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Complication due to Medical/Surgical Care

MedGen UID:
1682604
Concept ID:
C4763738
Pathologic Function

Definition

An untoward event that can be attributed to care received during a medical/surgical event. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Falanga A, Ay C, Di Nisio M, Gerotziafas G, Jara-Palomares L, Langer F, Lecumberri R, Mandala M, Maraveyas A, Pabinger I, Sinn M, Syrigos K, Young A, Jordan K; ESMO Guidelines Committee. Electronic address: clinicalguidelines@esmo.org
Ann Oncol 2023 May;34(5):452-467. Epub 2023 Jan 10 doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.12.014. PMID: 36638869
Gauci ML, Aristei C, Becker JC, Blom A, Bataille V, Dreno B, Del Marmol V, Forsea AM, Fargnoli MC, Grob JJ, Gomes F, Hauschild A, Hoeller C, Harwood C, Kelleners-Smeets N, Kaufmann R, Lallas A, Malvehy J, Moreno-Ramirez D, Peris K, Pellacani G, Saiag P, Stratigos AJ, Vieira R, Zalaudek I, van Akkooi ACJ, Lorigan P, Garbe C, Lebbé C; European Dermatology Forum (EDF), the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO) and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Eur J Cancer 2022 Aug;171:203-231. Epub 2022 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.03.043. PMID: 35732101
Baddour LM, Wilson WR, Bayer AS, Fowler VG Jr, Bolger AF, Levison ME, Ferrieri P, Gerber MA, Tani LY, Gewitz MH, Tong DC, Steckelberg JM, Baltimore RS, Shulman ST, Burns JC, Falace DA, Newburger JW, Pallasch TJ, Takahashi M, Taubert KA; Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; American Heart Association; Infectious Diseases Society of America
Circulation 2005 Jun 14;111(23):e394-434. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.165564. PMID: 15956145

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Rivero-de-Aguilar A, Soto-Varela A, Puente-Hernandez M, Porta-Etessam J
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2023 Nov;280(11):4759-4774. Epub 2023 Aug 7 doi: 10.1007/s00405-023-08125-3. PMID: 37548703
Walker RM, Chaboyer W, Cooke M, Whitty JA, Thalib L, Lockwood I, Latimer S, Campbell J, Probert R, Gillespie BM
Trials 2023 Jan 31;24(1):70. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06999-y. PMID: 36721259Free PMC Article
Simanovski J, Ralph J
Prog Transplant 2020 Dec;30(4):365-367. Epub 2020 Sep 10 doi: 10.1177/1526924820958152. PMID: 32912114
Lascarrou JB, Merdji H, Le Gouge A, Colin G, Grillet G, Girardie P, Coupez E, Dequin PF, Cariou A, Boulain T, Brule N, Frat JP, Asfar P, Pichon N, Landais M, Plantefeve G, Quenot JP, Chakarian JC, Sirodot M, Legriel S, Letheulle J, Thevenin D, Desachy A, Delahaye A, Botoc V, Vimeux S, Martino F, Giraudeau B, Reignier J; CRICS-TRIGGERSEP Group
N Engl J Med 2019 Dec 12;381(24):2327-2337. Epub 2019 Oct 2 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1906661. PMID: 31577396
Reignier J, Boisramé-Helms J, Brisard L, Lascarrou JB, Ait Hssain A, Anguel N, Argaud L, Asehnoune K, Asfar P, Bellec F, Botoc V, Bretagnol A, Bui HN, Canet E, Da Silva D, Darmon M, Das V, Devaquet J, Djibre M, Ganster F, Garrouste-Orgeas M, Gaudry S, Gontier O, Guérin C, Guidet B, Guitton C, Herbrecht JE, Lacherade JC, Letocart P, Martino F, Maxime V, Mercier E, Mira JP, Nseir S, Piton G, Quenot JP, Richecoeur J, Rigaud JP, Robert R, Rolin N, Schwebel C, Sirodot M, Tinturier F, Thévenin D, Giraudeau B, Le Gouge A; NUTRIREA-2 Trial Investigators; Clinical Research in Intensive Care and Sepsis (CRICS) group
Lancet 2018 Jan 13;391(10116):133-143. Epub 2017 Nov 8 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32146-3. PMID: 29128300

