SOP Bulletin No. 75

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4th August 2003

RELEASE NOTES - CCPS VERSION 2003/07

Version 2003/07 of the Medical Knowledge Base for CCPS was released into production today.  This Bulletin provides a summary of the amended SOPs that this version of CCPS incorporates.

New SOPs incorporated into CCPS	Nil
SOP amendments incorporated into CCPS	Atrial fibrillation Chronic sinusitis	)  see SOP Bulletin 73 of )        6 June 2003
	Carotid arterial disease Loss of teeth Malignant neoplasm of the stomach	) )  see SOP Bulletin 70 of )        14 April 2003 )
Enhancements of CCPS rulebases and commentary	Nil

Comments on SOP amendments incorporated into CCPS

Atrial fibrillation

The SOP factors for ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, hyperthyroidism, chronic bronchitis with pulmonary obstruction, and emphysema have been combined in CCPS into one contention called Suffering a specified disease at the time of clinical onset of atrial fibrillation.

Chronic sinusitis

The SOP factor for impaired drainage of the sinus has been split into two contentions in CCPS. The Impaired drainage of the sinus contention covers almost all the situations described by the RMA definition, and will be the contention most frequently used.  The Impaired drainage of the sinus due to an event on service contention is to be used only in the unlikely event that the impaired drainage is the result of a foreign body such as shrapnel. This type of situation is treated differently in CCPS because it requires a different set of rules to investigate the relationship of the event to service.

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