Splenic infarction and wandering spleen have moved
The segments on splenic infarction and wandering spleen have wandered across to the Uncommon causes of abdominal pain page from the Examination of the abdomen and GIT page.
Wandering spleen
The Uncommon causes of abdominal pain page has been updated with additional information about wandering spleen.
Patient relatives and resuscitation
The Patient relatives and resuscitation page has been updated with some minor reorganisation and wording improvements.
Resuscitation teams
The Resuscitation teams page has been updated with a variety of minor additions and wording improvements.
Post arrest care
The Post arrest care page has been revised with some minor organisation and wording improvements,
Grades of hydronephrosis
The Ureteric calculi page has been updated with more information about the different grads of hydronephrosis.
Normal US appearance of the kidney
The Ureteric calculi page has been updated with information about the normal appearance of the kidney on US.
Advanced life support
The Advanced life support page has been revised with some minor reorganisation of material and improved wording.
Basic life support
The Basic life support page has been revised with some minor reorganisation of material and improved wording.
Cardiac arrest
The Cardiac arrest page has been revised and some irrelevant content removed. Relevant information on the International resuscitation guidelines page has been moved to the Cardiac arrest page.
ACS management
The ACS management page has been updated, including a reorganisation of management options to better emphasise the relevant acute treatments in the ED.
D dimer and ADRS for the exclusion of aortic dissection
The Thoracic aortic dissection page has been updated with additional information about the utility of a negative D dimer and an aortic dissection risk score of 0 in excluding aortic dissection.
Antibiotics in appendicitis
The Appendicitis page has been updated with some additional information about the relatively low longer term efficacy of antibiotics only in acute appendicitis.
Macroscopic haematuria
The Macroscopic haematuria page has been updated with some minor additions and improvements in wording.
Indications for CT head in the anti-coagulated elderly
The Investigation of blunt head trauma page has been updated with additional information about indications for CT head in the anti-coagulated elderly following falls from a standing height.
Neonatal sepsis
The Neonatal fever and sepsis page has had a number of minor revisions.
ECG of torsades de pointes
The Ventricular arrhythmias page has been updated with an ECG of torsades de pointes.
Long QTc and R on T bigeminy ECG
The Ventricular arrhythmias page has been updated with an ECG of long QTc with R on T ventricular bigeminy.
Management of TdP
The Ventricular arrhythmias page has been updated with additional information about the management of Torsades de pointes.
Os odontoideum – correction
The segment of os odontoideum on the Cervical spine injuries page has been corrected to read that it is a .failure of fusion of tip of the dens to the body of C2, instead of to the body of the atlas as previously written.Thanks to Sahba for picking this up.