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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu7a.html
August 01, 2017 - Eschar is healthy tissue.
12. … Deep tissue injury will not progress to another injury/ulcer stage.
69. … Eschar is healthy tissue.
False
12. … A pressure redistribution surface manages tissue load and the climate against the skin. … Deep tissue injury will not progress to another injury/ulcer stage.
False
69.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu7a.html
August 01, 2017 - Eschar is healthy tissue.
12. … Deep tissue injury will not progress to another injury/ulcer stage.
69. … Eschar is healthy tissue.
False
12. … A pressure redistribution surface manages tissue load and the climate against the skin. … Deep tissue injury will not progress to another injury/ulcer stage.
False
69.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module5/module5_pressureinjury-msmt_slides.pptx
June 02, 2025 - loss
Visible subcutaneous fat
No exposed bone, tendon, or muscle
10
Stage 4
Full-thickness tissue … loss
Exposed bone, tendon, or muscle
11
Unstageable
Full-thickness skin and tissue loss in which … the extent of tissue damage within the injury cannot be confirmed because it is obscured by slough or … If slough or eschar is removed, a Stage 3 or 4 pressure injury will be revealed.
12
12
Deep Tissue … Pressure injuries are areas of soft tissue damage caused by pressure or pressure and shear.
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/sepsis.html
several resources to address sepsis, a systemic inflammatory response to infection that results in tissue
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0231-section-5-table-3.pdf
January 01, 2013 - management priorities are
establishing vascular access and
initiating fluid resuscitation to
improve tissue … Maintenance of tissue perfusion is
critical, because global tissue
hypoxia is a key step toward multiple … with decreased
mortality, suggesting that
restoration of adequate
intravascular volume to improve
tissue … Findings Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
Ranking*)
Citations
Clinical protocol Patients with sepsis and tissue … Fluid
resuscitation should be stopped or
interrupted when no improvement of
tissue perfusion occurs
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/slides5.html
October 01, 2017 - Slide 10: Stage 3
Full-thickness tissue loss.
Visible subcutaneous fat. … Slide 11: Stage 4
Full-thickness tissue loss.
Exposed bone, tendon, or muscle. … Slide 12: Unstageable
Full-thickness skin and tissue loss in which the extent of tissue damage … Image: Cross-section of suspected deep tissue injury. … Pressure injuries are areas of soft tissue damage caused by pressure or pressure and shear.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-232-section-5-table-6.pdf
January 01, 2013 - priorities are
establishment of vascular access and initiation of
fluid resuscitation to improve tissue … Maintenance of tissue perfusion is critical,
because global tissue hypoxia is a key step
toward multiple … Crit Care Clin 2008; S1-
S47
Clinical
protocol
In children, use adequate tissue perfusion as the … [p.
559]
Patients with sepsis and tissue hypoperfusion
appear to benefit from a rapid bolus of
intravenous
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/posters.html
June 01, 2021 - UTI, and When To Send a Urinalysis and Urine Culture (4 x 6, one-sided) (PDF, 178.8 KB)
Skin/Soft Tissue … Card for Nursing (8 x 11, one-sided) (PDF, 176.7 KB)
Management of Skin/Soft Tissue Infections for
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/liquid-biopsy-topicrefinement.pdf
July 29, 2021 - Compared to a tissue biopsy, which requires a surgical or image guided
procedure to obtain a tissue … tumor tissue for further detection of gene variations. … whom the physician
elected to use tissue genotyping, which demonstrates how large of a challenge tissue-based … Tissue biopsy alone is
insufficient. … In
other situations, tissue is not the “gold standard”.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-PUF-Summary-Statistics-Medicare-Inpatient-Weighted.pdf
September 26, 2023 - 294,292 1.99 10,357,971 69.87
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue … 294,292 1.99 10,357,971 69.87
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue … 270,509 1.82 10,958,885 73.93
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue … 252,605 1.70 11,014,621 74.30
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue … 231,905 1.56 10,949,764 73.87
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-erepguide_slides.pptx
November 01, 2016 - Onset date
Site
Initial stage
Size (length, width, depth)
Wound edges
Undermining
Tunneling
Necrotic tissue … Pressure Ulcer Healing
6
6
Periwound area (skin color, heat/redness, edema, induration)
Granulation tissue … characteristics:
Decline in quality of granulation tissue
Appearance of necrotic tissue when there … Characteristics: G = decline in quality of granulation tissue; N= new appearance of necrotic tissue; … N= increase in necrotic tissue.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/060-nursing-protocol-nasal-iodophor.docx
October 01, 2024 - Have the patient blow their nose into a tissue to clear their nostrils.
