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Bob Dunn 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.
Some additional information about the management of thoracolumbar spinal fractures has been added to the Thoracolumbar injuries page.
The mangled extremity severity score on the Assessment of the severely injured limb page has been converted from text to a table to fix the formatting problems that have occurred in the online version.
The scoring system used to help determine the management of metastatic spinal disease on the Low back pain page has been converted from text to a table. This should fix the alignment problems that have occurred in the online version.
A CT of omental seeding has been added to the Ovarian cysts page.