Neck sprains after car accidents.

Neck sprains after car accidents.

ICD-10 Sprains, Strains, and Automobile Accidents.

This installment in Family Practice Management’s series on ICD-10 documentation and coding will focus on the minor trauma family physicians tend to see in an office setting – knee injuries, wrist fractures, bruised fingers, etc. More complicated injuries seen in some rural practice settings, urgent care facilities, or emergency departments are beyond the scope of this article. Injuries are typi...

The role of physiotherapy in the management of acute neck sprains following road-traffic accidents.

In acute whiplash injuries, early physiotherapy has been shown to reduce pain and increase cervical movement, but the cost-effectiveness of this treatment has been questioned. It is unclear whether the benefits result from manipulative physiotherapy or from the patient's ability to perform the accompanying home exercise programme when instructed about its importance. In a single blind prospecti...

Diffuse Neck Swelling after Car Accident

The neck connects the head with the trunk, and is easily injuried due to trauma. Herein we reported a case with diffuse neck swelling after car accident. She suffered from progressive dyspnea and cyanosis 3 hours after the accident and needed airway maintenance with tracheostomy. A plain lateral radiograph and computed tomography scan of the neck showed diffuse edema at deep neck spaces. We rev...

A VANET Solution to Prevent Car Accidents

Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) are regarded as the adequate solution to cooperative driving between communicating cars on the road. There are strong economical interests in this field since vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication allows to improve traffic safety, to improve route planning, or to control traffic congestion. The 802.11p is a draft amendment to the IEEE 802.11 standard for vehi...