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21. Culture of safety: impact on improvement in infection prevention process and outcomes. | PSNet
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    September 23, 2020 - Restructuring of a general surgery residency program in an epicenter of the coronavirus disease … facilitators to healthcare workers' adherence with infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines for respiratory … infectious diseases: a rapid qualitative evidence synthesis. … View More See More About The Topic Quality and Safety Professionals Infectious Diseases

22. Under Pressure: Tracheostomy Cuff Over Inflation Leading to Tissue Necrosis and Cuff Rupture | PSNet
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    March 15, 2023 - The Case A 56-year-old man was admitted with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia and acute … respiratory failure, requiring mechanical ventilation. … placement include diabetes, tracheomalacia, smoking tobacco products, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease … , sleep apnea, peripheral vascular disease, history of stroke, abnormal chest anatomy, and exposure to … Subglottic and tracheal stenosis associated with coronavirus disease 2019.

23. Delayed Diagnosis in the Setting of Virtual Care: Remembering the Physical Examination | PSNet
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    April 29, 2020 - rectal or genital examinations, and no additional testing or imaging was performed after the infectious disease … Evaluation for other respiratory viruses was also essential. … alternative diagnoses in an older, non-ambulatory patient with multiple complications from chronic diseases … It is likely that the physician staff were focused on ruling out respiratory viruses, and the nursing … by clinicians, the visual inspection for skin integrity and cutaneous manifestations of underlying diseases

24. Do Not Miss Sepsis Needles in Viral Haystacks! | PSNet
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    March 27, 2024 - pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in 2000, even while bacterial pneumonia and other invasive pneumococcal disease … Viral respiratory infections are common in pediatrics. … regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990-2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease … Hyponatremia in infectious diseases-a literature review. … Emergency Departments Children's Hospitals Pediatrics Pediatric Emergency Medicine Infectious Diseases

25. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    July 08, 2022 - The patient remained intubated for several days due to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS … for oversedation in the setting of opioid administration include obesity; hepatic, renal, and lung disease … Status Classification System8 ASA Class 1 Healthy patients ASA Class 2 Mild to moderate systemic disease … not limiting activity ASA Class 3 Severe systemic disease that limits activity but is not incapacitating … ASA class 4 Severe systemic disease that is constant threat to life ASA Class 5 Moribund patients

26. Assessment of changes in visits and antibiotic prescribing during the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID-19 Pandemic. | PSNet
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    March 10, 2021 - completed the program and submitted data showed a significant decrease of antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory … Ambulatory Clinic or Office Quality and Safety Professionals Primary Care Infectious Diseases

27. Communication Failure—Who's in Charge? | PSNet
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    April 01, 2018 - That evening the child developed respiratory distress with acidosis and fever. … Specific focus on perioperative transitions of care for children with congenital heart disease is more … therapy) and cohorting children with cardiac disease should improve outcomes. … yet evidence to support a specific system structure in which care for children with congenital heart disease … Adaptation of a postoperative handoff communication process for children with heart disease: a quantitative

28. Medication Safety Events Related to Diagnostic Imaging | PSNet
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    January 26, 2022 - The patient remained intubated for several days due to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS … for oversedation in the setting of opioid administration include obesity; hepatic, renal, and lung disease … Physical Status Classification System 8 ASA Class 1 Healthy patients ASA Class 2 Mild to moderate systemic disease … not limiting activity ASA Class 3 Severe systemic disease that limits activity but is not incapacitating … ASA class 4 Severe systemic disease that is constant threat to life ASA Class 5 Moribund patients not

29. Transfusion Overload | PSNet
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    September 23, 2020 - She rapidly worsened and had a respiratory arrest; a code blue was called. … The clinicians caring for her believed that the patient developed hypoxic respiratory failure from acute … With supportive care and more diuretics, the patient's hypoxic respiratory failure improved and she was … guidelines ( 6,9 ), the clinicians might have avoided giving the second unit, which seems to have led to respiratory … Effect of anaemia and cardiovascular disease on surgical mortality and morbidity.

