Mangled extremity score
The Management of the severely injured limb has been revised and the capacity of the MES to predict the need for amputation revised in light of advances in treatment.
Health care of prisoners
The Health care of prisoners page has been updated with additional information about what is not permitted when managing a prisoner as a patient.
Cl. Difficile in ED patients
The Infectious agents causing gastroenteritis page has been updated with information about Cl. Difficile in ED patients.
Yield of blood cultures in 3-36 month old infants
The Febrile child page has been updated with additional information about the extremely low yield of blood cultures in otherwise healthy 3-36 month old infants and the most common pathogens identified in the post Streptococcal vaccination era.
Family reporting of adverse incidents
The Patient safety page has been updated with information about the effects of family reporting of patient safety incidents on incident detection rates
Long term therapy of borderline personality disorder
The Classification of mental illness page has been updated with information about the long term treatment of borderline personality disorder.
Cholecystectomy and colonic carcinoma
The Carcinoma of the colon page has been updated and cholecystectomy added as a risk factor for development.
Management of life threatening asthma
The Management of life threatening asthma page has had some minor updates, including the target plateau pressure in ventilation being < 30mmHg, not < 20mmHg as previously stated (thanks to Farzad for picking this up)
Magnesium links
A series of links to the segment on IV magnesium therapy in the Hypomagnesaemia page have been added to the Management of life threatening asthma, Hypertension in pregnancy and Ventricular arrhythmias pages.
Irritable bowel syndrome
The Irritable bowel syndrome page has been revised and updated.
April 2017 update quiz
The New content quiz April 2017 has just been published.
Neuromuscular blockade sensitivity – correction
The sensitivity of various muscle groups to neuromuscular blockade has been corrected on the Neuromuscular blockade page. The corrected text now indicates that : Sensitivity to neuromuscular blockade in increasing (not decreasing as previously written) order of sensitivity is large limb muscles diaphragm smaller trunk muscles laryngeal and eye muscles Thanks to Adam for picking this … Read more
Paediatric and neonatal fever links added
Links between the Febrile child and Neonatal fever and sepsis pages have been added to aid navigation and topic review.
Investigation of the febrile neonate
The Febrile child page has been updated with information about the investigation and management of selected cases of older neonates with fever.
Cardiac monitoring in suspected ACS
The Management of suspected acute coronary syndromes page has been updated with additional information about indications for cardiac monitoring in the ED.
Paediatric CAP
The Paediatric pneumonia page has been updated with some information about the epidemiology of CAP in children and links to other adult CAP related pages added.
Safety of MRI for pacemakers and ICDs
The Magnetic Resonance Imaging page has been updated with information about the safety of MRI for patients with non-MRI approved pacemakers and ICDs.
Risk of long term opioid use following an ED visit for pain
The Opioids page has been updated with information about the very small risk of long term opioid use following an ED visit for pain.
E-cigarettes and carcinogen exposure
The Smoking page has been updated with information indicating that smokers of e-cigarettes appear to have lower exposure to potential carcinogens than regular smokers.
AUD$20 discount for print and online purchases
We are pleased to have upgraded our software to be able to provide you with a AUD$20 discount when you purchase 2 products at the same time, and AUD$40 when you purchase 3 or more products from our online store. This means that if you want to buy an online subscription and a print version … Read more