Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): Challenges of diagnosis and building a medico legal case

Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez, Consultant in Pain Medicine, explores the condition of CRPS in more detail and explains the challenges of diagnosis and proving causation, as well as discussing the subjectivity of assessment.  Find out more about his expertise here. What are the diagnostic critera? The Budapest Criteria are used to measure pain.  They involve the report by the patient of severe pain, together with changes in blood flow that manifest themselves as temperature asymmetry, changes … Continue reading Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): Challenges of diagnosis and building a medico legal case