Management of pelvic trauma
The Management of pelvic trauma page has had some minor updates.
Pelvic trauma
The Pelvic trauma page has had some minor updates.
Splenic trauma
The Splenic trauma page has had some minor updates.
Intraosseous access
The Difficult intravenous access page has been updated with a number of updates to the Intraosseous access section.
Contraindications to IO access
The Difficult intravenous access page has been updated with a short segment on the Contraindications to IO access.
Nitrates are OK in RV infarction
The Complications of MI page has been updated to remove reference to nitrate sensitivity in RV infarction, as this no longer appears to be a real entity.
Occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI)
The Definition of myocardial infarction page has been updated with a segment on OMI
Risk stratification in ACS
The Risk stratification in ACS page has had a few minor updates.
ACS management
The ACS management page has had a few minor updates and wording improvements.
Thrombolytic therapy in ACS
The Thrombolytic therapy in ACS page has been revised and updated.
Thrombolytic agents
The Thrombolytic agents page has been updated and simplified with the removal of agents no longer available or rarely used.
Transcutaneous pacing
The Pacemakers page has been updated with a revised section on transcutaneous pacing.
Bradycardias
The Bradycardias page has been significantly revised and updated. The lack of efficacy of atropine for the treatment of severely symptomatic bradycardia has been highlighted.
Other arrhythmias
The Other arrhythmias page has been updated with some minor updates and wording improvements.
Access to the Electrical cardioversion page restored
We have just discovered that access to the Electrical cardioversion page through the table of contents has not been working properly and the page heading not displaying as it should. This has now been corrected.
Electrical cardioversion
The Electrical cardioversion page has been significantly updated with wording improvements.
Correction- Test characteristics of nitrites and leukocytes for UTI
The Urinary tract infection in children, Urinalysis, and Urinary tract infection in adults pages have been updated with more accurate and consistent information about the test characteristics of nitrites and leukocyte esterase for the diagnosis of UTI. The previous information on the urinary tract infection in children page was particularly inaccurate. Given the importance of … Read more
Machine ECG interpretation
The Electrocardiography page has been updated with a new segment on machine interpretation of ECGs.
MI ECG mimics
The Pseudo acute coronary syndrome patterns page has been updated with an expanded list of ACS mimics.
Volar Barton’s fracture Xray
An Xray image of a volar Barton’s fracture has been added to the Distal forearm injuries page.