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December 29, 2014 - The Case An orthopedic surgeon at a small community hospital contacted an emergency department (ED) … The orthopedic surgeon briefly described a 92-year-old woman with a history of dementia who had a left … The referring orthopedic surgeon also spoke with the on-call orthopedic surgery resident at the tertiary … She was quickly admitted by the orthopedic surgery resident and prepped for surgery the following morning … Although it was not completely clear to the orthopedic team or anesthesiologists what happened, all agreed
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March 04, 2020 - The orthopedic surgeon, recognizing the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), prescribed enoxaparin (Lovenox … Orthopedic surgery patients are a special focus of most guidelines, since such patients are at extremely … developed spinal hematoma after receiving LMWH around the time of neuraxial anesthesia, most commonly for orthopedic … surgery. … Conversely, the orthopedic surgeon may not have known the anesthesiologist was planning on neuraxial
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44165/psn-pdf
May 27, 2015 - could be utilized as a trigger for detecting errors, this study assessed rates of such incidents in an
orthopedic … similar to prior studies of delayed
diagnosis, researchers examined a retrospective case series of orthopedic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/consequences-miscommunication-regarding-possible-artifact
May 11, 2019 - Four months later, the orthopedic surgeon ordered a routine follow-up X-ray of the left shoulder. … This report along with the images were sent to the orthopedic surgeon’s office the same day. … However, the orthopedic surgeon independently read and interpreted the same images as “slight loss of … surgeons towards radiology reports, revealed that the majority of the 200 orthopedic surgeons surveyed … In this case, the orthopedic surgeon did not have training in interpreting chest imaging findings, and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73434/psn-pdf
June 30, 2021 - Four months later, the orthopedic surgeon ordered a
routine follow-up X-ray of the left shoulder. … This report along with the images were sent to the
orthopedic surgeon’s office the same day. … However, the orthopedic surgeon independently read and
interpreted the same images as “slight loss of … The patient saw the orthopedic surgeon multiple times after the initial follow-up X-ray without any … In this case, the orthopedic surgeon did not have training in interpreting chest imaging findings, and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2021-06/final_spotlight_miscommunication_possible_artifact_06.21.2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - diagnosed with a rotator cuff injury and
underwent left shoulder surgery
• Four months later, the orthopedic … evaluation”
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Case Details
• The radiologist’s report along with the images were sent to the
orthopedic … surgeon’s office the same day
• The orthopedic surgeon independently read and interpreted
the same … was no mention of the soft tissue density nor was any
follow-up study ordered
• The patient saw the orthopedic … such as surgery
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“What We’ve Got Here is a Failure to Communicate” (3)
• In this case, the orthopedic
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October 19, 2022 - syndromes in HIV/AIDS patients, similar to this case, have been reported in the dermatologic ( 6,7 ), orthopedic … Orthopedics. 2009;32:450. [go to PubMed] 10. … View More
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May 01, 2006 - The family requested an orthopedic consultation to expedite work-up. … primarily to treat dehydration, it is
unlikely that she was admitted directly to the service of the orthopedic … By any reasonable standard of judgment, the orthopedic surgeon committed by far the most serious errors … displaced trimalleolar fracture (at risk for vascular
compromise) leave the ED in a splint without an orthopedic … We suspect that the orthopedic surgeon was prompted to review the x-rays in the
OR after finally recognizing
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November 16, 2022 - The family requested an orthopedic consultation to expedite work-up. … primarily to treat dehydration, it is unlikely that she was admitted directly to the service of the orthopedic … By any reasonable standard of judgment, the orthopedic surgeon committed by far the most serious errors … displaced trimalleolar fracture (at risk for vascular compromise) leave the ED in a splint without an orthopedic … We suspect that the orthopedic surgeon was prompted to review the x-rays in the OR after finally recognizing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pain-alleviation-toolkit
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Quality, Value, and Patient Safety in Orthopedic Surgery.