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EMIS Medical Immediate Reference - May 2008 Update
There are in excess of 170 records issued in this update.
The article on Cri Du Chat Syndrome has been updated in light of feedback from the disease support group, emphasising that the vast majority of cases have good survival expectations, and that disability is quite variable.
Influenza Vaccination and Immunisation Schedule articles have been updated with the 2008/9 influenza immunisation target groups.
The following also have been updated in the past few weeks:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Ambulatory ECG Monitoring and Related Investigations
Analgesic Nephropathy
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Antenatal Screening for Down's Syndrome
Atherosclerosis
Bacillary Dysentery
Bacterial Conjunctivitis
Barium Enema Examination
Barrett's Oesophagitis
Boils and Carbuncles
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Cervical Spondylosis
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Syndrome
Childhood AIDS
Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
Cold Agglutinins
Congenital Ear Disorders
Congenital Gastrointestinal Malformations
Conjunctival Problems
Conjunctivitis
Diagnosing COPD
Disorders of Magnesium Metabolism
Dry Eyes
Dysphagia
Erythema Multiforme (EM)
Forensic Examination
Gait Abnormalities in Children
Haemorrhoids (Piles)
Herpes Simplex Eye Infections
Hirsutism and Virilism
Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic Non-Ketotic Coma (HONK)
Hyperprolactinaemia
Impetigo
Lactic Acidosis
Laurence-Moon Syndrome
Leg Ulcers
Leptospirosis (Weil's Disease)
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome (LNS)
Lipodystrophy Syndrome
Liver Abscesses and Cysts
Liver Tumours
Lofgren's syndrome
Migraine in Children
Mycobacterium Avium Complex (MAC)
Nasal Polyps
Nelson's Syndrome
Nightmares and Bad Dreams
Oesophageal Atresia
Onchocerciasis
Organ Donation
Osteoarthritis
Petrositis
Pharyngeal Pouch
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Potter's Syndrome
Pressure Sores
Psoriatic Arthropathy
Raynaud's Phenomenon
Recurrent Miscarriage
Sarcoidosis
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Significant Event Audit (SEA)
Some Dental and Periodontal Diseases
Splenectomy, Hyposplenism and Asplenia
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH Secretion (SIADH)
Temporal Lobe Lesions
The Anaemia of Chronic Disease
Ulcer Surgery and its Complications
Viral Meningitis
Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinaemia
Yellow Nail Syndrome
The following Drug Section Texts have been updated or amended recently:
Aminoglycosides
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACE Inhibitors)
Bevacizumab (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Inhibitor)
Blind Treatment of Bacterial Infection
Cephalosporins and other Beta Lactams
Chemoprophylaxis in HIV
CNS Stimulants and Drugs used to treat ADHD
Corticosteroids and Corticosteroid Replacement Therapy
Diabetes, Oral Hypoglycaemic Agents and Exenatide
Insulin Regimens
Photodynamic Therapy
Progestogen-only Injectable Contraceptives (POIC)
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Last Updated: 28 May 2008
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