The Hazards of Hospitalization

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Article1 January 1964The Hazards of HospitalizationELIHU M. SCHIMMEL, M.D.ELIHU M. SCHIMMEL, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-60-1-100 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRecent medical progress has brought dramatic advances in methods of diagnosis and treatment. With each new advance, however, reports of adverse reactions have soon followed. The occurrence of occasional reactions is now considered to be an accustomed and almost predictable hazard rather than evidence of improper medical care.These hazards have been called "the price we pay" for modern diagnosis and therapy (1). This new type of clinical pathology, documented in numerous reports of drug reactions and of the untoward effects of diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, has been catalogued under the title, "Diseases of Medical Progress" (2). These reports and...References1. BARR DP: Hazards of modern diagnosis and therapy—the price we pay. JAMA 159: 1452, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. MOSER RH: Diseases of medical progress. New Eng. J. Med. 255: 606, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: West Haven, ConnecticutFrom the Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, and the Grace-New Haven Community Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Elihu M. Schimmel, M.D., Veterans Administration Hospital, West Spring Street, West Haven 16, Connecticut. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited by20 years after To Err Is Human: A bibliometric analysis of 'the IOM report's' impact on research on patient safetyEvolving Factors in Hospital Safety: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Hospital Adverse EventsErrors of Disaster Health Management: Health Care System Errors, Prehospital and Hospital Emergency Medical ServicePatient Safety in Internal MedicineMedical Error, Quality Management, and the Evolving Culture of SafetyFehler in der Medizin und PatientensicherheitThe yield of tertiary survey in patients admitted for observation after traumaRisk factors associated with delayed discharge following robotic assisted surgery for gynecologic malignancySurgical Safety in ChildrenLa seguridad en el paciente odontológico de acuerdo con la CONAMEDCan hospitalization be hazardous to your health? A nosocomial based stress model for hospitalizationFehler in der Medizin und PatientensicherheitFactors contributing to patient safety incidents in primary care: a descriptive analysis of patient safety incidents in a French study using CADYA (categorization of errors in primary care)Survivability of hospitalized chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with moderate to severe estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) after experiencing adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in a public healthcare center: a retrospective 3 year studyPharmacist-Initiated Medication Error-Reporting and Monitoring Programme in a Developing Country ScenarioDefining Adverse Events and Determinants of Medical Errors in HealthcareThe Acute Care for Elders Unit Model of CarePOP-PLEffect of a National Standard for Deteriorating Patients on Intensive Care Admissions Due to Cardiac Arrest in AustraliaThe duty of candour in primary careConsistency does count! Rethinking our approach to nursing assignmentsMET: Physician-Led RRTsAndroid application for therapeutic feed and fluid calculation in neonatal care - a way to fast, accurate and safe health-care deliveryAssessment of patient safety culture: what tools for medical students?POP-PL: a patient-oriented prescription programming languageTasks completed by nursing members of a teaching hospital Medical Emergency TeamReCAP: Insights Into the Potential Preventability of Oncology ReadmissionsImplementation and evaluation of a gravimetric i.v. workflow software system in an oncology ambulatory care pharmacyIntroductionSurgical Safety in ChildrenDeaths: Iatrogenic Deaths – PathologyPOP-PL: a patient-oriented prescription programming languageResilient health care: turning patient safety on its headIntuitive Versus Analytic Clinical ReasoningThe incidence of adverse events in an Italian acute care hospital: findings of a two-stage method in a retrospective cohort studyBarriers to activation of the rapid response systemBarreras y retos de las unidades funcionales de gestión de riesgos sanitarios en los hospitales del Servicio Madrileño de SaludPatient and Hospital Factors That Lead to Adverse Outcomes in Hospitalized EldersRisk in Medicine: Early Developments to the 1980sModels of Patient Safety and CritiqueMeasuring Nursing Error: Psychometrics of MISSCARE and Practice and Professional Issues ItemsReducing Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Resident Risk Exposure: Lessons from Graduate Medical Education