Polymyalgia rheumatica
The Polymyalgia rheumatica page has been updated after the publication of the review: Owen, CE, Buchanan, RR, Hoi, A. Recent advances in polymyalgia rheumatica. Intern Med J 2015;45(11):1102-8.
Bob Dunn
Web stats 2015
Now that we are into the new year, we thought you might like to know just how popular the website was in 2015 – so here are some gratuitous stats for the year: 120,604 visits 3,035,695 pages viewed 14,360,804 hits I guess there must be quite a few people using it! Happy new year
ACEM Fellowship exam practice quiz corrections
Two answers in the ACEM Fellowship exam practice quiz have just been discovered to be incorrect and have now been corrected. Unfortunately we can’t tell you which ones without giving the quiz contents away!
Tuberculosis treatment
The Tuberculosis page has been updated with more information about the treatment of TB.
Peripheral neuropathy
The Peripheral neuropathy page has been revised and updated following the recent JAMA article: Callaghan, BC, Price, RS, Feldman, EL. Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy: A Review. JAMA 2015;314(20):2172-81.
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
A short segment on Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease has been added to the Peripheral neuropathy page.
Difficult IV access
The Difficult intravenous access page has been updated with clearer guidance about when to use US guided peripheral venous access in adults. McCarthy, ML, Shokoohi, H, Boniface, KS, et al. Ultrasonography Versus Landmark for Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of Emergency Medicine .
Update quiz January 2016
The January 2016 update quiz is now available. It has been put together using new software. This enables a much better display on smart phones as well as a wider variety of question types to be used. Please forgive some of the formatting of the quiz as there are some tricks with the software we … Read more
Hepatitis C
The Infectious hepatitis page has been revised with some updating of the investigation and management of Hepatitis C. An interesting Australian Prescriber article on Hep C can be found at http://www.australianprescriber.com/magazine/38/6/191/7
Investigation of blunt head trauma
The Investigation of blunt head trauma page has been updated with additional information regarding the predictive ability of clinical findings and decision rules following the publication of the following article Easter, JS, Haukoos, JS, Meehan, WP, et al. Will neuroimaging reveal a severe intracranial injury in this adult with minor head trauma?: The rational clinical … Read more
T inversion in aVL
The ECG in coronary syndromes and ECG and abnormal cardiac chambers pages have been updated with additional information about the significance of an inverted T wave in aVL
Planning
A new topic called Planning has been added to the Management section.
Modified Goldman score
A short segment describing the Modified Goldman score has been added to the Risk stratification in suspected ACS page.
Vancouver chest pain score
A short segment describing the Vancouver chest pain score has been added to the Risk stratification in suspected ACS page.
Fair information practice
The Medicolegal issues page has been updated with a segment on Fair information practice
NBOMes
A short segment on NBMOes has been added to the Other drugs of abuse page.
Peripheral temperature measurement
The Temperature measurement page has been updated with additional information about the accuracy of peripheral temperature measurement. Niven, DJ, Gaudet, JE, Laupland, KB, et al. Accuracy of Peripheral Thermometers for Estimating Temperature. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Annals of Internal Medicine 2015;163(10):768-77. http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/M15-1150.
Identification of the inferior epigastric artery
A short segment on the identification of the inferior epigastric artery using US has been added to the Ascites page.
Ureteric jets
The segment on the identification of ureteric jets by US on the Loin pain page has been expanded and updated.
US in suspected pregnancy
A short segment on US in suspected pregnancy has been added to the Pregnancy page. Of particular note is the suggestion that using a high frequency linear probe may detect significantly more IUPs than a curvilinear transabdominal probe. Tabbut, M, Harper, D, Gramer, D, et al. High-frequency linear transducer improves detection of an intrauterine pregnancy … Read more