Paracetamol toxicity
The Paracetamol page has been extensively revised and updated, including simplification and removal of some redundant content.
Pulled elbow
The Paediatric orthopaedic conditions page has been updated with additional information about pulled elbow.
Discussing appropriate treatment
The Extent of medical treatment page has been revised with a substantially updated segment on substituted decision making.
Amnestic shellfish poisoning
The Toxic marine ingestions page has been updated with a new segment on Amnestic shellfish poisoning.
Septic arthritis in children
The Paediatric orthopaedic conditions page has been updated, including some additional information about the diagnosis of septic arthritis in children.
Osteomyelitis
The Osteomyelitis page has had a number of updates and improvements.
Corpus luteal cysts
The Ectopic pregnancy page has been updated with the US features of corpus luteal cysts.
Yolk sac
The Pregnancy page has been updated with additional information about yolk sacs.
US features of ectopic pregnancy
The Ectopic pregnancy page has been updated, including the US features of ectopic pregnancy.
Vertigo and walking
The Vertigo page has been updated, including some additional information about the sensitivity of an abnormal gait for a cerebellar stroke.
Vasculitis
The Petechiae page has been updated, including some additional causes of vasculitis.
Trichinosis
The Organisms causing infective gastroenteritis page has been updated with a revised and expanded section on Trichinosis.
Paediatric gastroenteritis
The Paediatric gastroenteritis page has been updated, including the contraindication for the use of ondansetron in infants < 6 months of age.
Suicide and methods used
The Suicide risk page has been updated, including some additional information about the relative risk of completion with different methods.
Hypercalcaemia
The Hypercalcaemia page has been updated with mostly changes to improve clarity.
Calcium
The Calcium page has been updated, including some reorganisation and rewording to improve clarity.
Atrial flutter
The Atrial fibrillation or flutter page has been updated with some additional information about how not to miss atrial flutter.
Disclosing error
The Patient safety page has been updated with some additional information about how to disclose error following a patient safety incident.
Sorry – I crashed the site.
Please accept my apologies for the site being down since yesterday afternoon. This was caused by me trying to improve the performance of the website – but operating outside my level of technical competence. Everything seems to be back to normal now, however please let us know if you notice any problems. Please again accept … Read more
Paediatric quiz
The Paediatric quiz has just been released. It is a 20 question quiz taken from a bank of 65 questions, so is different each time you take it.