Abstract

IATROGENESIS: AN OVERVIEW

Dr. Pooja Agrawal*, Dr. Virendra Kushwaha, Dr. Alpana Sahu, Dr. Harsh Vekaria, Dr. Arka Das and Dr. Sameer Siddiqui

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Abstract

Iatrogenic disease is a clinical condition that is caused due to diagnostic, therapeutic, and prophylactic procedures undertaken on patients. These are unknown to physicians ranging from mild to severe. Risk factors related due to iatrogenic disease are the patient‟s age, diet, nutritional status, genetic variability, pre-existing pathology or comorbid conditions (especially of the kidneys and the liver), presence of the impaired host mechanism and drug sensitivity, etc. Iatrogenic diseases include ADR that is of 6 types – type A, type B, type C, Type D, type E, and type F. Types of drug-induced iatrogenic disease is antibiotic-induced, hypersensitivity, respiratory diseases, hepatic disease, and cardiovascular disease. Causes of iatrogenic disease are malpractice and medical error and negligence, overmedicalization of ill health, no prior warning about possible adverse drug reactions, and commercialization of medicine, it can be reduced at clinical and environmental levels.

Keywords: Iatrogenesis, Drugs, Adverse drug reaction, Disease, Medical.