Dunn RJ
Bob Dunn The Cardiac arrest in special circumstances page has been updated with a segment on the differences between OHCA and ED cardiac arrests, and reasons why OHCA derived guidelines may not be optimal for ED cardiac arrests.
The Cardiac arrest page has been updated with a segment on the phases of cardiac arrest.
A short segment on take own leave has been added to the Patients who did not wait page.
The Thoracic aortic dissection page has been updated with additional information about aortic dissection and pregnancy.
The Parkinson’s disease page has had a number of other updates.
The Neuroleptic malignant syndrome page has been updated with additional information about its differential diagnoses.
The Neuroleptic malignant syndrome page has been updated with additional information about its treatment.
The Neuroleptic malignant syndrome page has been updated with additional information about its complications.
The Neuroleptic malignant syndrome page has been updated with additional information about its natural history.
The Parkinson’s disease page has been updated and a segment on the emergency aspects has been added.
The ETCO2 trace image has been updated with additional detail on the Capnography page.
Additional information about the ETCO2 trace has been added to the Capnography page.
The Patient preparation for transport page has had some minor updates and wording improvements.
The Interhospital transfer page has had some minor updates and wording improvements.
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New files have just been uploaded, some content has been moved, and the names of some pages have been changed. This means links to the old names of those pages (e.g. from some quizzes) or existing bookmarks to them will no longer function.
The Respiratory failure page has been updated with additional recommendations to correct hypo/hyperkalaemia and hypocalcaemia due to their association with progression to need for mechanical ventilation.
Definitions of provoked and unprovoked VTE have been added to the Deep venous thrombosis page.
A segment on risk factors for VTE recurrence has been added to the Deep venous thrombosis page.
The Pneumonia scoring systems page has been updated with additional information about the use (or uselessness) of most commonly used pneumonia scoring systems in Australian Indigenous patients.