Ebola – just in case
The Viral haemorrhagic fevers page has been updated with additional information about Ebola.
Dunn RJ
The Viral haemorrhagic fevers page has been updated with additional information about Ebola.
The Pulmonary injuries page has been updated with additional information about the diagnostic accuracy of US in the assessment of chest trauma.
A small segment on e-cigarettes and some other information about smoking cessation have been added to the Smoking page.
The Management of PE page has been updated with additional information about the use of thrombolytic agents in cardiac arrest.
The segments on PEA and asystole on the Advanced life support page have been revised
The ECG gallery has been updated and reformatted. Click on the ECG image to enlarge it and show the diagnosis. The gallery is a good way to revise a lot of different ECGs in a short space of time.
A gallery of CXR’s has been added to the web features page.Click on the image to enlarge it and see the diagnosis.
The PICC lines page has been updated with expanded detail about the management of PICC line associated thrombosis.
[avatar user=”robjdunn” size=”original” align=”left” /] A gallery of 100, mostly new, CXRs has been added to the sidebar of the Updates page. Click on the thumbnail on the sidebar of the page to view the image of the day.
An image of a White tailed spider has been added to the Spider bites page.
An image of erythema nodosum has been added to the Cellulitis simulants page.
The Paediatric resuscitation page has been updated with recommended initial ventilator settings for paediatric patients.
A new segment on breath stacking/gas trapping has been added to the Ventilation in special circumstances page.
A new table of the recommended changes to FiO2 and PEEP in patients with respiratory failure has been added to the Ventilation page.
The Ventilation page has been updated with information about patient height and estimated TV (as TV is calculated according to ideal body weight).
The Ankle and foot injuries page has been updated with information about the ossification centres of the bones of the foot.
The Ankle and foot injuries page has been updated with information about the ossification centres around the ankle.