What is Therapeutic Drift and Why it is Dangerous in Newborn Care
October 25, 2021
Innovations in Pediatrics | Fall 2021
A definition of therapeutic drift and the potential implications it can have on clinical practice in any specialty. Dr. Richard Martin, Director, Neonatal Research Programs, Division of Neonatology, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, served as editor of a special issue of Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine on therapeutic drift in neonatology.
Dr. Richard Martin discusses therapeutic drift and the potential implications it can have on clinical practice in any specialty.
00:00 What is therapeutic drift?
00:19 An example of therapeutic drift in babies
01:38 The detrimental implications of therapeutic drift
03:11 How to avoid therapeutic drift
03:52 Therapy vs. prevention
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