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Iatrogenic Disease

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Definition: 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.  IM for general or as coord with specific iatrogenic dis; article must discuss dis as iatrogenic: do not routinely index adv eff of drugs or procedures as iatrogenic   
See Also Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-P; Medical Errors 		Other names Iatrogenic Diseases; Diseases, Iatrogenic; Disease, Iatrogenic

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