Nuclear medicine studies and breast feeding
The Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation page has been updated with a new segment on nuclear medicine studies and breast feeding.
Updates
Lactate
The Metabolic acidosis page has been updated with additional information about lactate.
Colonic carcinoma survival rates
The Colonic carcinoma page has been updated with a table of 5 year survival rates according to stage at time of diagnosis.
ITP
The ITP page has been revised and updated. Of particular note is the increased risk of VTE in patients with chronic ITP.
Risk stratification in suspected ACS
The Risk stratification in suspected ACS page has been revised, mostly to reduce repetition and reduce redundancy.
Troponins
The Troponins in ACS page has been revised, mostly to reduce repetition and reduce redundancy.
Sinusitis
The Acute sinusitis page has been updated and re-organised slightly.
Adrenal insufficiency
The Adrenal insufficiency page has had a few minor updates.
Post-partum pre-eclampsia
The Hypertension in pregnancy page has been updated with revised information about post partum pre-eclampsia. Thanks to Mark for the suggested revision.
Influenza vaccine effectiveness
The Influenza page has been updated with information about vaccination effectiveness in children and adolescents.
E cigarettes and lung injury
The Smoking page has been updated with a revised segment on E cigarettes, including the risk of lung injury.
Early subaerobic exercise following minor head injury
The Management of head trauma page has been updated with information about the benefits of early subaerobic exercise in athletic adolescents.
Intranasal ketamine for analgesia
The Induction agents page has been updated with the IN ketamine dose for analgesia.
Posterior shoulder dislocation reduction
The Glenohumeral joint dislocation page has been updated with Cunningham’s method for posterior dislocation reduction
Antiphospholipid syndrome
The Thrombophilia page has been updated with some additional information about antiphospholipid syndrome
Recurrence risk for unprovoked PE
The Management of PE page has been updated with additional information about the recurrence risk of unprovoked PE.
Vaccine reorganisation
The Available vaccines page has been significantly re-organised to cover the most common vaccines first and reduce duplication.
How to approach young children
The Assessment of children page has been updated with some additional techniques on how to approach young children.
Mallampati scores
The Difficult intubation page has been updated with additional information about the limitations of the Mallampati score to predict difficult intubation.
Bag mask ventilation and beards
The Bag mask ventilation page has been updated with some additional information about BVM in patients with beards.