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EMIS Medical Immediate Reference - Sept and Oct 2007 Update
Latest Update - Update 28
September / October 2007
The following records have been updated in view of new NICE Guidance:
Other updated records
More than 200 records have been updated or issued in this ninth update for 2007, including:
- Accidents and their Prevention
- Acromegaly
- Acute Exacerbations of COPD
- Adrenal Insufficiency and Addison's Disease
- Agoraphobia
- Amoebiasis
- Angina Pectoris
- Anthrax (ND)
- Arnold-Chiari Malformation
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Atrophic Vaginitis
- Audit and Audit Cycle
- Autonomic Neuropathy
- Babesiosis
- Becker's Muscular Dystrophy
- Behçet's Disease
- Breathlessness
- Bronchiolitis in Children
- Bruton's Agammaglobulinaemia
- Burns - Assessment and Management
- Cannabis Use and Abuse
- Carcinoid Tumours
- Cerebellar Lesions
- Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
- Child Abuse - Recognition of Injuries
- Childhood Deafness
- Childhood Diarrhoea
- Childhood Nutrition
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Chorionic Villus Sampling
- Chronic Diarrhoea (in Adults)
- Churg-Strauss Syndrome
- Cleft Lip and Palate
- Cochlear Implants
- Cold Injury
- Compulsory Hospitalisation
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
- Congenital Rubella Syndrome
- Conjunctivitis
- Contraception - General Overview
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Cushing's Syndrome
- Cyanosis
- De Clerambault's Syndrome
- Delay In Talking
- Delay In Walking
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Diaphyseal Aclasis
- Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH)
- Diverticular Disease
- Drug Misuse Guidelines - DoH
- Echocardiography
- Ecstasy (MDMA)
- Endometrial Carcinoma
- Endometritis
- Epiglottitis
- Erb's Palsy
- Escherichia Coli O157
- Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis
- Facial Nerve Palsy
- Facial Pain
- Familial Polyposis of the Colon (Gardner's Syndrome)
- Fibromyalgia (Fibrositis)
- Friedreich's Ataxia (FRDA)
- Gastric Carcinoma
- Gastrointestinal Infections in Pregnancy
- Gene Therapy
- Glycogen Storage Disorders
- GP Appraisals
- Haemodilution
- Hanta Virus Infection
- Heavy Metal Poisoning
- Helicopter Transport
- Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP)
- Hirsutism and Virilism
- Homocystinuria
- Honeymoon Cystitis
- Hot Flushes
- Hyperemesis Gravidarum
- Hypertension in Pregnancy
- Hyperthyroid Crisis (Thyrotoxic Storm)
- Hypokalaemia
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Hypopituitarism
- Hypothermia
- Indwelling Venous Catheters
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Intussusception in Adults
- Inverse Care Law and Distributive Justice
- IUCD Insertion Technique
- IUCDs Lost Threads and Other Problems
- Loffler's Eosinophilic Endocarditis
- Lumbar Puncture (LP)
- Lung Abscess
- Malaria
- Malignant Melanoma (All Sites)
- Marchiafava-Bignami Syndrome
- Maternal Mortality
- Meningitis (ND)
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
- Muscle Cramps
- Mycosis Fungoides
- Myxoedema Coma
- Normal Menstruation
- Nuclear Cardiology and Other Cardiac Scans
- Oesophageal Spasm
- Oesophageal Varices
- Osteoarthritis
- Otalgia (Earache)
- Ovarian Carcinoma
- Paget's Disease of Breast
- Palmar Erythema
- Parvovirus Infection
- Post Menopausal Bleeding
- Post Polio Syndrome
- Post-Partum Haemorrhage (PPH)
- Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia
- Premature Ejaculation and Psychogenic Impotence
- Premature Rupture of Membranes
- Pseudomonas
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Radiotherapy - What GPs need to Know
- Rat Bite Fevers
- Renal Stones (Nephrolithiasis)
- Restless Legs (Ekbom's) Syndrome
- Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Lung
- Rheumatological History, Examination and Investigations
- Salicylate Poisoning
- Schistosomiasis
- Schizophrenia
- Screening
- Seronegative Arthropathies
- Sex Therapy and Counselling
- Sexual Health
- Shoulder Joint Replacements - what a GP needs to know
- Sleep Problems in Children
- Speech Therapy - An Introduction
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- SVC Obstruction
- Terminal Care
- The Premenstrual Syndrome
- Thyroid Function Tests (TFTs)
- Tietze's Syndrome
- Urinary Tract Obstruction
- Vasovagal Faints and Cardiac Syncope
- von Willibrand's Disease
- Vulvodynia
- Yangtse Oedema (Gnathostomiasis)
Drug Section Texts
- Alpha-adrenoceptor Blocking Drugs
- Antiemetics
- Arsenic Trioxide
- Beta-adrenoreceptor Blocking Drugs
- Calcitonin and Teriparatide
- Chemoprophylaxis in HIV
- Digestants (Pancreatin and Similar Drugs)
- Gonadotrophins (HCG, FSH, LH)
- Hyaluronates and Viscosupplementation
- Insulin Regimens
- Lipid Regulating Drugs
- Macrolides
- Monoamine-oxidase inhibitors
- Osmotic Diuretics
- Prescribing Oxygen
- Progesterone and its Analogues
- Taxanes
- Tetanus Immunisation
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Last Updated: 16 Oct 2007
Review Date: 15 Oct 2009
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