Unstable lumbar spine fracture images
Images of an unstable lumbar spinal injury have been added to the Thoracolumbar injuries page.
Website performance improvements
We have done a few things behind the scenes to improve the performance of the website. These will be most noticeable in image rich pages such as the image galleries. Please let us know if you experience any unexpected problems with the website, in case something was not detected by our testing.
US image of gall bladder wall measurement
An US image demonstrating gall bladder wall thickness measurement in acute cholecystitis has been added to the Cholecystitis page.
US of acalculus cholecystitis
An US image of acalculus cholecystitis has been added to the Cholecystitis page.
Posterior shoulder dislocation reduction
The Glenohumeral joint dislocation page has been updated with Cunningham’s method for posterior dislocation reduction
Infections during pregnancy
A new page called Infections during pregnancy has been created, incorporating information from multiple other pages on the page.
Antiphospholipid syndrome
The Thrombophilia page has been updated with some additional information about antiphospholipid syndrome
Recurrence risk for unprovoked PE
The Management of PE page has been updated with additional information about the recurrence risk of unprovoked PE.
Vaccine reorganisation
The Available vaccines page has been significantly re-organised to cover the most common vaccines first and reduce duplication.
How to approach young children
The Assessment of children page has been updated with some additional techniques on how to approach young children.
Mallampati scores
The Difficult intubation page has been updated with additional information about the limitations of the Mallampati score to predict difficult intubation.
Xray of Jefferson fracture
A lateral Xray demonstrating features of a Jefferson fracture has been added to the Fractures of the cervical spine page.
Bag mask ventilation and beards
The Bag mask ventilation page has been updated with some additional information about BVM in patients with beards.
Measles
The Measles page has had a number of minor updates.
Broken link repairs
A significant number of broken hypertext links have been repaired (especially relating to Infectious diseases). Unfortunately we need to fix quite a few that remain.
MMR vaccine adverse effects
The Available vaccinespage has been updated with additional information about the adverse effects of MMR vaccine.
Oesophageal carcinoma
The Dysphagia page has been updated with some additional information about oesophageal carcinoma.
Pericardial fluid analysis
A short segment about pericardial fluid analysis has been added to the Pericardial tamponade page.
Safety of outpatient provocative testing in intermediate risk MI
The Risk stratification in suspected ACS page has been updated with additional safety information about outpatient testing of intermediate risk patients for ACS in a low prevalence population.
Lung US quiz link restored
The broken link to the Lung US quiz has just been restored, and we have taken the opportunity to tidy it up a bit as well!