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  1. Statistical Brief #3

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb3.jsp
    April 01, 2006 - burden of hospitalizations related to pressure sores (figure 1). … The mean charge for hospital stays principally for pressures sores was $37,800, but charges varied by … paralysis, spinal cord injury, substance abuse, malnutrition, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and senility … percent), paralysis (27.4 percent), senility (22.7 percent), malnutrition (17.8 percent), spinal cord injury … Paralysis, spinal cord injury, and substance abuse were prominent among younger patients, while malnutrition

  2. Puh-Assessment (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-assessment.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - The On-Time Pressure Ulcer Assessment incorporates elements from the Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment … In partial thickness wounds it can occur throughout the wound bed as well as from the wound edges. … In full thickness wounds it occurs from the edges only. … to <50% wound covered 5= <25% wound covered Pain Pressure Ulcer Site Pain Select … Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Unstageable Suspected Deep Tissue Injury

  3. Healthcare Costs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    Patient Falls by 21 Percent Chartbook on Care Affordability Connecticut Hospital Reduces Pressure … Injuries Using AHRQ Toolkit Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide

  4. Telewound Care Network PATIENT ENROLLMENT FORM (pdf file)

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    June 16, 2021 - Currently _ High Cholesterol Yes_ No_ Currently _ Asthma Yes _ No _ Currently _ High Blood Pressure … How long has this wound been present? (circle one) 3. … Cause of wound (circle one) a) 1 month or less a) Injury from bump or fall b) Between 1 and … (approx. date)____________ f) Infection g) Pressure ulcer from laying or sitting 2. … Yes_No _ SITE WHERE PATIENT RECEIVES WOUND CARE PATIENT’S HOME Yes_No _ WOUND CLINIC Yes_No

  5. From research to practice: factors affecting implementation of prospective targeted injury-detection systems. | PSNet

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    August 04, 2021 - From research to practice: factors affecting implementation of prospective targeted injury-detection … From research to practice: factors affecting implementation of prospective targeted injury-detection … five hospitals faced in implementing new systems for prospective detection of adverse drug events and pressure … From research to practice: factors affecting implementation of prospective targeted injury-detection

  6. Supporting Clinicians to Improve Decision Making and Patients’ Care - Emerging Research | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2020 - patient care in hazardous decision-making environments fraught with excessive cognitive loading and time pressure … Hopkins University are investigating the use of AI to provide CDS in the detection of acute kidney injury … development and implementation of this AI-driven CDS system for detection and treatment of acute kidney injury … developed EHR-linked CDS tool, Peds & TeenBP, on screening and treatment of hypertension and high blood pressure … The research team aims to advance the standard practice of blood pressure measurement, increase hypertension

  7. Core Elements of Hospital Diagnostic Excellence (DxEx). | PSNet

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    April 26, 2023 - March 7, 2018 Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals Training Program. … October 18, 2017 Preventing Falls With Injury.

  8. Statistical Brief #64: Hospitalizations Related to Pressure Ulcers among Adults 18 Years and Older, 2006 (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2008 - In contrast, 56.5 percent of adult patients with a principal diagnosis of pressures ulcers were 65 … Paralysis and spinal cord injury were common co- existing conditions among younger adults hospitalized … In-hospital death occurred in 11.6 percent of stays with pressures ulcers noted as a secondary diagnosis … Patients 65 and older accounted for 56.5 percent of adult patients with a principal diagnosis of pressures … Paralysis and spinal cord injury were prominent among younger patients, while fluid and electrolyte

  9. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)

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    January 01, 2017 - Emerging evidence links protective tidal ventilation to decreased incidence of acute lung injury (ALI … Use at least 5 cm H2O positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP). Why wait? … not yet have ARDS and particularly those with risk factors to prevent progressive development of lung injury … Ventilator-associated lung injury in patients without acute lung injury at the onset of mechanical ventilation … What tidal volumes should be used in patients without acute lung injury?

