Echocardiography
A number of other updates have been made to the Echocardiography page.
Clinical skills
Freeze function on US machines
A segment on the use freeze function on US machines been added to the Echocardiography page.
Troubleshooting echocardiography
A segment on troubleshooting echocardiography has been added to the Echocardiography page.
Dual energy CT
The Computerised tomography page has been updated with a segment on dual energy CT.
Curve planar reformation
The Computerised tomography page has been updated with information about curved planar reformation.
Laboratory testing
The Laboratory testing page has had some minor revisions.
Specimen collection
The Specimen collection page has had a few minor improvements.
Venous lactate levels in gas samples vs fluoride tubes
The Metabolic acidosis page has been updated, including more information about how sampling affects lactate levels.
LVH
The ECG and abnormal cardiac chambers page has been updated with additional information about LVH
Violence management
The Violence page has been re-organised to better reflect the common steps in management.
De-escalation techniques
The Violence page has been updated with additional information about de-escalation techniques.
Ageing
The Ageing page has been reorganised to improve clarity.
Mobility assessment
A new segment on mobility assessment has been added to the Ageing page.
Timed up and go test
The Ageing page has been updated with information about the timed up and go test.
Venous tourniquets and lactic acidosis
The Metabolic acidosis page has been updated to indicate that venous tourniquets do not cause a significant elevation in venous lactate.
Na measurement
The Hyponatraemia page has been updated, including a revised section on Na measurement.
Spurious hypernatraemia
Some information about spurious hypernatraemia has been added to the Hypernatraemia page.
How to interpret an ECG
A new topic called How to interpret an ECG has been added to the Clinical skills section.
Clinical biochemistry
The Clinical biochemistry chapter has been subdivided into a number of smaller chapters. This will make it easier to find topics in the table of contents, however will break any hyperlinks or bookmarks to these pages.
PLAX view
The Echocardiography page has been updated with additional information about the PLAX view