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Iatrogenic: Due to the action of a physician or a therapy the doctor prescibed. An iatrogenic disease may be inadvertently caused by a physician or surgeon or by a medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic procedure.
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IatrogenicThe terms iatrogenesis and iatrogenic artifact refer to adverse effects or complications caused by or resulting from medical treatment or advice. In addition to harmful consequences of actions by physicians, iatrogenesis can...
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Iatrogenic complications are more common and may be more severe among the elderly than among younger patients.
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Alternate Names
: Corticosteroid-Induced Cushing's Syndrome, Cushing's Syndrome - Corticosteroid Induced, Iatrogenic Cushing's Syndrome
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Iatrogenic means resulting from a doctor's actions, and is most commonly used to refer to complications from treatment such as surgery. IC - Intracranial Stimulation ...
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Iatrogenic (acquired) CJD - this is mainly linked to contaminated human growth hormone injections. Familial or genetic CJD - this is caused by an inherited abnormal gene and runs in families.
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Iatrogenic, or infectious, CJD is the unintended result of medical procedures such as a corneal transplantation, grafts of the dura mater (the outmost membrane covering the spinal cord and brain), deep-brain electrode implantation, ...
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Iatrogenic calcinosis is usually localized to a single site where tissues have been damaged through surgery. Children, who undergo frequent heel sticks to withdraw blood, may develop calcium deposits on their heels.
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Iatrogenic: resulting from a medical act or medication. Immunohistochemistry: technique of using labelled antibodies to label a specific protein in a tissue section (examined under the microscope).
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Iatrogenic oral pigmentation Most iatrogenic pigmented lesions in the oral cavity are benign and their pigmentation is due to excessive production of melanin, which is produced by melanocytes.
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Amiel SA (2005). Iatrogenic hypoglycemia. In CR Kahn, et al., eds., Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus, 14th ed., pp. 671-686. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
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But a small number of people have developed the disease after being exposed to infected human tissue as a result of medical procedures ( iatrogenic CJD), such as cornea and skin transplants and grafts of dura mater, the membrane that covers the brain.
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Iatrogenic (caused by medical treatment) ovarian failure Premenstrual syndrome ( PMS). Side effects A woman who chooses to have testosterone replacement therapy needs close and regular monitoring to minimise her risk of side effects.
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Symptoms generally include severe back pain and rapidly progressing motor weakness. Iatrogenic causes (caused by medical intervention) ...
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Trauma, Nervous System - Traumatic injuries to the brain, cranial nerves, spinal cord, autonomic nervous system, or neuromuscular system, including iatrogenic injuries induced by surgical procedures. Nervous System Diseases Definitions and Terms ...
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According to CAMS, the term induced menopause is defined as "the cessation of menstruation that follows either surgical removal of both ovaries (with or without hysterectomy) or iatrogenic ablation of ovarian function (e.g.
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of inadequately sterilized electrodes in the brain, and injections of contaminated pituitary growth hormone derived from human pituitary glands taken from cadavers. Doctors call these cases that are linked to medical procedures iatrogenic cases.
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 See also: Tissue, Pediatrics, Pulmonary, Oncology, Vascular
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