  10. PowerPoint Presentation

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    November 30, 2013 - Major injury Minor injury Non-Fall-Related Injury Major injury Minor injury Musculoskeletal Joint pain … & Skin Cellulitis Edema Infected wound or decubitus Jaundice Rash Treatment Unavailable at Transferring … & Skin Injury: Fall Related Injury : Non-Fall Related Musculoskeletal Abnormal Labs or Anemia Fever/ … or Skin Fall-Related Injury Non-Fall-Related Injury Abnormal Lab Results Fever / Possible Infection … Disease Asthma Circulatory Problems Hypertension or Renal Failure Gastroenteritis Angina Pectoris Falls /Trauma

  11. Adverse Events Among In-Hospital Medicare Patients in 2021 and 2022 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2022 - injuries or complications of pressure injuries present on admission (POA) was significantly higher … injuries or complications of pressure injuries present on admission (13.4% vs. 4.7%) and catheter-associated … When the individual AE rates were analyzed by sex, the AE rate for advancing pressure injuries or complications … of pressure injuries POA was significantly higher for males than females (7.2% vs. 4.9%). … Pressure Injury/Ulcer (PI) Advancing PI or Secondary Comorbidity in PI Present on Admission New

  12. Adverse Events Among In-Hospital Medicare Patients in 2021 and 2022: Preliminary Report (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2022 - injuries or complications of pressure injuries present on admission (POA) was significantly higher … injuries or complications of pressure injuries present on admission (13.4% vs. 4.7%) and catheter-associated … When the individual AE rates were analyzed by sex, the AE rate for advancing pressure injuries or complications … of pressure injuries POA was significantly higher for males than females (7.2% vs. 4.9%). … Pressure Injury/Ulcer (PI) Advancing PI or Secondary Comorbidity in PI Present on Admission New

  13. Too Many Cooks Spotlight Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2020 - in one hour (versus six hours in this case) • Prolonged operative time is a surrogate for tissue injury … Deviation in the face of production pressure is a recipe for disaster. … Injury. 2018;49(1):130‐134. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2017.09.002 7. … Pressure Ulcer Prevention in the Hospital Setting Using Silicone Foam Dressings. … Injury. 2020;S0020-1383(20)30424-1. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2020.05.017 10.

  14. Impact of Hurricanes on Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits, 2005-2016 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb267-Hurricanes-Injuries-ED-Visits-2005-2016.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - , excluding those with skull fracture; internal injury of chest, abdomen, and pelvis; open wound of … ; burns; injury to nerves and spinal cord; certain traumatic complications and unspecified injuries; … unspecified; effects of heat and light; hypothermia; other effects of reduced temperature; effects of air pressure … and water pressure; asphyxiation; effects of other deprivation; adult and child abuse, neglect and … initial encounters, subsequent encounters, and sequela T79 series • Certain early complications of trauma

  15. Spotlight

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/spotlight_case_mismanagement_of_acute_decompensated_heart_failure_slides_final.pptx
    January 01, 2024 - hypervolemia, leading to mismanagement of her hypertensive emergency, irreversible progression of cardiac injury … to the ED.1 12 12 Background (4) The presence of pulmonary edema with hypoxemia and acute kidney injury … with an especially elevated diastolic pressure.  … nitroglycerin (given that nitroprusside is relatively contraindicated in the setting of acute kidney injury … treating hypertensive emergencies, choosing appropriate antihypertensives for patients with end-organ injury

  16. Secured But Not Always Safe | PSNet

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    October 01, 2015 - 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

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73604/psn-pdf
    August 18, 2021 - effect-providing-staff-training-and-enhanced-support-care-homes-care- processes-safety-climate Hospital admissions and preventable adverse events, such as falls and pressure … After 24 months, the safety climate had improved, and both falls and pressure ulcers were reduced. … effect-providing-staff-training-and-enhanced-support-care-homes-care-processes-safety-climate https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/utilizing-quality-improvement-methods-prevent-falls-and-injury-falls-enhancing-resident

  18. A Tale of Two Falls | PSNet

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    March 27, 2024 - treated with albuterol without improvement, which prompted the initiation of bilevel positive airway pressure … She sustained head trauma, blunt trauma of the cervical spine, right rib fractures, and a right femur … initial ED presentation, she was alert and oriented, and her vital signs were stable, with a blood pressure … We do not know if the patient’s fall at home resulted in head trauma, which may have predisposed her … second case or contributed to a worse injury.

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49862/psn-pdf
    May 01, 2019 - She was admitted to the stroke unit and received aggressive treatment to control her blood pressure. … This powerful attractive force can result in injury to a patient or health care worker from any of various … Direct trauma from the accelerating ferromagnetic object striking the patient or health care worker … To this day, injuries continue to occur in MRI scanners around the globe from ferromagnetic objects … modality—at times with serious, and even fatal, consequences.(6-10) The only way to avoid such events and injuries

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39545/psn-pdf
    May 19, 2010 - Surgical robot examined in injuries. May 19, 2010 Carreyrou J. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-robot-examined-injuries This newspaper article discusses complications … explains that such errors may have been exacerbated by inadequate clinician training and production pressures … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-robot-examined-injuries https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#productionpressure
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