Corpus luteal cysts
The Ectopic pregnancy page has been updated with the US features of corpus luteal cysts.
Updates
Yolk sac
The Pregnancy page has been updated with additional information about yolk sacs.
US features of ectopic pregnancy
The Ectopic pregnancy page has been updated, including the US features of ectopic pregnancy.
Vertigo and walking
The Vertigo page has been updated, including some additional information about the sensitivity of an abnormal gait for a cerebellar stroke.
Vasculitis
The Petechiae page has been updated, including some additional causes of vasculitis.
Trichinosis
The Organisms causing infective gastroenteritis page has been updated with a revised and expanded section on Trichinosis.
Paediatric gastroenteritis
The Paediatric gastroenteritis page has been updated, including the contraindication for the use of ondansetron in infants < 6 months of age.
Suicide and methods used
The Suicide risk page has been updated, including some additional information about the relative risk of completion with different methods.
Hypercalcaemia
The Hypercalcaemia page has been updated with mostly changes to improve clarity.
Calcium
The Calcium page has been updated, including some reorganisation and rewording to improve clarity.
Atrial flutter
The Atrial fibrillation or flutter page has been updated with some additional information about how not to miss atrial flutter.
Disclosing error
The Patient safety page has been updated with some additional information about how to disclose error following a patient safety incident.
Meropenem in penicillin allergy
The Penicillins and beta lactams page has been updated to indicate that the risk of allergic cross reactivity between penicillin and meropenem is thought to be negligible.
Comedone and naevus
The General dermatology page has been updated with the addition of the definitions of a comedone and naevus.
Liver and spleen in children
The Examination of the abdomen and GIT page has been updated, including information about the normal liver and spleen in children.
Age descriptors for children
The Physiological and anatomical differences in children page has been updated, including some other descriptors of a child’s age.
Assessment of children
The Assessment of children page has had a few updates, particularly in history taking, examination and additional information about the age of walking.
Vitamin K and superwarfarins
The Warfarin page has been updated with additional information about the need for close monitoring following superwarfarin ingestion and the need for ongoing, tapering vitamin K therapy.
Coagulopathy and synthetic cannabinoids
The Other drugs of abuse page has been updated with the addition of coagulopathy as a potential adverse effect of synthetic cannabinoid ingestion due to mixture with long acting Vitamin K antagonists.
Needle induced pneumothorax
The Management of pneumothorax page has been updated to indicate that pneumothorax secondary to pleural needle puncture usually resolves with conservative treatment alone.