Tension pneumothorax assessment
The Assessment of pneumothorax page has been updated with a revised section on tension penumothorax.
Dunn RJ
The Assessment of pneumothorax page has been updated with a revised section on tension penumothorax.
The segment on myocardial contusion on the Mediastinal injuries page has had a few minor updates including to further de-emphasise the usefulness of pursuing this diagnosis in the haemodynamically stable patient.
The segment on tension pneumothorax on the Pulmonary injuries page has had some minor updates, including the differentiation between clinical and radiological tension.
The segment on the trauma team leader on the Trauma teams page has had a few minor updates.
The Hypertension in pregnancy page has had some minor updates relating to pre-eclampsia.
The Uncommon causes of abdominal pain page has been updated with additional information about acute porphyrias.
The Urinalysis page has been updated with some additional information about bilirubinuria.
The Deep venous thrombosis page has been updated with additional information about d dimer levels following surgery.
The Management of atrial fibrillation page has been updated with additional information about the safety of flecainide for the treatment of AFib.
The Sudden cardiac death page has been updated with additional information about Brugada syndrome epidemiology.
The HOCM page has been revised and updated.
The Syncope page has had a number of updates.
The segment on Elder abuse on the Ageing page has been updated.
The Mediastinal injuries page has been updated with additional information about traumatic aortic injury, in particular pointing out that it does not have many of the features of a spontaneous aortic dissection.
The Assessment of pelvic trauma page has had some minor updates.
The Management of pelvic trauma page has had some minor updates.
The Pelvic trauma page has had some minor updates.
The Splenic trauma page has had some minor updates.
The Difficult intravenous access page has been updated with a number of updates to the Intraosseous access section.
The Difficult intravenous access page has been updated with a short segment on the Contraindications to IO access.