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  1. Spotlight

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/final_spotlight_case_open_wound_of_the_elbow_slides_09.19.2024.pptx
    January 01, 2024 - Describe principles of wound management for contaminated traumatic lacerations of the skin and soft tissue … Identify risk factors for infection of traumatic lacerations of the skin and soft tissue Explain how … Grossly contaminated wounds require meticulous attention, including debridement of devitalized tissue … Rarely, these infections can develop into life-threatening, rapidly progressing necrotizing soft tissue … Ultrasound in the emergency department: detection of wooden foreign bodies in the soft tissues. 

  2. NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Vision Screening and Retinopathy (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb-vision.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - growth resumes abnormally, with tortuous vessels piling up within the retina, forming a thick ridge of tissue … ■ Neovascular tissue (i.e., plus disease) may contract and form a scar, which then pulls and distorts

  3. Pressure Injury Dashboard Data 2025 (xls file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Pressure_Injury_Dashboard_Data_2025.xlsx
    January 01, 2025 - pressure-ulcer.html PI_ADVANCED_STAGE Pressure Injury Most Advanced Stage answer Frequency Percentage Deep Tissue … Extent of Harm by Most Advanced Stage Harm Scale Most Advanced Stage Frequency Percentage Harm Deep Tissue … Pressure Injury (DTPI) 7736 81.5% No Harm Deep Tissue Pressure Injury (DTPI) 1755 18.5%

  4. Errors in Managing an Open Wound of the Elbow Leading to Multiple Complications and Operations | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/errors-managing-open-wound-elbow-leading-multiple-complications-and-operations
    September 27, 2023 - Describe principles of wound management for contaminated traumatic lacerations of the skin and soft tissue … Identify risk factors for infection of traumatic lacerations of the skin and soft tissue Explain how … Grossly contaminated wounds require meticulous attention, including debridement of devitalized tissue … But devitalized tissue must be addressed, and the “wad” (a plastic cup positioned between the powder … Ultrasound in the emergency department: detection of wooden foreign bodies in the soft tissues.

  5. Root cause analysis to identify contributing factors for the development of hospital acquired pressure injuries. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/root-cause-analysis-identify-contributing-factors-development-hospital-acquired-pressure
    July 20, 2022 - J Tissue Viability. 2021;30(3):339-345. doi:10.1016/j.jtv.2021.04.004. … J Tissue Viability . 2021; 30 (3) :339-345 . View more articles from the same authors. … J Tissue Viability. 2021;30(3):339-345. doi:10.1016/j.jtv.2021.04.004.

  6. Timeline for Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship in Ambulatory Care (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/timeline.docx
    September 01, 2022 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses Presentation … and facilitator guide Discussion guide: Skin and Soft Tissue Infections One-page document: Skin and … Soft Tissue Infections Patient handout: Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (English and Spanish) Review

  7. Maskedstats Nrd 2022 Core Weighted (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/stats/MaskedStats_NRD_2022_Core_Weighted.PDF
    January 01, 2022 - PROCEDURES WITH MCC 7,988 0.02% 501: SOFT TISSUE PROCEDURES WITH CC 19,839 0.06% 502: SOFT TISSUE … PROCEDURES WITH MCC 11,995 0.04% 516: OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. … PROCEDURES WITH CC 32,820 0.10% 517: OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. … PROCEDURES W/O CC/MCC 20,506 0.06% 517: OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. … CC/MCC 1,584 0.00% 545: CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH MCC 12,080 0.04% 546: CONNECTIVE TISSUE

  8. NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb-bpd.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - ■ Higher caloric intake needed to account for increased work of breathing, as well as ongoing tissue … repair and tissue deposition; due to fluid restrictions, these patients may need fortified feeds to

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72517/psn-pdf
    November 25, 2020 - The possibility of necrotizing soft tissue infection was considered. … The tissues were found to be dusky, but necrosis was not found. … coli1,3 (as in this case) or bacteroides species, and can be associated with gas infiltrating into the tissues … Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections. … Necrotizing soft-tissue infections in obstetric and gynecologic patients.

  10. On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing: Facilitator Training | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/slides.html
    December 01, 2017 - Necrotic tissue type and amount. Drainage/exudate type and amount. … Decline in tissue characteristics: Decline in quality of granulation tissue. … Increase in necrotic tissue in wound bed. … Characteristics: G = decline in quality of granulation tissue; N= new appearance of necrotic tissue; … N↑= increase in necrotic tissue.

