CT of pulmonary pneumatocoeles
A CT image of a GSW chest demonstrating pneumatocoeles has been added to the Pulmonary injuries page. (Well actually it was added quite a while ago, but we just forgot to tell you)
Trauma
Management of pulmonary contusion
The Pulmonary injuries page has been updated with additional information about the management of severe pulmonary contusions.
Trochanteric sling
The Management of pelvic trauma page has been updated with the term pelvic sling/binder being replaced with the term trochanteric sling, representing the correct position of the sling for the management of pelvic fractures.
Limitations of CT in abdominal trauma
The Assessment of abdominal trauma page has been updated with additional information about the limitations of CT of the abdomen.
Intracavity haemostatic foam
A short segment on intracavity haemostatic foam has been added to the Management of the trauma patient page.
Vascular access in trauma
The Management of the trauma patient page has been updated with a new segment on Vascular access in trauma.
Partial REBOA
A new segment on partial REBOA has been added to the Management of the trauma patient page.
Examination of suspected pelvic fracture
The Assessment of pelvic trauma page has been updated with revised information about the physical examination – in particular emphasising that pelvic springing should not be performed in patients suspected of unstable pelvic fractures due to the risk of causing further bleeding.
Pelvic fracture definitive management
A segment on the definitive management of pelvic fractures has been added to the Management of pelvic trauma page.
Pelvic fracture management
The Management of pelvic trauma page has been revised and updated.
Penetrating colonic injuries
Some additional information about the management of penetrating colonic injuries has been added to the Penetrating trauma to the trunk page.
Massive transfusion score
The Treatment of hypovolaemia page has been updated with the addition of details about the Massive transfusion score (MTS) and revised MTS.
Splenic embolisation
The Splenic trauma page has been updated with some additional information about the role of embolisation.
Central cord syndrome – correction
The segment on central cord syndrome on the Spinal cord injury page has been corrected to reflect that weakness from central cord syndrome is greater distally than proximally in the limbs. Previously this was indicated to be the other way around due to the mistaken use of a ‘>’ sign instead of a ‘<‘ sign. … Read more
NEXUS chest criteria
The Assessment of the trauma patient page has been updated with additional information about the relative value of the NEXUS chest criteria in predicting significant thoracic injury.
Subcutaneous foreign bodies
The Subcutaneous foreign bodies page has been updated with additional information about imaging for foreign bodies.
Investigation of blunt head trauma
The Investigation of blunt head trauma page has been updated with additional information regarding the predictive ability of clinical findings and decision rules following the publication of the following article Easter, JS, Haukoos, JS, Meehan, WP, et al. Will neuroimaging reveal a severe intracranial injury in this adult with minor head trauma?: The rational clinical … Read more
CT of base of skull fracture
The Complications of head trauma page has been updated with an additional CT image of a base of skull fracture.
Head injury
Some minor changes have been made to the Head trauma page
Cervical epidural haematoma images
3 CT and MRI images of a cervical epidural haematoma have been added to the Spinal cord injury page.