CVIR Endovascular (Jan 2024)

Is it a complication or a consequence - a new perspective on adverse outcomes in Interventional Radiology

  • Anna Maria Ierardi,
  • Velio Ascenti,
  • Carolina Lanza,
  • Serena Carriero,
  • Gaetano Amato,
  • Giuseppe Pellegrino,
  • Francesco Giurazza,
  • Pierluca Torcia,
  • Gianpaolo Carrafiello

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s42155-023-00417-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Abstract The aim of the article is to introduce a new term in post-procedural events related to the procedure itself. All the Societies and Councils report these events as complications and they are divided in mild, moderate and severe or immediate and delayed. On the other hand the term error is known as the application of a wrong plan, or strategy to achieve a goal. For the first time, we are trying to introduce the term “consequence”; assuming that the procedure is the only available and the best fit to clinical indication, a consequence should be seen as an expected and unavoidable occurrence of an “adverse event” despite correct technical execution.

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