Wheezing audio
An audio clip of wheezing sounds has been added to the Respiratory examination page.
Bob Dunn
Normal breath sounds audio
An audio clip of normal breath sounds has been added to the Respiratory examination page.
Scaphoid shift test
The Dislocations around the wrist page has been updated, including information about the scaphoid shift test used in the diagnosis of scapholunate ligament disruption.
Pituitary apoplexy
The Pituitary disease page has been updated other additional information about pituitary apoplexy.
Neurosurgery in pituitary apoplexy
The Pituitary disease page has been updated with information about neurosurgery for pituitary apoplexy.
Second degree heart block definition
The Bradycardias page has been updated with a definition of second degree heart block.
Format 1 URL change
The URL for ‘Format 1’ has changed from when it was previously called ‘Version 1’. If you want to book mark it, it is now: https://www.emergencymedicinemanual.com/Content/v6/TEMM%206%20single%20volume/Responsive%20HTML5/
Version 3 is now Format 2
What was previously known as Version 3 has now been renamed Format 2. We stopped producing a ‘Version 2’ format many years ago but didn’t update the version naming then. The URL for Format 2 has not changed.
Versions are now formats
The 2 different online formats of the manual have now been named as ‘formats’ instead of ‘versions’. This may make it clearer that each is just a different format of exactly the same information, rather than each containing different information.
New formatting
Both versions of the manual have been updated with some new formatting. The tables are now a bit plainer and easier to read. Image and table titles are also now easier to read.
Active vitamin B12
The Macrocytic anaemia page has been updated with information about active vitamin B12 levels
Iron therapy in normocytic anaemia
The Normochromic anaemia page has been updated with information about iron therapy in normocytic anaemia.
Microcytic anaemia
The Microcytic anaemia page has had a number of other minor updates.
Hepcidin
The Microcytic anaemia page has been updated with information about hepcidin and its role in iron regulation.
Myocarditis
The Myocarditis page has had a number of minor updates.
Borderline personality disorder
The Classification of mental illness page has been updated with additional information about borderline personality disorder.
Personality disorders
The Classification of mental illness page has been updated with additional information about personality disorders.
Otitis media
The Ear diseases page has been updated with some revised information about otitis media.
Mastoiditis
The Ear diseases page has been updated with additional information about mastoiditis.
Gentamicin vestibular toxicity
The Aminoglycosides page has been updated with additional information about gentamicin vestibular toxicity.