Heimlich valve
Additional information about Heimlich valves has been added to the Management of pneumothorax page.
Updates
Consent for pneumothorax drainage
Some additional information about consent for pneumothorax drainage has been added to the Management of pneumothorax page.
Tying an ETT in place
The Endotracheal intubation page has been updated with additional information and images on tying an ETT in place.
Taping an ETT in place
The Endotracheal intubation page has been updated with additional information and images on taping an ETT in place.
Implantable contraceptives
The Contraception page has been updated with additional information about implantable contraceptive devices.
Hep B exposure risk
Some additional information about the risk of Hep B transmission has been added to the Body fluid exposure page.
Ultrasound probe types
The Ultrasonography page has been updated, included information about different US probe types.
Endotracheal intubation checklist
The Endotracheal intubation page has been updated with information about pre-intubation checklists.
Higgins I squared test
Information about Higgin’s I squared test has been added to the Comparison of variables between two groups page.
Cochrane’s Q test
Additional information about Cochrane’s Q test has been added to the Comparison of variables between two groups page.
SAM pelvic sling application
The Management of pelvic trauma page has been updated with a segment on how to apply a SAM pelvic sling.
FAST scan technique
The Assessment of abdominal trauma page has been updated with a new segment on how to perform a FAST scan.
FAST scan in abdominal trauma
The Assessment of abdominal trauma page has been updated with some additional information about the role of the FAST scan.
Management of extremity bleeding
The Management of fractures and dislocations page has been updated with additional information about haemorrhage control from an extremity.
Trigeminal neuralgia
The Secondary headaches page has been updated with additional information about the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, especially neurosurgical techniques of treatment.
Key features in the assessment of the elderly
The Aging page has been updated with a section outlining the key tasks in the assessment of the elderly.
Effect of stopping trials early
The Medical literature page has been updated with information about how stopping trials early due to a positive treatment effect usually overestimates the treatment effect.
tPA for lacunar strokes
The Thrombolytic therapy in stroke page has been updated with the removal of lacunar stroke from the list of stroke types unlikely to benefit from tPA following the publication of an IST-3 subgroup analysis.
tPA for stroke between 3-4.5 hours
Some additional information about the role of tPA in patients selected without advanced imaging (e.g. CT perfusion, DWI MRI) between 3-4.5 hours has been added to the Thrombolytic therapy in stroke page following the BMJ article published today that does not support the evidence for the use of tPA for this time window.
VRE
A new page called Drug resistant organisms has been created from the old Drug resistant Staph Aureus page and a short section on VRE has been added to it.