Category Archives: New update

Hepatitis E

The Infectious Hepatitis page in the Abdominal disorders section has been updated with additional information on Hepatitis E following the recent NEJM review article on the subject.

SVT update

Some additions have been made to the Supraventricular tachycardia and some related pages in the Resuscitation section following the publication of an NEJM review on the subject today.

Acid base disorders

Additions have been made to the pages Acid Base Disorders, Blood Gas Analysis in the Clinical Skills section and the Arterial Access page in the Resuscitation section.

Cardiac arrest in pregnancy

Additional information regarding the management of cardiac arrest in pregnancy has been added to the Advanced Life Support page in the Resuscitation section. Also a link from there to the Post Mortem Caesarean Section part of the Trauma in Pregnancy page in the Obstetrics section has been added.

Investigation of blunt head trauma

This page in the Trauma section has been revised to include a better description of the populations to which each of the CT head decision rules apply and their strengths and weaknesses. A more detailed description of the New Orleans rule has been added.

Pleural effusion / haemothorax

Some additional tips on how to differentiate a pleural effusion/haemothorax from other pulmonary pathology or overlying soft tissue have been added to the Pleural effusion page in the Respiratory section. Additional links between the Thoracic trauma page (containing haemothorax and pneumothorax) in the Trauma section and the Pleural effusion and Penumothorax pages in the Respiratory section have been added due to the significant overlap of content.

3 new ECGs

New ECGs showing atrial flutter with a LBBB and pseudo (or possibly true RV) AIVR have been added. Some additions have been made to the section on AIVR and atrial flutter in the Other Arrhythmias section of the Resuscitation chapter

Delta gap

A new section and table relating to the use of the Delta gap in metabolic acidosis has been added to the Metabolic acidosis section.