Clinical skills

The latest statistics regarding obesity in Australia have been added to the Obesity page.

The Aging page has been updated with the latest life expectancy estimates for Australia and New Zealand.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health page has been updated with a section on tips on culturally sensitive practice for indigenous Australian patients.

A short segment on the definition of palliative care has been added to the Palliative care page.

The Determining the extent of medical treatment page has been updated with some additional information about advanced care directives.

A new section on Caregiver burden has been added to the Aging page.

A new section on Deprescribing has been added to the Aging page.

A new section on Frailty has been added to the Aging page.

A small segment about the referral of elderly patients to ICU has been added to the Determining the extent of medical treatment page.

The Clinical skills page has been updated with additional information about history taking a history and communicating with patients. This information is of particular relevance to ACEM trainees who are assessed using the Mini-CEX technique.

The Normal ECG page has been updated with a short segment about normal QRS voltages.

Some additional information about the treatment of hyperkalaemia has been added to the Hyperkalaemia page.

An updated list of the effects of sample haemolysis on laboratory values and some additional information has been added to the Interpretation of investigations page.

A small segment about the usefulness of area under the curve (AUC) values for ROC plots has been added to the Assessment of test performance page.

The Consent page has been updated with a small segment on informed consent.

The Specimen collection page has been updated with a small segment on the transport of specimens via pneumatic tube transport systems.

Some information about the delta gap has been added to the Metabolic acidosis page.