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  2. Therapeutic effect - Wikipedia

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    Therapeutic effect refers to the response(s) after a treatment of any kind, the results of which are judged to be useful or favorable. [1] [2] [3] This is true whether the result was expected, unexpected, or even an unintended consequence. An adverse effect (including nocebo) is the converse

  3. Florence Nightingale effect - Wikipedia

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    The effect is named for Florence Nightingale, a pioneer in the field of nursing in the second half of the 19th century.Due to her dedication to patient care, she was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" because of her habit of making rounds at night, previously not done.

  4. Patient safety - Wikipedia

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    [72] [73] Similarly to Maslach's scale, there is the Conservation of Resources Theory which essentially states that if one of the four pillars are lost, so is safety and control, "Healthcare organizations and nursing administration should develop strategies to protect nurses from the threat of resource loss to decrease nurse burnout, which may ...

  5. Adverse drug reaction - Wikipedia

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    Type A: augmented pharmacological effects, which are dose-dependent and predictable [5]; Type A reactions, which constitute approximately 80% of adverse drug reactions, are usually a consequence of the drug's primary pharmacological effect (e.g., bleeding when using the anticoagulant warfarin) or a low therapeutic index of the drug (e.g., nausea from digoxin), and they are therefore predictable.

  6. Adverse effect - Wikipedia

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    An adverse effect is an undesired harmful effect resulting from a medication or other intervention, such as surgery. [1] An adverse effect may be termed a " side effect ", when judged to be secondary to a main or therapeutic effect .

  7. Number needed to harm - Wikipedia

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    NNH is similar to number needed to treat (NNT), where NNT usually refers to a positive therapeutic result and NNH to a detrimental effect or risk factor. Marginal metrics: NNT for an additional beneficial outcome (NNTB) NNT for an additional harmful outcome (NNTH) are also used. [2]

  8. Iatrogenesis - Wikipedia

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    Iatrogenesis is the causation of a disease, a harmful complication, or other ill effect by any medical activity, including diagnosis, intervention, error, or negligence. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] First used in this sense in 1924, [ 1 ] the term was introduced to sociology in 1976 by Ivan Illich , alleging that industrialized societies impair quality of ...

  9. Complication (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    A complication in medicine, or medical complication, is an unfavorable result of a disease, health condition, or treatment.Complications may adversely affect the prognosis, or outcome, of a disease.