Emergency aspects of Parkinson’s disease
The Parkinson’s disease page has been updated and a segment on the emergency aspects has been added.
Updates
ETCO2 trace
Additional information about the ETCO2 trace has been added to the Capnography page.
Patient preparation for transport
The Patient preparation for transport page has had some minor updates and wording improvements.
Interhospital transfer
The Interhospital transfer page has had some minor updates and wording improvements.
Price rise on 1st February
From the 1st February 2025 the price of an annual subscription to The Emergency Medicine Manual will increase from AUD$77 to AUD$88,. Whilst no-one likes to see the cost of things increase, this is the first price rise since the manual first became available online in 2011. To put this into perspective, since 2011: costs … Read more
Electrolytes and respiratory failure
The Respiratory failure page has been updated with additional recommendations to correct hypo/hyperkalaemia and hypocalcaemia due to their association with progression to need for mechanical ventilation.
Provoked and unprovoked VTE
Definitions of provoked and unprovoked VTE have been added to the Deep venous thrombosis page.
Risk factors for VTE recurrence
A segment on risk factors for VTE recurrence has been added to the Deep venous thrombosis page.
Pneumonia scoring systems in Indigenous Australians
The Pneumonia scoring systems page has been updated with additional information about the use (or uselessness) of most commonly used pneumonia scoring systems in Australian Indigenous patients.
Imaging for PE in pregnancy
The PE in special populations page has been updated with additional information about imaging in pregnancy.
NIV
The Non invasive ventilation page has been updated with other minor changes and wording improvements.
NIV monitoring
The Non invasive ventilation page has been updated with additional information regarding monitoring NIV.
NIV interfaces
The Non invasive ventilation page has been updated with additional information regarding NIV interfaces.
Other buffering agents removed
The segment on other buffering agents on the Metabolic acidosis page has been removed due to the lack of any clinical use for these agents.
GLP-1 agonists are an aspiration risk factor
GLP-1 agonists (e.g. semaglutide) have been included as a risk factor for aspiration during anaesthesia and procedural sedation due to their gastroparetic effects.
Aspiration risk
A segment on aspiration risk has been added to the Endotracheal intubation page.
Assessment of children
The Assessment of children page has had a few minor updates.
Clinical features in NAI
The segment on clinical features in NAI has been significantly expanded on the Non accidental injury page.
Investigations in NAI
A segment on Investigations in NAI has been added to the Non accidental injury page.
Differential diagnosis of NAI
A segment on the differential diagnosis of NAI has been added to the Non accidental injury page.