Complication (medicine)
Complication (medicine)
| Subclass of | adverse effect, late effect  |
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| NCI Thesaurus ID | C2959 |
A complication insyd medicine, anaa medical complication, be an unfavorable result of a disease, health condition, anaa treatment. Complications fi adversely affect de prognosis, anaa outcome, of a disease. Complications generally dey involve a worsening insyd de severity of de disease anaa de development of new signs, symptoms, anaa pathological changes wey fi cam be widespread thru out de body den dey affect oda organ systems. Thus, complications fi lead to de development of new diseases wey dey result from previously existing diseases. Complications sanso fi arise as a result of various treatments.
Common illnesses and complications
[edit | edit source]Iatrogenic complications
[edit | edit source]Medical errors fi fall into various categories dem list below:[1]
- Medication
- Surgical
- Diagnostic
- Machine interface
- Transition and handoff
- Human factors, teamwork, den communication
- Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs): HAIs be complications of general treatments wey dey involve microorganisms anaa viral infections wey e fi most commonly be caused by indwelling devices (urinary catheters, central lines) anaa previous surgical procedures.[2] Common microbes involved insyd HAIs be Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis,[3] den Clostridioides difficile.[2] De most effective preventive measure be hand-hygiene.[4]
Cardiovascular complications
[edit | edit source]Atrial fibrillation
[edit | edit source]Oda examples
- Thrombosis insyd de heart anaa brain, wey dey cause stroke anaa acute myocardial infarction fi be complications of blood coagulation disorders, phlebitis[5] (inflammation of de veins), endocarditis[6] den artificial heart valves.[7]
Metabolic complications
[edit | edit source]Neurologic / psychiatric complications
[edit | edit source]Reproductive complications
[edit | edit source]Respiratory complications
[edit | edit source]Surgical / procedural complications
[edit | edit source]Oda examples of complications
[edit | edit source]- Sepsis (infection of de blood) fi occur as a complication of a bacterial, viral, anaa fungal infection.[8]
- Miscarriage be de most common complication of early pregnancy.[9]
- Eczema vaccinatum be a rare den severe complication of smallpox vaccination[10] insyd people plus eczema.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Gupta K, Wachter RM (2018). Understanding Patient Safety (3rd ed.). New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Education LLC. OCLC 1073069539.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Overview - Health Care-Associated Infections - health.gov". health.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ↑ Jacobsen, S. M.; Stickler, D. J.; Mobley, H. L. T.; Shirtliff, M. E. (January 2008). "Complicated Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Due to Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 21 (1): 26–59. doi:10.1128/CMR.00019-07. ISSN 0893-8512. PMC 2223845. PMID 18202436.
- ↑ Mehta, Yatin; Gupta, Abhinav; Todi, Subhash; Myatra, SN; Samaddar, D. P.; Patil, Vijaya; Bhattacharya, Pradip Kumar; Ramasubban, Suresh (March 2014). "Guidelines for prevention of hospital acquired infections". Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine. 18 (3): 149–163. doi:10.4103/0972-5229.128705. ISSN 0972-5229. PMC 3963198. PMID 24701065.
- ↑ "Thrombophlebitis - Symptoms and causes". Mayo Clinic (in English). Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ↑ "Endocarditis - Symptoms and causes". Mayo Clinic (in English). Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ↑ "Heart valve surgery - Mayo Clinic". mayoclinic.org. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ↑ "Sepsis - Symptoms and causes". Mayo Clinic (in English). Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ↑ National Coordinating Centre for Women's and Children's Health (UK) (December 2012). "Ectopic Pregnancy and Miscarriage: Diagnosis and Initial Management in Early Pregnancy of Ectopic Pregnancy and Miscarriage". NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 154. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. PMID 23638497. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Side Effects of Smallpox Vaccination | Smallpox | CDC". cdc.gov (in American English). 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons get media wey relate to Complications (medical).
- Coventry BJ (2014). Surgery: Complications, Risks and Consequences. Book series, seven volumes. Springer.
- Mulholland MW, Doherty GM (2006). Complications in Surgery. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. ISBN 978-0-7817-5316-6.
- Gawande A (2002). Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science. Macmillan.