ROTEM values
The Coagulation testing page has been updated, including simplified actions to reverse coagulation deficits detected by ROTEM and normal ROTEM values.
Clinical skills
Keeping communication simple
The Communication page has been updated with additional suggestions of short words that can easily replace short ones, as well as a few other tips on how to communicate effectively. I suggest you read this section of the book before you read anything else.
Interruptions and their management
The Communication page has been revised with some additional information about interruptions and their management.
Communication in special circumstances
The Communication page has been updated with some additional information about communication in difficult circumstances.
IV contrast allergy prophylaxis
The Intravenous contrast page has been updated with information about a 5 hour accelerated prophylaxis regimen.
QTc
The Electrocardiography page has been updated with additional information about the QTc.
Bereavement and indigenous culture
The Bereavement page has been updated with additional information about indigenous culture and bereavement.
Indigenous health
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health page has been updated including additional information about culturally sensitive practice.
Cultural definitions
The Culture page has been updated, including additional information about cultural definitions.
Therapeutic Mg levels – correction
The Hypertension in pregnancy and Hypomagnesaemia pages have been updated with a correction of the units for the therapeutic range of Mg. This is 1.5-3.5mmol/L or 4-8mg/dL – not 4-8mmol/L as previously stated. Thanks again to Farzad for picking this up.
CRP
The Serum proteins page has been updated with some additional information about CRP.
Residential care capabilities
The Ageing page has been revised, also including a short segment about what hospital level services may be able to be provided in residential care facilities.
Clinical decision making
The Clinical decision making page has been updated, with particular emphasis on the types of clinical decisions that need to be made for each clinical encounter.
History taking
The Clinical skills page has been updated with additional information about history taking.
Risk management
A short segment on risk management has been added to the Patient safety page.
Health care of prisoners
The Health care of prisoners page has been updated with additional information about what is not permitted when managing a prisoner as a patient.
Family reporting of adverse incidents
The Patient safety page has been updated with information about the effects of family reporting of patient safety incidents on incident detection rates
Safety of MRI for pacemakers and ICDs
The Magnetic Resonance Imaging page has been updated with information about the safety of MRI for patients with non-MRI approved pacemakers and ICDs.
IV contrast for CT and nephropathy – more evidence of safety
The Intravenous contrast page has been updated with more evidence that IV contrast for CT in ED patients with a creatinine clearance of > 30mL/min is not associated with an increase in the rate of renal dysfunction compared to matched controls.
SIADH to SIAD
The acronym SIADH has been changed to SAID on the Hyponatraemia page and throughout the rest of the manual.