2022 - Study The effect of a safe zone on nurse interruptions, distractions, and medication administration errors. Citation Text: Yoder M, Schadewald D, Dietrich K. The effect of a safe zone on nurse interruptions, distractions, and medication administration errors. J Infus Nurs. 2015;38(2):140…

3708. Nurse practitioner–led medication reconciliation in critical access hospitals. | PSNet
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      March 18, 2020 - November 6, 2019 Towards international consensus on patient harm: perspectives on pressure injury

3709. Communicating Clearly About Medicines: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. | PSNet
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      September 20, 2017 - September 7, 2021 A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma … Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury.

3710. Whither Challenger, wither Columbia: management decision making and the knowledge analytic. | PSNet
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      September 07, 2011 - November 4, 2020 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall injuries

3711. Making FMEA work for you. | PSNet
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      July 01, 2019 - , 2014 Failure mode and effects analysis: a useful tool for risk identification and injury

3712. Archived: Evidence Summary: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-july-2014
      July 08, 2014 - Other harms of interventions include myocardial infarction, nerve injury, and hematoma. … Nerve Injuries, Infection, and Other Harms In the VACS, 3.8% of persons who had CEA (8 of 211) had … cranial nerve injuries with complete functional recovery. … The Mayo Asymptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy study reported a 1.1% rate of minor cranial nerve injury … important harms, such as nonfatal MI, permanent cranial nerve damage, pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, wound

3713. Quality and Safety Challenges in Critical Care: Preventing and Treating Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit | PSNet
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      December 01, 2012 - , and worse long-term brain function [ 5 ]), it is worth thinking about delirium as an "acute brain injury … " similar to other end-organ injuries (e.g., heart attack, acute kidney injury). … As with these other important end-organ injuries, delirium is a clinical event for which prevention and … My criteria for neuroimaging are that if someone has a history of head trauma or evidence of bruising … In the absence of any neurologic changes, head trauma, or fever where you think there could be herpes

3714. Ad-Br2Otj67Fendhhkltpa (pdf file)
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      (NON(NON(NON(NON----MEDICAL UMEDICAL UMEDICAL UMEDICAL USE ONLY)SE ONLY)SE ONLY)SE ONLY) NoNoNoNo … (NON(NON(NON(NON----MEDICAL USE ONLY)MEDICAL USE ONLY)MEDICAL USE ONLY)MEDICAL USE ONLY) 0 2 1 … � HighHighHighHigh � (tick one) Hangovers, aggressive and violent behaviour, accidents and injury … solving problems Deformities and brain damage in babies of pregnant women Stroke, permanent brain injury … vision Flu like symptoms, sinusitis, nosebleeds Indigestion, stomach ulcers Accidents and injury

3715. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.215_slideshow.ppt
      April 01, 2010 - the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer” Adverse drug event (ADE) “an injury … resulting from a medical intervention related to a drug” See Notes for references … Information Technology Electronic medical records (EMR) can provide patient-specific data when it is … Electronic medical record/electronic health record use by office-based physicians: United States, 2008 … from a systems perspective (root cause analysis) by members of an interdisciplinary team Electronic medical

3716. Do patients' disruptive behaviours influence the accuracy of a doctor's diagnosis? A randomised experiment. | PSNet
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      July 03, 2014 - October 8, 2013 How would final-year medical students perform if their skill-based prescription … Diagnostic Safety and Quality April 26, 2023 Association of adverse effects of medical … treatment with mortality in the United States: a secondary analysis of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries

3717. High-alert medications: shared accountability for risk identification and error prevention. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/high-alert-medications-shared-accountability-risk-identification-and-error-prevention
      September 24, 2010 - , 2008 Failure mode and effects analysis: a useful tool for risk identification and injury

3718. Pitfalls in Diagnosing Necrotizing Fasciitis | PSNet
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      March 24, 2021 - He was seen by the trauma surgical service, who felt the findings were due to diffuse bruising. … who have injuries from marine organisms), direct spread from a perforated viscus, or from a hematogenous … Adv Skin Wound Care. 2002;15:135-138. [go to PubMed] 10. File TM Jr, Tan JS, DiPersio JR. … Adv Skin Wound Care. 2007;20:288-293. [go to PubMed] 17. Jones J. … Massive infectious soft-tissue injury: diagnosis and management of necrotizing fasciitis and purpura

3719. Blood Clots | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      clots , ranging from a pediatric central line clot to a popular blood-thinner drug causing deaths and injuries … Studies on venous thromboembolism range from venous thromboembolism after trauma and use of multidisciplinary

3720. Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (CIN): Current State of the Evidence on Contrast Media and Prevention of CIN (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nephropathy-contrast-induced_clinician.pdf
      August 01, 2016 - Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative recommended the use of these criteria for all types of acute kidney injury … Leading theories state that CIN results from hypoxic injury of the renal tubules induced by renal vasoconstriction … AHRQ series paper 5: grading the strength of a body of evidence when comparing medical interventions—Agency