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January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Osteoporosis, Injuries and Wounds, Emergency … The diagnoses errors studied were missed adolescent depression, missed elevated blood pressure, and missed
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January 01, 2024 - that patients with diagnosis-related claims were 2.33 times more likely to die than to have a minor injury … have been associated with increased medical errors and stress, anxiety, and burnout. 113,114 Time pressure … of diagnostic safety found the need to prioritize research on system factors, such as workload, time pressure … considering alternative diagnoses, taking a diagnostic timeout to pause and reflect, and minimizing time pressures … themes of the diagnostic process, including diagnosis as a social phenomenon and distractions and time pressures
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January 01, 2024 - that patients with diagnosis-related claims were 2.33 times more likely to die than to have a minor injury … have been associated with increased medical errors and stress, anxiety, and burnout. 113,114 Time pressure … of diagnostic safety found the need to prioritize research on system factors, such as workload, time pressure … considering alternative diagnoses, taking a diagnostic timeout to pause and reflect, and minimizing time pressures … themes of the diagnostic process, including diagnosis as a social phenomenon and distractions and time pressures
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January 01, 2024 - This study of 1,512 ACLR patients who were followed for 6 years found that both articular cartilage injury … time of ACLR were significant predictors of International Knee Documentation Center (IKDC) and Knee injury … The recession did not create additional fiscal pressure on hospitals that were previously financially … Keywords: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Blood Pressure, Healthcare Costs, Health Insurance
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December 01, 2017 - Serious injury specifically includes loss of limb or function. … Confirm patient identity, site, and procedure
Review perfusion plan, including–
Cannulation
Perfusion pressure … Review the perfusion plan, including cannulation, perfusion pressure goals, temperature, and transfusion … for improvement
Ask if instrument, sponge, and needle counts are correct
Record name of procedure and wound … Patient positioned to prevent injury
Potential problems of the case
identified and discussed
All equipment
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September 01, 2017 - Change process strategies can be applied to other quality improvement efforts:
Hospital-acquired pressure … injuries.
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October 01, 2022 - injury deaths),
followed by accidental falls and motor vehicle accidents (each of which accounted for … approximately 20% of unintentional injuries) … an important cause of death that
disproportionately affects younger populations, was unintentional injury … • Among the top 10 causes of YPLL, rates of unintentional injury, heart disease, liver disease,
and … eclampsia/preeclampsia rate, which measures a complication of pregnancy
characterized by high blood pressure
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July 01, 2016 - most of your usual
health care needs and who you normally see when you need care for a new illness or injury … being able to walk a flight of stairs
without losing your breath, or target
rates—for example, a blood pressure … In the last 12 months, if you had an
illness or injury, how often did your
primary care provider or … 1 Never
2 Sometimes
3 Usually
4 Always
5 I did not have an illness or injury
in the last … High blood pressure
or hypertension?
Congestive heart
failure?
Coronary artery
disease?
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August 01, 2022 - During her procedure, her heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen level were monitored. … During a part of the procedure, we became aware that her heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen level … First off, right now Mary is stable; her heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen level are all in normal … We also don't know right now if she has suffered any injury from what happened, but we will check her
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February 01, 2018 - Unlike adults, the diagnosis of septic shock in children does not
require the presence of low blood pressure … (hypotension), as children often maintain normal
6
blood pressure until the advanced stages of … A limited
window of opportunity exists for treating underlying injury once shock is present. … Because children often
maintain their blood pressure until they are severely ill, systemic hypotension … requirement
for diagnosis of septic shock in children; in fact, shock may occur long before blood pressure
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January 01, 2008 - What are the risks for injury of the child to self and others? … Remember when you are
feeling
overwhelmed by the
lack of available
resources, time
pressures … Picks or scratches skin, pulls hair out, hits self (without injury)
___ 2. … Strikes, pushes, scratches, pulls hair of others (without injury)
___ 3. … Attacks others, causing mild injury (bruises, sprains, welts, etc.)
___ 4.
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October 01, 2017 - ◆ The three leading diseases and injuries contributing to years of potential life lost (YPLLs) (unintentional … injury, cancer, and heart disease) did not change between 2005 and 2015 (Figure 3) … Heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular disease, chronic lower respiratory diseases, unintentional
injuries … and
may help ensure that money is spent efficiently.
