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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46116/psn-pdf
May 24, 2017 - elimination-emergency-department-medication-errors-due-estimated-weights
Inaccurate assessments of patient weight … improvement project drew from errors in the emergency department
associated with incorrect patient weight … pediatric-prehospital-medication-dosing-errors-mixed-methods-study
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/error-body-weight-estimation-leads-inadequate-parenteral-anticoagulation
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44037/psn-pdf
March 14, 2018 - This policy statement identifies and prioritizes improvements such as implementing kilogram-only
weight-based … elimination-emergency-department-medication-errors-due-estimated-weights
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-weight-based-prescribing-method-within-electronic-health-record-prescribing-errors … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-weight-based-prescribing-method-within-electronic-health-record-prescribing-errors
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73221/psn-pdf
May 05, 2021 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-management-system
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-weight-errors-and-resultant-medication-dosing-errors-emergency-department … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-weight-errors-and-resultant-medication-dosing-errors-emergency-department
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/harmful-medication-errors-involving-unfractionated-and-low-molecular-weight-heparin-three
October 23, 2018 - Study
Harmful medication errors involving unfractionated and low-molecular-weight … Harmful medication errors involving unfractionated and low-molecular-weight heparin in three patient … Harmful medication errors involving unfractionated and low-molecular-weight heparin in three patient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46283/psn-pdf
April 24, 2018 - decreasing-prescribing-errors-during-pediatric-emergencies-randomized-
simulation-trial
Calculation errors in weight-based … residents in a pediatric emergency department to receive either a reference
book with precalculated weight-based … dosing for medications or a card providing dose per body weight that
required manual calculation.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74756/psn-pdf
February 09, 2022 - //psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-overweight-and-obese-pediatric-patients-systematic-review
Weight-based … review identified limited evidence that overweight and obese children maybe be at increased risk of weight
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837506/psn-pdf
June 22, 2022 - reducing-pediatric-emergency-department-prescription-errors
Several factors contribute to the increased risk of prescribing errors for children, including weight-based … /reducing-pediatric-emergency-department-prescription-errors
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-weight-errors-and-resultant-medication-dosing-errors-emergency-department
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837736/psn-pdf
July 27, 2022 - body-mass-index-category-and-adverse-events-hospitalized-children
Previous research has identified an association between patient weight … inadequate-anesthesia-preparation-leading-difficult-intubation-and-severe-hypoxemia
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-weight-errors-and-resultant-medication-dosing-errors-emergency-department
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836825/psn-pdf
March 30, 2022 - medication errors in the emergency department, such as
the frequent use of verbal orders and the need for weight-based … antibiotic-prescribing-errors-patients-discharged-pediatric-emergency-department
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/weight-based-medication-errors-children
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851448/psn-pdf
July 19, 2023 - Of those errors, 19% were high-alert
medications, most notably low-molecular-weight heparin. … when-indications-drug-administration-blur
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescribing-errors-low-molecular-weight-heparins
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40621/psn-pdf
July 20, 2011 - comparison-broselow-tape-measurements-versus-physician-estimations-
pediatric-weights
This study compares common tools to estimate pediatric weight … comparison-broselow-tape-measurements-versus-physician-estimations-pediatric-weights
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-weight-based-prescribing-method-within-electronic-health-record-prescribing-errors
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60853/psn-pdf
August 26, 2020 - Suggestions for improvement include use of
kilograms as the standard unit of weight, pre-calculated … weight-based dosing, and dose-derivation
strategies to minimize use of calculations in real time.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845069/psn-pdf
February 22, 2023 - as not indicating the dosage form or concentration, or missing usage instructions,
or omitting the weight … issue/medication-errors-and-trainees-advice-learners-and-organizations
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/weight-based-medication-errors-children
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/missed-diagnosis-addisons-disease-adolescent-presenting-fatigue
October 28, 2020 - The Case A 13-year-old girl developed fatigue, weight loss, and a persistent upper respiratory infection … Her pediatrician noted weight loss and recommended a return visit to recheck her weight, but her parents … Common symptoms of AI include anorexia, weight loss, nausea, abdominal discomfort, fatigue, postural … This symptom, in addition to significant weight loss, clearly mandated closer evaluation and testing. … The most common presenting symptoms of AI are fatigue and weight loss, which worsen progressively over
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43661/psn-pdf
November 05, 2014 - challenging-authority-during-life-threatening-crisis-effect-operating-theatre-hierarchy
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/electronic-prescribing-vulnerabilities-height-and-weight-mix-leads-dosing-error … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/electronic-prescribing-vulnerabilities-height-and-weight-mix-leads-dosing-error
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45986/psn-pdf
March 29, 2017 - Respondents used varied methods for estimating weight of pediatric patients in order to calculate drug … doses, and they advocated for pediatric training and standardized weight estimation methods to reduce
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/846769/psn-pdf
March 29, 2023 - Her pediatrician
noted weight loss and recommended a return visit to recheck her weight, but her parents … ; availability bias due to providers’ lack of experience with endocrinologic causes of fatigue and
weight … Common symptoms of AI include anorexia, weight loss, nausea, abdominal discomfort, fatigue, postural … This symptom, in addition to significant weight loss, clearly mandated closer evaluation and
https:/ … The most common presenting symptoms of AI are fatigue and weight loss, which worsen
progressively over
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-medication-safety-adult-community-hospital-settings-glimpse-nationwide-practice
March 14, 2022 - survey study found that most pediatric hospitalist programs use computerized provider order entry with weight-based … medication dosing, review medication safety events and near misses, require weight-based prescribing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/comparison-broselow-tape-measurements-versus-physician-estimations-pediatric-weights
November 15, 2017 - This study compares common tools to estimate pediatric weight , a key factor in safely determining appropriate … August 29, 2011
Error in body weight estimation leads to inadequate parenteral anticoagulation
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/failure-latch
November 27, 2012 - bilirubin, the infant was seen by a pediatrician three times in the next 6 days and experienced a 15% weight … The presence of significant hyperbilirubinemia accompanied by a 15% weight loss at 6 days of life points … breastfeeding.( 7 ) It typically occurs during the first week of life, and infants may present with weight … In " breastfeeding " jaundice, the infants may present with weight loss, dehydration, inadequate stool … • IBCLC follow-up after discharge to resolve nipple pain and ensure adequate infant weight