Iatrogenic complications in the neonatal intensive care unit. Bases teoricas en enfermeria by yecenia rivera on prezi. Nursing care for women with preeclampsia andor eclampsia. Iatrogenia, una vision ampliada a broader perspective of. Used especially of an infection or other complication of treatment. Diagnosticos enfermeria nanda ugalde libro completo. Iatrogenic definition of iatrogenic by the free dictionary. Preventable iatrogenic disability in elderly patients during hospitalization. Iatrogenic disease is the result of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures undertaken on a patient. Iatrogenic definition, of a medical disorder caused by the diagnosis, manner, or treatment of a physician. Prevention of iatrogenic complications in the elderly. These complications include adverse drug effects eg, interactions, falls, nosocomial infections, pressure ulcers, delirium, and complications related to surgery. Sposato, osvaldo fustinoni, in handbook of clinical neurology, 2014. Nursing iatrogenic events in hospitalized elderly patients.
Induced unintentionally in a patient by a physician. Iatrogenic factors in infectious disease annals of. Although the prevalence rates of iatrogenic events were comparable in the observation and intervention periods 18. The physician should take suitable steps to detect and manage them. Full text get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 987k, or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Iatrogenic disease is one of the most frequent causes of hospital admissions and constitutes a growing public health problem. Iatrogenic complications are more common and often more severe among the elderly than among younger patients. Iatrogenesis from the greek for brought forth by the healer refers to any effect on a person, resulting from any activity of one or more other persons acting as healthcare professionals or promoting products or services as beneficial to health, which does not support a goal of the person affected while some have advocated using the term to refer to all events caused by the health care. Iatrogenic pressure ulcers of nasal location scielo espana. Iatrogenic disease may affect the doctorpatient relationship, often leading the doctor to feel guilty or the patient to become aggressive.