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Bob Dunn The Miscarriage page has been updated with information regarding the features of repeat US that are highly predictive of failed pregnancy. Preisler, J, Kopeika, J, Ismail, L, et al. Defining safe criteria to diagnose miscarriage: prospective observational multicentre study. BMJ 2015;351 http://www.bmj.com/bmj/351/bmj.h4579.full.pdf.
The table on the Pulmonary embolism page previously called Simplified Well’s score was actually just the original Well’s score. This has been corrected in the online version however not in the first 3 print runs of the print version.
The Well’s and Geneva scores, and their simplified versions, have been simplified into 2 tables – including the risk stratification cut offs for each of them. This can be found on the Pulmonary embolism page.
Details of how to take a detailed history of pain, using the LOTRADIOP or SOCRATES approach, have been added to the Clinical skills page.
The role of steroids in not preventing ED re-attendances following allergy has been added to the Anaphylaxis page. Grunau, BE, Wiens, MO, Rowe, BH, et al. Emergency Department Corticosteroid Use for Allergy or Anaphylaxis Is Not Associated With Decreased Relapses. Annals of Emergency Medicine;66(4):381-89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.03.003.
Additional information about hsTnI has been added to the Troponins in ACS page.
The Specific allergens page has been updated with information about how penicillin and cephalosporin hypersensitivity differ.
The Cervical spine injuries page has been updated with some additional information about the limitations of the NEXUS rules in patients > 65 years of age. Denver, D, Shetty, A, Unwin, D. Falls and Implementation of NEXUS in the Elderly (The FINE Study). The Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015;49(3):294-300. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467915002395.
The management of supratherapeutic paracetamol ingestion has been revised on the Paracetamol page.
Recommendations from the latest Australian and New Zealand paracetamol management guidelines have been added to the Paracetamol page.
The Assessment of isolated seizures page has been updated with additional information about the role of neuroimaging in children following a first non-provoked seizure.
A CT image of diverticulitis has been added to the Diverticulitis page.
An AXR demonstrating Rigler’s sign has been added to the Assessment of abdominal pain page.
A figure illustrating the anatomy of the hip joint has been added to the Hip joint page.
The Femoral fractures page has been updated with additional information about patient management.
The Femoral fractures page has been updated with additional information about patient assessment.
Some additional information about the Fascia iliaca (Femoral nerve) block has been added to the Regional anaesthesia page.
The Patient preparation for transport page has been updated with some additional information regarding oxygen cylinder capacity.
An MRI image of an L1 body fracture has been added to the Thoracolumbar injuries page.