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2261. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 11, 2024 - The patient failed her swallow evaluation by speech therapy; therefore, a nasogastric (NG) tube was

2262. The Safety and Quality of Long Term Care | PSNet
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      January 01, 2016 - anticoagulants are monitored daily to assure no adverse events are occurring as a result of their medication therapy

2263. Diagnostic error as a result of drug-laboratory test interactions. | PSNet
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      November 21, 2018 - test interactions can lead to misinterpretation of results, misdiagnosis, and unneeded tests or therapies … March 9, 2022 ASPEN Safe Practices for Enteral Nutrition Therapy.

2264. Delayed Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A False Sense of Security. | PSNet
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      May 01, 2005 - widespread use of screening mammography and the introduction of more sophisticated cancer-specific therapies … Doctors Company-CRICO study cited above, patients’ failure to complete recommended appointments or treatments … Navigating risks in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. … www.rmf.harvard.edu/Clinician-Resources/Article/2015/Navigating-Risks-in-Breast-Cancer-Diagnosis-and-Treatment … , 2023 WebM&M Cases Sepsis Resulting from Delays in Treatment

2265. The impact of electronic communication of medication discontinuation (CancelRx) on medication safety: a pilot study. | PSNet
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      December 07, 2022 - September 20, 2023 WebM&M Cases Duplicate Therapies in … May 5, 2021 Analysis of medication therapy discontinuation orders in new electronic prescriptions

2266. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      August 05, 2022 - Also, an individualized diabetes care plan and education on the appropriate use of insulin therapy at … at-risk patients and there is emerging evidence that supports multidisciplinary interventions including treatment … An on-treatment analysis of the MARQUIS study: interventions to improve inpatient medication reconciliation

2267. The Perils of Cross Coverage | PSNet
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      September 22, 2010 - Blood cultures were positive for E. coli, and appropriate antibiotic therapy was initiated. … Phone Call March 1, 2012 WebM&M Cases More Treatment—Better … Self-Administered Medications July 1, 2011 WebM&M Cases Treatment

2268. Spotlight
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      January 01, 2024 - He was diagnosed with post-concussive syndrome; no specific investigations or treatments were recommended … data have largely been limited to case series of elderly patients on antiplatelet or anticoagulation therapy … In this scenario, a false negative CT interpretation would result in a treatment plan that does not include

2269. EMR Entry Error: Not So Benign | PSNet
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      July 01, 2012 - He was diagnosed with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) and started on appropriate antibiotic therapy … The patient continued to receive treatment for PCP and was slowly improving.

2270. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      January 27, 2023 - The examples they provide are radiation therapy or blood transfusions. … For example, when managing an airway emergency, there is risk in any treatment you might try but there

2271. Spotlight (ppt file)
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      October 01, 2018 - Duration of hypotension before initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy is the critical determinant … Definitions for sepsis and organ failure and guidelines for the use of innovative therapies in sepsis … Using procalcitonin to guide antibiotic therapy. … have an infection had higher mortality rates, which may have been related to delays in appropriate therapy … predictive value and may contribute to alert fatigue and the administration of inappropriate sepsis therapies

2272. Diseases of medical progress. | PSNet
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      June 27, 2018 - that the history of medicine provides numerous examples of how emerging illnesses develop from sound therapeutic … The author discusses more than 40 distinct entities that resulted from new and existing medication therapies … fascinating historical perspective, one that not only raises concern over all currently available novel therapies

2273. Intravenous chemotherapy preparation errors: patient safety risks identified in a pan-Canadian exploratory study. | PSNet
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      March 18, 2011 - June 13, 2018 Improving shared situation awareness for high-risk therapies in hospitalized … The use of human factors methods to identify and mitigate safety issues in radiation therapy

2274. To Resuscitate or Not? | PSNet
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      November 01, 2011 - that they would be more likely to override a DNR order when an arrest was caused by a complication of treatment … families want to be involved in decision making, establish goals based on the prognosis, and implement therapies … eg, if after several days the patient was still on mechanical ventilation and receiving vasopressor therapy … patients understand the potential course of events and prognosis, it is easier to establish the goals of therapy … Overriding a patient′s refusal of treatment after an iatrogenic complication.

2275. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2006 - instance in which a resident's misread film results in a patient being sent home without appropriate treatment … or in a patient receiving improper surgery or other therapies. … The patient did not have bleeding complications from the thrombolytic therapy. … A safeguard such as this (if extended to the use of thrombolytic therapy) may have prevented the error … more junior reviewers, or those whose interpretations could prompt procedures or life-threatening therapies

2276. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2008 - endoscopic procedure and, after the procedure, wrote orders for the patient to receive all of the previous treatments … These lists could prompt prescribers to reorder medication therapies that were discontinued for procedures … case presented in this commentary, a 25-year-old woman experienced elevated sodium levels after DDAVP therapy … if the intern further clarified the order to indicate what should be done with the patient's DDAVP therapy … The intern could have indicated to restart therapy the next day or based on the patient's sodium levels

2277. Uptake of pharmacist recommendations by patients after discharge: implementation study of a patient-centered medicines review service. | PSNet
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      December 14, 2016 - 19, 2022 Patient outcomes in dose reduction or discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy … September 13, 2023 WebM&M Cases Duplicate Therapies in

2278. Surveillance of medical device-related hazards and adverse events in hospitalized patients. | PSNet
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      March 11, 2011 - Related Resources Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy … June 15, 2022 Improving shared situation awareness for high-risk therapies in hospitalized

2279. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2018 - or discontinuation of a critical drug, giving the end users time to find alternative resources or therapies … 1516 directors of pharmacy, and they reported that out of 171 responses, 70.8% reported a delay in treatment … , 48.5% reported patients received suboptimal therapies, 15.8% reported a treatment failure, and 1.2% … regarding shortages along with frequent in-service education activities (when alterations from standard treatment … Drug shortages: effect on parenteral nutrition therapy. Nutr Clin Pract. 2018;33:53-61.

2280. Medication Reconciliation Victory After an Avoidable Error | PSNet
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      April 01, 2015 - Although the case above highlights the potential dangers of therapy duplication, it also illustrates … the medication reconciliation process identified the cause of the admission and resulted in prompt treatment … of the patient (in this case, discontinuation of duplicate therapies) as opposed to reducing future … as drug information from a pharmacist that included the purpose and side effects of the prescribed treatment … access to the complete medical record and prescription fill history could have identified the duplicate therapy