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. 2006 Mar;18(1):95-8.

[Iatrogenic in intensive care medicine]

[Article in Portuguese]
Rafael Canineu  1 , Hélio Penna Guimarães  1 , Renato Delascio Lopes  1 , Letícia Sandre Vendrame  1 , Max Artur da Fonseca Júnior  1 , Antonio Carlos Lopes  1
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[Iatrogenic in intensive care medicine]

[Article in Portuguese]
Rafael Canineu et al. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2006 Mar.

Abstract

Background and objectives: Iatrogenic conditions was due of the medical, correctly intervention or not, justified or not, which harmful consequences to the patient. The cares in Intensive Care Medicine present substantial challenges with relation to the security of the patient. The objective of this article is to make one brief revision of literature on the iatrogenic in its concepts and basic terms and its taxes prevalence in Intensive Care Medicine.

Contents: Intensive Care Medicine supplies subsidies that improve the morbidity and mortality, but that also the significant risks of adverse events and serious errors associate. The Iatrogenic can be minimized with the adequate monitorization or can be friction as waited aggravation, idiopathic and if to perpetuate in the anonymity.

Conclusions: It is basic to recognize the necessity of the constant learning and recycling and conscience of the susceptibilities to the error; in this context, the respect for the human being must guide the professional behavior.

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