Iatrogenia em pediatria: repensar atitudes.

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  • Ema Leal Unidade de Infecciologia, Área de Pediatria Médica, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Lisboa, Portugal.
  • Maria João Brito
  • Catarina Gouveia
  • Luís Varandas
  • Gonçalo Cordeiro Ferreira

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https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.1606

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Iatrogeny is a pathologic condition caused in a patient in the different stages of a medical act. In the United States, it is the fourth cause of death but in Portugal, data are not yet available. Though different from medical error, it is still a taboo subject for health care providers. The authors report a case of relational, diagnostic and therapeutic iatrogeny with serious consequences for the patient. Doctors have a fundamental role in reducing morbidity and mortality due to iatrogenic causes; they have the duty to question and reconsider diagnosis and treatments, keeping an alert attitude and self-criticism in order to identify potential iatrogenic interventions or to correct it as soon as possible.

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Leal E, Brito MJ, Gouveia C, Varandas L, Ferreira GC. Iatrogenia em pediatria: repensar atitudes. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 30 de Abril de 2011 [citado 23 de Novembro de 2024];24(2):375-8. Disponível em: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/1606

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