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61. How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices
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    June 02, 2025 - underlying soft tissue, usually over a bony prominence or related to a medical or other device. … injuries. … with a red-pink wound bed No slough 9 Stage 3 Full-thickness tissue loss Visible subcutaneous fat … If not sure, ask the Wound Care Team or Nurse. 16 Measures Measures used in monitoring pressure injury … of injuries) 17 patients with any pressure injury # of patients with a >Stage 2 pressure injury 5 patients

62. Statistical Brief #136
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    June 01, 2012 - ED visits associated with firearm injury and assault were more likely to take place in a trauma center … center Not a trauma center 44.5% 29.5% 21.3% 30.5% 30.8% Trauma center 55.5% … Open wounds of head, neck, and trunk were seen in 22.0 percent of other/undetermined firearm-related … include obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, orthopedic, cancer, pediatric, public, and academic medical … , intermediate care, and another type of facility such as a nursing home); home healthcare; against medical

63. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NEDS Notes
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    May 01, 2015 - Two HCUP variables indicate injuries are reported on the record: INJURY is used to indicate at least … ; sprains and strains; intracranial injury; internal injury of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; open wound … poisoning, toxic effects, and other external causes, excluding those of complications of surgical and medical … Excludes: 909.3, 909.5 Late effect of complications of surgical and medical care and late effects … malignant hyperpyrexia or hypothermia due to anesthesia. 996-999 Complications of surgical and medical

64. Navigating Chaos: Fatal Iatrogenic Liver Injury in a Patient Admitted for Leg Fractures | PSNet
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    November 27, 2019 - In the meantime, the patient continued to bleed from her right ankle wound. … Empiric MTP based on the patient’s hypotension, active bleeding from her leg wound, and altered mental … Retrohepatic IVC and hepatic vein injuries are amongst the most fatal injuries encountered in trauma … Gunshot wounds to the liver: no longer a mandatory operation. … About The Topic Emergency Departments Emergency Medicine Surgery Emergency Nursing Medical

65. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2011 - Complete history taking includes prior eye history, medical history, nature of any injury, and the presence … Lacerations and wounds involving the eyelid must be carefully evaluated for possible globe and intracranial … Medicine Assistant Professor and Attending Physician New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical … Work-related eye injuries treated in hospital emergency departments in the US. … Computed tomography in the diagnosis and prognosis of open-globe injuries.

66. Research Findings #19: Health Care Expenses for Injuries: Estimates from the 1997 MEPS
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    January 01, 2010 - of injury is the occurrence of sudden external forces resulting in trauma. … A single injury episode may result in several injuries or conditions. … The proportion of total medical expenses associated with injuries was about twice … Denominator is total medical expenses for both injury- and non-injury-related conditions … Denominator is total medical expenses for both injury- and non-injury-related conditions

67. Appendix C. Training and Learning Network Webinars | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2017 - Wound Classification Presented by Karen Zulkowski, D.N.S., RN. … This webinar discusses how to assess and measure a wound. … National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) Clinical Practice Guidelines specific to nutrition in wound … This webinar reviews medical device-related pressure injuries, mucosal injuries, and how they differ … injuries.

68. Statistical Brief #93: Health Care Expenditures for Injury-Related Conditions, 2002 (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2005 - for direct medical care for health conditions other miscellaneous resulting from accidents and injuries … Conversely, conditions resulting from injury and associated medical care received prescribed medicines … care (10.8 percent versus 3.0 percent for expenses for injuries, non-injury-related expenses) and more … for injuries (37.1 percent), followed by sports injuries (21.5 percent) and falls (6.8 percent) (figure … Moreover, expenses for injuries may be slightly overstated since some medical events that were identified

69. Statistical Brief #75: Sports Injuries in Children Requiring Hospital Emergency Care, 2006 (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2009 - National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department Summary. … boys and girls: superficial injury (contusion), sprains and strains, arm fracture, open wounds of the … The fourth most common sports-injury visit for boys was open wounds of the head, neck, or trunk. … was a mix of other conditions and injuries not classified elsewhere (such as head injury, low blood … HCUP data include OB-GYN, ENT, orthopedic, cancer, pediatric, public, and academic medical hospitals

70. Outpatient Benzodiazepine Prescribing, Adverse Events, and Costs (pdf file)
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    April 27, 2004 - Over $3 million dollars in direct medical costs were associated with these injuries. … 31 7,413 229,803 234 Crush injury 8 4,744 37,952 235 Open wound head 16 16,499 263,984 236 Open … wound extremity 27 4,150 112,050 239 Superficial injury 25 3,995 99,875 240 Burns 3 6,911 20,733 … 122.23 248 30,313 234 Crush injury 231.05 14 3,235 235 Open wound head 206.20 306 63,097 236 Open … 9.01 324 39 3.19 5,631 236 Open wound extremity 1,139 5.70 633 74 6.06 7,210 239 Superficial injury

71. Spotlight (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2022 - have a 15% mortality rate, and account for 81% of trocar injury-related deaths. – Bowel injuries occur … Recognizing Injury (3) 31 • When an operation is completed without any known accompanying injuries, … laparotomy and delayed wound closure … Unintended retention of drain material in contaminated wounds is a known problem, but studies documenting … J Trauma. 2007;62(4):1051-1052. [Available at] 17. Anagnostakos K, Thiery A, Sahan I.

72. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NRD Notes
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    August 01, 2015 - 221: Respiratory distress syndrome 222: Hemolytic jaundice and perinatal jaundice 223: Birth trauma … The table below lists the diagnosis codes in the range 800-999 used to identify injuries. … ; internal injury of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; open wound of the head, neck, trunk, upper limb, and … through orifice; burns; injury to nerves and spinal cord; traumatic complications and unspecified injuries … Medical discharges are identified by a medical DRG.

73. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NIS Notes
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    September 01, 2008 - 221: Respiratory distress syndrome 222: Hemolytic jaundice and perinatal jaundice 223: Birth trauma … The table below lists the diagnosis codes in the range 800-999 used to identify injuries. … ; internal injury of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; open wound of the head, neck, trunk, upper limb, and … through orifice; burns; injury to nerves and spinal cord; traumatic complications and unspecified injuries … Medical discharges are identified by a medical DRG.

74. High delayed and missed injury rate after inter-hospital transfer of severely injured trauma patients. | PSNet
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    December 02, 2020 - High delayed and missed injury rate after inter-hospital transfer of severely injured trauma patients … Missed injuries and delayed diagnoses are an ongoing problem in trauma care. … injured patients increases the risk of delayed detection of injuries. … High delayed and missed injury rate after inter-hospital transfer of severely injured trauma patients … 21, 2022 How communication "failed" or "saved the day": counterfactual accounts of medical

75. Statistical Brief #48: Violence-Related Stays in U.S. Hospitals, 2005 (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2008 - treated in emergency departments (ED) or admitted to hospitals for serious physical and emotional trauma … Conversely, the rate of in-hospital deaths among patients admitted for trauma sustained as a result … Figure 2 illustrates that young adults and children were disproportionately hospitalized for violent traumas … Other injuries sustained during assaults and commonly noted as the principal diagnosis were open wounds … 300 (2.5%) Intracranial injury 3 12,300 (13.0%) 3 600 (5.0%) Open wounds of head, neck

76. Emergency Department Visits and Inpatient Stays Involving Dog Bites, 2008 (pdf file)
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    November 09, 2010 - These differences are similar to all injuries. … Hospitalizations for dog bite injuries. … The most frequent procedure was debridement of wound. … Injuries were defined in a manner consistent with the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors … , such as the American College of Surgeons’ National Trauma Data Bank (http://www.facs.org/trauma/ntdb.html

77. Statistical Brief #101
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    November 01, 2010 - These differences are similar to all injuries. … The most frequent procedure was debridement of wound. … Injuries were defined in a manner consistent with the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors … , such as the American College of Surgeons’ National Trauma Data Bank ( http://www.facs.org/trauma/ntdb … Hospitalizations for dog bite injuries.

78. Statistical Brief #48
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    March 01, 2008 - often treated in emergency departments (ED) or admitted to hospitals for serious physical and emotional trauma … Conversely, the rate of in-hospital deaths among patients admitted for trauma sustained as a result of … Figure 2 illustrates that young adults and children were disproportionately hospitalized for violent traumas … Other injuries sustained during assaults and commonly noted as the principal diagnosis were open wounds … ) Open wounds of head, neck, and trunk     4 9,400 (9.8%)     Open wounds of

79. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NRD Notes
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    August 10, 2015 - , surgical, and medical. … injury of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; open wound of the head, neck, trunk, upper limb, and lower limb … ; injury to nerves and spinal cord; traumatic complications and unspecified injuries, initial or subsequent … First three digits of T79: Certain early complications of trauma, initial or subsequent encounter or … Medical discharges are identified by a medical DRG.

80. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NIS Notes
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    September 10, 2008 - , surgical, and medical. … injury of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; open wound of the head, neck, trunk, upper limb, and lower limb … ; injury to nerves and spinal cord; traumatic complications and unspecified injuries, initial or subsequent … First three digits of T79: Certain early complications of trauma, initial or subsequent encounter or … Medical discharges are identified by a medical DRG.