Femoral IO access site
The Femoral IO access site has been added to the Difficult IV access page.
Dunn RJ
The Femoral IO access site has been added to the Difficult IV access page.
The segment on metabolic disorders on the Crying baby and failure to thrive page has been updated to include details of congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
A small segment on the most common causes of neonatal shock has been added to the Neonatal problems page.
The Post partum haemorrhage page has had a few minor updates.
A segment on assessment has been added to the Irritable bowel syndrome page.
A number of treatments that are now considered ineffective or not available in Australia or New Zealand have been removed from the Irritable bowel syndrome page.
Key points have been added to the Diverticular disease page.
The Diverticular disease page has been revised with an expanded segment on antibiotics. In particular stating that the quality of evidence for withholding antibiotics in mild disease is insufficient to conclude that antibiotics are of no value.
A CT image of free gas from a perforated diverticulum has been added to the Diverticular disease page.
A CT image of a diverticular abscess has been added to the Diverticular disease page.
Some wording improvements of the Biliary US technique page have been done.
An US image demonstrating extrinsic compression of the CBD has been added to the Biliary US technique page.
An US image demonstrating how colour Doppler can help differentiate Portal veins from intrahepatic ducts has been added to the Biliary US technique page.
The Septic arthritis page has been updated with a short segment on when not to delay antibiotics in periprosthetic joint infection.
The Septic arthritis page has been updated with information about antibiotic choices in periprosthetic joint infections.
The Septic arthritis page has had a number of other minor updates.
The Haemopytsis page has had some minor updates including some information about broncholithiasis.
The Infection control page has been updated with some improved wording and organisation about hand hygiene.
A table of features of the most common causes of acute visual loss have been added to the Acute visual loss page.
The Acute visual loss page has had a number of updates and wording improvements.