TY - JOUR AU - Leal, Ema AU - Brito, Maria João AU - Gouveia, Catarina AU - Varandas, Luís AU - Ferreira, Gonçalo Cordeiro PY - 2011/04/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Iatrogeny in paediatrics: reconsider attitudes. JF - Acta Médica Portuguesa JA - Acta Med Port VL - 24 IS - 2 SE - DO - 10.20344/amp.1606 UR - https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/1606 SP - 375-8 AB - Iatrogeny is a pathologic condition caused in a patient in the different stages of a medical act. In the United States, it is the fourth cause of death but in Portugal, data are not yet available. Though different from medical error, it is still a taboo subject for health care providers. The authors report a case of relational, diagnostic and therapeutic iatrogeny with serious consequences for the patient. Doctors have a fundamental role in reducing morbidity and mortality due to iatrogenic causes; they have the duty to question and reconsider diagnosis and treatments, keeping an alert attitude and self-criticism in order to identify potential iatrogenic interventions or to correct it as soon as possible. ER -