Making a referral
A significant segment on how to make a referral has been added to the Clinical skills page.
Clinical skills
Patiromer
A short segment on patiromer, the K-Ca exchange resin newly approved in the USA has been added to the Hyperkalaemia page.
Hyperkalaemia
The Hyperkalaemia page has been updated with some additional causes following the recent BMJ article: McDonald, TJ, Oram, RA, Vaidya, B. Investigating hyperkalaemia in adults. BMJ 2015;351 http://www.bmj.com/bmj/351/bmj.h4762.full.pdf.
QT nomogram
A small segment on the QT nomogram (and an image) has been added to the Electrocardiography page.
Contrast injection
A short segment on contrast injection has been added to the Intravenous contrast page.
LOTRADIOP, SOCRATES and taking a pain history
Details of how to take a detailed history of pain, using the LOTRADIOP or SOCRATES approach, have been added to the Clinical skills page.
S4 and S8 drug schedules
Some information about the S4 and S8 schedules has been added to the Drug dosing and administration page.
J-T interval prolongation
Some information about the usefulness of J-T interval prolongation as a marker of K channel blockade in patients with QRS prolongation has been added to the Electrocardiography and other relevant pages.
ImmunoXpert
A small section on the ImmunoXpert inflammatory biomarker system that may aid in differentiating viral from bacterial infections has been added to the Serum proteins page.
Phases and sources of conflict
The Conflict management page has been updated with information about the phases of conflict and some additional causes of conflict between individuals have also been added.
Reference ranges
Additional information about reference ranges for laboratory tests has been added to the Interpretation of investigation results page.
ALP reference range
An image demonstrating the distribution of ALP values in the normal paediatric population has been added to the Liver function tests page.
GGT reference range
An image demonstrating the distribution of GGT values in the normal population has been added to the Liver function tests page.
Interpretation of investigation results
The Interpretation of investigation results page has been revised and updated in multiple different areas.
Laboratory testing page
A new page called Laboratory testing with information about the phases of testing and repeat testing has been added to the Clinical biochemistry section.
ECG gallery – 2 new ECGs added
2 new ECGs have been added to the ECG gallery.
Hyperkalaemia rhythm strip
A new ECG rhythm strip of hyperkalaemia has been added to the Hyperkalaemia page.
Hyperkalaemia and tachycardia ECG
A new ECG demonstrating hyperkalaemia and tachycardia has been added to the Hyperkalaemia page.
Hypercalcaemia
The Hypercalcaemia page has been extensively revised following the publication of a review article in the BMJ this week on the subject.
How to manage a disagreement
A short segment on How to manage a disagreement has been added to the Conflict management page.