0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200
Unintentional Injuries … Measures include hospital-acquired infections, pressure
ulcers in nursing homes, inappropriate prescription
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May 06, 2008 - Data are gathered
about the type of event, the location of the event, contributing factors, injuries … • Ensure there are no reprisals for reporting of errors and injuries, both actual occurrences and … of particular importance because all team members
must be prepared to move quickly to prevent such injury … There has been a
36 percent reduction in the pressure ulcer rate since July 2006. … The number of patient falls with injury per 1,000 inpatient days is one of the core
clinical indicators
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April 01, 2022 - Abbreviations: BP = blood pressure; GI = gastrointestinal; Hgb = hemoglobin; HR = heart rate; ICU = intensive … without evidence of another source on history, physical examination, or laboratory testing
In spinal cord injury … Has the patient had recent urologic manipulation such as trauma to the GU tract or surgery? … Effectiveness of a bundled approach to reduce urinary catheters and infection rates in trauma patients
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January 01, 2020 - Importance: About 70 million American adults (29%) have high blood pressure (Nwankwo, et al., 2013). … High blood pressure costs the Nation $46 billion each year. … mostly attributable to sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), congenital anomalies, infection, and injury … Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [Online]. (2013). http://www.cdc.gov … /injury/wisqars/index.html .
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April 02, 2008 - remains high at 6.3 birth traumas per 1,000 live deliveries.13
• Team and leadership communication … Discussion
Critical event teams in health care face significant complexity and time pressures, which … Preventing infant death and injury during delivery.
Sentinel Event Alert; Issue 30. … An evaluation of trauma
team leader performance by video recording. … Video techniques and data
compared with observation in emergency trauma care.
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July 22, 2015 - post-implementation period.33 The trend applied to
emergency care use overall and to asthma and unintentional injury … Specifically, the percent of PCMH patients hospitalized per
month (overall and for asthma and unintentional injury … Donahue, MD,
MPH
Diabetes • HbA1c <9%
• LDL cholesterol <100
mg/dL
• Blood pressure
<130/80 … ≤130/80 mm Hg
• LDL cholesterol ≤100
mg/dL
Cardiovascular
disease:
• Blood pressure
≤130/80 … Gabbay, MD,
PhD
Diabetes • HbA1c <7%
• Blood pressure
<130/80 mm Hg
• LDL cholesterol <100
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March 09, 2005 - Activities
Falls* Nutritional status
Dehydration Dental care
Feeding tubes† Physical restraints†
Pressure … Factors associated with serious injury
during falls by ambulatory nursing home residents. … Fall injuries in the elderly. Clin
Geriatr Med 1985;1(3):501–12.
28. Monane M, Avorn J.
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October 01, 2024 - and Dressings8
Recommended for superficial wounds
Friable skin/rashes
Superficial burns
Pressure injuries … Recent nasal surgery or trauma:
Discuss with your hospital’s ENT surgeons to establish guidelines for … CHG is approved as a wound cleanser. … Encourage wound care nurses to provide support to staff who are uncomfortable. … SHIELD: Eliminating Multidrug-Resistant Organisms; FAQ: Wound Care.
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January 01, 2019 - She wound up with chlamydia, which resulted in her not being able to have children.
15
Afra Salah was … Afra wound up with chlamydia, which damaged her fallopian tubes and resulted in her not being able to … Ed wound up in the hospital from taking both medicines.
16
Ed Williams’ doctor switched him to a new … Technical Terms
Say Not
Pain killer Analgesic
Swelling Inflammation
Feverish Febrile
High blood pressure … Hypertension
Wound Lesion
Injury Insult
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