Budgets
Some additional information about budgets has been added to the Financial issues page.
Updates
Casemix funding
Some additional information about casemix funding of Emergency Departments in Australia has been added to the Financial issues page.
Measuring tetanus immunity
The Tetanus page has been updated with a segment on the measurement of tetanus immunity.
Braxton Hicks contractions
The Normal labour and delivery page has been updated with additional information about Braxton Hicks contractions.
Premature labour
The Premature labour page has been extensively revised and updated.
Labour and delivery revisions
The Normal labour and delivery page has had a number of updates are revisions.
Canadian syncope risk score
Details of the Canadian syncope risk score have been added to the Syncope page following the publication of the article: Thiruganasambandamoorthy, V, Kwong, K, Wells, GA, et al. Development of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score to predict serious adverse events after emergency department assessment of syncope. CMAJ 2016;188(12):E289-98.
Calcium channel antagonist toxicity
The Calcium channel antagonists page has been revised following the publication of the following article. St-Onge, M, Anseeuw, K, Cantrell, FL, et al. Experts Consensus Recommendations for the Management of Calcium Channel Blocker Poisoning in Adults. Critical Care Medicine 2016.
Antenatal steroids after 34 weeks gestation
The Premature labour page has been updated with information about the utility of antenatal steroids after 34 weeks gestation. Saccone, G, Berghella, V. Antenatal corticosteroids for maturity of term or near term fetuses: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. BMJ 2016;355:i5044.
Single vs multiple US views for PTX
The Assessment of pneumothorax page has been updated with some additional information about the test performance of US in traumatic PTX using single vs 4 views. Helland, G, Gaspari, R, Licciardo, S, et al. Comparison of Four Views to Single-view Ultrasound Protocols to Identify Clinically Significant Pneumothorax. Academic Emergency Medicine 2016;23(10):1170-75.
CTPA for RV strain
The Investigation of PE – imaging page has been updated with information about the test characteristics of CTPA in the detection of RV strain following PE
Philadelphia collar application
A segment on application of a Philadelphia collar and a picture of a collar has been added to the Spinal immobilisation page.
Achalasia
The Dysphagia page has been updated with some additional information about achalasia of the oesophagus.
Gynaecomastia
The Breast lumps page has been updated with a segment on gynaecomastia
Post arrest ECG
The Post arrest care page has been updated with a short segment on what should be looked for on a post arrest ECG.
Wernickes
The Ethanol page has been updated with some additional information about Wernicke’s encephalopathy.
Madelung deformity
The Distal forearm injuries page has been updated with a new segment called Other causes of pain around the wrist and a segment on Madelung deformity.
Phimosis
The Paraphimosis and phimosis page has been updated with some additional information about phimosis.
Red man syndrome
The MRSA cover page has been updated with information about Red man syndrome following vancomycin administration.
Vancomycin dosing and administration
The MRSA cover page has been updated with new dosing and administration information for vancomycin. The previous dosage recommendations were too low.