Clinical skills

The Hyponatraemia page has been updated with some additional information about the relative frequency of the causes of SIAD.

Some other minor updates and wording modifications have been made to the Hyponatraemia page.

The Ultrasonography page has been updated with additional information about the appearance of tissue of nerves.

The Ultrasonography page has been updated with additional information about beam width effects.

The Hypernatraemia page has been updated with a revised section on treatment.

The Violence page has had a number of other minor updates.

The Violence page has been updated with revised guidelines for sedative agents in violence.

The LFTs page has been updated with additional information about serum ammonia.

The Bereavement page has had a couple of minor updates, including the recommendation not to routinely send follow up messages to families of bereaved patients, due o the associated increased risk of depression and PTSD.

The Medical records page has had a number of other minor updates and wording changes.

The Medical records page has been updated with an additional segment on abbreviations (and why they can be bad!).

The Medical records page has been updated with a major revision of the segment on electronic medical records.

The Echocardiography page has had a number of other updates and additions.

The Echocardiography page has been updated with information about the left atrial appendage.

The Echocardiography page has been updated with a new segment on cardiac masses.

The Echocardiography page has been updated with a new segment on regional wall motion abnormalities.

The Bereavement page has had a few minor updates.

The Māori health page has been updated with the addition of macrons to most of the appropriate words. Unfortunately macrons are unable to be displayed in some headings. Thanks to Natasha for the suggestion.