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PRACTICE POINTS:
The most common anesthetic suits are for1. positioning on the operating-tableMost gas-delivery medical malpractice suits are high-quantum and viable
2. neurological damage from the spine and epidural injection
3. faulty intubation and extubation
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Physicians fail to acknowledge and discuss most of their serious mistakesDefence strategy encourages the very doctor-patient communication problems which motivate medical malpractice suits
No-fault Compensation does not address client needs to understand, and achieve closure
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Pheumatologists commonly disagree about the diagnosis of Painful ShoulderMagnetic Resonance Imaging is generally the most accurate investigation
Prognosis is better after physical therapy, and little or no medication or sick leave
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Both psychological factors and physical disruptions of the brain contribute to the occurance and severity of Post-Traumatic HeadacheChronic Post-Traumatic Headache clients require psychiatric assessment for
1. Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderChronic Post-Traumatic Headache has been shown experimentally to be accompanied by disturbances of regional blood-supply and biochemistry in the brain
2. pre-existing psychiatric disorder
3. other psychological damagesPost-Traumatic Migraine
1. onset immediate of within the first few days
2. features of Common or Classic Migraine
3. recurrences several times per week
4. dramatic response to standard prophylactic medication
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