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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/costs-associated-surgical-site-infections-veterans-affairs-hospitals
June 18, 2014 - The authors highlight how adhering to proven practices to reduce postoperative infections provides … 2014
Adherence to Surgical Care Improvement Project measures and the association with postoperative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/handoff-communication
October 16, 2019 - 17, 2011
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Association between handover of anesthesia care and adverse postoperative
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June 08, 2022 - retrospective cohort study, researchers examined the relationship between overlapping surgery and mortality, postoperative … Intubation and Severe Hypoxemia
June 30, 2021
Effects of night surgery on postoperative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39947/psn-pdf
July 03, 2014 - are rife with communication and teamwork
problems, and suboptimal teamwork has been linked to poor postoperative … The training also included implementation of
preoperative and postoperative checklists.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46307/psn-pdf
August 20, 2018 - levels are
associated with lower inpatient mortality and that reduced staffing increases the risk for postoperative … a significant
association between nurse staffing and missed nursing care with 30-day risk-adjusted postoperative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-era-80-hour-workweek
March 09, 2019 - duty-hours limits on patient safety, researchers evaluated Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) for postoperative … Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Evaluation of wound photography for remote postoperative
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July 01, 2003 - The patient’s operative course was uneventful and she returned to the surgical unit for routine postoperative … clinical situations, many patients accept resuscitative measures in the operating room and the immediate postoperative … Hence, it often makes sense to reinstitute the DNR order when the patient leaves the postoperative recovery … suspend the DNR order, but transfer primary responsibility when the patient is discharged from the postoperative … reconsider this order at specified times, such as at a preoperative anesthesia visit, on transfer from the postoperative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49688/psn-pdf
August 21, 2013 - Before arthroscopic surgery, she had been given postoperative instructions for ACL repair,
which included … surgeon briefed the patient in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) on his findings
and the revised postoperative … Confused,
the patient followed the original, now incorrect, postoperative instructions. … experienced
significant pain, she called the surgeon who then chastised her for not following the postoperative … Postoperative care instructions that were given before surgery changed
due to an unanticipated discovery
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March 03, 2021 - The negative pressure dressing was changed on postoperative days 3 and 5, and was removed on postoperative … The patient was discharged home on postoperative day 15. … Patients in the postoperative recovery unit exhibiting any of these symptoms should not be discharged … This complication not only added considerable morbidity to the patient’s postoperative course, but also … July 28, 2023
Impact of resident participation in surgical operations on postoperative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/respectful-trusting-relationships-are-essential-patient-safety-especially-surgeon
December 08, 2024 - May 27, 2020
Lack of association between intraoperative handoff of care and postoperative … November 23, 2011
Postoperative video debriefing reduces technical errors in laparoscopic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/crisis-management-surgical-wards-simulation-based-approach-enhancing-technical-teamwork-and
January 27, 2012 - This simulation study examined how residents respond to postoperative deterioration in the surgical … View More
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February 14, 2017 - significant association between improved safety culture as measured by the SAQ and reduced risk of postoperative … April 17, 2019
Association between state medical malpractice environment and postoperative
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March 02, 2011 - in the categories of diagnosis and treatment that occurred more frequently in the preoperative and postoperative … October 3, 2017
Impact of resident participation in surgical operations on postoperative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-handovers-within-hospital-translating-knowledge-motor-racing-healthcare
April 01, 2015 - to determine the key elements of racing "pit stops" and draw lessons for improving the safety of the postoperative … learning by data monitoring and analysis—have subsequently been applied to standardize and improve the postoperative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/variation-17-obstetric-care-pathways-potential-danger-health-professionals-and-patient-safety
September 21, 2016 - evidence-based practices, and a surgical pathway was recently shown to markedly reduce both complications and postoperative … WebM&M Cases
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July 2, 2019
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improvement-patient-safety-may-precede-policy-changes-trends-patient-safety-indicators-united
November 01, 2017 - rates for ten of thirteen PSIs and an increase in the rate of three PSIs (iatrogenic pneumothorax, postoperative … sepsis, and postoperative physiologic or metabolic derangement).
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49816/psn-pdf
January 01, 2018 - million surgeries take place annually in the United States; more than 80% of surgical
patients report postoperative … reduce
the risk of progression to chronic pain.(3) However, studies have shown that fewer than half of
postoperative … In patients undergoing elective surgery who are likely to require postoperative opioid therapy, oral … Postoperative pain experience: results from a national
survey suggest postoperative pain continues to … Management of postoperative pain: a clinical practice
guideline from the American Pain Society, the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-patient-safety
May 15, 2024 - May 15, 2024
Addressing bias in acute postoperative pain management. … Use of unsolicited patient observations to identify surgeons with increased risk for postoperative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49661/psn-pdf
August 01, 2012 - emergence and awakening, (ii) prevention of
nausea and vomiting (PONV), and (iii) control of early postoperative … Postoperative pain is often
controlled pre-emptively with a combination of agents administered before … Additionally, regional anesthesia provides excellent control of early postoperative pain, and
patients … Patients are often discharged with at least
some part of the regional block still working to maximize postoperative … Such follow-up would allow
monitoring of compliance with postoperative instructions to prevent unintended
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/trocar_injury_final.pdf
January 01, 2022 - days
3 and 5, and was removed on postoperative day 6 … • The skin was closed over two penrose drains, which were pulled out
1 cm daily and removed on postoperative … The patient was
discharged home on postoperative day 15. … • Patients in the postoperative recovery unit exhibiting any of these symptoms
should not be discharged … – This complication not only added considerable morbidity to the patient’s
postoperative course,