2. … If solution drips, dab with tissue. Discard tissue.
6.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/guide5.html
October 01, 2017 - Adipose (fat) is not visible, and deeper tissues are not visible. … Granulation tissue, slough, and eschar are not present. … Slide 10
Say: Stage 3 presents as a full-thickness tissue loss. … An injury that cannot be staged is a full-thickness tissue loss. … The wound may evolve rapidly to reveal the actual extent of tissue injury or may resolve without tissue
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module5/module5_pu_measurement.docx
January 01, 2016 - · Adipose (fat) is not visible, and deeper tissues are not visible. … · Granulation tissue, slough, and eschar are not present. … Slide 10
SAY: Stage 3 presents as a full-thickness tissue loss. … An injury that cannot be staged is a full-thickness tissue loss. … The wound may evolve rapidly to reveal the actual extent of tissue injury or may resolve without tissue
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-PUF-Summary-Statistics-Medicare-Outpatient-Weighted.pdf
September 26, 2023 - 770,959 0.45 146,853,097 85.25
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue … 89,354 0.05 164,371,106 95.42
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue … 63,990 0.04 165,898,179 96.31
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue … 43,538 0.03 167,105,437 97.01
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue … 34,471 0.02 168,126,509 97.60
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T2c-SBAR_SST_Final.pdf
June 01, 2014 - New or increasing pus at a wound, skin, or soft-tissue site
OR
¨¨ ¨ 2. … The resident may have a skin and soft tissue infection and
need a prescription for an antibiotic agent … The information is insufficient to indicate an
active skin or soft tissue infection.
2751c_7/15
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/fowler-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Overall performance, depth perception, bimanual dexterity, efficiency,
tissue handling, and autonomy … of coagulation
device (recoil),
grasper frequently slip
off
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Handles tissues reasonably
well, … with some minor
trauma to adjacent tissues
e.g., coagulation of
liver, causes unnecessary
liver … bleeding, occasional
slipping of grasper
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Handles tissues very
well with
appropriate traction … on tissues and
negligible injury of
adjacent structures.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/xu-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Laparoscopic techniques allow for the removal of uterine/fibroid tissues via small incisions with a … into smaller pieces, can be performed to facilitate tissue removal. … using an electromechanical device.13 By cutting
tissue into small fragments and removing them from … AAGL practice report:
Morcellation during uterine tissue extraction. … Tissue Extraction Task Force
Members. Morcellation during uterine tissue extraction: An update.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-PUF-Summary-Statistics-Medicaid-Inpatient-Weighted.pdf
September 26, 2023 - 200,106 2.31 5,277,307 60.81
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue … 200,106 2.31 5,277,307 60.81
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue … 138,141 1.59 5,643,790 65.03
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue … 120,030 1.38 5,987,768 69.00
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue … 105,684 1.22 6,158,064 70.96
M00-M99: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb-tubes.pdf
June 02, 2025 - ■ Gastrostomies:
– Granulation tissue (67%).
• Bleeding (28%).
• Pain (65%). … Granulation tissue ■ Leakage
■ Improper fit
■ Instability of tube
■ Treat leakage promptly. … ■ Apply petroleum to surrounding normal
skin, then apply silver nitrate to granulation
tissue; may