The purpose of this series of volumes is to present a comprehensive view of the complications that result from the use of acceptable diagnostic and therapeutic proce dures. Individual volumes will deal with iatrogenic complications involving (I) the alimentary system, (2) the urinary system, (3) the respiratory and cardiac systems, (4) the skeletal system and (5) the pediatric patient. The term iatrogenic, derived from two Greek words, means physician-induced. Originally, it applied only to psychiatric disorders generated in the patient by autosug gestion, based on misinterpretation of the doctor's attitude and comments. As clinically used, it now pertains to the inadvertent side-effects and complications created in the course of diagnosis and treatment. The classic categories of disease have included: (1) congenital and developmental, (2) traumatic, (3) infectious and inflammatory, (4) metabolic, (5) neoplastic, and (6) degenerative. To these must be added, however, iatrogenic disorders-a major, although generally unacknowledged, source of illness. While great advances in medical care in both diagnosis and therapy have been accom few decades, many are at times associated with certain side-effects plished in the past and risks which may result in distress equal to or greater than the basic condition. Iatrogenic complications, which may be referred to as diseases of medical progress, have become a new dimension in the causation of human disease.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN-13
9781461254485
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117520445
Product Key Features
Author
P.G. Herman
Publication Name
Iatrogenic Thoracic Complications
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Medicine, Radiology
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
244 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
280mm
Item Width
210mm
Item Weight
664g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Radiology of Iatrogenic Disorders
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
P.G. Herman
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