Prevention of patient harm
Following a reorganisation of content a new page called Prevention of patient harm has been created.
Clinical skills
Take own leave
A short segment on take own leave has been added to the Patients who did not wait page.
Other buffering agents removed
The segment on other buffering agents on the Metabolic acidosis page has been removed due to the lack of any clinical use for these agents.
Open disclosure
The Open disclosure segment on the Patient safety page has been updated to better prioritise and explain the actions required,
Hyponatraemia management
The Hyponatraemia page has been updated with some additional information about management.
Hyponatraemia key points
Key points have been added to the Hyponatraemia page.
Clinical practice skills image improvements
Multiple images in the Clinical practice skills section have been reformatted to improve quality and load speed.
Hypophosphataemia
The Hypophosphataemia page has had a number of minor updates.
Patterns of liver function test abnormality
The Liver function tests page has been updated with additional information about the patterns of LFT abnormality.
Renal function
The Urea and creatinine page has had a number of minor updates.
CRP production – correction
The Serum proteins page has been updated, in particular to reflect that although CRP production is subject to significant genetic variation, there is insufficient evidence to state that there are a significant number of patients who are unable to produce CRP.
Open disclosure principles
A short segment on the principles of open disclosure has been added to the Patient safety page.
Open disclosure
The segment on the Patient safety page has had a few minor updates.
The dangers of acronyms
A segment on acronyms, and particularly the dangers of them in Emergency Medicine practice and examinations has been added to the Educational techniques page.
Mnemonics
A segment on Mnemonics has been added to the Educational techniques page.
Intravenous contrast laboratory interference
A segment on the effects of IV contrast on laboratory analysis has been added to the Intravenous contrast page.
Elder abuse
The segment on Elder abuse on the Ageing page has been updated.
Machine ECG interpretation
The Electrocardiography page has been updated with a new segment on machine interpretation of ECGs.
Changes in Na+ measurement due to protein changes
The Hyponatraemia page has been updated, including additional information about how protein concentrations can alter measured Na+ when indirect sensitive electrodes (high volume lab analysers) are used.
Obesity
A small number of updates and wording improvements have been made to the Obesity page.