US image of biliary sludge
An US image of biliary sludge has been added to the Biliary ultrasound technique page.
Abdominal
Glasgow Blatchford score
The Upper GI haemorrhage page has been updated with additional information about the Glasgow Blatchford score.
CT of paraumbilical hernia
A CT image of a paraumbilical hernia has been added to the Hernias page.
Splenic infarction and wandering spleen have moved
The segments on splenic infarction and wandering spleen have wandered across to the Uncommon causes of abdominal pain page from the Examination of the abdomen and GIT page.
Wandering spleen
The Uncommon causes of abdominal pain page has been updated with additional information about wandering spleen.
Antibiotics in appendicitis
The Appendicitis page has been updated with some additional information about the relatively low longer term efficacy of antibiotics only in acute appendicitis.
Management of endoleaks
The Abdominal aortic aneurysm page has been updated with additional information about the management of endoleaks.
Abdominal aortic aneurysms
The Abdominal aortic aneurysm page has had a series of wording improvements.
Type II endoleak CT image series
A CT image series demonstrating a Type II endoleak has been added to the videos page.
CTA of abdominal fat haematoma
2 CT images of an abdominal fat haematoma have been added to the Uncommon causes of abdominal pain page.
Abdominal fat haematoma
A small segment about abdominal fat haematoma has been added to the Uncommon causes of abdominal pain page.
Rectus sheath haematoma
The Uncommon causes of abdominal pain page has been updated with some additional information about rectus sheath haematoma.
Differential diagnosis of hernias
The Hernias page has been updated with additional information about the differential diagnosis of inguinal/femoral hernias.
Examination of hernias
The Hernias page has been updated with additional information about the examination of hernias.
Complications following appendicectomy
A short segment on the complications following appendicectomy has been added to the Appendicitis page.
Capsaicin cream and CHS
The Uncommon causes of abdominal pain page has been updated with additional information about CHS and capsaicin cream
Reversal of over anticoagulation in GI haemorrhage
The Upper GI haemorrhage page has been updated with additional information about the reversal of over anticoagulation in upper GI bleeding.
TXA in GI bleeding
The Upper GI haemorrhage page has been updated with additional information about the likely lack of benefit of TXA in GI haemorrhage as a result of the publication of the HALT-IT trial. When mostly given to patients with moderate haemorrhage after 3 hours in health systems not very similar to Australia or New Zealand – … Read more
Upper GI haemorrhage
The Upper GI haemorrhage page has had a number of small updates.
Rate of IV administration and antiemetics
The Antiemetics page has been updated with additional information about the rate of IV administration of prochlorperazine and metoclopramide and adverse effects.