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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47649/psn-pdf
January 09, 2019 - Key
recommendations include low-molecular-weight heparin as the preferred agent when medication
prophylaxis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47710/psn-pdf
May 11, 2019 - evaluation-electronic-dosing-calculator-reduce-pediatric-medication-errors
Pediatric medication dosing is often weight-based
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/managing-complexity-diagnosis-life-threatening-complications-after-gastric-bypass-surgery
September 25, 2019 - vomiting, and she reported losing 100 pounds since her bypass surgery (i.e., several times the expected weight … The procedure appears to have had its intended effect: the patient lost a significant amount of weight … , although the rate of weight loss was more than intended or recommended. … presents with nausea, vomiting, and ongoing inability to tolerate oral intake with significant, rapid weight … problem representation is the same, new information has been added to the frame, including profound weight
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-emergency-departments-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis-prevalence-and
April 02, 2014 - Dangerous Combination
April 24, 2024
WebM&M Cases
Weight … August 9, 2023
Weight and size descriptors for drug dosing: too many options and too
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-emergency-department-charting-and-ordering-errors-room-number-watermark-electronic
November 22, 2017 - Download Citation
Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Pediatric weight … and Customized Alert Settings Help Improve Management of Sepsis
May 31, 2023
Weight
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psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-458
August 28, 2024 - WebM&M Cases
Don’t Wait to Collect an Accurate Weight: A Case of Subtherapeutic Insulin Therapy … Later, it was discovered that an incorrect weight was used to calculate her insulin drip rate, based … on a guessed weight provided by the patient upon admission. … Once her actual weight was used to adjust treatment, her DKA resolved rapidly within 12 hours. … discusses how human factors engineering and electronic health record (EHR) functionalities can optimize weight
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/847733/psn-pdf
March 16, 2025 - New practices highlighted in
2025 focus on weight-based dosing, vaccine preparation and technology use
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/vial-mistakes-involving-heparin
May 11, 2014 - that 48% standardized units/hr for infusion pump programming, 23% used units/kg/hr, and 29% used both weight … - and non–weight-based dosing. … smart IV pumps (computerized IV infusion pumps with dose-error – reduction software [DERS]) with both weight … - and non–weight-based heparin selections had a four-fold higher incidence of averted programming errors … Standardize all heparin loading and maintenance doses on either weight-based or non–weight-based dosing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48135/psn-pdf
August 28, 2019 - numerous causes for prescribing errors in pediatrics, including dosing errors
related to the need for weight-based
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49500/psn-pdf
January 01, 2006 - Although acetaminophen labeling (Figure
2) provides guidelines on appropriate dosing, they are not weight … But even weight-based labeling
would not be a panacea, since it relies on accurate calculations that … To minimize acetaminophen drug toxicity, encourage weight-based dosing of 10-15 mg/kg/dose and do not … Weight-based administration of acetaminophen is crucial in preventing supratherapeutic dosing.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-456
September 25, 2024 - WebM&M Cases
Don’t Wait to Collect an Accurate Weight: A Case of Subtherapeutic Insulin Therapy … Later, it was discovered that an incorrect weight was used to calculate her insulin drip rate, based … on a guessed weight provided by the patient upon admission. … Once her actual weight was used to adjust treatment, her DKA resolved rapidly within 12 hours. … discusses how human factors engineering and electronic health record (EHR) functionalities can optimize weight
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.212_slideshow.ppt
February 01, 2010 - The girl had been overweight for most of her childhood and continued to gain weight in her early teen … diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and T2DM present with symptoms of hyperglycemia including polyuria, polydipsia, weight … Overweight children and adolescents
BMI > 85th percentile for age and sex; weight for height > 85th … percentile; or weight > 120% of ideal for height
With any two of the following risk factors:
Family … Hispanic descent
Management of T2DM in adolescents begins with education about diet, exercise, body weight
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/861279/psn-pdf
January 24, 2024 - nobody-cared-women-who-have-reported-mistreatment-while-giving-birth-say-cdc-report-validates
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/weight-stigma-and-barriers-effective-obesity-care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-harm-based-weights-ahrq-patient-safety-selected-indicators-composite-psi-90-does-it
March 15, 2016 - Study
Using harm-based weights for the AHRQ Patient Safety for Selected Indicators composite (PSI-90): does it affect assessment of hospital performance and financial penalties in Veterans Health Administration hospitals?
Citation Text:
Chen Q, Rosen AK, Borzecki A, et al. Using Harm-Bas…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/850356/psn-pdf
June 14, 2023 - Weight- and age-based dosing, different
medication formulations, and miscommunication with parents and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incorporating-harms-weighting-revised-ahrq-patient-safety-selected-indicators-composite-psi
June 29, 2022 - Study
Incorporating harms into the weighting of the Revised AHRQ Patient Safety for Selected Indicators Composite (PSI 90).
Citation Text:
Zrelak PA, Utter GH, McDonald KM, et al. Incorporating harms into the weighting of the revised Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Saf…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39146/psn-pdf
December 02, 2009 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/weighing-medication-safety
This commentary explains how inaccurately estimating patient weight
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851067/psn-pdf
June 28, 2023 - assessing-medication-safety-settings-not-designated-solely-pediatric-patients
Pediatric patients are at increased risk of adverse drug events due to weight
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35307/psn-pdf
July 14, 2009 - issue/color-coding-reduce-errors
The authors present a color-coding system that helps estimate the weight
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psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-389
April 26, 2023 - Study
The effect of documenting patient weight in kilograms on pediatric medication … Weight-based calculation errors and lack of weight documentation can lead to medication errors in pediatric … This analysis of Maryland emergency medical services (EMS) data including children who received a weight-based … medication found that weight documentation was associated with a small but significantly lower rate