EMIS Medical Immediate Reference - February and March 2008 Update

Feb - March 2008

This update includes new versions of the following articles following the release of new guidance by NICE:

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Malignant Mesothelioma

More than 190 other records have been updated or corrected in this issue, including the following:

Abdominal Masses
Acoustic Neuromas
Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
Acute Optic Neuritis
Acute Renal Failure (ARF)
Adhesive Capsulitis of the Shoulder
Amniotic Fluid Embolism
Aromatherapy
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Atrial Flutter
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Bacterial Conjunctivitis
Bariatric Surgery
Bipolar and Manic Depression
Birth Injuries to the Baby
Booking Criteria and Home Delivery
Breathlessness
Bronchiectasis
Cancer Antigen 125 (CA-125)
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Cardiac Catheterisation
Cardiac Disease In Pregnancy
Cardiovascular History and Examination
Cervical Carcinoma
Children with Respiratory Difficulties
Chlamydial Genital Infection
Cholera
Chronic Kidney Disease and its Management
Chronic Renal Failure (CRF)
Coarctation of the Aorta
Cocaine Addiction and Abuse
Conjunctivitis
Consent To Treatment (Mental Capacity and Mental Health Legislation)
Contact Lens Problems
Cricothyroidotomy
Crush Syndrome
Cystic Fibrosis
Denver Developmental Screening Test
Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
Ectopic Pregnancy
Enteropathic Arthropathies
Eosinophilia
Episiotomy and Tears
Ethnocultural Issues in Contraception
Exomphalos and Gastroschisis
Fanconi's Anaemia
Femoral Fractures
First Seizure
Flatulence and Wind
Fluid in the Middle Ear and Glue Ear
Genitourinary Prolapse
Gilbert's Syndrome
Goldenhar Syndrome
Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome
Haemophilia A (Factor VIII Deficiency)
Haemoptysis
Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder
Heat Related Illness
Herpes Simplex (Oral)
Hirschsprung's Disease
Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Homeopathy
Hydatid Disease
Hyperhidrosis
Hyperoxaluria
Hypophosphataemic Rickets
Inclusion Body Myositis
Interstitial Nephritides and Nephrotoxins
Intracranial Venous Thrombosis
Kartagener's Syndrome
Labyrinthitis
Lactose Intolerance
Legionella
Menopause and its Management
Meralgia Paraesthetica
Mild Memory Loss and its Assessment
Moebius Syndrome
Mucormycosis
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Musculocutaneous Nerve Lesion (C5-6)
Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Obstetric Shock
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Children
Ollier's Disease
Opiate Poisoning
Oral Ulceration
Orgasmic Cephalgia
Osteochondroses
Parkinsonism and Parkinson's Disease
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Penile Carcinoma
Pernicious Anaemia
Pleural Biopsy
Pleural Effusion Aspiration
Porphyrias
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)
Psittacosis
Q Fever
Rectal Bleeding
Renal Manifestations of Systemic Disease
Retinopathy of Prematurity (Retrolental Fibroplasia)
Ricin Poisoning
Ross River Virus Infection
Septicaemia
Shoulder Pain
Sickle-Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Anaemia
Six Week Review (CHS)
Skin Biopsy Techniques in General Practice
Subclavian Steal Phenomenon
Subdural Haemorrhage
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
Telephone Consultations
Tetanus
The Diabetic Foot
The Eye in Diabetes Mellitus
The Risks of Combined Hormone Contraception and HRT
Tinea (Mixed)
Toxocariasis
Vegetative States
Venous Leg Ulcer
Ventricular Fibrillation
Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers
Xanthelasma
Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Zygomatic Arch and Orbital Fractures

Drug Section Texts

Antimicrobial Eye Preparations
Cholera Vaccination
Compound Bronchodilator Preparations
Corticosteroids and Corticosteroid Replacement Therapy
Corticotrophins (Tetracosactide and ACTH)
Cromoglicate
Ezetimibe
Gonadorelin Analogues
Growth Hormone (Somatropin)
Hydroxycarbamide (Hydroxyurea)
Interferons
Levetiracetam
Malaria Prophylaxis
Management of Glaucoma
Opioid Dependence
Pain Relief in Labour
Parenteral Feeding
Quinolones
Rabies Vaccination
Raloxifene
Testosterone and Esters
Topical HRT
Topiramate
Topoisomerase I inhibitors
Trastuzumab