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221. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 19, 2019 - Accuracy of a popular online symptom checker for ophthalmic diagnoses. June 19, 2019 Shen C, Nguyen M, Gregor A, et al. Accuracy of a Popular Online Symptom Checker for Ophthalmic Diagnoses. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019;137(6):690-692. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2019.0571. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accuracy-popular-on…

222. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2015 - urgent care over a 2-month period, the patient presented to the emergency department with worsening symptoms … particularly strong in this case, where the patient presented 6 times over 2 months with worsening symptoms … bias might lead the clinician to ask about tingling or burning in the same foot, even though such symptoms … This natural human bias may explain why patients persist in the belief that their arthritis symptoms … the probability of peripheral neuropathy was not adjusted downwards, despite progressive unilateral symptoms

223. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 04, 2024 - At this first entry point, many clinicians miss child abuse and incorrectly attribute symptoms to an … In fact, patients often present with non- specific symptoms such as vomiting, abnormal movements, changes … These symptoms are often attributed to more common problems such as viral URI or acute gastroenteritis … this reason, infants younger than 90 days presenting with lethargy and other non-specific neurologic symptoms … Diagnosing AHT poses unique challenges due to non-specific symptoms, delayed presentations, and difficulty

224. Strongyloides: A Hidden Traveler and Potentially Lethal Missed Diagnosis. | PSNet
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     August 25, 2021 - blood pressure, osteoporosis, and pulmonary embolus, was admitted to a hospital with gastrointestinal symptoms … inflammatory bowel diseases and atopic conditions. 6 Inflammatory bowel diseases can present with similar symptoms … and eosinophilic gastroenteritis, but these conditions usually present with upper gastrointestinal symptoms … critical to identify who is at risk for this infection, especially when combined with unexplained GI symptoms … June 1, 2003 WebM&M Cases When "Psychiatric" Symptoms

225. Translating From Normal to Abnormal | PSNet
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     October 02, 2019 - She had seen her primary care physician a few weeks earlier for the same symptoms and, after a normal … However, given the worsening symptoms and persistent headache, the provider ordered an urgent magnetic … results of your recent MRI were normal, making an infection, mass, or stroke unlikely causes of your symptoms … In the ED, neurology was consulted and concluded that the patient's symptoms were likely benign positional … vertigo (a common condition that leads to intermittent dizziness) with amplification of her symptoms

226. Intraosseous Line Extravasation in a Pediatric Trauma Patient | PSNet
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     September 29, 2021 - IO lines Appreciate the importance of anticipating procedural complications Identify signs and symptoms … While Orthopedic Surgery was consulted for further management of compartment syndrome, the symptoms resolved … Compartment syndrome is a clinical diagnosis and patients’ reported symptoms are the earliest indicators … In an awake and alert patient, reported symptoms include pain (often characterized as out of proportion … Of the six signs and symptoms, only pain is a reliable sign of compartment syndrome.

227. Identifying trigger concepts to screen emergency department visits for diagnostic errors. | PSNet
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     March 12, 2025 - populations presenting to the emergency department with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular or neurological symptoms

228. A Complicated Course: Severe Alcohol Withdrawal with Dexmedetomidine Infusion | PSNet
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     June 14, 2023 - cancer presented to an emergency department (ED) 36 hours after his last alcoholic drink with signs and symptoms … patient’s Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment (CIWA) score was very high, indicating signs and symptoms … The ten alcohol withdrawal symptoms of CIWA-Ar and range of scoring scale.  … However, this end point should be interpreted with caution. 8 Dexmedetomidine attenuates the hemodynamic symptoms … They can mask the elevated adrenergic state seen in AWS and cause a false perception that these symptoms

229. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2017 - When health care workers provide care while experiencing symptoms of infectious disease, they put their … surveyed, 50%–90% of them report that they have worked or would work while experiencing significant symptoms … the past year, 55% said that they would come to work with the acute onset of significant respiratory symptoms … Health care workers also report that there is some ambiguity about what symptoms truly justify sick … clear what is "too sick" to work or truly risky for patients.(6) The lack of knowledge about what symptoms

230. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2018 - Because of the pressure on her brain, the patient had symptoms including mood changes, headaches, and … Since the complaints were similar to the patient's symptoms on admission, which should have been addressed … care providers are frequently required to make clinical decisions based upon a change in a patient's symptoms … treatment as new, disconfirming information becomes available.(14) In this case, the patient's initial symptoms … Unfortunately, the recurrence of the patient's symptoms was attributed to depression because the lumbar

231. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 28, 2020 - aneurysms and those in the anterior circulation.3    Because non-ruptured brain aneurysms produce no symptoms … Because the brain is enclosed within the rigid skull, large-volume hemorrhages produce more severe symptoms … pulmonary edema, hypertension, hyperglycemia and delayed cerebral ischemia.6,7,8,9,10 Management of these symptoms

232. Acute Care Admission of the Behavioral Health Patient | PSNet
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     July 19, 2023 - Prior to that date, there was no effective pharmacotherapy to quell the symptoms associated with these … However, the emergence of delayed-onset choreiform movements (tardive dyskinesia) raised alarm, as these symptoms … These agents showed equivalent efficacy to the older agents in treating the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia … nearly 5%.( 9 ) When combined with the additional risk factors of prior suicide attempts, depressive symptoms … presumably related to dopaminergic sensitivity, are also described.( 12 ) Additional discontinuation symptoms

233. Walking Out of a Hospital After Attempted Suicide | PSNet
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     March 29, 2023 - The patient had been staying with his wife in a hotel, experiencing nightmares and depressive symptoms … stressor-related, anxiety, and adjustment disorders associated with sustained suicidal or psychotic symptoms … , or “acute on chronic” exacerbated psychiatric symptoms associated with the suicide attempt. … It is important to recall that amnestic symptoms and/or frank delirium due to hypoxia may be “additive … ” with the ongoing psychiatric symptoms that were associated with the suicide attempt and that the patient

234. Incomplete Orders for Hypertonic Saline to Treat Hyponatremia | PSNet
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     February 23, 2022 - In cases with severe neurologic symptoms, such as seizures or coma, the panel recommended use of a 10 … -minute infusion of 100 ml 3% saline, repeated up to two additional times until symptoms resolve, regardless … for severely symptomatic hyponatremic patients, followed by one additional bolus 20 minutes later if symptoms … persist. 6 Patients with milder symptoms can be managed by administering 0.5-2.0 ml/kg/hr of 3% saline … L over the first few hours, as this rate of rise in serum sodium is usually sufficient to alleviate symptoms

235. Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture. | PSNet
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     November 25, 2020 - He returned to the hospital six days later when his symptoms did not improve. … team did not recognize preoperative CS despite the patient’s complaint of severe pain and neurologic symptoms … In the second case, the treating team failed to appreciate symptoms suggesting postoperative CS and instead … Diagnosis Historically, CS has been diagnosed by bedside assessment using various clinical signs and symptoms … In the second case, obvious, classic symptoms of CS were ignored, and ICP was never measured.

236. Dependence vs. Pain | PSNet
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     October 30, 2019 - had been using less heroin than usual because of the gastrointestinal complaints and felt that his symptoms … The patient's symptoms as described are consistent with classic opioid withdrawal. … Opioid withdrawal is defined diagnostically as three or more symptoms that include dysphoric (negative … The withdrawal symptoms cause significant distress to the individual and often impair functioning in … Opioid withdrawal symptoms may be so severe and aversive that many opioid-dependent individuals continue

237. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 03, 2023 - Optimizing measurement of misdiagnosis-related harms using symptom-disease pair analysis of diagnostic error (SPADE): comparison groups to maximize SPADE validity. May 3, 2023 Liberman AL, Wang Z, Zhu Y, et al. Optimizing measurement of misdiagnosis-related harms using symptom-disease pair analysis of diagnostic …

238. The diagnostic and triage accuracy of digital and online symptom checker tools: a systematic review. | PSNet
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     May 05, 2021 - Review The diagnostic and triage accuracy of digital and online symptom checker tools: a systematic review. Citation Text: Wallace W, Chan C, Chidambaram S, et al. The diagnostic and triage accuracy of digital and online symptom checker tools: a systematic review. NPJ Digit Med. 2022;5(1…

239. A Sweet Case of Hidden Hydrogen Ions | PSNet
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     November 30, 2023 -  DKA due to the normal pH on her venous blood gas (VBG), and her recent hospitalization for similar symptoms … Inadequate education about how to dose insulin on sick days and how to recognize early symptoms of DKA … Specifically, she withheld insulin when she was unable to eat and may have not been able to communicate her symptoms … in 2001), recurrent admissions related to improper education about proper insulin administration and symptoms … Educate patients, nursing staff, and physicians on risk factors for DKA and its symptoms in patients

240. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     July 02, 2019 - She had no shortness of breath nor other new symptoms. … in patients with mild congestive heart failure (loop diuretics are indicated in case of more severe symptoms … extremities observed in this 62-year-old woman.(6) However, the patient did not report any other new symptoms … Her edema also worsened over the course of weeks, whereas symptoms generally appear more suddenly when