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December 18, 2014 - Mistaken Identity
Citation Text:
Hall LW. Mistaken Identity. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2008.
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June 01, 2010 - Acute Respiratory Arrest in Pregnancy
June 1, 2010
Sibai B. Acute Respiratory Arrest in Pregnancy. PSNet [internet]. 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/acute-respiratory-arrest-pregnancy
The Case
A 35-year-old woman was 38 weeks pregnant with twins (G3P2). When she developed acute onset of
shortness of breath an…
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September 01, 2004 - Poor Prognosis
September 1, 2004
Lamont EB. Poor Prognosis. PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/poor-prognosis
Case Objectives
Understand the current limitations of physicians' ability to provide prognoses.
List the variables that can be used to guide treatment decisions and prognostication in e…
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August 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation
Spotlight
Pitfalls in Diagnosing Necrotizing Fasciitis
This presentation is based on the July/August 2014
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Terence Goh, MBBS, Department of Plastic Surgery, Singapore General Hos…
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January 12, 2011 - Team Training: Classroom Training vs. High-Fidelity Simulation
Stephen D. Pratt, MD and Benjamin P. Sachs, MB | March 1, 2006
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Citation Text:
Pratt SD, PSachs B. Team Training: Classroom Training vs. High-Fidelity Simulatio…
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November 27, 2019 - Complications of Vascular Access Procedures in Patients
with Kidney Disease
November 27, 2019
Young SR, Chen I. Complications of Vascular Access Procedures in Patients with Kidney Disease. PSNet
[internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/complications-vascular-access-procedures-patients-kidney-disease
The Ca…
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June 23, 2021 - Environmental Safety in the OR
February 1, 2004
Linkin DR, Lautenbach E. Environmental Safety in the OR . PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/environmental-safety-or
The Case
The infection control department of a hospital noticed a marked increase in the rates of post-operative
sternal wound inf…
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November 01, 2016 - Unexpected Drawbacks of Electronic Order Sets
November 1, 2016
McGreevey JD. Unexpected Drawbacks of Electronic Order Sets. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/unexpected-drawbacks-electronic-order-sets
The Case
A 70-year-old man with stage 4 prostate cancer presented to the emergency department …
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July 01, 2008 - In Conversation with...Albert Wu, MD, MPH
July 1, 2008
In Conversation with..Albert Wu, MD, MPH. PSNet [internet]. 2008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withalbert-wu-md-mph
Editor's note: Albert Wu, MD, MPH, is Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins
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October 01, 2017 - Hyperbilirubinemia Refractory to Phototherapy
October 1, 2017
Bhutani VK, Wong RJ. Hyperbilirubinemia Refractory to Phototherapy. PSNet [internet]. 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hyperbilirubinemia-refractory-phototherapy
The Case
A 1-day-old full-term infant was noted to have elevated total serum bilirubin (…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/written-signout-it-only-works-if-you-use-right-one
April 24, 2018 - Written Signout: It Only Works If You Use The Right One
Citation Text:
Lewis K, Rosenbluth G. Written Signout: It Only Works If You Use The Right One. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2018.
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June 14, 2023 - Advance Alert Monitor Program: An Automated Early
Warning System for Adults At Risk for In-Hospital Clinical
Deterioration
June 14, 2023
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/advance-alert-monitor-program-automated-early-warning-system-adults-
risk-hospital
Summary
To address a well-documented hospital adverse outco…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49681/psn-pdf
April 01, 2013 - As occurred in this case, multiple failures across the PN-use process are
usually identified in retrospect … Multiple warnings occurred daily with this patient's PN order, and ignoring them contributed to the error … One PN-related fatality occurred when
an infant received a 1000-fold excess of zinc because of a mix-up … per day in another
pediatric case was identified during PN infusion but before any adverse effect occurred
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/which-line-ordering-provider-or-proceduralist
September 16, 2015 - inspection, the least effective approach, adverse events are captured after the error or issue has occurred … For this case, self-check would have occurred if the ordering physician had confirmed the order was for … Control means a system that captures when an error has occurred and blocks propagation, preventing patient … This type of successive check might well have identified the error before the adverse event occurred.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/model-chemotherapy-education-novice-oncology-nurses-supports-culture-safety
September 24, 2010 - November 30, 2016
External Inquiry into the adverse incident that occurred at Queen's
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April 13, 2016 - February 26, 2014
External Inquiry into the adverse incident that occurred at Queen's
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/potent-medication-administered-not-so-viable-route
July 20, 2016 - Of these, the majority occurred when vasopressors were given for a very long duration (55.9 ± 68.1 hours … The 2-hour limit was chosen because very few published cases of local tissue injury events occurred within … frame—of 138 published cases of local tissue injury where the duration of infusion was given, only 4 occurred
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June 01, 2004 - This particular event occurred on a Friday, as the
physician left for the weekend. … follow-up on an important radiographic or laboratory test result) may
reduce the risk of lapses such as occurred … That appears to have occurred here since
laboratory staff called infection control staff, who called
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49593/psn-pdf
October 01, 2009 - nasal
cavity (so that its external portion was no longer extruding from the nose), but presumably this occurred … trachea and right bronchus.(1) One death was reported in a
case with an aspirated airway, although this occurred … Nonetheless, some discussion regarding the NPA
should have occurred prior to intubation, since the anesthesiologist
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May 01, 2019 - multiple units of blood, and
fortunately the injury was repaired before more serious consequences occurred … to ensure
safety issues are recognized, announced, and treated by the team in a timely fashion, as occurred … In this case, the first challenge occurred when the
anesthesiologist alerted the surgeon during the