Button batteries
The Gastrointestinal foreign bodies page has been updated with additional information about button batteries.
Updates
Crohns disease
The Inflammatory bowel disease page has been updated, including some additional information about diagnosis and treatment.
Urinary catheter removal
The Urinary catheterisation page has been updated, with significant additional detail about difficult catheter removal.
Prostatitis
The Prostatitis page has been updated, with quite a few changes throughout.
Trial of void
The Urinary retention page has been updated, including additional details about trial of void.
Torsion of appendix testis
The Scrotal emergencies page has been updated, including additional information about torsion of the appendix testis.
Complications of UTI
The Urinary tract infection in adults page has been updated, including additional information about complications of UTI.
Trimethoprim and hyperkalaemia/AKI
The Urinary tract infection in adults page has been updated, including information about the increased risk of hyperkalaemia and AKI in patients > 65 years of age on ACEI or ARB.
Alveolar osteitis
A number of minor changes have been made to the Odontogenic pain page, particularly in the segment on alveolar osteitis.
Dental trauma
A few minor changes have been made to the Dental trauma page.
Ureteric calculi
The Ureteric calculi page has been significantly updated and reorganised, including additional information about the radiological features of calculi.
Small renal tumours
The Renal tumours page has been updated, including the addition of a short segment on small (<4cm) renal tumours.
Loin pain
The Loin pain page has been updated and has incorporated the contents of the Other diagnostic procedures page which is, alas, no more. A significant amount of content relating to imaging in loin pain has been moved to the Ureteric calculi page.
MRI for ureteric calculi
The Ureteric calculi page has been updated with information about the role of MRI in diagnosis.
Ureteric calculi Hounsfield units
The Ureteric calculi page has been updated with a table indicating the usual range of Hounsfield units for the different types of renal calculi.
Cement/lime burns
The Chemical burns page has been updated with revised information about the treatment of cement/lime burns.
Burn wounds
The Burn wounds page has been updated with a few wording changes to improve clarity.
Burns
The Burns page has had a number of updates regarding assessment and management.
Bitumen / thermoplastic burns
The Chemical burns page has been updated with revised information about the treatment of bitumen/thermoplastic burns.
Cutis verticis gyrata
Cutis verticis gyrata has been added as a complication of acromegaly, and the Pituitary insufficiency page has been renamed Pituitary diseases, to better reflect its content.