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Whiplash syndrome and forensic approach. A case report / Síndrome de latigazo cervical y abordaje forense: reportaje de un caso
Peña, Nancy; Sánchez Cardozo, Óscar.
  • Peña, Nancy; National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciencess - Clinical Forensics Group - Bogotá Office. Bogotá D.C. CO
  • Sánchez Cardozo, Óscar; National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciencess - Clinical Forensics Group - Bogotá Office. Bogotá D.C. CO
Article in English | LILACS, COLNAL | ID: biblio-987658
ABSTRACT
The same day as being involved in a traffic incident as a pedestrian hit by a car, a middle-aged woman accessed emergency medical care and was later discharged. After two days the patient returned to emergency with complaints of neck pain. X-rays were conducted was immobilized with a cervical collar. Since the pain persisted, she was examined a few days later by physiatry, where a limitation in the arc of motion of the neck was found and whiplash was considered a possibility. This type of cases related to chronic posttraumatic pain are relatively common in clinical consultation and represent a great challenge for physicians, mainly in the forensic field, since there are often many symptoms and very few signs to identify the damage. Therefore, a forensic doctor must recur to the clinical history and carefully examine the mechanism of injury and the evolution of the clinical presentation, in addition to calling on other disciplines such as orthopedics, physiatry, psychiatry and pain medicine to issue a definitive concept.
RESUMEN
Una mujer de edad mediana sufrió un accidente de tránsito como peatón al ser arrollada por un automóvil, este mismo día recibió atención mediante el servicio médico de urgencias dándosele de alta posteriormente. A los dos días la mujer consultó nuevamente el servicio de urgencias por dolor cervical, le realizaron radiografías y le inmovilizaron con cuello ortopédico. Dada la persistencia de dolor cervical, días después fue valorada por fisiatría, donde encontraron limitación para arcos de movimiento del cuello y se consideró posible síndrome de latigazo cervical. Este tipo de casos relacionados con dolor crónico postraumático es relativamente frecuente en la consulta clínica y reviste un gran reto para los médicos, principalmente en el campo forense, ya que con frecuencia hay muchos síntomas y muy pocos signos que logren objetivar el daño. De esta manera, el médico forense debe recurrir a la historia clínica y escudriñar detalladamente el mecanismo de lesión y la evolución del cuadro clínico, además de pedir el concepto de varias disciplinas como ortopedia, fisiatría, psiquiatría y medicina del dolor, para emitir su concepto definitivo.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Whiplash Injuries Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Case reports (Universidad Nacional de Colombia. En línea) Journal subject: Ciˆncias da Sa£de / Medicina / Relatos de Casos Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: Colombia Institution/Affiliation country: National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciencess - Clinical Forensics Group - Bogotá Office/CO

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Whiplash Injuries Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Case reports (Universidad Nacional de Colombia. En línea) Journal subject: Ciˆncias da Sa£de / Medicina / Relatos de Casos Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: Colombia Institution/Affiliation country: National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciencess - Clinical Forensics Group - Bogotá Office/CO