One of the main features of ward rounds is the professional conversation that occurs between doctors and nurses. Such conversation needs to be perfected to avoid iatrogenic harm and increase efficiency. This article looks at data collected from 146 consultant-led medical ward rounds at a hospital trust using the Caldwell considerative checklist process (Herring et al 2011) to identify the frequ...

Schuller, et al.(1) conclusion on the lack of impact of the Policy regarding non-payment for -(CAUTIs) can be supported by data that has been published in the U.S. Federal Register. The policy of not paying for certain Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HACs) was mandated by the U.S. Congress for Medicare in the 2006 Deficit Reduction Act(2) and for Medicaid by the Affordable Care Act and essentiall...

Purpose: We conducted a retrospective descriptive study comprising the patients diagnosed with vocal cords paralysis in the ENT Clinic from Coltea Clinical Hospital Bucharest in order to inventory the iatrogenic cases. Scientific background: The leading causes are trauma for vocal fold paralysis and paresis both surgical and nonsurgical, neoplasm and central nervous system diseases. Even with t...

Drug-induced lung disease is a major source of iatrogenic injury. We review the various drugs known to induce injury and the various patterns of injury seen.

Parkinson's disease is associated with a variety of dermatologic disorders and the study skin may provide insights into pathophysiological mechanisms underlying this common neurodegenerative disorder. Skin in patients can be divided two major groups: 1) non-iatrogenic disorders, including melanoma, seborrheic dermatitis, sweating bullous pemphigoid, rosacea, 2) iatrogenic related either to syst...

Patients with iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease due to administration of cadaver-sourced growth hormone during childhood are still being seen in the UK 30 years after cessation of this treatment. Of the 77 patients who have developed iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, 56 have been genotyped. There has been a marked change in genotype profile at polymorphic codon 129 of the prion protein g...

Patients with iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease due to administration of cadaver-sourced growth hormone during childhood are still being seen in the UK 30 years after cessation of this treatment. Of the 77 patients who have developed iatrogenic CreutzfeldtJakob disease, 56 have been genotyped. There has been a marked change in genotype profile at polymorphic codon 129 of the prion protein ge...