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4741. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      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

4742. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41080/psn-pdf
      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

4743. Right Regimen, Wrong Cancer: Patient Catches Medical Error | PSNet
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      August 01, 2006 - Patients with cancer have a potentially life threatening disease and often require toxic therapies for … , and failure to specify the blood counts and other laboratory test results needed to initiate therapy … related to the use of look-alike medication syringes and co-administration of intravenous and intrathecal therapy … Adherence to therapy with oral antineoplastic agents. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2002;94:652-661. … Developing the medical oncology treatment plan and summary. J Oncol Pract. 2006;2:95-96.

4744. Preventable Rash | PSNet
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      October 01, 2012 - titer, which is critical in establishing the diagnosis and following the course of the disease after treatment … was adequate, and if contacts are at risk of infection or need treatment. … culture) then sends an electronic notice to the clinician requesting clinical information (including treatment … impaired - 800-243-7889 - Monday-Friday, 10 am-10 pm         EST          DSTD@cdc.gov CDC's STD Treatment … Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002. MMWR. 2002;51(No. RR-6):30-42.

4745. Chemotherapy Extravasation | PSNet
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      September 24, 2010 - She and her oncologist decided to begin systemic chemotherapy that would involve 6 cycles of treatment … The patient arrived for her first day of treatment. … Scheduled chemotherapy treatment often must be delayed, which may set back treatment and lead to psychological … Totect (dexrazoxane for injection) is packaged as an extravasation treatment kit for single patient use … Extravasation of chemotherapeutic agents: prevention and treatment. Semin Oncol. 2006;33:139-143.

4746. Shortcuts to Acetaminophen-induced Liver Failure | PSNet
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      July 01, 2017 - Evaluation and treatment for acetaminophen overdose is similar for pregnant women and nonpregnant women … symptoms, signs of liver damage, and levels that were at toxic threshold for 20 hours postingestion, therapy … A final consideration is the implementation of a checklist specific to the evaluation, treatment, and … Treatment with N-acetylcysteine is safe and recommended in pregnant women with acetaminophen overdose … Use of checklists may prevent cognitive errors and lead to more rapid evaluation and treatment.

4747. 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.

4748. 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

4749. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45201/psn-pdf
      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

4750. 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

4751. 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

4752. 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

4753. 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

4754. 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

4755. 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

4756. 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.

4757. 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

4758. 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

4759. 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.

4760. Defining, estimating, and communicating overdiagnosis in cancer screening. | PSNet
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      October 13, 2018 - March 16, 2022 Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes after the introduction of the … August 11, 2021 Effects of state opioid prescribing laws on use of opioid and other pain treatments … March 30, 2022 Training in safe opioid prescribing and treatment of opioid use disorder … May 17, 2017 Patient perspectives on delays in diagnosis and treatment of cancer: a qualitative