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Bob Dunn The Renal calculi page has been updated with more information about the efficacy of tamulosin for the passage of 5-10 mm stones. Wang, RC, Smith-Bindman, R, Whitaker, E, et al. Effect of Tamsulosin on Stone Passage for Ureteral Stones: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Emerg Med 2016.
The Advanced cardiac life support page has been updated with additional criteria for the cessation of CPR in non-shockable rhythms. Jabre, P, Bougouin, W, Dumas, F, et al. Early Identification of Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest With No Chance of Survival and Consideration for Organ Donation. Annals of Internal Medicine 2016.
An image of IO access in the humeral head has been added to the Difficult intravenous access page.
The Pericardial tamponade page has been updated with information about the US measurement of pulsus paradoxicus. Thanks to Thiru Govindan for the information.
The Central venous access page has been updated with information about management of inadvertent arterial puncture.
The Oedema page has been updated, including more information about the severity of pitting oedema.
The Elbow injuries page has been updated with additional information about imaging options (including US) for elbow injuries.
A new Random Fellowship quiz has been added to the quiz bank. This is a 15 point MCQ quiz of ACEM Fellowship standard of questions from update quizzes created over the last 18 months. The quiz selects different questions from the 140 questions in the bank so it will be different each time you take … Read more
The October update quiz has just been published here.
The Post arrest care page has been updated with additional information about ICH and the role of CT in survivors who make it to hospital.
The Cardiovascular examination page has been updated with additional information about the clinical assessment of the JVP.
The ECG in acute coronary syndromes page has been updated with new information regarding ECG changes associated with different culprit artery lesions in inferior infarction.
The Pericarditis page has been updated with information about the frequency of chest wall tenderness in pericarditis.
The Dislocations of the hip page has been updated with the technique for anterior dislocation reduction.
The Dislocations of the hip page has been updated including a description of the Captain Morgan relocation technique.
Some additional information about the management and complications of elbow dislocation has been added to the Elbow injuries page.
Some additional information regarding luxatio erecta has been added to the Glenohumeral joint dislocation page.
The Hand injuries page has been updated with more details about IP joint dislocations.
The Hand injuries page has been updated with information about the test characteristics of US for the detection of distal phalangeal fractures.
The Hand injuries page has been updated with information about the test characteristics of US for the detection of metacarpal fractures.