Resuscitation

A short segment on Pericapsular nerve block has been added to the Regional anaesthesia page.

Commonly used LA doses for some regional blocks have been included in the Local anaesthesia page for reference.

Key points have been added to the Hypertension page.

A new page called Hypertension emergencies has been created. It now includes malignant hypertension and posterior reversible encephalopathy (PRES), which has been moved from the seizures page. Previous external links and bookmarks to these subjects will now be broken.

The Prevention of secondary brain injury page has had some other minor updates and wording improvements.

The Prevention of secondary brain injury page has been updated with a revised section on decompressive craniectomy.

The Ventricular arrhythmias page has been updated with additional information about neurological causes of prolonged QTc.

The Cardiac arrest page has been updated with additional information about survival from asystole.

The Platelet transfusion page has been updated with revised indications for platelet transfusion.

The Antiarrhythmic drugs page has been updated with some additional information about amiodarone.

The Cardiac output measurement page has had a few other minor updates.

The Cardiac output measurement page has been updated with a new segment on pulse waveform analysis.

The AF arrhythmia management page has been updated with information about phrenic nerve injury following catheter ablation.

The segment on toxicity management has been updated on the Local anaesthesia page.

The Oxygen monitoring page has been updated with some additional information about the accuracy of SpO2 in anaemia.

The Mechanical cardiovascular support page has had a few minor updates.

The AF arrhythmia management page has been reformatted to improve clarity.

The AF arrhythmia management page has been updated with some additional information about digoxin.

The Patient relatives in the resuscitation room page has had a few minor updates.