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49615/psn-pdf
    December 01, 2010 - "(8) Underlying mechanisms whereby tissue compression leads to tissue damage are still not entirely … Stage III Full-thickness tissue loss. … Slough may be present but does not obscure the depth of tissue loss. … Stage IV Full-thickness tissue loss with exposed bone, tendon, or muscle. … with adjacent tissue.

  12. Maskedstats Nrd 2022 Core (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/stats/MaskedStats_NRD_2022_CORE.PDF
    January 01, 2022 - PROCEDURES WITH MCC 4,234 0.03% 501: SOFT TISSUE PROCEDURES WITH CC 10,482 0.06% 502: SOFT TISSUE … PROCEDURES WITH MCC 6,263 0.04% 516: OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. … PROCEDURES WITH CC 17,437 0.11% 517: OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. … PROCEDURES W/O CC/MCC 10,731 0.06% 517: OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. … CC/MCC 868 0.01% 545: CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH MCC 6,376 0.04% 546: CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS

  13. Section5 8 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2007/pdfs/section5_8.pdf
    January 01, 2007 - 100.0 100.0 57 Septicemia (blood infection) 276 464 81.2 86.8 68 Skin and subcutaneous tissue … 188 267 100.0 100.0 42 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections 131 213 69.7 79.6 …  Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections grew 62 percent.

  14. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-radiation_technical-brief.pdf
    November 01, 2009 - Ionizing radiation is harmful to all tissues, malignant or healthy. … , delivering very little dose to distal tissues. … First, despite advances in medical imaging, the ability to distinguish tumor tissue from normal tissue … This means that isodoses (in Gy) in a given tissue (tissue 12 volumes that receive the same … Third, radiation harms normal tissues as it harms malignant ones, and sparing normal tissues from radiation

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49551/psn-pdf
    December 01, 2007 - warm vs. cold packs in adult volunteers with intentional extravasation of fluid into the subcutaneous tissues … Whitney and colleagues (3) reported that local warming increases tissue perfusion and oxygen supply … by overcoming local vasoconstriction and increasing blood flow to tissues. … Indeed, the literature on burns supports the use of cooling therapy to minimize tissue damage. … Pathophysiologically, the warming of injured tissue using various devices appears to promote several

  16. Table A.4.1. Verisk condition classifications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/taba.4.1.html
    December 01, 2017 -   Other, NOS, and NEC Joint Replacement   Congenital/Developmental Skeletal and Connective Tissue … Osteoporosis, Osteopathies, and Osteochondropathies   Other Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue … of Bone   Psoriatic Arthropathy   Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inflammatory Connective Tissue

  17. 053-Sample-Script-Iodophor (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/053-sample-script-iodophor.docx
    April 01, 2025 - Here’s a tissue. … won’t stain your nose, but it might leave a tinge at the rim or drip a little, so clean it with the tissue

  18. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/042-ss-training-preop-nasal-iodophor.pptx
    April 01, 2025 - Have patient blow their nose into a tissue to clear nostrils. … If solution drips, dab the patient’s nose with tissue.

  19. Kid 2022 Maskedstats Core (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/kid/tools/stats/KID_2022_MaskedStats_Core.PDF
    January 01, 2022 - PROCEDURES WITH MCC 340 0.01% 501: SOFT TISSUE PROCEDURES WITH CC 1,042 0.03% 502: SOFT TISSUE PROCEDURES … PROCEDURES WITH MCC 672 0.02% 516: OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. … PROCEDURES WITH CC 2,244 0.07% 517: OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. … PROCEDURES W/O CC/MCC 3,058 0.10% 517: OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. … 50 0.00% 545: CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH MCC 1,405 0.05% 546: CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH

  20. Kid 2022 Maskedstats Core Weighted (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/kid/tools/stats/KID_2022_MaskedStats_Core_Weighted.PDF
    January 01, 2022 - PROCEDURES WITH MCC 465 0.01% 501: SOFT TISSUE PROCEDURES WITH CC 1,420 0.03% 502: SOFT TISSUE PROCEDURES … PROCEDURES WITH MCC 919 0.02% 516: OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. … PROCEDURES WITH CC 3,071 0.05% 517: OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. … PROCEDURES W/O CC/MCC 4,177 0.07% 517: OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. … 69 0.00% 545: CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH MCC 1,912 0.03% 546: CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH
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