Examination for ligamentous knee injuries
The Ligament and cartilage injuries around the knee page has been updated with additional information about the examination of the knee.
Updates
Inflammatory myopathies page
A new page called Inflammatory myopathies has been created and a small segment on Necrotising inflammatory myopathy has been added to it.
Inclusion body myositis
A segment on Inclusion body myositis has been added to the new Inflammatory myopathies page page.
Isolated seizures
The Management of isolated seizures page has been updated with additional information regarding prognosis.
Intensive intervention in the ED for smoking cessation
A brief addition outlining the effects of an intensive intervention in the ED for smoking cessation has been added to the Smoking cessation page
Left femoral vein thrombus
Compression US of left femoral vein (ignore the pictogram!) demonstrating visible, non occlusive echogenic thrombus and lack of vessel compressibility.
Acute aortic dissection risk score
A segment describing the acute aortic dissection risk score has been added to the Thoracic aortic dissection page.
Clostridium difficile
Some additions on Clostridium difficile infection have ben made to the new Organisms causing infective gastroenteritis page.
Long acting atypical antipsychotic agents
A table outlining the different long acting antipsychotic medications available in Australia has been added to the Antipsychotic medications page.
de Winter ECG changes
A short segment on de Winter ECG changes in ACS has been added to the ECG in acute coronary syndromes page.
Proximal pole scaphoid fracture
An Xray of a proximal pole scaphoid fracture has been added to the Distal forearm injuries page, as well as some further modification of the section on scaphoid fractures.
Rib fracture fixation
The Chest wall trauma page has been updated with additional information about rib fracture fixation.
Skin stapling
The section on skin stapling has been expanded and moved from the Sutures page to the Wound management page.
Suturing technique
The Wound management page has been updated with additional information about the technique of simple wound closure.
Vertical mattress sutures
The Wound management page has been updated with additional details and an image of vertical mattress sutures.
Horizontal mattress sutures
The Wound management page has been updated with additional details and an image of horizontal mattress sutures.
US features in threatened miscarriage
The Miscarriage page has been updated with a segment on the US features that suggest a threatened miscarriage will become complete.
ACEM procedure list
A new Procedure list page has been created containing list of all the procedures listed in the ACEM Fellowship curriculum document, with links to the relevant sections of the manual. This is likely to be of most help to those studying for the ACEM OSCE exam. It can be accessed though the Web features page from the header … Read more
11 new images added
11 new images have been added to the Image of the day gallery.
Scaphoid fractures
The Distal forearm injuries page has been updated with revised and additional information about scaphoid fractures, particularly revising downward the need for immobilisation of suspected fractures with normal initial plain radiography.