EMIS Medical Immediate Reference - May 2007 Update

This is the fifth update in the 2007 series, and introduces or replaces more than 170 records in the EMIS Medical Immediate Reference Book.

Among those records are the following of note:

Cardiovascular Disease

• Aortic Dissection
• Aortic Valve Disease
• Carotid Bruit
• Cholesterol Emboli
• Coronary Artery Calcium Score (CACS)
• Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• ECG A Methodical Approach
• Exercise ECG Testing
• Hypotension
• Infective Endocarditis
• Libman-Sacks Endocarditis
• Loffler's Syndrome
• Mitral Valve Disease
• Myocarditis
• Pulmonary Valve Disease

Contraception

• Sterilisation (Counselling and Complications)

Dermatology

• Boils and Carbuncles
• Bullous Dermatoses (Blisters and Bullae)
• Buruli Ulcer
• Folliculitis
• Leg Ulcers
• Leukoplakia
• Mycetomas (Madura Foot)
• Palmoplantar Pustulosis
• Skin and Subcutaneous Nodules
• Skin Tags
• Tinea (Mixed)
• Tinea Unguum
• Venous Lake
• Verruca
• Vertigo
• Viral Skin Infections

ENT

• Mastoid and Mastoiditis
• Otomycosis

Emergency Medicine

• Acute Pituitary Failure
• Allergic Phenomena
• Head Injury
• Thallium Poisoning

Endocrinology

• Assessment Of The Established Diabetic
• Screening for Diabetes

Gastroenterology

• Jaundice
• Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
• Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
• Sigmoid Volvulus
• Whipple's Disease
• Zollinger Ellison Syndrome

Gynaecology

• Endometriosis
• Haematometra
• Uterine Inversion

Haematology

• Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
• Sideroblastic Anaemia
• Thrombocytopenia
• Thrombocytosis
• X-linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (XLP)

Infective Disorders

• Brucellosis
• Influenza
• Lassa Fever Marburg and Ebola Virus
• Leprosy
• Syphilis
• Yellow Fever
• Yersinia Infections

Laboratory Medicine

• Abnormal Liver Function Tests
• Alpha Fetoprotein (AFP)
• Hyperkalaemia
• Hypocalcaemia
• Rheumatoid Factor
• Tumour Markers

Multisystem Diseases

• Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD)
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
• Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
• Von Gierke's Syndrome (Type I Glycogen Storage Disease)
• Waterhouse-Friedrichsen Syndrome
• Wegener's Granulomatosis

Neurology

• Abnormal Involuntary Movements
• Cluster Headache
• Dementia
• Hydrocephalus
• Klippel-Feil Syndrome
• Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)
• Night Terrors and Parasomnias
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
• Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
• Tension Headache

Obstetrics

• Amniotic Fluid Embolism
• Antenatal Mental Health Problems
• Breech Presentations
• Fetal Distress
• Fetal Monitoring
• Postnatal Depression

Oncology

• Cachexia
• Carcinomatosis

Orthopaedics

• Baker's Cyst
• Kienbock's Disease
• Knees That Swell
• Osteomyelitis
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Spinal Disc Problems (including Red Flags Signs)
• Sports Injuries - Basic Principles

Ophthalmology

• Acute Glaucoma
• Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy
• Choroidal Melanoma
• Floaters Flashes and Halos
• Macular Holes
• Macular Oedema
• The Eye in Diabetes Mellitus
• Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
• Vitreous detatchment

Paediatrics

• Congenital Ear Disorders
• Congenital Throat Problems
• Glutaric Acidaemia
• Growth and Failure to Thrive
• Incest
• Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)
• Mulibrey Nanism
• Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
• Nocturnal Enuresis in Children
• Perinatal Infection
• Phenylketonuria
• Turner's Syndrome

Primary Care

• Helping Patients to Lose Weight
• Reducing Alcohol Intake
• Travel Advice

Psychiatry

• Mental Capacity Act
• Stress and PTSD

Renal Medicine

• Alport's Syndrome
• Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
• Pyelonephritis
• Renal Tubular Disease
• Renal Vascular Disease

Respiratory Medicine

• Asthma Action Plans
• Occupational Asthma
• Peak Flow Recording
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Symptoms and Signs

• Generalised Lymphadenopathy
• Genitourinary History and Examination
• Loin Pain
• Right Upper Quadrant Pain
• Left Upper Quadrant Pain
• Splenectomy, Hyposplenism and Asplenia
• Splenomegaly and Hypersplenism
• Trousseau's Sign

Surgery

• Inguinal Hernias
• Mammography

Thinking About Medicine

• Clinical Negligence

Urology

• Chronic Urinary Retention
• Sterile Pyuria
• Urethral Syndrome

• Alzheimer's Disease - Drug Treatment
• Aminoglycosides
• Anabolic Steroids
• Antimuscarinic Bronchodilators
• Anti-oestrogens (Clomifene and Tamoxifen)
• Anti-thyroid Drugs
• Bexarotene (Agonist at the Retinoid X Receptor)
• Bile Acid Sequestrants and Drugs for other Biliary Disorders
• Blind Treatment Of Infection
• Bortezomib (Protease Inhibitor)
• Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) Inhibitors
• Cephalosporins and other Beta Lactams
• Corticotrophins (Tetracosactide and ACTH)
• Diphtheria Vaccination
• Drugs and Sport
• Etoposide
• Fibrates
• General Aspects of Chemotherapy
• Glycopeptide Antibiotics (Vancomycin and Teicoplanin)
• Gout Prophylaxis
• Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Hydroxycarbamide (Hydroxyurea)
• Immunoglobulins - Normal and Specific
• Influenza Vaccination
• Interferons
• Japanese B Encephalitis Vaccination
• L Dopa in Parkinsons
• Lithium
• Loop Diuretics
• Metyrapone and Trilostane
• Oral Anticoagulants
• Other Ulcer Healing Drugs
• Parenteral Anticoagulants
• Penicillins
• Quinolones
• Risks of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
• St John's Wort
• Sulphonamides and Trimethoprim
• Theophylline
• Topoisomerase I inhibitors
• Trastuzumab
• Tretinoin
• Typhoid Vaccination
• Vaccines and Immunological Products
• Yellow Fever Vaccination