[Primum non nocere, a forgotten adage at times. Apropos of 106 cases of iatrogenic pathologies collected in a year].
Results of a prospective trial showed that 7.9% of patients in an internal medicine department were affected by a drug-induced pathology (DIP). Reasons for this include non respect of contra-indications or to non supervision of treatment such as anti-hypertensive drugs. DIP affected more often elderly patients, and reflected superconsummation of medication.
Roblot
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Service de médecine interne-maladies infectieuses, hôpital Jean-Bernard, Poitiers.
de Bayser
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L
Barrier
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J
Marechaud
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R
Becq-Giraudon
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B
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies
Primum non nocere, un adage parfois oublié. A propos de 106 observations de pathologies iatrogènes recueillies en un an.