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Bob Dunn The upgrade of the server website is now complete and, so far, everything appears to be going well. Please let us know if you notice any faults or anything unusual with the site, especially any dropouts of the search function.
A new image that demonstrates a pleural line of a pneumomediastinum has been added to the Abnormal intrathoracic gas page.
For anyone interested in minutia, here are the following facts regarding the website. It is comprised of 1885 pages. There are a total of 957,000 words There are 33,226 different words The average number of words per page is 508 The average number of unique words per page is 18 Quite a lot of stuff … Read more
Having just sent out an email telling all subscribers that the website search function wasn’t working, the next thing we tried fixed it! Having said that, it is unclear what caused the problem in the first place, so recurrence is a real possibility. The search function places the greatest strain on the resources of the … Read more
Additional ideal body weight calculations have been added to the Obesity page. Thanks to Andrew Perry for the suggested additions.
Some additional drugs have been added to the drug doses in obesity table on the Airway management in obesity page.
New ACOG definitions of term pregnancy have been added to the Pregnancy page.
Suggested CVC insertion lengths for infants have been added to the CVC insertion technique page based on a recently published study of radiological venous anatomy.
The segment on priapism on the Other urogenital problems page has been extensively revised and updated to better reflect the differences between ischaemic and non ischaemic priapism.
A correction has been made to the Pancreatitis page. Grey-Turner’s sign (bluish discolouration of the flank) and Cullen’s sign (yellow blue discolouration around the umbilicus) were previously incorrectly described. (link)
The ABC score to predict the need for transfusion following trauma has been corrected. A heart rate of ≥ 120/min. contributes 1 point to the score, not a heart rate of ≥ 90 min. as previously stated. (link)
An additional 5 MCQs have been added to the Intubation quiz to bring the total number of questions to 20.
Age related normal value ranges for HCO3- and base excess have been added to the Blood gas analysis page.
The normal percentages of HbF at various ages have been added to the Haemoglobinopathies page.
A table containing the normal platelet ranges for different ages has been added to a new page, very originally named Platelets.
A brief segment about the pronator quadratus fat pad sign has been added to the Distal forearm injuries page.
A small segment outlining the risk factors for antibiotic resistant pneumonia has been added to the Pneumonia management page.
CT images of an osteochondroma have been added to the Bone tumours page.
An image of an osteosarcoma has been added to the Bone tumours page.
A radiograph of a complex ankle dislocation has been added to the Ankle and foot injuries page.