30. Hypoxemia after Emergency Intubation | PSNet
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    March 24, 2019 - occurs in trauma patients with rib fractures or patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease … Therapeutic approaches and mortality in acute respiratory failure due to drowning. … High flow oxygen therapy in respiratory failure secondary to drowning. … High flow nasal cannula for adult acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in the ED setting. … Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Evaluation and accurate diagnoses of pediatric diseases

31. Hospital ward adaptation during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey of academic medical centers. | PSNet
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    April 12, 2023 - Sites reported rapid expansion of respiratory isolation units (RIUs – dedicated units for patients with … March 9, 2022 Patient Safety Primers Coronavirus Disease … Home health staff perspectives on infection prevention and control: implications for Coronavirus Disease … Hospitals Quality and Safety Professionals Hospital Medicine Public Health Infectious Diseases

32. Impact of COVID-19 on inpatient clinical emergencies: a single-center experience. | PSNet
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    February 17, 2021 - This study identified an increase in RRT activations for respiratory distress at one academic hospital … Related Resources Patient Safety Primers Coronavirus Disease … Home health staff perspectives on infection prevention and control: implications for Coronavirus Disease … Care Executives and Administrators Quality and Safety Professionals Public Health Infectious Diseases

33. Covid-19: Assessing the Risk to Public Protection Posed by a Doctor as a Result of Concerns about their Practice during the Pandemic. | PSNet
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    July 15, 2015 - December 22, 2021 The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on healthcare-associated … facilitators to healthcare workers' adherence with infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines for respiratory … infectious diseases: a rapid qualitative evidence synthesis.

34. Full disclosure of adverse events to patients and families in the ICU: wouldn't you want to know? | PSNet
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    May 26, 2021 - WebM&M Cases Fatal Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Opioid-Induced Respiratory … May 17, 2017 Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases

35. Dangerous Shift | PSNet
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    July 24, 2013 - The Case A 3-month-old infant was admitted with a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection to … In the case of an unstable infant patient believed to be in significant respiratory distress, waiting … The main problem with the patient is respiratory issues. … This is what I think the problem is: respiratory distress. … Health Care Providers Health Care Executives and Administrators Critical Care Infectious Diseases

36. Antibiotics for URI/Sinusitis—A Simple Decision Gone Bad | PSNet
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    January 01, 2014 - Inflammation of the respiratory epithelium lining the paranasal sinuses (most commonly the maxillary … In 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that acute bacterial rhinosinusitis … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. … Public beliefs and use of antibiotics for acute respiratory illness. … See More About The Topic Ambulatory Care Physicians Primary Care Infectious Diseases

37. A Stable Airway? Fatal Airway Occlusion After Inadequate Post-Tracheostomy Care | PSNet
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    June 28, 2023 - He was found to have severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). … His respiratory failure worsened, and he was ultimately transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) … However, the PeCO 2 and arterial CO2 (PaCO 2 ) in patients with pulmonary disease can be widely different … , neuromuscular, or cardiac disease. … UC Davis Health ewgould@ucdavis.edu Krystal Craddock, MSc, RRT, FAARC Reversible Obstructive Airway Disease

38. How Does Infection Prevention Fit Into a Safety Program? | PSNet
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    March 01, 2014 - pathogens (e.g., endemic and emerging multidrug-resistant organisms, C. difficile , influenza, and other respiratory … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [Available at] 7. Jarvis WR. … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [Available at] 9. … (e.g., aspergillus) Respiratory illness (e.g., influenza) C. difficile infection … But not for people coming in with viral upper respiratory tract infections.

39. Overdose of Gabapentin and Oxycodone in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case for Appropriate Interruptive Drug-Disease Alerts. | PSNet
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    June 24, 2020 - Interruptive Drug-Disease Alerts.. … severe somnolence, became arousable only with aggressive tactile stimuli, and developed hypoxia with a respiratory … was treated with oxygen supplementation and intravenous naloxone with improvement in somnolence and respiratory … renal dysfunction increases the risk of toxicity, manifesting as confusion, sedation, myoclonus, and respiratory … Medication-related CDS includes alerts that advise prescribers on dosing, allergies, drug interactions, diseases

40. Referrals of infection control breaches to public health authorities: ambulatory care settings experience, 2017. | PSNet
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    December 09, 2020 - October 7, 2020 Evidence of respiratory infection transmission within physician offices … Outpatient Surgery Quality and Safety Professionals Safety Scientists Surgery Infectious Diseases