Serum ammonia
The LFTs page has been updated with additional information about serum ammonia.
Clinical skills
Bereavement follow up
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.
Medical records
The Medical records page has had a number of other minor updates and wording changes.
Abbreviations
The Medical records page has been updated with an additional segment on abbreviations (and why they can be bad!).
Electronic medical records
The Medical records page has been updated with a major revision of the segment on electronic medical records.
PSAX view and regions of ischaemia image
The Echocardiography page has been updated with a new image of the PSAX view and areas of ischaemia.
PLAX view figure
An image of the PLAX echocardiography view has been added to the Echocardiography page.
Echocardiography
The Echocardiography page has had a number of other updates and additions.
Left atrial appendage
The Echocardiography page has been updated with information about the left atrial appendage.
Cardiac masses on echo
The Echocardiography page has been updated with a new segment on cardiac masses.
Regional wall motion abnormalities
The Echocardiography page has been updated with a new segment on regional wall motion abnormalities.
Bereavement
The Bereavement page has had a few minor updates.
Macrons for Te Reo Māori
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.
Pacemakers and MRI
The Magnetic resonance imaging page has been updated with additional information about pacemakers and MRI.
Ambulatory ECG monitoring
The segment on ambulatory ECG monitoring on the Other cardiac investigations page has been revised.
Non specific interventricular conduction delay
The Disorders of cardiac conduction page has been updated with a short segment on non specific interventricular conduction delay.
Partial LBBB
The Disorders of cardiac conduction page has been updated with a short segment on partial LBBB.
Correction of hyponatraemia
The Hyponatraemia page has been updated with improved clarity around initial Na targets.
Calcium concentrations – correction
The Calcium page has been updated with corrected calcium concentrations of calcium chloride and gluconate. Previously we had stated meq instead of mmol.
Hypercalcaemia key points
Key points have been added to the Hypercalcaemia page.