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81. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    January 31, 2024 - In a study of 165 patients undergoing wound exploration after hand laceration, 32% of tendon injuries … Explore wounds for evidence of arterial bleeding, foreign body, tendon injury, and arthrotomy. … A blood pressure cuff applied proximal to the wound is another option. … If a tendon injury cannot be ruled out after wound exploration and functional testing, assume an occult … injury exists.

82. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    August 24, 2022 - Accuracy of pressure ulcer events in US nursing home ratings. … Accuracy of pressure ulcer events in US nursing home ratings. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accuracy-pressure-ulcer-events-us-nursing-home-ratings All nursing homes … This study compared seven years of self-reported pressure ulcer data with claims-based data for pressure … does-nursing-home-compare-reflect-patient-safety-nursing-homes https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-nursing-home-reporting-major-injury-falls-quality-measurement-nursing-home-compare

83. Delayed Symptomatic Subdural Hematoma Following an Initially Normal CT Head | PSNet
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    March 27, 2024 - were worse when supine, but nocturnal headaches can be the presenting sign of elevated intracranial pressure … keep patients awake at night should prompt repeat imaging given the concern for elevated intracranial pressure … which allows time for the brain to adapt to tissue displacement and modestly increased intracranial pressure … Incidence of delayed intracranial hemorrhage in older patients after blunt head trauma. … Trauma Surg Acute Care Open . 2018;3(1):e000129. [ Free full text ] Borst J, Godat LN, Berndtson AE,

84. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 18, 2024 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) consistently reports falls as the leading cause of injury … The World Health Organization reports falls as the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths … A patient fall is defined as “an unplanned descent to the floor with or without injury to the patient … In hospitals, falls with injuries can lead to other adverse outcomes including pressure injuries or … One study found that providing patients at risk for falls with Smart Socks, which contain pressure sensors

85. Spotlight
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    January 01, 2024 - wound.  … Trauma-induced coagulopathy: what you need to know. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024;96(2):179-185. … Vascular injury and complication in neurosurgical spine surgery.  … Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr. 2013;6(4):257-266. … Hetastarch during initial resuscitation from trauma. J Trauma. 2011;70(5 Suppl):S19-S21.

86. In Conversation with David W. Bates about Are We Safer Today? | PSNet
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    February 26, 2025 - Other important factors are nursing-sensitive events, which include things like pressure injuries and … For example, with pressure injuries, wetness in the bed dramatically increases the risk that somebody … will develop a dangerous pressure injury. … Some of these sensors are expensive, but pressure injuries are extremely expensive. … will take a look at your pressure injuries practices and take steps to improve those.

87. Are We Safer Today? | PSNet
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    February 26, 2025 - Other important factors are nursing-sensitive events, which include things like pressure injuries and … For example, with pressure injuries, wetness in the bed dramatically increases the risk that somebody … will develop a dangerous pressure injury. … Some of these sensors are expensive, but pressure injuries are extremely expensive. … will take a look at your pressure injuries practices and take steps to improve those.

88. Procedural Mishap: Learning Curve? | PSNet
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    April 28, 2021 - The anesthesiologist then noted a rapid decrease in the patient’s blood pressure and increasing tachycardia … , indicating a possible vascular injury. … Pressure was applied and vascular surgery was consulted. … of underreporting of vascular injury. … How can this type of injury be prevented?

89. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2003 - The anesthesiologist then noted a rapid decrease in the patient’s blood pressure and increasing tachycardia … , indicating a possible vascular injury. … Pressure was applied and vascular surgery was consulted. … underreporting of vascular injury. … How can this type of injury be prevented?

90. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    September 15, 2024 - , while being cared for in a healthcare setting Care management events Patient death or serious injury … associated with unsafe administration of blood products Maternal death or serious injury associated … of a neonate associated with labor or delivery in a low-risk pregnancy Patient death or serious injury … associated with a fall while being cared for in a healthcare setting Any stage 3, stage 4, and unstageable pressure … Because Never Events are devastating and preventable, health care organizations are under increasing pressure

91. A comprehensive program to reduce rates of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers in a system of community hospitals. | PSNet
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    May 12, 2021 - Study A comprehensive program to reduce rates of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers … A Comprehensive Program to Reduce Rates of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers in a System of Community … This implementation study sought to reduce incidence of pressure ulcers in hospitalized patients using … A Comprehensive Program to Reduce Rates of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers in a System of Community … injury policy.

92. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    October 14, 2015 - The study looked at four nursing-sensitive adverse outcomes: pressure ulcers, falls with injuries, catheter-associated … hospitals had significantly fewer of these hospital-acquired conditions, except for patient falls with injury … medicares-policy-not-pay-treating-hospital-acquired-conditions-impact https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-injury

93. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2017 - did not recover spontaneous circulation for more than 30 minutes and sustained severe anoxic brain injury … For example, the trauma surgery service did not routinely perform a clamping trial before chest tube … most common complication), recurrent pneumothorax, infection (including empyema), organ or vessel injury … Complications following thoracic trauma managed with tube thoracostomy. Injury. 2012;43:46-50. … Complications of tube thoracostomy for acute trauma. Am J Surg. 1980;140:738-741.

94. Hemorrhagic Shock after Elective Spine Surgery: Failure to Rescue after Limited Response to Nursing Concerns. | PSNet
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    October 31, 2023 - wound. … Trauma-induced coagulopathy: what you need to know. … Vascular injury and complication in neurosurgical spine surgery. … Hetastarch during initial resuscitation from trauma. … J Trauma . 2011;70(5 Suppl):S19-S21. [ Available at ] Hahn RG.

95. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    July 10, 2024 - Ironically for this case, the greatest risk of bleeding from ALIF is usually from injury to a major … the wound. … Trauma-induced coagulopathy: what you need to know. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024;96(2):179-185. … Vascular injury and complication in neurosurgical spine surgery. … Hetastarch during initial resuscitation from trauma. J Trauma. 2011;70(5 Suppl):S19-S21.

96. Challenges and potential solutions for patient safety in an infectious-agent-isolation environment: a study of 484 COVID-19-related event reports across 94 hospitals | PSNet
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    October 27, 2021 - The most common safety events included pressure injuries or other skin integrity events, falls, and medication-related … October 13, 2018 Trauma Resuscitation Using in situ Simulation Team Training (TRUST) … July 21, 2021 Learning during crisis: the impact of COVID-19 on hospital-acquired pressure … injury incidence.

97. Errors in Managing an Open Wound of the Elbow Leading to Multiple Complications and Operations | PSNet
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    September 27, 2023 - causing neurovascular injuries, fractures, or, for the torso, hemopneumothorax or intra-abdominal injury … Wounds should be irrigated with moderate pressure (5-8 psi) irrigant to reduce bacterial counts and flush … manage potential foreign bodies, clinicians should have a low threshold for involving an experienced trauma … Consulting Editor, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Network (PSNet) Professor Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma … Primary closure versus delayed closure for non bite traumatic wounds within 24 hours post injury.

98. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    June 28, 2023 - Left ventricular pressures can be measured with a catheter advanced across the aortic valve. … instance, the operator was falsely reassured by the presence of a normal pressure reading, suggesting … that the tip of the catheter was not against the wall, when in fact, the pressure sensor was likely … Radiology technologists and nurses, who should be reviewing images and pressures during the case, can … Immediate recognition of iatrogenic injuries during cardiac catheterization enables more timely and

99. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2006 - LMA use have been reported.(6) The most common complications include aspiration and unintended local trauma … with LMAs and high peak inspiratory pressures, allowing for inspired gases to insufflate the stomach … LMA use can also lead to injuries secondary to high cuff pressure and volume during prolonged procedures … These increased intra-cuff pressures can cause a significant damage to surrounding tissues. … the pyriform sinus, which is where the recurrent laryngeal nerve enters, rendering it vulnerable to injury

100. Too Hot For Comfort | PSNet
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     May 19, 2015 - Commonly used agents that cause severe extravasation injuries include antineoplastic, inotropic, or osmotically … Use to Promote Wound Healing In contrast, the wound healing literature generally supports the use … Treating chronic and acute wounds with warming: review of the science and practice implications. … Local heat increases blood flow and oxygen tension in wounds. Arch Surg. 1987;122:221-225. … March 5, 2025 WebM&M Cases Under Pressure: Tracheostomy