Dunn RJ
Additional information regarding the Australian and New Zealand classification system of drugs in pregnancy has been added to the Drugs in pregnancy and lactation page. Links to the TGA and New Zealand formulary websites to facilitate searching for information about specific agents or classes of drugs have been added.
A new segment on antihistamines in pregnancy has been added to the Drugs in pregnancy and lactation page.
Additional ideal body weight calculations have been added to the Obesity page. Thanks to Andrew Perry for the suggested additions.
Some additional drugs have been added to the drug doses in obesity table on the Airway management in obesity page.
New ACOG definitions of term pregnancy have been added to the Pregnancy page.
Suggested CVC insertion lengths for infants have been added to the CVC insertion technique page based on a recently published study of radiological venous anatomy.
The segment on priapism on the Other urogenital problems page has been extensively revised and updated to better reflect the differences between ischaemic and non ischaemic priapism.
An additional 5 MCQs have been added to the Intubation quiz to bring the total number of questions to 20.
Age related normal value ranges for HCO3- and base excess have been added to the Blood gas analysis page.
The normal percentages of HbF at various ages have been added to the Haemoglobinopathies page.
A table containing the normal platelet ranges for different ages has been added to a new page, very originally named Platelets.
A brief segment about the pronator quadratus fat pad sign has been added to the Distal forearm injuries page.
A small segment outlining the risk factors for antibiotic resistant pneumonia has been added to the Pneumonia management page.
The TVUS features of pregnancy failure have been updated on the Miscarriage page following a recent NEJM article on the subject.
A small segment on oral calcium supplements has been added to the Calcium page.
The topic of isolation precautions in the Infection control page has been substantially revised and updated, including an expanded section on standard precautions and a link to the CDC recommendations for the type of isolation precautions required for specific diseases.
The page Airway management in poisoning and asthma has been substantially modified and renamed Airway management of poisoning or critical hypoxia to cover management of critical hypoxia of any cause.
Information about the factors affecting oxygen delivery, regarding oxygen extraction and tissue blood flow has been added to the Pathophysiology of shock page and the clinical relevance of this information has been described in the Management of shock page.
Some details on the much publicised, but mostly unhelpful Ottawa SAH rule has been added to the Subarachnoid haemorrhage page.
The section on TEG in the Coagulation testing page has been revised and updated.