Heparin in ACS – correction
The ACS Management page has been updated with an improved section on heparins and a corrected dose for UFH. Thanks to Michael for letting us know about the dose error.
Corrections
Correction – sit patients up 30 degrees in penetrating eye trauma
The Ocular trauma page has been corrected to indicate that patients with penetrating eye trauma should be sat head up 30 degrees, not lie supine as previously indicated. Yet again thanks to Michael for letting us know about the error.
Correction – use absorbable sutures for fascial repair, not non absorbable ones
The Wound repair page has been corrected to indicate that absorbable sutures should be used for fascial repair, not non absorbable ones as previously stated. Thanks again to Michael for letting us know about this error.
Correction – Hyperkalaemia increases PR and QT intervals, not shortens them!
The Hyperkalaemia page has been corrected to indicate that Hyperkalaemia increases PR and QT intervals and does not shorten them as previous stated. Thanks to Michael for letting us know about this (hopefully obvious to most of you) error.
Troponin T in renal failure – correction
The Troponins in ACS page has been updated to indicated that TnI is more specific for ACS than TnT in renal failure, not the other way round as previously written.Thanks to Suhrith for picking this up.
Correction – Vaccine induced immune thrombosis and thrombocytopenia
The COVID 19 page has been updated with a correction to the adverse effects of vaccination segment.The text now reads: thrombocytopenia -platelet count > 150 X 10-9 almost completely excludes the disease Not thrombocytopenia -platelet count < 150 X 10-9 almost completely excludes the disease As previously written.Thanks to Sonki for picking this up.
Correction – Nelatons not Nellertons urinary catheter
The Urinary catheter insertion page has been updated with the correct spelling of Nelaton’s catheter, not Nellerton’s as previously stated.
Correction – adrenaline/noradrenaline dose in bradycardia
There is an error on the Bradycardias page for the adrenaline/noradrenaline dose.The incorrect adult dose of ‘5-10 microg/kg/min. and increasing by 2.5-5migrog/kg/min. every 5 min.‘ should be replaced to the correct dose of ‘5-10 microg/min. and increasing by 2.5-5migrog/min. every 5 min‘.The text will be corrected with the next file upload.Many thanks to Desmond for … Read more
Serum urate in gout – correction
The Gout and Pseudogout and Monoarthritis pages have been updated with a correction regarding serum urate.The statement ‘< 450 µmol/L in untreated patients almost excludes gout’ now reads ‘< 250 µmol/L in untreated patients almost excludes gout’. Thanks to William for picking up this error.
CRP production – correction
The Serum proteins page has been updated, in particular to reflect that although CRP production is subject to significant genetic variation, there is insufficient evidence to state that there are a significant number of patients who are unable to produce CRP.
Correction- Test characteristics of nitrites and leukocytes for UTI
The Urinary tract infection in children, Urinalysis, and Urinary tract infection in adults pages have been updated with more accurate and consistent information about the test characteristics of nitrites and leukocyte esterase for the diagnosis of UTI. The previous information on the urinary tract infection in children page was particularly inaccurate. Given the importance of … Read more
Hawkins classification of talar fractures – correction
The Talar and calcaneal fractures page has been updated with a correction of the description of the Hawkins classification system. Previously only 3 grades were described with Grade III in the text incorrectly describing Grade IV. Now all 4 grades are correctly described.
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.
Prognosis following drowning – correction
The Drowning page has been corrected to indicate that asystole is a poor prognostic factor compared to VT/VF in drowning. Previously it was listed as a good prognostic factor. Thanks to Michael for picking this up.
Slide, don’t tilt when in transverse for vascular access
The Difficult IV access page has been updated with a correction to indicate you should slide, not tilt, the probe when following the needle tip during vascular access.
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.
Ethanol metabolism – correction
The Ethanol page has been corrected to indicate that metabolism is 1st order kinetics at lower concentrations and zero order kinetics at higher concentrations – instead of the other way around, as previously stated. Thanks to David for picking this up.
Reduction success and time in shoulder dislocation
The Anterior shoulder relocation management page has been modified to indicate that the succesful reduction rate does not drop by 5-10% per minute as previously stated!
Thiopentone is not incompatible with thiopentone!
The Induction agents page has been updated to indicate that thiopentone is not incompatible with itself – it is incompatible with rocuronium,
Hepatic injury grading – correction
The Hepatic trauma page has been updated with a correction. A grade II injury is one with an parenchymal haematoma of < 10cm diameter, not 2cm diameter as previously stated. Thanks to Sahba for picking this up.