CHA2DS2VASc score

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Details about the CHA2dS2VASc score for predicting the risk of stroke in AF has been added to the Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation/flutter page and other updates to this section have also occurred.

Atrial flutter has moved

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The information about Atrial Flutter has moved from the Other arrhythmias page to the newly named Assessment of atrial fibrillation / flutter page to reflect the similarity of these conditions.

Search index update

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The search function index files have just been updated. This needs to be done every so often to make sure the search engine can find new content or content that may have been moved. This takes a bit of time to do as there are nearly 2000 pages to index – the reason we don’t … Read more

Anti-emetic poll result

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The final results of the preferred anti-emetic agent poll are in with ondansetron (69%) clearly more popular than metoclopramide (31%). Surprisingly, no-one voted for prochlorperazine or tropisitron. The results are encouraging as ondansetron apppears to have a greater effect on nausea and vomiting from non migranous causes than metoclopramide, with fewer adverse effects. Metoclopramide is … Read more

Visual field defect images

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A series of images demonstrating different types of visual field defects have been added to the Assessment of vision page along with some useful links to relevant pages in other parts of the manual and additional information about occipital cortical blindness.