Iatrogenic Thoracic Complications

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Iatrogenic Thoracic Complications Induced by Drugs

   • Steven E. Seltzer, Jeffrey D. Goldstein, Peter G. Herman

   Pages 1-26

3. Nosocomial and Iatrogenic Infections of the Thorax

   • Cyrus C. Hopkins

   Pages 27-34

4. Pneumonia in the Immunocompromised Host

   • James E. Pennington, Peter G. Herman

   Pages 35-47

5. Traumatic Complications of Endotracheal Intubation and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

   • I. J. Isaacson, R. Fortunato

   Pages 49-58

6. Thoracic Complications of Respiratory Intensive Care

   • Gale S. Pasternack, Charles F. O’Cain

   Pages 59-77

7. Barotrauma

   • Jack L. Westcott, Solon Cole

   Pages 79-109

8. Radiographic Features of Thoracic Complications Occurring in Infants in the Intensive Care Nursery

   • G. B. Clifton Harris

   Pages 111-139

9. Thoracic Radiotherapy Changes

   • Herman I. Libshitz

   Pages 141-160

10. Iatrogenic Disorders of the Esophagus

    • John Braver

    Pages 161-174

11. Complications of Angiography in the Thorax

    • Michael A. Bettmann

    Pages 175-186

12. The Radiologic Manifestations of the Complications of Cardiac Pacing

    • C. J. Tegtmeyer

    Pages 187-199

13. The Radiology of Prosthetic Cardiac Valves

    • Robert M. Steiner, Gary S. Mintz

    Pages 201-227

14. Back Matter

    Pages 229-243

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The purpose of this series of volumes is to present a comprehensive view of the complications that result from the use of acceptable diagnostic and therapeutic proce­ dures. Individual volumes will deal with iatrogenic complications involving (I) the alimentary system, (2) the urinary system, (3) the respiratory and cardiac systems, (4) the skeletal system and (5) the pediatric patient. The term iatrogenic, derived from two Greek words, means physician-induced. Originally, it applied only to psychiatric disorders generated in the patient by autosug­ gestion, based on misinterpretation of the doctor's attitude and comments. As clinically used, it now pertains to the inadvertent side-effects and complications created in the course of diagnosis and treatment. The classic categories of disease have included: (1) congenital and developmental, (2) traumatic, (3) infectious and inflammatory, (4) metabolic, (5) neoplastic, and (6) degenerative. To these must be added, however, iatrogenic disorders-a major, although generally unacknowledged, source of illness. While great advances in medical care in both diagnosis and therapy have been accom­ few decades, many are at times associated with certain side-effects plished in the past and risks which may result in distress equal to or greater than the basic condition. Iatrogenic complications, which may be referred to as "diseases of medical progress," have become a new dimension in the causation of human disease.

• Atmen
• Iatrogene Krankheit
• Röntgendiagnostik
• Thoraxorgan /Erkrankung
• diagnosis

• Harvard Medical School, USA

  Peter G. Herman

• Division of Thoracic Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

  Peter G. Herman

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