Case Study on Patient Management Pathways
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Added on 2020-02-05
Case Study on Patient Management Pathways
Added on 2020-02-05
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TABLE OF CONTENTAnatomy and Physiology.................................................................................................................1Aetiology..........................................................................................................................................1Disease Presentation........................................................................................................................2Non- Imaging Tests..........................................................................................................................3Diagnostic Imaging..........................................................................................................................3MRI Scan.........................................................................................................................................9Treatment.......................................................................................................................................11Follow Up......................................................................................................................................11Patient Management Pathways......................................................................................................11Relevant Medical Guidelines.........................................................................................................12REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14
Anatomy and PhysiologyHere, the patient used is a 67 year old male who has a c-spine injury because he fall amonth ago on the right side of the neck and had numbness in occipital area. However, when thehead is rotated to the left pain is felt and thus it needs to be identified that fracture is there in theneck or not. Also, subsequent imaging and diagnostic tests needs to be carried out in order toidentify the C2 fracture. Cervical spine is also called C spine and thus injury in such area arevery tough to handle (Yue and et. al., 2016). It mainly occurs to the patients who had motorvehicle accident. It is essential for care professionals to provide immediate treatment to thepatients with C2 injury so that they can overcome pain. Also, patient need to keep the head andneck in a constant position so that fracture can be healed up fast. However, treatment for suchtype of injury depends upon the individual circumstances and details of the injury itself. C2injuries are more dangerous because it damages the spinal cord at any level and also it createsissues to communicate signals to the rest of the body below that part. Thus, C2 fractures leavesthe patient paralyzed. There are around 10% of the unconscious patients who visit the emergencydepartment due to motor vehicle accident have a C2 spine fracture (Ertel, Robinson and Eckman,2016). AetiologyC2 fracture is mainly caused due to abrupt impact or twisting the neck and thus occurs ina short span of time during the trauma. It breaks the ligaments or crack the bone which needsproper rest so that it can be recovered soon. It is also occurred through instability and causedamage to the spinal cord and neurologic structures (Akella and Chendrasekhar, 2016). CervicalC2 fracture is a break in the bone of the neck and affects the head and does not allow the head tomove on any of the side. Following are the main causes of C2 fracture such as-Motor vehicle accidentFallsDive from height into deep waterInjuries from sportsSkating injuriesThere are several other risk factors through which C2 injury occurs and thus careprofessionals are required to provide proper medical treatment to patients in order to improve1
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