Cl. Difficile in ED patients
The Infectious agents causing gastroenteritis page has been updated with information about Cl. Difficile in ED patients.
Updates
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)
Irritable bowel syndrome
The Irritable bowel syndrome page has been revised and updated.
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.
Syncope and orthostatic hypotension
The Syncope page has been revised, particularly the segment on orthostatic hypotension and laboratory investigations.
Near syncope
The Syncope page has been updated to include a small section on near syncope.
AB and A group plasma
The Treatment of hypovolaemia and Clotting factor replacement pages have been updated with information about the use of AB and A group pre-thawed plasma.
US image of benign thyroid nodule
The Thyroid page has been updated with an US image of a benign thyroid nodule.
Shapiro rule for blood cultures
The Bacterial cultures page has been updated including information about Shapiro’s rule for taking blood cultures.
Antithrombotic agents and SDH
The Extradural and subdural haematoma page has been revised including information about the prevalence of antithrombotic use in SDH.
Fever and sepsis prognosis
The Assessment of sepsis page has been updated with additional information about the prevalence and outcome of body temperature in sepsis.