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Prescribing cascade

A medication-related chain where a drug side effect is mistaken for a new illness and treated with another medication.

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Risks of multiple interventions and cascade effect explained

Risks of multiple interventions and cascade effect explained

What cascade effect means in birth A cascade effect is a chain reaction: an initial action changes the clinical situation, and that change creates new concerns or constraints that lead to additional action. In broader medical care, a similar pattern is seen in prescribing cascades, where a medication side effect is mistaken for a new […]