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LETHAL INFECTION

PRACTICE POINTS:

Necrotising Fasciitis is becoming commoner, and usually occurs after trivial injury or minor surgery in the previously healthy

The window of opportunity for intervention is a few hours

Early, potentially reversible features:

1. Redness painful
2. Enlarging blisters
3. Gangrenous tissue death

Later, life-threatening developments:

1. Low blood pressure
2. Bacteria in the blood
3. Clotting abnormalities
4. Failure of vital organs

NECK MANIPULATION

PRACTICE POINTS:

Topics addressed by specific guidelines:

1. Vascular complications
2. Tumors
3. Bone Infections
4. Traumatic Injuries
5. Arthritis
6. Psychological Considerations
7. Metabolic Disorders
8. Neurologic Complications

Features favouring successful litigation:

1. Vertebro Basilar Artery damage
2. Rotatory manipulation
3. High velocity thrusts

TBI DIZZINESS

PRACTICE POINTS:

Postural dizziness and deafness after Traumatic Brain Injury or Whiplash injury of the neck may be caused by Perilymph Fistula

Diagnosis, even after exploratory surgery, remains controversial

Outcome of corrective surgery is variable and unpredictable

  WHIPLASH STROKE 

PRACTICE POINTS:

Some strokes following whiplash injury of the neck can be causally related
 

Whiplash Articles

Whiplash, Cervical - Medical Research Abstracts

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