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Iatrogenic meningitis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2013
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.
Eduardo Genaro Mutarelli, Tarso Adoni
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Optic disc drusen in children: a diagnostic challenge [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2020
In children, optic disc drusen (ODD) are often mistaken for papilledema, this being the prin-cipal differential diagnosis. This report describes the case of an 11-year old patient with ODD, in which the condition was initially diagnosed as papilledema ...
Priscilla Fernandes Nogueira, Guilherme Novoa Colombo Barboza, Marcello Novoa Colombo Barboza, Bruno De Amicis Zanchetta, Marta Fabiane Gouvea Barioni   +4 more
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CARDIOVASCULAR SIDE EFFECTS OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION: AN UPDATE [PDF]

Archives of the Balkan Medical Union, 2020
Neuropsychiatric diseases have a rising incidence and cause a significantly higher risk of morbidity and premature mortality in the general population. Also, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are characterized by the highest prevalence in the population and
Otilia APETREI-CORDUNEANU, Ariadna P. FILDAN, Rodica RADU, Cristian STATESCU, Roxana NEMTEANU, Elena C. LUPUSORU   +5 more
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Pseudoaneurysm and post-traumatic arteriovenous fistula in pulmonary artery branch: Case report and review of the literature

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
Pseudoaneurysms of a pulmonary artery branch are a rare complication in cases of penetrating chest trauma. Other more frequent causes are secondary to infections or iatrogenesis.
Sandra Ramírez, MD, Nicolás Bastidas, MS, Nicolás Lozano, MS, Diego Casas, MD, Michel Hernández, MD   +4 more
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Understanding and Responding to ‘Iatrogenesis’

Nepal Journal of Neuroscience, 2005
In the usual circumstances, medical treatment helps the patient recover from the illness. However, on occasions, medical intervention does harm rather than good. This review is an attempt to analyze the factors leading to medical harm to the patients.
Digvijay S. Timilsina
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Less is More: Modern Neonatology

Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2018
Iatrogenesis is more common in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) because the infants are vulnerable and exposed to prolonged intensive care. Sixty percent of extremely low-birth-weight infants are exposed to iatrogenesis.
Amir Kugelman, Liron Borenstein-Levin, Huda Jubran, Gil Dinur, Shlomit Ben-David, Elena Segal, Julie Haddad, Fanny Timstut, Iris Stein, Imad R. Makhoul, Ori Hochwald   +10 more
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Institutional Ethnography of Teeth Whitening Industry: How Professional Power Becomes Commercial Power in Dentistry

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to demonstrate how power is exercised, and by whom, to expand the practice of teeth whitening in dentistry and the resultant consequences for the public. Methods Institutional ethnography (IE) conducted in England that included 100 h of observations at cosmetic dentistry conferences, training and treatments; five ...
Rizwana Lala, Peter G. Robinson, Barry J. Gibson   +2 more
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Psychotic symptoms in the context of levodopa treatment in Parkinson’s Disease: clinical feature or iatrogenesis?

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction We present the case of a 65-year-old woman who was prescribed levodopa by the Neurology department due to motor symptoms that were not clearly suggestive of a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease (PD).
M.L. Costa, A. Cerame
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Technological iatrogenesis: New risks force heightened management awareness [PDF]

, 2008
Iatrogenesis is a term typically reserved to express the state of ill health or the adverse outcome resulting from a medical intervention, or lack thereof. Three types of iatrogenesis are described in the literature: clinical, social and cultural.
Ford, Eric W., NC DOCKS at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro   +1 more
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Witness to Harm-Holding to Account. Improving patient, family and colleague experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings: A mixed-methods study

Health and Social Care Delivery Research
Background In the United Kingdom, over 2.5 million health and social care professionals are registered by 13 statutory professional regulators. When professional conduct falls below standard, registered professionals may face an investigation into ...
Louise Wallace, Sara Ryan, Rosalind Searle, Gemma Hughes, Annie Sorbie, Gemma Ryan-Blackwell, Sharif Haider, Richard West   +7 more
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