Rectal glass
An image of a rectal glass has been added to the Rectal foreign bodies page. It must have been some dinner party.
Rectal foreign bodies
A new page called Rectal foreign bodies has been added to the Abdominal Disorders section. Hard to believe that this topic has slipped though (figuratively) until now.
Anti-emetic poll has opened
A poll on your preferred anti-emetic agent has just opened. It will run for 2 weeks. Please take the time to vote. (Results)
4-6 hour rule poll results
Final results – the 4/6 hour rule is mostly useless but mostly harmless! Opinion was very evenly divided on the subject. 32% thought it hadn’t changed anything; 26% each thought it had improved things a bit or made things a bit worse; 11% thought it had improved things considerably and 5% thought it had made … Read more
Update milestones
We don’t normally want to blow our own trumpet here, however we thought you might like to know that 2 significant milestones have been passed today – more than 350 updates have been completed and more than 100 new images have been added since September 2012. We hope these updates have been useful to you. … Read more
Investigation of ulcerative colitis
A small section on the investigation of ulcerative colitis has been added to the Inflammatory bowel disease page.
Rectal haemorrhage
CTA images demonstrating rectal haemorrhage have been added to the Lower intestinal haemorrhage page.
Colonic mural thickening
Two abdominal radiographs demonstrating colonic mural thickening of Ulcerative colitis have been added to the Inflammatory bowel disease page.
Pancreatitis CT
A CT image of pancreatitis has been added to the Pancreatitis page.
Distal colonic perforation
A supine AXR demonstrating colonic perforation has been added to the Assessment of abdominal pain page.
Free gas on supine AXR
An AXR demonstrating some features of free intraperitoneal gas has been added to the Assessment of abdominal pain page.
CTA of SMA occlusion
CT images of a SMA occlusion have been added to the Mesenteric ischaemia page.
US of SMA
An US image of a normal SMA has been added to the Mesenteric ischaemia page.
Abdominal CTA
An image of a normal abdominal CTA has been added to the Mesenteric ischaemia page.
Hepatic metastases
A CT image of Hepatic metastases has been added to the Hepatic diseases page.
Hepatic cysts
A CT image of Hepatic cysts has been added to the Hepatic diseases page.
US of ascites
An image of US of ascites has been added to the Ascites page.
ECG intervals correction
The Normal ECG morphology page has been updated with an image that now demonstrates the correct ECG intervals. The previous image demonstrated inaccuracies in the start and finish of the PR, QRS, ST and QT intervals. More explicit descriptions of the relevant intervals have been added to The Normal ECG page as well.
Biliary stent
An abdominal radiograph demonstrating the appearance of a biliary stent has been added to the Biliary disease and cholangitis page.
Ascending cholangitis
A more specific section on ascending cholangitis has been added to the Biliary diseases and cholangitis page.