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The Clinical assessment of ACS page has been updated with revised information regarding LRs for ACS from the following article. Fanaroff, AC, Rymer, JA, Goldstein, SA, et al. Does This Patient With Chest Pain Have Acute Coronary Syndrome?: The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review. JAMA 2015;314(18):1955-65. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26547467.
Some additional information about the activation and outcomes of MET teams has been added to the Resuscitation teams page.
The Thyroid page has been updated with some information about the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules.
A short segment on reducing costs has been added to the Financial issues page.
The Financial issues page has been extensively revised and updated.
A new segment on financial reporting has been added to the Financial issues page
The Media interactions page has been extensively revised and added to. As a result of un unpleasant personal experience with flies during a live TV interview, the recommendation to apply personal insect repellent in preparation has been made!
A short segment outlining the legal responsibility of reporting non accidental injury has been added to the Non accidental injury page.
Some additional information about patient selection for ECMO has been added to the Mechanical cardiovascular support page.
Some additional information about patient selection for ECMO has been added to the Mechanical cardiovascular support page.
A significant segment on how to make a referral has been added to the Clinical skills page.
A small segment about preparation for criothyroidotomy and locating the cricothyroid membrane has been added to the Surgical airway techniques page.
Some additional information about fire extinguishers (and a few other bits and pieces) has been added to the Emergency Department response to disasters page.
The Resuscitation teams page has been updated with a fairly large additional section about resuscitation team leadership and actions.
Some additional information about the test characteristics of CT chest for the diagnosis of CAP has been added to the Community acquired pneumonia page. Claessens, Y-E, Debray, M-P, Tubach, F, et al. Early Chest Computed Tomography Scan to Assist Diagnosis and Guide Treatment Decision for Suspected Community-acquired Pneumonia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care … Read more
Some minor changes have been made to the Head trauma page
Some additional information about raised ICP has been added to the Assessment of intracranial pressure page.
The Dengue fever page has been updated and revised following publication of the following article. Kularatne, SA. Dengue fever. BMJ 2015;351:h4661. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26374064.
The Assessment of facial weakness page has been updated with additional information about Bell’s palsy.
A variety of small revisions have been made to the Non invasive ventilation and Ventilation in special circumstances pages.