Hypercalcaemia
The Hypercalcaemia page has had a number of updates.
Clinical skills
Assisted dying
The Extent of medical treatment page has been updated to reflect that many jurisdictions in Australia, and New Zealand have legal assisted dying processes.
Free water deficit equation
The free water deficit equation image on the Hypernatraemia page is not currently displaying correctly.The equation is: Free water deficit = (([Na] – 140)/140)) *(2/3)The equation image will be corrected with the next file uploads in a week or so.Thanks to Marcus for picking this up.
US appearance of tissues
The Ultrasonography page has been updated with additional information about the US appearance of various tissues.
Case studies
The Structured educational sessions page has been updated with additional information about case studies.
How to engage the audience
The Structured educational sessions page has been updated with a new segment on how to engage the audience.
Presentation technique
The Structured educational sessions page has been updated with additional information about presentaiton technique.
Preparation for a presentation
The Structured educational sessions page has been updated with additional information about preparation for a presentation.
Echocardiography key points
Key points have been added to the Echocardiography page.
Echocardiography
A number of other updates have been made to the Echocardiography page.
Freeze function on US machines
A segment on the use freeze function on US machines been added to the Echocardiography page.
Troubleshooting echocardiography
A segment on troubleshooting echocardiography has been added to the Echocardiography page.
Dual energy CT
The Computerised tomography page has been updated with a segment on dual energy CT.
Curve planar reformation
The Computerised tomography page has been updated with information about curved planar reformation.
Laboratory testing
The Laboratory testing page has had some minor revisions.
Specimen collection
The Specimen collection page has had a few minor improvements.
Venous lactate levels in gas samples vs fluoride tubes
The Metabolic acidosis page has been updated, including more information about how sampling affects lactate levels.
LVH
The ECG and abnormal cardiac chambers page has been updated with additional information about LVH
Violence management
The Violence page has been re-organised to better reflect the common steps in management.
De-escalation techniques
The Violence page has been updated with additional information about de-escalation techniques.