Bacteraemia
The Assessment of sepsis page has been updated with additional information about bacteraemia.
Resuscitation
Thromboembolic risk in AFib
The AFib arrhythmia management page has been updated with additional information about the thromboembolic risk from cardioversion based on the original published studies in this area.
Paediatric sepsis management
The Management of sepsis page has been updated with additional paediatric recommendations, based on the 2026 Paediatric surviving sepsis guidelines.
Old definitions of sepsis removed
The Assessment of sepsis page has been updated with the removal of the old definitions of sepsis.
Definitions of sepsis
The Assessment of sepsis page has been updated with some refinement of the definitions of sepsis.
History in assessment of volume status
The Assessment of intravascular volume page has been updated with a new short segment on history.
NEWS 2 sepsis scoring system
The Physiological disturbance scores page has been updated with information about the NEWS2 scoring system for sepsis.
Sepsis scoring systems
The Assessment of sepsis page has been updated with additional information about sepsis scoring systems.
Unproven therapies in sepsis
The Management of sepsis page has been updated with additional information about unproven therapies in sepsis, and information about some of these therapies has been removed.
IV fluids in sepsis
The Management of sepsis page has been updated with additional information about IV fluids in sepsis.
Antibiotics in sepsis
The Management of sepsis page has been updated with additional information about antibiotics in sepsis.
Cardiac output chapter created
A new chapter called Cardiac output has been created from the Circulatory resuscitation chapter. This has been do improve navigation by making the size of the previous Circulatory resuscitation chapter smaller. Unfortunately this means that any external links (e.g. personal bookmarks) to the affected pages will be broken.
Sepsis chapter created
A new chapter called Sepsis has been created from the Circulatory resuscitation chapter. This has been do improve navigation by making the size of the previous Circulatory resuscitation chapter smaller. Unfortunately this means that any external links (e.g. personal bookmarks) to the affected pages will be broken.
Blood component therapy chapter created
A new chapter called Blood component therapy has been created from the Circulatory resuscitation chapter. This has been do improve navigation by making the size of the previous Circulatory resuscitation chapter smaller. Unfortunately this means that any external links (e.g. personal bookmarks) to the affected pages will be broken.
Hypovolaemia chapter created
A new chapter called Hypovolaemia has been created from the Circulatory resuscitation chapter. This has been do improve navigation by making the size of the previous Circulatory resuscitation chapter smaller. Unfortunately this means that any external links (e.g. personal bookmarks) to the affected pages will be broken.
4 weeks of anticoagulation post cardioversion for AF
The Stroke prevention in AF page has been updated to better indicate that 4 weeks of anticoagulation is required in patients who have been cardioverted.
Aspirin for AF stroke prevention
The Stroke prevention in AF page has been updated to reflect the very limited role that aspirin now has in stroke prevention.
AF reversion and time of onset
The Atrial fibrillation arrhythmia management page has been updated to account for the multiple different recommendations from differing national bodies about the safe time to cardiovert AFib after onset. These different recommendations that are mostly of a weak nature indicate that the optimum strategy is unknown. Many have been developed without Emergency Medicine or primary … Read more
Needle cricothyroidotomy
The Surgical airway techniques page has been updated with additional information about needle cricothyroidotomy.
Open cricothyroidotomy
The Surgical airway techniques page has been updated with additional information about open cricothyroidotomy.