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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49775/psn-pdf
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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April 01, 2014 - Amphotericin Toxicity
Citation Text:
Nagel J, Nguyen E. Amphotericin Toxicity. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2015.
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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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33670/psn-pdf
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
School of Public Health…
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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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50696/psn-pdf
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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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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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/node/49433/psn-pdf
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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September 12, 2016 - Do Me a Favor
Citation Text:
Williamson A. Do Me a Favor. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2004.
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February 01, 2014 - Wrong-Time Error With High-Alert Medication
Citation Text:
Yang A, Nelson LS. Wrong-Time Error With High-Alert Medication. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2016.
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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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January 26, 2022 - Medication Safety Events Related to Diagnostic Imaging
Citation Text:
Sanchez L, Porras H, Lammers C. Medication Safety Events Related to Diagnostic Imaging. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2022.
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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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September 24, 2010 - November 30, 2016
External Inquiry into the adverse incident that occurred at Queen's
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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/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/node/49419/psn-pdf
October 01, 2003 - In the present case, as far as one can tell, no problems occurred in the routine biopsy, labeling, and … The wrong site
surgery occurred because the surgeon remembered, incorrectly, that he had biopsied the … Patients who have not experienced errors report that, if a harmful error occurred in their
treatment
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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