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2. Medical error - Wikipedia

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   The projected cost of these errors to the U.S. economy is approximately $20 billion, 87% of which are direct increases in medical costs of providing services to patient affected by medical errors. [74] Medical errors can increase average hospital costs by as much as $4,769 per patient. [75]

3. Patient safety - Wikipedia

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   Slonim and Pollack point out that safety is critical to reducing medical errors and adverse events. These problems can range from diagnostic and treatment errors to hospital-acquired infections, procedural complications, and failure to prevent problems such as pressure ulcers. [119]

4. Iatrogenesis - Wikipedia

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   In fact, intrinsic and sometimes adverse effects of a medical treatment are iatrogenic. For example, radiation therapy and chemotherapy—necessarily aggressive for therapeutic effect – frequently produce such iatrogenic effects as hair loss, hemolytic anemia, diabetes insipidus, vomiting, nausea, brain damage, lymphedema, infertility, etc.

5. To Err Is Human (report) - Wikipedia

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   The report was based upon analysis of multiple studies by a variety of organizations and concluded that between 44,000 and 98,000 people die each year as a result of preventable medical errors. For comparison, fewer than 50,000 people died of Alzheimer's disease and 17,000 died of illicit drug use in the same year. [1]

6. Complication (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Diabetes mellitus, also known simply as diabetes, is a disorder of the regulation of blood glucose (a common type of sugar) levels. There are two types of chronic diabetes mellitus: type I and type II. Both lead to abnormally high levels of blood glucose as the body is not able to properly absorb the sugar into tissues.

7. Hypoglycemia - Wikipedia

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   If a person without diabetes accidentally takes medications that are traditionally used to treat diabetes, this may also cause hypoglycemia. [3] [2] These medications include insulin, glinides, and sulfonylureas. [3] [2] This may occur through medical errors in a healthcare setting or through pharmacy errors, also called iatrogenic hypoglycemia ...