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PRACTICE POINTS:
Potentially serious infection is common after Cesarean Section and is not presumptive evidence of substandard careWhen nurses report mild fever or somewhat offensive wound/vaginal discharge, look for
1. Adequate medical re-examination
2. White Blood Cell Count
3. Bacteriological testing
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER 1997
PRACTICE POINTS:
Specifically ask psychiatric/psychological expert witnesses to match the claimant to the characteristic psychological profileHormone disturbances are being identified experimentally, but are not yet ready for routine diagnostic testing
Characteristic disturbances of regional Cerebral Blood Flow can be seen on SPECT scanning
Although response to antidepressant medication is variable, individual and certain families of drugs are showing promise
Although response to antidepressant medication is variable, individual and certain families of drugs are showing promise
PRACTICE POINTS:
In contrast with advanced laparoscopic techniques, attempts to demonstrate inadequacy of training or supervised experience are unlikely to succeedThe courts are recognising that the majority of serious trochar injuries arise from substandard surgical technique
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Symptomatic Retinal Tears are common degenerative events in the elderly, or the result of direct trauma to the eyes of young menTo establish indirect traumatic Causation of Retinal Tears in the elderly usually requires a clear contemporaneous history of attributable visual deterioration
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