Inhaled corticosteroids in paediatric asthma
Updated information that suggests inhaled corticosteroids in prepubertal children with asthma causes (rather than just an association) a slight reduction in overall growth.
Updates
Factorial design
A section on Factorial designs of randomised trials has been added to the ‘Study methods’ section of the Research Skills chapter.
Ascertainment bias
Ascertainment bias has been added to the ‘Analysis of the Medical literature’ section of the Research Skills chapter.
CT head scan
Indications, tips on how to read head CTs and related CNS anatomy images have been included as new pages in the ‘Neurological assessment’ section of the Neurology Chapter.
Bronchiolitis
Updated information regarding bronchiolitis diagnosis and management.
Hyperosmolar therapy of raised ICP
Updated sections on ‘Prevention of secondary brain injury’ and Resusciation fluids’ following the latest review of hyper osmolar therapy published recently in the NEJM.
tPA in stroke
The section on Thrombolysis in stroke has been updated following release of the IST3 trial and accompanying meta-analysis of tPA for the treatment of stroke that casts doubts over the efficacy of tPA after 3 hours.
Digital nerve injuries segment has moved
The segment on Digital nerve injuries has been moved to the Hand injuries page from the Tendon sheath and pressure gun injuries page. Really not sure what it was doing there in the first place!