Diagnosis

Walker RM, Chaboyer W, Cooke M, Whitty JA, Thalib L, Lockwood I, Latimer S, Campbell J, Probert R, Gillespie BM
Trials 2023 Jan 31;24(1):70. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06999-y. PMID: 36721259Free PMC Article
Vitale A, Svegliati-Baroni G, Ortolani A, Cucco M, Dalla Riva GV, Giannini EG, Piscaglia F, Rapaccini G, Di Marco M, Caturelli E, Zoli M, Sacco R, Cabibbo G, Marra F, Mega A, Morisco F, Gasbarrini A, Foschi FG, Missale G, Masotto A, Nardone G, Raimondo G, Azzaroli F, Vidili G, Oliveri F, Pelizzaro F, Ramirez Morales R, Cillo U, Trevisani F, Miele L, Marchesini G, Farinati F; Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA) group
Gut 2023 Jan;72(1):141-152. Epub 2021 Dec 21 doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2021-324915. PMID: 34933916
Gauci ML, Aristei C, Becker JC, Blom A, Bataille V, Dreno B, Del Marmol V, Forsea AM, Fargnoli MC, Grob JJ, Gomes F, Hauschild A, Hoeller C, Harwood C, Kelleners-Smeets N, Kaufmann R, Lallas A, Malvehy J, Moreno-Ramirez D, Peris K, Pellacani G, Saiag P, Stratigos AJ, Vieira R, Zalaudek I, van Akkooi ACJ, Lorigan P, Garbe C, Lebbé C; European Dermatology Forum (EDF), the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO) and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Eur J Cancer 2022 Aug;171:203-231. Epub 2022 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.03.043. PMID: 35732101
Mardani A, Maleki M, Hanifi N, Borghei Y, Vaismoradi M
Complement Ther Med 2022 Aug;67:102836. Epub 2022 Apr 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2022.102836. PMID: 35462027
Baddour LM, Wilson WR, Bayer AS, Fowler VG Jr, Bolger AF, Levison ME, Ferrieri P, Gerber MA, Tani LY, Gewitz MH, Tong DC, Steckelberg JM, Baltimore RS, Shulman ST, Burns JC, Falace DA, Newburger JW, Pallasch TJ, Takahashi M, Taubert KA; Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; American Heart Association; Infectious Diseases Society of America
Circulation 2005 Jun 14;111(23):e394-434. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.165564. PMID: 15956145

Therapy

Gauci ML, Aristei C, Becker JC, Blom A, Bataille V, Dreno B, Del Marmol V, Forsea AM, Fargnoli MC, Grob JJ, Gomes F, Hauschild A, Hoeller C, Harwood C, Kelleners-Smeets N, Kaufmann R, Lallas A, Malvehy J, Moreno-Ramirez D, Peris K, Pellacani G, Saiag P, Stratigos AJ, Vieira R, Zalaudek I, van Akkooi ACJ, Lorigan P, Garbe C, Lebbé C; European Dermatology Forum (EDF), the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO) and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Eur J Cancer 2022 Aug;171:203-231. Epub 2022 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.03.043. PMID: 35732101
Mardani A, Maleki M, Hanifi N, Borghei Y, Vaismoradi M
Complement Ther Med 2022 Aug;67:102836. Epub 2022 Apr 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2022.102836. PMID: 35462027
Dankiewicz J, Cronberg T, Lilja G, Jakobsen JC, Levin H, Ullén S, Rylander C, Wise MP, Oddo M, Cariou A, Bělohlávek J, Hovdenes J, Saxena M, Kirkegaard H, Young PJ, Pelosi P, Storm C, Taccone FS, Joannidis M, Callaway C, Eastwood GM, Morgan MPG, Nordberg P, Erlinge D, Nichol AD, Chew MS, Hollenberg J, Thomas M, Bewley J, Sweet K, Grejs AM, Christensen S, Haenggi M, Levis A, Lundin A, Düring J, Schmidbauer S, Keeble TR, Karamasis GV, Schrag C, Faessler E, Smid O, Otáhal M, Maggiorini M, Wendel Garcia PD, Jaubert P, Cole JM, Solar M, Borgquist O, Leithner C, Abed-Maillard S, Navarra L, Annborn M, Undén J, Brunetti I, Awad A, McGuigan P, Bjørkholt Olsen R, Cassina T, Vignon P, Langeland H, Lange T, Friberg H, Nielsen N; TTM2 Trial Investigators
N Engl J Med 2021 Jun 17;384(24):2283-2294. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2100591. PMID: 34133859
Reignier J, Boisramé-Helms J, Brisard L, Lascarrou JB, Ait Hssain A, Anguel N, Argaud L, Asehnoune K, Asfar P, Bellec F, Botoc V, Bretagnol A, Bui HN, Canet E, Da Silva D, Darmon M, Das V, Devaquet J, Djibre M, Ganster F, Garrouste-Orgeas M, Gaudry S, Gontier O, Guérin C, Guidet B, Guitton C, Herbrecht JE, Lacherade JC, Letocart P, Martino F, Maxime V, Mercier E, Mira JP, Nseir S, Piton G, Quenot JP, Richecoeur J, Rigaud JP, Robert R, Rolin N, Schwebel C, Sirodot M, Tinturier F, Thévenin D, Giraudeau B, Le Gouge A; NUTRIREA-2 Trial Investigators; Clinical Research in Intensive Care and Sepsis (CRICS) group
Lancet 2018 Jan 13;391(10116):133-143. Epub 2017 Nov 8 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32146-3. PMID: 29128300
Kumar A, Roberts D, Wood KE, Light B, Parrillo JE, Sharma S, Suppes R, Feinstein D, Zanotti S, Taiberg L, Gurka D, Kumar A, Cheang M
Crit Care Med 2006 Jun;34(6):1589-96. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000217961.75225.E9. PMID: 16625125

