Shoulder dystocia
The Abnormal presentations page has been updated with a review of the section on shoulder dystocia.
Lateral pontine syndrome
The Stroke syndromes page has been updated with some information on the lateral pontine syndrome.
MAC image
The Central venous access page has been updated with an image of a MAC line.
Multiple access catheters
The Central venous access page has been updated with a new segment on multiple access catheters.
Intravenous cannulae
The Intravenous cannulae page has been updated, including additional information about rapid infusion catheters and reformatting of the Properties of intravenous catheters table and updating the expected flow rates through various intravenous catheters.
Air embolism
The Peripheral intravenous access page has been updated, including the addition of risk factors for air embolism.
Endotracheal tube size
The Intubation equipment page has been updated with additional information about endotracheal tube sizes in adults.
Web stats for 2017
For those of you interested in these sort of things, here are the webstats for The Emergency Medicine Manual Online for 2017 Total visits: 173,000 or 470 each day Pages viewed: 3.8 million – or 10,400 each day For those of you not interested in these sort of things – it was a busy year.
IJ central venous access
The Central venous access technique page has been updated with a couple of additional advantages of the internal jugular approach.
Subclavian central venous access
The Central venous access technique page has been updated with a couple of additional advantages to the subclavian approach.
Antibacterial CVCs
The Central venous access page has been updated with additional information about antibacterial coated CVCs.
Correction – lateral medullary syndrome
There has been a correction to the segment on Lateral medullary syndrome on the Stroke syndromes page. The ipsilateral lower cranial nerve involvement has been corrected – it is lower motor neurone, not upper motor neurone as previously stated.
ICC insertion location
The Management of pneumothorax page has been significantly revised with an expanded section on ICC insertion location choices.
Acute asthma management
The Acute asthma management page has had a number of minor revisions and improvements.
Spacer use
The Bronchodilator agents page has been updated including some revision of the spacer use segment.
Management of pneumothorax
The Management of pneumothorax page has been significantly revised and improved in multiple different areas.
Assessment of pneumothorax
The Assessment of pneumothorax page has been significantly revised and improved in multiple different areas.
Pyelonephritis
The Urinary tract infection page in adults has had a number of modifications, including the addition of indications for imaging in UTI.
Intra-atrial block
A short segment about intra-atrial heart block has been added to the Bradycardias page, including links to and from the segment on p mitrale on The ECG and abnormal cardiac chambers page, with which it very significantly overlaps
Awareness during anaesthesia
The Anaesthetic risk page has been updated with a new segment on awareness during anaesthesia.