Os trigonum
An image of Os trigonum has been added to the Ankle and foot injuries page.
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Junctional tachycardia
An ECG image demonstrating junctional tachycardia has been added to the Other arrhythmias page.
TVUS features of pregnancy failure
The TVUS features of pregnancy failure have been updated on the Miscarriage page following a recent NEJM article on the subject.
Oral calcium supplements
A small segment on oral calcium supplements has been added to the Calcium page.
Isolation precautions
The topic of isolation precautions in the Infection control page has been substantially revised and updated, including an expanded section on standard precautions and a link to the CDC recommendations for the type of isolation precautions required for specific diseases.
Loss of grey-white differentiation
A CT image of a frontoparietal stroke that demonstrates loss of grey-white differentiation has been added to the Investigation of stroke page.
Dense artery sign
An additional CT image demonstrating a ‘dense artery sign’ in a MCA stroke has been added to the Investigation of stroke page.
Insular ribbon sign
A CT image demonstrating the ‘insular ribbon sign’ in MCA stroke has been added to the Investigation of stroke page.
Salter Harris type I injury
An image of a Salter Harris type I injury has been added to the Assessment of fractures, dislocations and ligament injuries page.
Airway management in critical hypoxia
The page Airway management in poisoning and asthma has been substantially modified and renamed Airway management of poisoning or critical hypoxia to cover management of critical hypoxia of any cause.
AV fistula auscultation
New audio of the auscultatory findings of a normally functioning AV dialysis fistula has been added to the Extracorporeal vascular access page.
Pseudogout
A radiograph demonstrating pseudogout has been added to the Gout and pseudogout page.
Oxygen delivery and tissue perfusion
Information about the factors affecting oxygen delivery, regarding oxygen extraction and tissue blood flow has been added to the Pathophysiology of shock page and the clinical relevance of this information has been described in the Management of shock page.
Ottawa SAH rule
Some details on the much publicised, but mostly unhelpful Ottawa SAH rule has been added to the Subarachnoid haemorrhage page.
Thromboelastography
The section on TEG in the Coagulation testing page has been revised and updated.
Have you taken your book somewhere interesting?
A good book deserves to travel and The Emergency Medicine Manual has been taken to some wild and weird places in its time. If you have taken your book to somewhere unusual, send us a photo of you and your book to venompublishing@bigpond.com and you could be immortalised on the Funny places page on the … Read more
Chaffeur’s fracture
An image of a Chaffeur’s fracture has been added to the Distal forearm injuries page.
Membership software upgrade
Our membership software has been upgraded over the last few days. You will now notice a new style to the login and membership pages and there is added ability to view your previous subscription payments in .pdf format. Additional features should be available once some of the bugs in the software configuation are resolved.
Venom Publishing website upgrade
The Venom Publishing website has just been upgraded. The new website has a theme now very similar to The Emergency Medicine Manual Online site and includes a tour of the features of the online version. At the moment, subscription renewals still need to be done through this site, however automatic subscription renewals from within this site … Read more