Assessment of the severely injured limb
The Assessment of the severely injured limb has been simplified and details about some of the less well validated scoring systems have been removed.
Updates
Management of fractures and dislocations
The Management of fractures and dislocations page has had a number of updates and wording improvements.
Assessment of fractures and dislocations
The Assessment of fractures and dislocations page has had a number of other updates.
Chronic pain
Some minor updates have been made to the Chronic pain page.
Ketamine
The Induction agents page has been updated with some improvements to the segment on ketamine.
Kaposi’s sarcoma
Some additional information about Kaposi’s sarcoma has been added to the HIV infection page.
Causes of SIAD
The Hyponatraemia page has been updated with some additional information about the relative frequency of the causes of SIAD.
Hyponatraemia
Some other minor updates and wording modifications have been made to the Hyponatraemia page.
Arterial tourniquet use
The segment on arterial tourniquet use on the Management of fractures and dislocations page has been significantly expanded and updated.
Management of fractures and dislocations
The Management of fractures and dislocations page has had a number of other small modifications.
Management of pneumothorax
A variety of minor wording changes have been made to the Management of pneumothorax page.
Pneumothorax aspiration
Details of the technique of pneumothorax aspiration has been added to the Management of pneumothorax page.
Redback antivenom
Some minor wording changes have been made to the Redback and Funnel Web spider bites page to make it clearer who we think may benefit from Redback antivenom.
FFP ABO compatibility table
A table outlining FFP compatibility according to ABO group has been added to the Clotting factor replacement page.
Specimen collection for cross matching
Some minor additions have been made to the segment on specimen collection for cross matching on the Blood products page.
Daratumumab effects on cross matching
A short segment on the effects of daratumumab on cross matching and risk of haemolytic reactions has been added to the Blood products page.
Laboratory analysis of IO samples
The Laboratory analysis of IO samples segment on the Difficult IV access page has been updated.
Femoral IO access site
The Femoral IO access site has been added to the Difficult IV access page.
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
The segment on metabolic disorders on the Crying baby and failure to thrive page has been updated to include details of congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
Causes of neonatal shock
A small segment on the most common causes of neonatal shock has been added to the Neonatal problems page.