Chest wall injuries
The Chest wall injuries page has had a few minor updates.
Updates
Needle decompression of tension pneumothorax
The Management of pneumothorax page has been updated with some additional information about needles needed for decompression.
Local anaesthetic toxicity
Commonly used LA doses for some regional blocks have been included in the Local anaesthesia page for reference.
Management of a patient safety incident
The Management of a patient safety incident page has had a number of updates.
Haemoptysis key points
Key points have been added to the Haemopytysis page.
Imaging in haemoptysis
The Haemopytysis page has been updated with additional information about imaging.
Troponin T in renal failure – correction
The Troponins in ACS page has been updated to indicated that TnI is more specific for ACS than TnT in renal failure, not the other way round as previously written.Thanks to Suhrith for picking this up.
Assessment of headache
The Assessment of headache page has had a number of minor updates.
Idiopathic (venopathic) intracranial hypertension key points.
Key points have been added to the Idiopathic (venopathic) intracranial hypertension page.
Intracranial hypotension key point
Key points have been added to the Intracranial hypotension page.
Meningitis key points
Key points have been added to the Meningitis page.
Management of SAH key points
Key points have been added to the Management of SAH page.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage key points
Key points have been added to the Subarachnoid haemorrhage page.
Hypertension key points
Key points have been added to the Hypertension page.
Hypertension emergencies
A new page called Hypertension emergencies has been created. It now includes malignant hypertension and posterior reversible encephalopathy (PRES), which has been moved from the seizures page. Previous external links and bookmarks to these subjects will now be broken.
Venopathic intracranial hypertension
The Idiopathic (venopathic) intracranial hypertension page has had a number of other updates.
Imaging in venopathic intracranial hypertension
The Idiopathic (venopathic) intracranial hypertension page has been updated with additional information about imaging.
Imaging in headache
Additional information about imaging has been added to The Assessment of headache page.
Assessment of headache key points
The Assessment of headache page has had key points added.
Upper limb drift
The Peripheral nervous system examination page has been updated with additional information about upper limb drift.