Prognosis

De Corso E, Pasquini E, Trimarchi M, La Mantia I, Pagella F, Ottaviano G, Garzaro M, Pipolo C, Torretta S, Seccia V, Cantone E, Ciofalo A, Lucidi D, Fadda GL, Pafundi PC, Settimi S, Montuori C, Anastasi F, Pagliuca G, Ghidini A, Cavaliere C, Maffei M, Bussu F, Gallo S, Canevari FRM, Paludetti G, Galli J; Dupireal Italian Study Group
Allergy 2023 Oct;78(10):2669-2683. Epub 2023 May 26 doi: 10.1111/all.15772. PMID: 37203259
Gauci ML, Aristei C, Becker JC, Blom A, Bataille V, Dreno B, Del Marmol V, Forsea AM, Fargnoli MC, Grob JJ, Gomes F, Hauschild A, Hoeller C, Harwood C, Kelleners-Smeets N, Kaufmann R, Lallas A, Malvehy J, Moreno-Ramirez D, Peris K, Pellacani G, Saiag P, Stratigos AJ, Vieira R, Zalaudek I, van Akkooi ACJ, Lorigan P, Garbe C, Lebbé C; European Dermatology Forum (EDF), the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO) and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Eur J Cancer 2022 Aug;171:203-231. Epub 2022 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.03.043. PMID: 35732101
Lascarrou JB, Merdji H, Le Gouge A, Colin G, Grillet G, Girardie P, Coupez E, Dequin PF, Cariou A, Boulain T, Brule N, Frat JP, Asfar P, Pichon N, Landais M, Plantefeve G, Quenot JP, Chakarian JC, Sirodot M, Legriel S, Letheulle J, Thevenin D, Desachy A, Delahaye A, Botoc V, Vimeux S, Martino F, Giraudeau B, Reignier J; CRICS-TRIGGERSEP Group
N Engl J Med 2019 Dec 12;381(24):2327-2337. Epub 2019 Oct 2 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1906661. PMID: 31577396
Reignier J, Boisramé-Helms J, Brisard L, Lascarrou JB, Ait Hssain A, Anguel N, Argaud L, Asehnoune K, Asfar P, Bellec F, Botoc V, Bretagnol A, Bui HN, Canet E, Da Silva D, Darmon M, Das V, Devaquet J, Djibre M, Ganster F, Garrouste-Orgeas M, Gaudry S, Gontier O, Guérin C, Guidet B, Guitton C, Herbrecht JE, Lacherade JC, Letocart P, Martino F, Maxime V, Mercier E, Mira JP, Nseir S, Piton G, Quenot JP, Richecoeur J, Rigaud JP, Robert R, Rolin N, Schwebel C, Sirodot M, Tinturier F, Thévenin D, Giraudeau B, Le Gouge A; NUTRIREA-2 Trial Investigators; Clinical Research in Intensive Care and Sepsis (CRICS) group
Lancet 2018 Jan 13;391(10116):133-143. Epub 2017 Nov 8 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32146-3. PMID: 29128300
Kumar A, Roberts D, Wood KE, Light B, Parrillo JE, Sharma S, Suppes R, Feinstein D, Zanotti S, Taiberg L, Gurka D, Kumar A, Cheang M
Crit Care Med 2006 Jun;34(6):1589-96. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000217961.75225.E9. PMID: 16625125

