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EMIS Medical Immediate Reference - November 2007 Update
Update - Version 29
November 2007
More than 150 records have been updated in this issue, including:
- Acid-base Balance
- Acromio-clavicular Joint Problems
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL)
- Acute Phase Proteins, CRP, ESR and Viscosity
- Adrenal Insufficiency and Addison's Disease
- Alkaptonuria
- Amenorrhoea
- Amniocentesis
- Analgesic Rebound Headache
- Angle Closure Glaucoma
- Antenatal Care
- Axillary Vein Thrombosis
- Bartholin's Cyst
- Bartonellosis
- Bone Marrow and Bone Marrow Failure
- Bone Tumours
- Bowel Ischaemia
- Broad Complex Tachycardia
- Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity
- Central Retinal Artery Occlusion
- Cervical Carcinoma
- Childhood Anaemia
- Childhood Ketoacidosis
- Childhood Tuberculosis
- Complications From Fractures
- Coronary Revascularisation
- Defibrillation and Cardioversion
- Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever
- Denver Developmental Screening Test
- Di Guglielmo's Syndrome
- Diphtheria
- Drug Abuse - Unusual Presentations
- ECG A Methodical Approach
- ECG Identification of Arrhythmias
- Elbow Injuries and Fractures
- Endometrial Hyperplasia
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Facial Nerve Palsy
- Faecal Incontinence
- First Aid for Soft Tissue Injuries
- Food Intolerance and Food Allergy
- Forearm Injuries and Fractures
- Fractured Clavicle
- Fractured Humerus
- Freiberg Disease
- Giardiasis
- Gout
- Intussusception In Children
- Junctional Tachycardias
- Lathyrism
- Leprosy
- Living with Disability and Pain
- Macular Disorders
- Malaria in Pregnancy
- Management of Alcoholism
- Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Mast Cell Disorders
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Minor Surgery in Primary Care - Basic Procedures
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Narrow Complex Tachycardia
- Nasal Cautery
- Neural Tube Defects
- Nocturia
- Nosebleeds (Epistaxis)
- Obstetric Shock
- Osteochondroses
- Perinatal Mortality
- Poliomyelitis
- Polycythaemia Rubra Vera
- Post-Partum Haemorrhage (PPH)
- Prepatellar Bursitis - Housemaid's Knee
- Prescribing Issues and Concordance
- Proctalgia Fugax and Anal Pain
- Prolonged Diarrhoea or Vomiting
- Propionic Acidaemia
- Refraction and Refractive Errors
- Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm
- Russell-Silver Syndrome
- Sciatic Nerve and Sciatica
- Six Week Review (CHS)
- Smallpox
- Surgical Correction of Refractive Errors
- Tackling Foundation Years (Housejobs)
- Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Varicose Veins
- Writer's Cramp
Drug Section Texts
Acknowledgements EMIS is grateful to Mr Carl Westerman for writing this article. The final copy has passed scrutiny by the independent Mentor GP reviewing team. ©EMIS 2008.
- Aminosalicylates
- Antacids and Simeticone and Other Indigestion Remedies
- Anti-arrhythmic Drugs
- Antifungal Eye Preparations
- Antihistamines
- Anti-inflammatory Eye Preparations
- Antimuscarinics and other Gut Antispasmodics
- Anti-tumour Necrosis Factor Alpha (anti-TNF - alpha)
- Antivirals for Herpes Simplex and Varicella-zoster Infection
- Barbiturates (Phenobarbital and other Barbiturates)
- Benzodiazepines
- Bevacizumab (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Inhibitor)
- Bisphosphonates and Drug Treatment of Osteoporosis
- Bortezomib (Protease Inhibitor)
- Bromocriptine and other Dopaminergic Drugs
- Carbamazepine and Oxcarbazepine
- Cholera Vaccination
- Cough Suppressants and Expectorants
- Dacarbazine and Temozolomide
- Dilating drops (Mydriatics and Cycloplegics)
- Drug Prescribing in Renal Impairment
- Drug Treatment for Pneumocystis Pneumonia
- Dry Eyes (Xerophthalmia) and its Treatment
- Dry Mouth (Xerostomia) and its Treatment
- Emergency Management of Hypoglycaemia
- Female Barrier Methods of Contraception
- Gabapentin and Pregabalin
- Glycopeptide Antibiotics (Vancomycin and Teicoplanin)
- Gonadorelin Analogues
- Gout Prophylaxis
- H2-Receptor Antagonists
- Hepatitis B Vaccination and Hepatitis B Prevention
- HIB Vaccination
- Imatinib
- Inhalational Anaesthetics
- Inhaled Corticosteroids
- Intravenous Anaesthetic Agents
- Management of Acute Gout
- Management of Hydatid Disease
- Management of Leprosy
- Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) Vaccination
- Metyrapone and Trilostane
- Nitrates
- Non-opioid Analgesics
- Ocular Diagnostic Preparations
- Opioid Analgesics
- Opioid Dependence
- Other Ulcer Healing Drugs
- Pain Relief in Children
- Platinum Compounds
- Polio Vaccination
- Pre Hospital Analgesia
- Procarbazine
- Progestogens
- Syringe Drivers
- Theophylline
- Tiagabine
- Trastuzumab
- Treatment of Viral Hepatitis
- Tretinoin
- Tricyclic and Related Antidepressants
- Vaccines and Immunological Products
- Vigabatrin
- Vinca alkaloids
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