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181. 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.

182. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 07, 2023 - characteristics and reporting patterns for two measures of nursing home care quality (falls with major injury … and pressure ulcers). … 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 … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accuracy-pressure-ulcer-events-us-nursing-home-ratings

183. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 26, 2021 - norepinephrine-dosing-error-associated-multiple-health-system- vulnerabilities The Case A 65-year-old man presented to a Level III trauma … The patient was then transferred to a Level I trauma center that could provide a higher level of care … that results in wide fluctuation of blood pressure. … The combination of a supraphysiologic blood pressure target and the patient’s altered blood pressure … ’s spinal cord injury.

184. Conducting a Comprehensive Skin Assessment (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar4_pu_skinassesst_final.pdf
     April 01, 2011 - deep tissue injury – Preulceration in the diabetic foot – Inflammation or infection 15 Parameter … – Skin tears (especially forearm of older adults) – Trauma • Make sure to get the etiology right … For each patient, record— • Whether he/she has pressure ulcers • How many pressure ulcers he/she has … • Highest stage of his/her deepest ulcer • Treatment for any existing wounds 32 Reporting Results … Wound care essentials: practice principles. 3rd ed.

185. Norepinephrine Dosing Error Associated with Multiple Health System Vulnerabilities | PSNet
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     November 27, 2019 - The Case A 65-year-old man presented to a Level III trauma center with bilateral lower extremity paralysis … The patient was then transferred to a Level I trauma center that could provide a higher level of care … that results in wide fluctuation of blood pressure. … The combination of a supraphysiologic blood pressure target and the patient’s altered blood pressure … ’s spinal cord injury.

186. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 30, 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.

187. Staff Roles and Training forYour Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Program. 8 Wound Care Team: Roles and Duties • Serve as your hospital’s content experts on pressure … ulcer injury prevention … Nursing 2014 survey results: Wound care and prevention. … Advances in Skin and Wound Care. 2010; 23(3):120-31. • Levine J, et al. … Advances in Skin and Wound Care. 2007; 20(1):34-38. 37 Staff Roles and Training forYour Pressure

188. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 12, 2022 - Or they were used to a certain type of protective foam to prevent pressure injuries and now they must … With regard to pressure injuries for patients in the prone position, staff had to think about how to … We saw pressure injuries and as soon as these events occurred, we saw staff problem-solving and doing … The other thing that we saw related to pressure injuries was a type of skin lesion the National Pressure … COVID skin looks very much like deep tissue injury, or other types of pressure injury, but is actually

189. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 08, 2011 - From research to practice: factors affecting implementation of prospective targeted injury-detection … From research to practice: factors affecting implementation of prospective targeted injury-detection … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/research-practice-factors-affecting-implementation-prospective-targeted-injury … five hospitals faced in implementing new systems for prospective detection of adverse drug events and pressure … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/research-practice-factors-affecting-implementation-prospective-targeted-injury-detection

190. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)
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     October 01, 2011 - year-old man with insulin-dependent diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease was admitted to a trauma … service after injuries suffered from an assault and battery. … The patient’s injuries included a left shoulder dislocation and a minimally displaced fracture of a thoracic … In reviewing the medical records, the PT noted the initial shoulder injury on admission. … ICU (4) In addition to providing a general assessment, the PT expressed concern that the shoulder injury

191. 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

192. 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.

193. 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

194. 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,

195. AHRQ QI List of Indicators (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2023 - • PSI 02 - Death Rate in Low-Mortality Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) • PSI 03- Pressure … Fracture Rate • PSI 09- Postoperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma Rate • PSI 10- Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury … or Deep Vein Thrombosis (PE/DVT) Rate • PSI 13- Postoperative Sepsis Rate • PSI 14 - Postoperative Wound … Rate - Injury to Neonate • PSI 18 - Obstetric Trauma Rate - Vaginal Delivery with Instrument • PSI … 19- Obstetric Trauma Rate - Vaginal Delivery without Instrument • PSI 90- Patient Safety and Adverse

196. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 09, 2021 - Shift-to-shift nursing handover interventions associated with improved inpatient outcomes - falls, pressure … injuries and medication administration errors: an integrative review. … shift nursing handover interventions associated with improved inpatient outcomes—falls, pressure injuries … identify which nursing handover interventions result in improved patient outcomes (i.e., patient falls, pressure … injuries, medication administration errors).

197. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Indications Facilitator Notes (doc file)
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     April 01, 2022 - Knight is a 25-year-old man who was admitted with acute urinary retention due to a spinal cord injury … the last row on this table), urology consultation should be considered for prostatitis and urethral trauma … Of note, catheters are appropriate in the case of urinary incontinence with open wounds if the urine … cannot be kept from contaminating the wounds using other strategies. … . · Not all open sacral/hip wounds require an indwelling catheter if the wound can be kept clean by other

198. 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?

199. Facts and Figures 2005
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     January 01, 2005 - ) Pressure sores typically result from prolonged periods of uninterrupted pressure on the skin, … or internal injury 106 16,900 6.7 3.4 Intracranial injury (brain injury) 171 16,500 … causes 102 7,000 3.5 3.3 Open wounds of head, neck, and trunk 38 6,900 2.6 0.6 … (brain injury) 234       Crushing injury or internal injury 235       Open wounds of head, neck, … and trunk 236       Open wounds of extremities (arms and legs) 239       Superficial injury, contusion

200. 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?