Iatrogenic Health

Stress from Health Care and Iatrogenic Injuries

O11: Iatrogenic Nerve Injuries

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Iatrogenic risks and maternal health: Issues and outcomes

OBJECTIVE To observe acute maternal morbidity and mortality due to iatrogenic factors and outcomes. METHODS This observational cross sectional study was conducted at intensive care unit of Liaquat University of Medical and Health sciences Jamshoro from 1-January-2011 to 31-December-2012. In this study all the delivered or undelivered women who needed intensive care unit (ICU) admission due to...

Iatrogenic meningitis.

Iatrogenic meningitis can be caused by a number of mechanisms. The recent case reports of fungal meningitis after application of epidural methylprednisolone caused warning in the medical community. Cases were caused by contaminated lots of methylprednisolone from a single compounding pharmacy. Several medications can cause meningitis by probable hypersensitivity mechanism. Neurologists should b...

Iatrogenic disorders.

The contemporary physician and his patient are riding the crest of the most dramatic expansion of medical capability in history. But the rapid proliferation of medical knowledge has not been entirely benign. Although our reverses have been minor in contrast to our advances, negative effects cannot be ignored. My discussion involves one aspect of this problem-the emergence of what I have called ...