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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/good-practice-guides-medication-errors-part-1-and-part-2
August 03, 2016 - January 2, 2008
How is physicians' implicit prejudice against the obese and mentally
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/digital-health-intervention-patient-safety-children-and-parents-scoping-review
January 23, 2017 - May 11, 2022
Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a systematic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-inappropriate-outpatient-pediatric-antibiotic-prescriptions-adverse-drug-events
March 05, 2008 - May 4, 2022
Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a systematic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/858323/psn-pdf
December 13, 2023 - Some doctors are ditching the scale, saying focusing on
weight drives misdiagnoses.
December 13, 2023
O'Neill E. Health Shots. National Public Radio. December 2, 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/some-doctors-are-ditching-scale-saying-focusing-weight-drives-misdiagnoses
Inordinate focus on one element o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/almost-malpractice-shed-bias-doctors-get-schooled-look-beyond-obesity
March 22, 2023 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
‘Almost like malpractice’: to shed bias, doctors get schooled to look beyond obesity.
Citation Text:
‘Almost like malpractice’: to shed bias, doctors get schooled to look beyond obesity. Sausser L. Kaiser Health News. May 24, 2022.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ongoing-nightmare-people-obesity-face-major-obstacles-when-seeking-medical-care
November 09, 2022 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
'An ongoing nightmare': people with obesity face major obstacles when seeking medical care.
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'An ongoing nightmare': people with obesity face major obstacles when seeking medical care. Schapiro R. NBC News. June 27, 2021.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/pharmacist-led-mobile-health-intervention-and-transplant-medication-safety-randomized
April 07, 2021 - Improve Management of Sepsis
May 31, 2023
Medication errors in overweight and obese
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/862983/psn-pdf
February 28, 2024 - psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/airway-obstruction-during-anterior-cervical-spine-surgery
The Case
A 47-year-old obese … Coexisting health problems need to be identified and treated
Obese patients like the patient in this … How to ventilate obese patients in the ICU. Intensive
Care Med. 2020;46(12):2423-2435.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/expert-panel-weight-loss-surgery-betsy-lehman-center-patient-safety-and-medical-error
April 03, 2019 - Special or Theme Issue
Evidence-based Recommendations for Best Practices in Weight Loss Surgery.
Citation Text:
Evidence-based Recommendations for Best Practices in Weight Loss Surgery. Expert Panel on Weight Loss Surgery, Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduct…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/spotlight_case_managing_complexity_in_diagnosis_-_slides_final.pptx
January 01, 2024 - Implicit clinician bias against obese patients must also be considered, because this bias may interfere
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/diagnostic-delay-emergency-department
September 18, 2024 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Diagnostic Delay in the Emergency Department
Citation Text:
Marshall K, Singh H. Diagnostic Delay in the Emergency Department. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2017.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838900/psn-pdf
October 27, 2022 - Perioperative considerations when operating on the very obese:
tricks of the trade.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/trocar_injury_final.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Perioperative considerations when operating on the very obese: tricks of the trade.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.407_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2017 - PowerPoint Presentation
Spotlight
Diagnostic Delay in the Emergency Department
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the May 2017
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at https://psnet.ahrq.gov/webmm
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Kyle Marshall, MD, Geisinger Medical Center, Danv…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865884/psn-pdf
May 29, 2024 - Implicit clinician bias against obese patients must also be considered,16 because this bias
may interfere
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/managing-complexity-diagnosis-life-threatening-complications-after-gastric-bypass-surgery
September 25, 2019 - Implicit clinician bias against obese patients must also be considered, 16 because this bias may interfere
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/airway-obstruction-during-anterior-cervical-spine-surgery
January 29, 2021 - The Case A 47-year-old obese man (body weight 135kg) with hypertension fell down the stairs while intoxicated … Coexisting health problems need to be identified and treated Obese patients like the patient in this … How to ventilate obese patients in the ICU.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/fecal-contamination-peritoneum-laparoscopic-trocar-injury-routine-operation-goes-wrong
March 03, 2021 - Perioperative considerations when operating on the very obese: tricks of the trade.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49394/psn-pdf
April 01, 2003 - On physical examination, she
was moderately obese and had a fundal height of 24 cm. … In an obese patient (as in this case), these evaluations will be more difficult to rely on and
accurate
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49792/psn-pdf
May 01, 2017 - Diagnostic Delay in the Emergency Department
May 1, 2017
Marshall K, Singh H. Diagnostic Delay in the Emergency Department. PSNet [internet]. 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/diagnostic-delay-emergency-department
Case Objectives
Appreciate the importance of a broad differential diagnosis for acute abdominal pai…