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221. An Avoidable Death of a Three-year-old Child from Sepsis. | PSNet
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     August 31, 2016 - outlines how inadequate care contributed to the death of a child who developed sepsis while receiving treatment

222. Dangerous Dialysis | PSNet
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     June 12, 2024 - and then reusing it for subsequent treatments in the same patient. … Reusing dialyzers lowers the cost of a dialysis treatment and reduces the amount of biomedical waste … per day, or more than 500 treatments per week. … to limit the number of patients initiating therapy at the same time may all reduce the potential for … Characteristics and treatment of patients not reusing dialyzers in reuse units.

223. Doctors and dentists still flooding U.S. with opioid prescriptions. | PSNet
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     October 13, 2018 - January 11, 2023 Effects of state opioid prescribing laws on use of opioid and other pain treatments … 30, 2021 Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid treatment

224. 'So why didn't you think this baby was ill?' Decision-making in acute paediatrics. | PSNet
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     April 10, 2019 - other elements that can degrade the patient assessment required to inform appropriate diagnosis and treatment

225. Implicit bias in healthcare professionals: a systematic review. | PSNet
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     September 28, 2022 - Biases were detected in provider attitudes, treatment decisions, and diagnosis.

226. Inappropriate hospital admission as a risk factor for the subsequent development of adverse events: a cross-sectional study. | PSNet
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     March 09, 2022 - Inappropriate care, such as under- or over-treatment or unnecessary hospitalizations, can place patients

227. Inappropriate prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hospitalized patients: a narrative review. | PSNet
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     November 21, 2018 - prescribing of DOACs and how pharmacists and anticoagulant stewardship programs can optimize inpatient DOAC treatment

228. Patient Safety in Home Dialysis | PSNet
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     April 28, 2021 - Experiences of safety among patients receiving home dialysis therapies. … With extracorporeal circuits, you are having to do more, even though it's shorter treatments oftentimes … In-center treatments are only three days a week so you have more aggressive fluid removal than if you … After each treatment session, an app will record the treatment, patients can provide comments on the … water and hemodynamics, and then how to adjust the therapy, the limitations of the therapy (for example

229. Employee silence in health care: charting new avenues for leadership and management. | PSNet
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     May 04, 2022 - December 12, 2023 Unequal Treatment Revisited: A Workshop Series.

230. The association between professional burnout and engagement with patient safety culture and outcomes: a systematic review. | PSNet
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     October 28, 2020 - Safety risks associated with physical interactions between patients and caregivers during treatment

231. Adolescent Diabetes: A Routine Visit? | PSNet
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     November 18, 2016 - diet, exercise, and glucose monitoring should begin at diagnosis for all patients and may be the only therapy … the case presentation, is available only for subcutaneous administration; is indicated for adjunctive therapy … She also complained that her acne had worsened, and she requested treatment for it. … She was prescribed a topical cream for her acne, and her insulin was increased slightly.

232. Hemolysis Holdup | PSNet
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     July 03, 2016 - due to hemolysis, but felt that the patient should be admitted to the hospital for further workup and treatment … have been consistent with hyperkalemia (high potassium levels), but she did not institute immediate treatment … In this case, the hospitalist probably should have instituted treatment for hyperkalemia before the results … the patient had electrocardiographic changes consistent with hyperkalemia and the risk of instituting treatment … WebM&M Cases Failed Interpretation of Screening Tool: Delayed Treatment

233. Safe practice recommendations for the use of copy-forward with nursing flow sheets in hospital settings. | PSNet
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     May 18, 2022 - July 24, 2017 Predictors of treatment error for children with uncomplicated malaria seen … transition communication: implementation of an electronic medical record-based tool for improved cancer treatment

234. Doctor, Don't Treat Thyself | PSNet
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     August 21, 2024 - seeking help can lead to self-treatment. … For some physicians, a separate but special concern is self-treatment with addictive drugs. … Thus, there is a need to find new strategies to help physicians obtain optimal treatment. … It is important to ask about self-treatment and self-diagnosis and to discuss the diagnostic and treatment … Ask about self-treatment and self-diagnosis and discourage these practices.

235. Elopement | PSNet
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     July 14, 2010 - leave the facility having been informed of and appreciating the risks of leaving without completing treatment … .( 4 ) Fully competent patients are legally able to discharge themselves without completing treatment … responsibilities while hospitalized, including the need to communicate with staff prior to leaving a treatment … When a patient is mentally able to consent to treatment and is able to fully partner with health care … Competent patients who choose to leave without completing treatment cannot be held against their wishes

236. The Financial and Human Cost of Medical Error... and How Massachusetts Can Lead the Way on Patient Safety. | PSNet
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     April 03, 2019 - error involving Betsy Lehman, who died due to an inadvertent overdose of chemotherapy while receiving treatment

237. Medical Harm: Historical, Conceptual, and Ethical Dimensions of Iatrogenic Illness. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-harm-historical-conceptual-and-ethical-dimensions-iatrogenic-illness
     May 13, 2020 - The complexity of care relationships is viewed as playing a role in how appropriate treatment for patients

238. Joshua’s Story. | PSNet
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     February 26, 2014 - features an in-depth interview with the father of an infant who died following delayed diagnosis and treatment

239. The impacts of a pharmacist-managed outpatient clinic and chemotherapy-directed electronic order sets for monitoring oral chemotherapy. | PSNet
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     June 18, 2014 - November 17, 2021 Use of therapeutic outcomes monitoring method for performing of pharmaceutical … impact of pharmacological/pharmaceutical care on medication safety and patient-reported outcomes during treatment … September 28, 2010 Minimising treatment-associated risks in systemic cancer therapy.

240. Medication errors involving oral chemotherapy. | PSNet
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     January 06, 2017 - November 1, 2017 Breast cancer treatment delays by socioeconomic and health care access … events in cancer patients: strategies to efficiently avoid chemotherapy errors in in- and outpatient treatment