Discharge criteria for CAP
The Management of CAP page has been updated with a revision of the discharge criteria for CAP.
Updates
CRP in pneumonia
The Community acquired pneumonia page has been updated with information about the role of CRP.
Intra-arterial therapy for large vessel stroke
Details on the role of intra-arterial therapy for stroke has been added to the Stroke management page.
Stroke
The Stroke page has been reorganised and updated.
CSF lactate in meningitis
A short segment on CSF lactate has been added to the Meningitis page.
Perineal trauma
A short section on perineal trauma following labour has been added to the Other complications of labour page
CT of cortical laminar necrosis
A CT image and description of cortical laminar necrosis hypoxic brain injury has been added to the Prevention of secondary brain injury page
Active listening skills
The Communication page has been updated with information about active listening skills.
A small segment about email has been added to the Media interactions page.
Social media
A small segment on social media has been added to the Media interactions page.
Advertising, promotion and deception
A short segment about advertising in medicine has been added to the Professionalism page.
Factitious disorder
The Somatisation disorders page has been updated with some additional detail, or so we say.
Bipolar affective disorder
The Bipolar disorder page has been updated with some additional details.
Nasal injuries
The Nasal trauma page has been updated with some additional information about nasal septal haematoma.
Disaster site control
A segment on disaster scene control has been added to the On site management of mass casualties page.
sIgE
The Immunological investigations page has been revised, including the addition of a segment on sIgE testing.
Secondary cardiac tumours
The Cardiac tumours page has been updated including additional detail about the causes of secondary cardiac tumours.
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension
A new page called Intracranial hypotension has been created, and a new segment about spontaneous intracranial hypotension has been added to it.
Impact apnoea
The Complications of head trauma page has been updated with a short segment on impact apnoea.
Outpatient antibiotic therapy
A new page called Outpatient antibiotic therapy has been added to the Antibiotics section.