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psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-459
October 30, 2024 - revealed a significant epidural hematoma compressing his spinal cord from C3 to C7, prompting emergency surgery … He was later diagnosed with a large frontal subdural hematoma requiring urgent surgery.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-434
April 10, 2024 - Study
Characteristics and contributing factors of diagnostic error in surgery: … Study
Characteristics and contributing factors of diagnostic error in surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/right-electrocardiogram-wrong-patient
April 24, 2024 - WebM&M Cases
Missed Connection: A Case of Inadequate ECG Oversight in Cardiac Surgery … January 15, 2020
Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/bleeding-risk
November 01, 2003 - indicated in this case because of the atrial fibrillation; it also reduces the risk of DVT after orthopedic surgery … post-operative patients often require smaller dosages of warfarin than patients who have not had recent surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dropped-lung
February 06, 2012 - medicine residency programs.( 5 ) Internal medicine programs have lagged behind emergency medicine and surgery … Surgery. 1998;124:313-7.[ go to PubMed ] 10. Vincent CA, Driscoll PA, Audley RJ, Grant DS.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.350_slideshow.ppt
June 01, 2015 - peripheral arterial disease.
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Case: Anchoring Bias (3)
The patient required emergent bypass surgery … of the left leg by vascular surgery.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2019-12/spotlight_code_status_dec_2019_powerpoint.pdf
January 01, 2019 - a
surgeon’s willingness to perform procedures
– An example is Orthopedists’ reluctance to perform surgery … Not performing surgery would leave patient in significant pain; death might be the
patient’s preference
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851555/psn-pdf
July 31, 2023 - Sean Flynn, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery
UC Davis Health
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49653/psn-pdf
May 01, 2012 - Haynes AB, Weiser TG, Berry WR, et al; Safe Surgery Saves Lives Study Group. … Quality improvement and
patient care checklists in intrahospital transfers involving pediatric surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49457/psn-pdf
September 01, 2004 - been discovered 10 years earlier after he presented with unstable
angina and required coronary bypass surgery … whatsoever and
repeatedly emphasized that he had been completely free of cardiac symptoms since his surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/good-nights-sleep-gone-wrong
September 01, 2015 - Study
A novel approach for engagement in team training in high-technology surgery … : the robotic-assisted surgery olympics.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33721/psn-pdf
November 01, 2011 - also reported improved communication,
increased staff awareness, and improved equipment use during surgery … Surgery. 2009;145:138-146. [go to PubMed]
17. Fanning RM, Gaba DM.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33675/psn-pdf
October 01, 2008 - Romano and colleagues (15) found that half of the difference in postoperative
(after back surgery) complication … the Veterans Health Administration system, Rosen and
colleagues (16) noted that adverse events from surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/laceration-needed-proper-exam-not-x-ray
November 25, 2020 - In a retrospective study of legal claims of negligence for hand and upper extremity surgery in Greece … another study of 500 consecutive patients with hand injuries in Northern Ireland referred to a plastic surgery … See More About The Topic
Emergency Departments
Emergency Medicine
Orthopedic Surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/what-was-those-platelets
August 28, 2024 - The Case A 47-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for complex spinal surgery. … The surgery went well without complications, and postoperatively she was transferred to a general surgical … 76-year-old man with coronary artery disease and a prosthetic aortic valve was admitted for spinal surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/misconnection-leading-arterial-thrombosis
January 29, 2021 - WebM&M Cases
Endotracheal Tube Fallout in a Patient with Severe Obesity During Eye Surgery … Missed Compartment Syndrome after Steep Lithotomy Position for Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgery … WebM&M Cases
Airway Obstruction during Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2022-04/final_spotlight_case_and_commentatry_io_line_extravasation-04.08.2022.pdf
January 01, 2022 - intraoperative use of the IO line was restricted to a low-rate
fluid infusion.
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Case Details (2)
• During surgery … • The IO line was removed, and the Orthopedic Surgery service was
consulted intraoperatively due to … Journal of Bone and Joint
Surgery 1991;75-A(3):430–3.
36. Rimar S, Westry JA, Rodriguez RL.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49566/psn-pdf
July 01, 2008 - what-was-those-platelets
The Case
A 47-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for complex spinal surgery … The surgery went well
without complications, and postoperatively she was transferred to a general surgical … 76-year-old man with coronary artery disease and a prosthetic aortic valve was
admitted for spinal surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hypoxic-gas-supply-cross-connected-pipelines
February 05, 2020 - ucdavis.edu Garth Utter MD, MSc Consulting Editor, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Network (PSNet) Professor of Surgery … Department of Surgery UC Davis Health ghutter@ucdavis.edu References Gillam-Krakauer M, Gowen Jr CW. … View More
See More About The Topic
Operating Room
Anesthesiology
Surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867805/psn-pdf
February 26, 2025 - Sometimes, for example, during surgery the scalpel slips,
and something gets cut that should not have … The safe surgery checklist is another example of
an intervention that has clearly reduced risk, although … there is still a lot of risk associated with surgery.