December 2016 update quiz
The December 2016 update quiz has been published.
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Duration of AF and stroke risk
The Stroke prevention in Atrial fibrillation/flutter page has been updated with some additional information about the duration of AF thought to confer increased stroke risk.
Post intubation gastric decompression
The Post intubation care page has been modified to increase the importance of early gastric decompression following intubation in ED patients.
Intubation first pass success rate
The Endotracheal intubation page has been updated with information about the first pass success rate in ED patients.
Urine collection contamination rates in children
The Urinary tract infection in children page has been updated with information about the relative rates of contamination of the various urine collection methods.
Diagnostic yield of CTPA
Some information about the approximate diagnostic yield from CTPA has been added to the Investigations in PE – imaging page.
Casemix weighting for EDs
Some additional information about casemix weighting for EDs and the national efficient price has been added to the Financial issues page.
Budgets
Some additional information about budgets has been added to the Financial issues page.
Casemix funding
Some additional information about casemix funding of Emergency Departments in Australia has been added to the Financial issues page.
Measuring tetanus immunity
The Tetanus page has been updated with a segment on the measurement of tetanus immunity.
Braxton Hicks contractions
The Normal labour and delivery page has been updated with additional information about Braxton Hicks contractions.
Premature labour
The Premature labour page has been extensively revised and updated.
Labour and delivery revisions
The Normal labour and delivery page has had a number of updates are revisions.
Canadian syncope risk score
Details of the Canadian syncope risk score have been added to the Syncope page following the publication of the article: Thiruganasambandamoorthy, V, Kwong, K, Wells, GA, et al. Development of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score to predict serious adverse events after emergency department assessment of syncope. CMAJ 2016;188(12):E289-98.
Calcium channel antagonist toxicity
The Calcium channel antagonists page has been revised following the publication of the following article. St-Onge, M, Anseeuw, K, Cantrell, FL, et al. Experts Consensus Recommendations for the Management of Calcium Channel Blocker Poisoning in Adults. Critical Care Medicine 2016.
Antenatal steroids after 34 weeks gestation
The Premature labour page has been updated with information about the utility of antenatal steroids after 34 weeks gestation. Saccone, G, Berghella, V. Antenatal corticosteroids for maturity of term or near term fetuses: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. BMJ 2016;355:i5044.
Single vs multiple US views for PTX
The Assessment of pneumothorax page has been updated with some additional information about the test performance of US in traumatic PTX using single vs 4 views. Helland, G, Gaspari, R, Licciardo, S, et al. Comparison of Four Views to Single-view Ultrasound Protocols to Identify Clinically Significant Pneumothorax. Academic Emergency Medicine 2016;23(10):1170-75.
CTPA for RV strain
The Investigation of PE – imaging page has been updated with information about the test characteristics of CTPA in the detection of RV strain following PE
Stifneck adjustable collar
A picture of a Stifneck adjustable collar has been added to the Spinal immobilisation page.
Stifneck non adjustable collar image
A picture of a Stifneck non adjustable collar has been added to the Spinal immobilisation page.