Documentation/Coding Operations Sepsis 
PulmCCM
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally called on hospitals to develop robust sepsis care programs to systematically identify and treat sepsis, track outcomes, and improve care delivery. ” What is that, a sepsis Stasi? Unlike strokes and STEMIs, sepsis has no gold standard for diagnosis.
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PulmCCM
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
You can read the document here. Read the original document here. In 18 severe sepsis patients in 3 years at one center who underwent PET scanning (apparently done ad hoc), 14 of the 18 had positive tests, and 11 were true positives, leading to surgery in 2 and pacemaker removal in 2 (and longer / new antibiotics in 2).
Mind The Bleep
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
Management Immediate management: Consider ABCDE approach and Sepsis 6 pathway including early empirical IV antibiotics. Operative management: Surgical washout of the flexor sheath within 24 hours of the decision to operate. Consider tetanus booster if applicable. Remove all rings! Urgent referral to the hand surgery department.
Don't Forget the Bubbles
JANUARY 1, 2024
However, children who had an operation experienced improvements in behaviour, symptoms, and quality of life and had lower blood pressure. 2023 Dec 12 Pediatric Sepsis Diagnosis, Management, and Sub-phenotypes. Point-of-care brain ultrasound and transcranial doppler or color-coded doppler in critically ill neonates and children.
PulmCCM
MARCH 11, 2024
About 544,000 99292 codes were billed to CMS in 2021, according to ACCP , reportedly stable at about 10% of the total bills. Ascension is a $27 billion, 140-hospital conglomerate operating in 19 states—the third largest system in the U.S The other new signal is in corporate health care operations: One of the largest U.S.
Taming the SRU
JULY 31, 2024
morbidity and mortality - faculty case follow-up - R4 Capstone - high-risk, low prevalence diseases in pediatrics morbidity and mortality WITH dr. moulds Syncope Complete heart block is a rare but important cause of syncope P waves outnumbering QRS complexes should clue to you to high grade heart block Triage EKGs are often obtained to screen for cardiac (..)
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