Polytrauma involves injuries producing a systemic inflammatory response and organ dysfunction beyond the local damage. The term originated in military medicine and includes traumatic brain injury with other significant injuries.
Rehabilitation requires coordinated multidisciplinary care.
Alternative Names:
Polytraumatic Injury|Complex Trauma
Why it Matters?
The combination of traumatic brain injury with orthopedic and other injuries complicates both damages and defense, since cognitive deficits affect the claimant's ability to participate in rehabilitation and to report symptoms reliably. Neuropsychological testing including validity measures is important where subjective cognitive complaints drive substantial damages. Coordinated care costs exceed the sum of treating each injury separately.
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