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1761. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 18, 2016 - This commentary and related perspective illustrate how unneeded treatment for breast cancer represents … The author suggests that physicians should provide patients with a range of treatment options along

1762. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      January 04, 2012 - Diagnostic errors and abnormal diagnostic tests lost to follow-up: a source of needless waste and delay to treatment … Diagnostic errors and abnormal diagnostic tests lost to follow-up: a source of needless waste and delay to treatment

1763. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43578/psn-pdf
      October 01, 2014 - Reporting on how the push for early identification of cancer has led to screening, detection, and treatment … tumors that may never cause harm, this newspaper article discusses the impact of unnecessary tests and treatment

1764. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2008 - Despite this therapy, her symptoms persisted. She was then prescribed azithromycin. … If antibiotics were not warranted, management should have focused on symptomatic therapy, including … The patient was prescribed Augmentin (amoxicillin-clavulanate) as initial therapy. … of amoxicillin along with symptomatic therapies. … She was started on high-dose immunosuppressive therapy with steroids.

1765. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      May 29, 2012 - development-and-evaluation-checklist-support-decision-making-cancer- multidisciplinary-team Multidisciplinary teamwork is essential in developing appropriate treatment … implemented a quality improvement checklist to ensure thorough and patient-centered discussion and treatment

1766. Spotlight (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2019 - A 2nd yr medical resident admitted her, ordered appropriate diagnostics & therapeutic interventions … multiple opportunities for improvement – Advance care planning (ACP) and determination of specific treatment … Significant Error 2: Opportunities for Improvement • Failure to obtain patient surrogate to make treatment … • Patients must be provided all information necessary about risks, benefits and alternatives of treatments … • Statistics and metrics should not create inappropriate treatment decisions that go against a patient

1767. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      January 26, 2018 - notes with stigmatizing language may negatively impact a patient’s current and future diagnosis and treatment … who read the neutral note had a more positive view of the patient and were more aggressive with pain treatment

1768. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 08, 2016 - Safety risks associated with physical interactions between patients and caregivers during treatment … Safety risks associated with physical interactions between patients and caregivers during treatment

1769. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2008 - /psnet.ahrq.gov//#references support a search is that there are more and more relatively specific therapies … Let us hope that the proper therapeutic regimen (including antiinfectives and discontinuing the glucocorticoids … The exceptions must be diseases that are chronic and prolonged for which there are no more therapeutic … a single high dose of intramuscular glucocorticoids very early in the disease process before other therapies … The drug can be stopped if the patient does not improve, or if a cause for which there are specific therapies

1770. Last orders: follow-up of tests ordered on the day of hospital discharge. | PSNet
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      November 03, 2015 - 2014 Root cause analysis reports help identify common factors in delayed diagnosis and treatment … August 21, 2013 WebM&M Cases Delay in Treatment: Failure … Complications February 1, 2013 The frequency of missed test results and associated treatment

1771. The moderate success of quality of care improvement efforts: three observations on the situation. | PSNet
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      May 06, 2015 - May 6, 2015 Readiness to report medical treatment errors: the effects of safety procedures … July 13, 2010 Treatment errors in healthcare: a safety climate approach. … May 25, 2022 Antecedents of willingness to report medical treatment errors in health

1772. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2004 - FDA- approved labeling indications help to guide clinicians in the use of a new therapeutic agent. … While these concepts apply to any novel therapeutic, specific issues surround the use of high-cost biopharmaceutical … Ensuring appropriate use of novel and potentially toxic therapeutics is a challenging endeavor that … Applying patient selection criteria for drotrecogin alfa therapy in practice. … Applying patient selection criteria for drotrecogin alfa therapy in practice.

1773. Direct Oral Anticoagulants are High-Risk Medications with Potentially Complex Dosing | PSNet
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      August 21, 2005 - monitoring parameters for DOACs such as the International Normalized Ratio (INR) which reflects the therapeutic … molecular weight heparinoid medication to “bridge” the gap in anticoagulation until the DOAC regains therapeutic … making it difficult for providers to keep up with the most current evidence-based and FDA-approved drug treatments … Examples of specific indications include: VTE treatment vs atrial fibrillation treatment, using warfarin … vs DOACs, normal vs. impaired renal function, weight adjustment and initial treatment vs. chronic treatment

1774. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40263/psn-pdf
      March 02, 2011 - trauma-resuscitation-errors-and-computer-assisted-decision-support Accurate initial assessment and resuscitation of trauma patients is critical to ensuring correct treatment … the CDSS resulted in significantly reduced errors, and also reduced morbidity compared to standard treatment

1775. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74184/psn-pdf
      May 05, 2017 - systematic-review-impact-physician-implicit-racial-bias-clinical-decision-making Numerous studies have shown physician implicit bias in diagnosis and treatment … racial-disparities-pain-management-children-appendicitis-emergency-departments https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reduction-race-and-gender-bias-clinical-treatment-recommendations-using-clinician-peer

1776. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49752/psn-pdf
      January 01, 2016 - appeared to have come in contact with the vaginal mucosa or the labia, and after the sodium bicarbonate treatment … those caused by topical applications of phenol (in industry and medical peels as well as verruca wart therapy … The epidemiology, mechanisms, prevention, decontamination, and treatment of acute chemical burns have … Evidence-based treatment is also difficult to define. … Chemical Skin Injury: Mechanisms, Prevention, Decontamination, Treatment.

1777. Engaging Seriously Ill Older Patients in Advance Care Planning | PSNet
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      December 22, 2018 - about surrogate decision making and informed consent, and they help determine whether life-sustaining treatments … If these resuscitative efforts were not consistent with their treatment preferences, this would be an … It is not as simple as just asking patients what treatments they want (or don't want) at the end of life … as difficulty accepting a poor prognosis, trouble understanding the limitations of life-sustaining treatments … (iv) standardizing order sets to enable accurate documentation of medical orders of life-sustaining therapies

1778. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49760/psn-pdf
      May 01, 2016 - He was admitted to a skilled nursing facility for physical therapy to establish mobility and for assistance … , nonpharmacological approaches should be considered first-line therapy because they are more likely … effective in managing dementia-related behavioral symptoms while avoiding adverse effects from drug therapy … be conservative and used for severe agitation or psychotic symptoms, only after nonpharmacological treatments … for sleep, anxiety, agitation, and pain, including music, massage, relaxation techniques, physical therapy

1779. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49655/psn-pdf
      June 01, 2012 - dialysis sessions, became uremic or volume overloaded, then presented to the emergency department for treatment … This case, however, does illustrate many of the complexities regarding optimal treatment of chronic … These include poor adherence to her dialysis treatment schedule to manipulate hospital admissions, refusal … Processes for prescribing and managing opioid treatment can be implemented in dialysis units to mitigate … Opioid dependence and addiction during opioid treatment of chronic pain. Pain. 2007;129:235-255.

1780. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      September 21, 2009 - With ongoing advances in such therapy and a growing shift to outpatient treatment in infusion clinics … prevention strategies that came from their local findings and how the complexity of outpatient oncology treatment