Iatrogenic hand injuries in outpatients.
Potentially serious iatrogenic hand injuries occurred in three patients in a general medicine practice. All resulted from technologic advances in patient care. Each resulted in substantial economic and emotional costs. One patient sustained a serious residual disability. Such injuries have rarely been reported in the past, but advances in medical technology and changes in reimbursement patterns may make outpatient iatrogenic hand injuries increasingly common. Physicians must be alert to such injuries.
D000368:Aged; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004576:Electromyography / Q000009:adverse effects; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D014459:Ulnar Nerve