Bayme MJ, Geftler A, Netz U, Kirshtein B, Glazer Y, Atias S, Perry Z. The perils of complementary alternative medicine.
Rambam Maimonides Med J 2014;
5:e0019. [PMID:
25120919 PMCID:
PMC4128590 DOI:
10.5041/rmmj.10153]
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Abstract
More than 11,000 articles lauding alternative medicine appear in the PubMed database, but there are only a few articles describing the complications of such care. Two patients suffering from complications of alternative medicine were treated in our hospital: one patient developed necrotizing fasciitis after acupuncture, and the second developed an epidural hematoma after chiropractic manipulation. These complications serve as a clarion call to the Israeli Health Ministry, as well as to health ministries around the world, to include complementary medicine under its inspection and legislative authority.
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