Exam #1: Iatrogenesis

Question 1

What is iatrogenesis?

Answer 1

Illness & injury caused by healthcare practitioners

Question 2

What are the categories of iatrogenesis?

Answer 2

1) Diagnostics
2) Surgery referrals
3) Medication prescription

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Question 3

What should you remember to do with geriatric patients on physical exam?

Answer 3

Reassure about relatively benign conditions

Question 4

If you see iron deficiency, what must you assume?

Answer 4

Blood loss

Question 5

What is the most common route of blood loss for geriatric patients?

Answer 5

GI tract

Question 6

What is the most common cause of iatrogenesis in geriatrics?

Answer 6

Medication

Question 7

What classes of medications lead to the highest rates of iatrogenesis?

Answer 7

1) Anticoagulation (a-fib)
2) NSAIDs
3) Antiarrhythmics
4) Psychotropic

Question 8

What drugs are the best a preventing GI bleeding from NSAIDs?

Answer 8

PPIs (Proton Pump Inhibitors)