Enoxaparin dosing in obesity
The Management of PE , Heparin and Deep venous thrombosis pages have been updated with additional information about the dosing of enoxaparin in extremes of body weight and renal impairment.
Updates
Disposition following paracetamol ingestion
A small segment on disposition of patients following paracetamol ingestion has been added to the Paracetamol page.
Reversal of warfarin induced over anti-coagulation
The Reversal of anti-coagulation page has been extensively revised to incorporate the latest Australasian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis guidelines.
HAS BLED score
Details of the HAS BLED score for predicting haemorrhage in patients on warfarin therapy has been added to the Warfarin page.
CHA2DS2VASc score
Details about the CHA2dS2VASc score for predicting the risk of stroke in AF has been added to the Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation/flutter page and other updates to this section have also occurred.
Atrial flutter has moved
The information about Atrial Flutter has moved from the Other arrhythmias page to the newly named Assessment of atrial fibrillation / flutter page to reflect the similarity of these conditions.
Dysphasias
Additional content regarding the types of dysphasias has been added to the Assessment of speech page.
Visual field defect images
A series of images demonstrating different types of visual field defects have been added to the Assessment of vision page along with some useful links to relevant pages in other parts of the manual and additional information about occipital cortical blindness.
Normal visual development in children
A small segment on normal visual development in children has been added to the Assessment of vision page.
Movement disorder definitions
Additional descriptions of some types of movement disorders have been added to the Other movement disorders page.
Parkinson’s disease likelihood ratios
A variety of LRs for features of Parkinson’s disease have been added to the Parkinson’s disease page.
Moro reflex
The Peripheral nervous system examination page has been updated with a small section on the Moro reflex.
Palmar grasp reflex
The Peripheral nervous system examination page has been updated with a small section on the palmar grasp reflex.
Hoffmann’s reflex
The Peripheral nervous system examination page has been updated with a small section on Hoffmann’s reflex.
Traction response
The Peripheral nervous system examination page has been updated with a small section on the traction response.
Assessment of drift
The Peripheral nervous system examination page has been updated with a small section on the assessment of drift.
Alcohol withdrawal
The Alcohol withdrawal page has been updated with additional information about at risk groups and withdrawal management.
Problem drinking
The Ethanol page has been updated with additional information about the AUDIT – C tool for identifying problem drinking.
Pertussis
The Pertussis/parapertussis page has been updated with additional diagnostic information.
Colchicine for pericarditis
The Pericarditis page hase been updated, with particular emphasis on the role of colchicine in non malignant pericarditis following a recent trial of its use published in the NEJM.