iatrogenic disease

Etiology

• complications/ of surgical &/or medical care

Epidemiology

• mortality related to medical harm 20-fold higher among patients > 70 years of age, relative younger adults < 50 years of age
• most common subtypes of adverse events were surgical & perioperative

More general terms

• disease

More specific terms

• auriculotemporal syndrome; Frey-Baillarger syndrome; Dupuy's syndrome
• blood transfusion reaction
• contrast nephropathy (contrast-induced nephropathy, CIN)
• drug interaction
• failure of sterile precautions
• foreign object left in body
• healthcare-associated infection
• mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus
• radiation injury; radiation toxicity