Clinical prediction guides

De Corso E, Pasquini E, Trimarchi M, La Mantia I, Pagella F, Ottaviano G, Garzaro M, Pipolo C, Torretta S, Seccia V, Cantone E, Ciofalo A, Lucidi D, Fadda GL, Pafundi PC, Settimi S, Montuori C, Anastasi F, Pagliuca G, Ghidini A, Cavaliere C, Maffei M, Bussu F, Gallo S, Canevari FRM, Paludetti G, Galli J; Dupireal Italian Study Group
Allergy 2023 Oct;78(10):2669-2683. Epub 2023 May 26 doi: 10.1111/all.15772. PMID: 37203259
Dankiewicz J, Cronberg T, Lilja G, Jakobsen JC, Levin H, Ullén S, Rylander C, Wise MP, Oddo M, Cariou A, Bělohlávek J, Hovdenes J, Saxena M, Kirkegaard H, Young PJ, Pelosi P, Storm C, Taccone FS, Joannidis M, Callaway C, Eastwood GM, Morgan MPG, Nordberg P, Erlinge D, Nichol AD, Chew MS, Hollenberg J, Thomas M, Bewley J, Sweet K, Grejs AM, Christensen S, Haenggi M, Levis A, Lundin A, Düring J, Schmidbauer S, Keeble TR, Karamasis GV, Schrag C, Faessler E, Smid O, Otáhal M, Maggiorini M, Wendel Garcia PD, Jaubert P, Cole JM, Solar M, Borgquist O, Leithner C, Abed-Maillard S, Navarra L, Annborn M, Undén J, Brunetti I, Awad A, McGuigan P, Bjørkholt Olsen R, Cassina T, Vignon P, Langeland H, Lange T, Friberg H, Nielsen N; TTM2 Trial Investigators
N Engl J Med 2021 Jun 17;384(24):2283-2294. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2100591. PMID: 34133859
Lascarrou JB, Merdji H, Le Gouge A, Colin G, Grillet G, Girardie P, Coupez E, Dequin PF, Cariou A, Boulain T, Brule N, Frat JP, Asfar P, Pichon N, Landais M, Plantefeve G, Quenot JP, Chakarian JC, Sirodot M, Legriel S, Letheulle J, Thevenin D, Desachy A, Delahaye A, Botoc V, Vimeux S, Martino F, Giraudeau B, Reignier J; CRICS-TRIGGERSEP Group
N Engl J Med 2019 Dec 12;381(24):2327-2337. Epub 2019 Oct 2 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1906661. PMID: 31577396
Kumar A, Roberts D, Wood KE, Light B, Parrillo JE, Sharma S, Suppes R, Feinstein D, Zanotti S, Taiberg L, Gurka D, Kumar A, Cheang M
Crit Care Med 2006 Jun;34(6):1589-96. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000217961.75225.E9. PMID: 16625125
Baddour LM, Wilson WR, Bayer AS, Fowler VG Jr, Bolger AF, Levison ME, Ferrieri P, Gerber MA, Tani LY, Gewitz MH, Tong DC, Steckelberg JM, Baltimore RS, Shulman ST, Burns JC, Falace DA, Newburger JW, Pallasch TJ, Takahashi M, Taubert KA; Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; American Heart Association; Infectious Diseases Society of America
Circulation 2005 Jun 14;111(23):e394-434. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.165564. PMID: 15956145

Recent systematic reviews

Zito A, Galli M, Biondi-Zoccai G, Abbate A, Douglas PS, Princi G, D'Amario D, Aurigemma C, Romagnoli E, Trani C, Burzotta F
Ann Intern Med 2023 Jun;176(6):817-826. Epub 2023 Jun 6 doi: 10.7326/M23-0231. PMID: 37276592
Mardani A, Maleki M, Hanifi N, Borghei Y, Vaismoradi M
Complement Ther Med 2022 Aug;67:102836. Epub 2022 Apr 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2022.102836. PMID: 35462027
Fuentes Padilla P, Martínez G, Vernooij RW, Urrútia G, Roqué I Figuls M, Bonfill Cosp X
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019 Oct 31;2019(10) doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012340.pub2. PMID: 31684690Free PMC Article
Wang JY, Ighani A, Ayala AP, Akita S, Lara-Corrales I, Alavi A
J Cutan Med Surg 2018 Sep/Oct;22(5):495-504. Epub 2018 Apr 19 doi: 10.1177/1203475418770570. PMID: 29673261
Elke G, van Zanten AR, Lemieux M, McCall M, Jeejeebhoy KN, Kott M, Jiang X, Day AG, Heyland DK
Crit Care 2016 Apr 29;20(1):117. doi: 10.1186/s13054-016-1298-1. PMID: 27129307Free PMC Article

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