Airway management in critical hypoxia
The page Airway management in poisoning and asthma has been substantially modified and renamed Airway management of poisoning or critical hypoxia to cover management of critical hypoxia of any cause.
AV fistula auscultation
New audio of the auscultatory findings of a normally functioning AV dialysis fistula has been added to the Extracorporeal vascular access page.
Pseudogout
A radiograph demonstrating pseudogout has been added to the Gout and pseudogout page.
Oxygen delivery and tissue perfusion
Information about the factors affecting oxygen delivery, regarding oxygen extraction and tissue blood flow has been added to the Pathophysiology of shock page and the clinical relevance of this information has been described in the Management of shock page.
Ottawa SAH rule
Some details on the much publicised, but mostly unhelpful Ottawa SAH rule has been added to the Subarachnoid haemorrhage page.
Thromboelastography
The section on TEG in the Coagulation testing page has been revised and updated.
Have you taken your book somewhere interesting?
A good book deserves to travel and The Emergency Medicine Manual has been taken to some wild and weird places in its time. If you have taken your book to somewhere unusual, send us a photo of you and your book to venompublishing@bigpond.com and you could be immortalised on the Funny places page on the … Read more
Chaffeur’s fracture
An image of a Chaffeur’s fracture has been added to the Distal forearm injuries page.
Membership software upgrade
Our membership software has been upgraded over the last few days. You will now notice a new style to the login and membership pages and there is added ability to view your previous subscription payments in .pdf format. Additional features should be available once some of the bugs in the software configuation are resolved.
Venom Publishing website upgrade
The Venom Publishing website has just been upgraded. The new website has a theme now very similar to The Emergency Medicine Manual Online site and includes a tour of the features of the online version. At the moment, subscription renewals still need to be done through this site, however automatic subscription renewals from within this site … Read more
Galeazzi fracture dislocation
Images of a Galeazzi fracture dislocation have been added to the Elbow and forearm injuries page
Vena caval filter
An image of a venal caval filter has been added to the Vena caval filter page.
Enoxaparin dose for DVT
On the Deep venous thrombosis page under Management, the doses of heparin (5000Units bd) and enoxaparin (40mg/day) previously quoted on this page are for prophylaxis, and not treatment of DVT. The correct dose of enoxaparin is 1mg/kg bd (reduced in renal failure) and the correct dose of IV heparin is a loading dose of 75 – … Read more
Enoxaparin dosing in obesity
The Management of PE , Heparin and Deep venous thrombosis pages have been updated with additional information about the dosing of enoxaparin in extremes of body weight and renal impairment.
Disposition following paracetamol ingestion
A small segment on disposition of patients following paracetamol ingestion has been added to the Paracetamol page.
Reversal of warfarin induced over anti-coagulation
The Reversal of anti-coagulation page has been extensively revised to incorporate the latest Australasian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis guidelines.