From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Htay Htay Kyi MD (Rutgers NJMS), Gisel Garcia BS, Steven Keller Ph.D, Diane Liu MD, Sunil Patel MD Background The World Health Organization estimates the third leading cause of death worldwide is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary...
Improving appropriateness of treatment/interventional services
A Resident-driven Initiative to Improve the Appropriate Use of Aspirin for Primary Prevention
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Adam Fawaz MD (Cleveland Clinic Foundation), Basel Bazerbachi MD, John Gaskill DO, Helene Puzio DO, Matthew Reeder MD, Katie Shen MD, Arsal Tharwani MD, Nivaas Thanoo MD, Jessica Donato MD Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD)...
Transfusion of Single Unit Plasma in a Multihospital Health Care System: A Real Gap in Practice Guidelines and Clinical Use as well as Opportunity for Improvement
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Michael Benson M-III, MS (Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine), Deborah Tolich DNP, RN, Marni Dargis RN, Richard Gammon MD, Moises Auron MD Background Transfusion of plasma should be administered in a...
Massive Transfusion: Knowing When to Stop Based on Target Hemoglobin
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Janet Adegboye MD (Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD), Ananda Thomas BA, Nicolas Cruz BA, Ryan Nicholson B.S, Jessica Asiedu B.S, Steve Frank M.D Background There are...
Lessons Learned From Jehovah’s Witness Patients: Using a Novel Algorithm to Calculate the Preoperative Hemoglobin Target Required to Avoid Transfusions
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Ananda Thomas BA (Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD), Nicole Guinn M.D, Nicolas Cruz BA, Janet Adegboye M.D, Joyce Hsiao M.D, Brian Lo M.D, Steve Frank M.D Background...
Improve Decision -to- Delivery Interval Time through Implementation of “STAT OB” Response Team (As part of the CUSP Improvement Project 2021 in Labor and Delivery Unit)
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Muna Shehadeh BS (Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare), Asia Ashaikh BS Introduction Labor and Delivery Unit is one of the high acuity closed units where continuous monitoring and one-to-one care is provided. Sudden and unexpected...
Impact of a Risk Calculator Embedded in the Electronic Health Record vs. Standard Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis for Medical Patients: A Cluster Randomized Trial
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Michael Rothberg (Cleveland Clinic), Aaron Hamilton, Bo Hu, Jacqueline Fox, Megan Sheehan, Toyomi Goto Background Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a serious source of hospital morbidity and mortality. Chemoprophylaxis with...
Creating a Standardized Diuretic Order Set to Improve In-Hospital Diuresis
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Avielle Movsas (Temple University Hospital), Evan Carabelli, Dharmini Shah Pandya, Alejandro Gonzalez, Meredith A. Brisco-Bacik, Avrum Gillespie Background Heart failure (HF) is the one of the main causes of hospitalization and...
Bronchodilator overuse in hospitalized patients: Does the availability of spirometry data impact management?
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Faiza Amin (Indiana University Health Physicians), Areeba Kara Background Bronchodilators (BD) are used as adjunctive treatment in obstructive lung disease and are associated with substantial costs - up to $449.35 per patient....
Implementation of Extended-Infusion Piperacillin-Tazobactam Protocol
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Michael Burns (Walter Reed National Military Medical Center), Andrew Weskamp, Minki Hong, Sinead Cooper, Berly Vincent, Zachary Johnston, Michael Kavanaugh Background Piperacillin-tazobactam is a beta-lactam antibiotic commonly...
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