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January 1, 1964Annals of Internal Medicine

The Hazards of Hospitalization

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ESElihu M. SchimmelBoston University

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Observational study reports frequent adverse reactions from modern medical interventions in hospitalized individuals, highlighting the hidden risks of advanced clinical care.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the frequency, nature, and clinical significance of adverse reactions and complications arising from modern diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in hospitalized medical patients.
  • Monitored consecutive inpatient admissions to a university hospital general medical service for untoward diagnostic and therapeutic events.
  • Categorized and analyzed adverse drug reactions and procedural complications encountered during inpatient hospital stays.
  • Identified that adverse reactions secondary to modern diagnostic and therapeutic interventions constitute an accustomed, predictable hazard of inpatient care.
  • Demonstrated that advances in medical management inevitably introduce a substantial burden of iatrogenic pathology alongside their therapeutic benefits.

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Elihu M. Schimmel (1964) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0ee808a14f152feafa012bhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-60-1-100
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