Paediatric gastroenteritis
The Paediatric gastroenteritis page has been updated, including the contraindication for the use of ondansetron in infants < 6 months of age.
Suicide and methods used
The Suicide risk page has been updated, including some additional information about the relative risk of completion with different methods.
Hypercalcaemia
The Hypercalcaemia page has been updated with mostly changes to improve clarity.
Calcium
The Calcium page has been updated, including some reorganisation and rewording to improve clarity.
Atrial flutter
The Atrial fibrillation or flutter page has been updated with some additional information about how not to miss atrial flutter.
Disclosing error
The Patient safety page has been updated with some additional information about how to disclose error following a patient safety incident.
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Paediatric quiz
The Paediatric quiz has just been released. It is a 20 question quiz taken from a bank of 65 questions, so is different each time you take it.
ST elevation in V2-3 in men and women
The Definition of AMI page has been corrected to indicate that ST elevation of 2.5mm or more in V 2-3 is required to be abnormal in men < 40 years of age – not in men > 40 years of age and in women as previously stated.
Meropenem in penicillin allergy
The Penicillins and beta lactams page has been updated to indicate that the risk of allergic cross reactivity between penicillin and meropenem is thought to be negligible.
Comedone and naevus
The General dermatology page has been updated with the addition of the definitions of a comedone and naevus.
Liver and spleen in children
The Examination of the abdomen and GIT page has been updated, including information about the normal liver and spleen in children.
Age descriptors for children
The Physiological and anatomical differences in children page has been updated, including some other descriptors of a child’s age.
Assessment of children
The Assessment of children page has had a few updates, particularly in history taking, examination and additional information about the age of walking.
Vitamin K and superwarfarins
The Warfarin page has been updated with additional information about the need for close monitoring following superwarfarin ingestion and the need for ongoing, tapering vitamin K therapy.
Coagulopathy and synthetic cannabinoids
The Other drugs of abuse page has been updated with the addition of coagulopathy as a potential adverse effect of synthetic cannabinoid ingestion due to mixture with long acting Vitamin K antagonists.
Needle induced pneumothorax
The Management of pneumothorax page has been updated to indicate that pneumothorax secondary to pleural needle puncture usually resolves with conservative treatment alone.
Nystagmus testing
The Cerebellar function page has been updated with some additional information about how to test for nystagmus.
HINTs
The Vertigo page has been updated, including some additional information about the HINTs examination.
Meningitis
The Meningitis page has been revised, with mostly wording changes to improve clarity.