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6801. Thin Air | PSNet
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      March 01, 2006 - In radiation therapy or X-ray units, interlocks may prevent activating the radiation while the door to … the action.( 4 ) This kind of behavior was a factor in a set of catastrophic errors with radiation therapy … possibility that the wrong gas (or no gas) is being administered when a patient does not respond to treatment

6802. Tacit Handover, Overt Mishap | PSNet
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      August 01, 2006 - By that point, the anesthesiologist on call for the night had arrived, unaware of any of the treatment … Standard guidelines dictate that systemic anticoagulant therapy or low-molecular-weight heparin thromboprophylaxis

6803. The Perils of Contrast Media | PSNet
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      March 01, 2007 - should understand the etiology of and risk factors for CIAKI and harness evidence-based prophylactic and therapeutic … In emergency situations, prolonged debates are inappropriate; prompt action and definitive treatment … The recognized nephroprotective measures can all be administered after the appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic

6804. Mitigating the Risk of Intrahospital Transport for Pediatric Patients at Risk of Physiologic Instability | PSNet
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      May 27, 2020 - discussion of resuscitation for sepsis, and mention of newly confirmed bacteremia and the antibiotic therapy … Despite the diagnostic or therapeutic benefits of such transport, the physical movement of critically … What bedside alternatives, if any, are available to provide the diagnostic or therapeutic services that … Structured decision-making should be undertaken to evaluate the risks and benefits of therapeutic or … WebM&M Cases Sepsis Resulting from Delays in Treatment

6805. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2023 - The patient returned to PICU with an open chest to optimize antibacterial and antifungal therapies for … This patient was discharged home on long-term antifungal therapy but at age 7 months, he presented to … Diagnosis and treatment of Aspergillus flavus sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery.

6806. Failure to Rescue | PSNet
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      September 15, 2024 - leading to an inadequate response manifested by failure to perform appropriate testing and delayed treatment

6807. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2025 - patient-safety-during-hospital-discharge https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#17 https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#18 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/treatment-challenges-after-discharge

6808. Medication Administration Errors | PSNet
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      December 15, 2024 - component of medication management, particularly with high-risk medications such as anticoagulation therapy … Patients are educated routinely to ensure understanding of indication for therapy, intended outcomes, … For example, the epinephrine auto injector (EpiPen) for treatment of anaphylaxis is provided in a ready-to-use … While this a helpful tool, manual assessment of patient response for medication therapy still remains … January 23, 2017 Just-in-time training for high-risk low-volume therapies: an approach

6809. Antibiotic-Patient-Safety-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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      June 01, 2021 - Can we narrow therapy? … Finally, ciprofloxacin is usually not a good choice for empiric treatment of a urinary tract infection … Cefepime was not a good choice to complete her course of therapy since an agent with a narrower spectrum … that prescribers and frontline staff readdress the issue of whether antibiotics are still needed or if therapy … preventionists all should feel comfortable talking with clinicians about stopping or adjusting antibiotic therapy

6810. Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2025 - Grant Start Date:  April 1, 2023  Assesses the effectiveness of a pharmacist-led Pediatric Medication Therapy … , primary care or specialist provider) to reduce medication-related problems (such as inappropriate therapy … Once validated, the POPS will be useful to study EMS innovations for caring for children, including treatment

6811. Statistical Brief #152
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      March 01, 2013 - Data Methods Series ICD-10-CM/PCS Resources Database Reports Additional Topics and Archives Topical … , on having a regular site of care that is not the emergency department, and on receiving inpatient treatment

6812. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NIS Notes
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      September 01, 2008 - Data Methods Series ICD-10-CM/PCS Resources Database Reports Additional Topics and Archives Topical … 48 Admit from state psychiatric hospital (beginning 7/13) 49 Admitted from residential treatment

6813. JAMA (pdf file)
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      June 11, 2019 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Mother-to-child transmission; harms of screening and treatment; screening … declined after the widespread adoption of routine prenatal screening, coupled with the use of effective therapies … Effectiveness of Treatment Key Question 4. … Harms of Treatment Key Question 5. … Comparative safety of antiretroviral treatment regimens in pregnancy.

6814. Pressure Injury Prevention Program Implementation Guide (doc file)
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      October 01, 2017 - collaboration between frontline nursing staff and wound care consultants during the evaluation and treatment … Solution: Stock a mobile cart with skin and wound treatment information and supplies. … collaboration between frontline nursing staff and wound care consultants related to evaluation and treatment … over 2 days and covered the AHRQ Toolkit, along with hospital-specific pressure injury prevention and treatment … Give short quizzes about pressure injury prevention and treatment.

6815. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: An Evidence-Based Prevention Resource for Nurse Practitioners | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      April 01, 2019 - U.S. adults, the effect of this simple intervention, combined with other effective modes of tobacco treatment

6816. Trust & Patient-Centeredness Workgroup: An Introductory Handbook for Patient Engagement Throughout the Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support Lifecycle (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2023 - support clinicians and patients as partners in a care team, equally committed to creating effective treatment … The development of a decision tool for the empiric treatment of suspected urinary tract infection in … Improving uptake of Fracture Prevention drug treatments: a protocol for Development of a consultation … Patient-important outcomes to inform shared decision making and goal setting for diabetes treatment.

6817. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Diagnostic Error | PSNet
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      July 30, 2020 - virus that causes COVID-19, may lead to preventable transmission 1 and delayed initiation of effective treatment … commentator recently described this phenomenon as “ COVID blindness .” 9 Given the availability of effective therapies … Carefully assess the response to initial treatment, such as antibiotic therapy for presumed bacterial … Pathophysiology, transmission, diagnosis, and treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): a review … Empiric antibacterial therapy and community-onset bacterial coinfection in patients hospitalized with

6818. Towards a Framework for Communicating Confidence in Methodological Recommendations for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2013 - meta-analysis of intervention studies, naïve pooling (where one first combines proportions of events within treatments … , and then calculates differences between treatments) yields a summary treatment effect estimate that … The same resource levels apply to meta-analyses of mixed treatment comparisons (network meta-analyses … Comparing univariate versus multivariate meta-analysis for estimating marginal treatment effects also … The arcsine difference as a measure of treatment effect in meta-analysis with zero cells.

6819. Ratio of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans to Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children with Atraumatic Headache (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-196-fullreport.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - • Relevance to the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment benefit in Medicaid (EPSDT … • Date and time of treatment. • Type of tests administered. • Date of tests performed.

6820. Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Children with Simple Febrile Seizure: Final Report (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2019 - • Relevance to the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment benefit in Medicaid (EPSDT … • Date and time of treatment. • Type of tests administered. • Date tests performed.