Iatrogenic disease

Introduction: Iatrogenic disease

Description of Iatrogenic disease

Iatrogenic disease (medical condition): Conditions that are caused by the actions of physicians or surgeons...more »

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Iatrogenic conditions:
  »Introduction: Iatrogenic conditions
  »Symptoms of Iatrogenic conditions

Iatrogenic disease: adverse conditions occurring as the result of treatment by a health professional; especially infections acquired during the course of treatment.
Source: CRISP

Iatrogenic disease: Any adverse condition in a patient occurring as the result of treatment by a physician, surgeon, or other health professional, especially infections acquired by the patient during the course of treatment.
Source: MeSH 2007

Iatrogenic disease: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Iatrogenic disease:

• Iatrogenic
• Iatrogenic disease
• Iatrogenic disorder
• Adverse
• Health
• Acquired

Iatrogenic disease as a Disease

Iatrogenic disease: Another name for Iatrogenic conditions (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Iatrogenic conditions
  »Symptoms of Iatrogenic conditions

Iatrogenic disease: Related Diseases

Iatrogenic disease: Iatrogenic disease is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Hospital or surgery-related conditions

Symptoms of Iatrogenic disease (Iatrogenic conditions)

Some of the symptoms of Iatrogenic disease incude:

• Symptoms can vary considerably depending on the particular conditions involved.
• Inadvertent symptoms resulting from physician or surgeon treatment or involvement

Read more about symptoms of Iatrogenic disease (Iatrogenic conditions)

Iatrogenic disease: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Iatrogenic disease:

• radiation therapyorchemotherapy
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• dissociative identity disorder
• bipolar disorder
• somatoform disorder
• substance abuse

Terms associated with Iatrogenic disease:

Related Topics

• Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient
• Medical Errors

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Iatrogenic disease

• Disease Attributes

Source - MeSH 2007

• pathologic process

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Iatrogenic disease:

• anesthesia complication
• drug adverse effect
• patient safety /medical error
• retinopathy of prematurity
• tardive dyskinesia
• therapy adverse effect

Source: CRISP

The description of Iatrogenic disease may also be used for the following terms:

• treatment adverse effect

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Iatrogenic disease

The following list attempts to classify Iatrogenic disease into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
  • Pathologic Processes
    • Disease Attributes
      • Iatrogenic Disease

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