@Contributers

ℹ️ About

• I am grateful to all your help and feedback no matter who you are.
• Students, doctors, PAs, nurses and anyone who can help make this the best medical app.

Corrections

• I am always happy for help either correcting typos, errors of fact or exclusion will be very appreciated.
• Please email me and I can check and edit.

New articles

• New articles also very useful. If you would like to help please email me first to ensure it doesn't already exist. If it does and you can improve it great.
• The app needs OSCEs, Basic science, Subspecialities, Exam lists anything that adds to or improves the contents
• There is a basic html template which I would like you to use and suits for most diseases and entries. Just copy and paste it. This can be done in notepad or any basic text editor and just email it all back to me at drokane@gmail.com. It helps if you can spell check it first. <h6>EMojis</h6> <ul> <li>✅ — NICE compliant guidance Use where recommendations follow NICE or standard UK guidance. <li>📘 — Core guideline knowledge Useful for summarising key guidance points or reference material. <li>⚠️ — Important clinical caution / red flag Good for highlighting situations that require urgent action or referral. <li>🧠 — Exam or high-yield concept Helpful for medical students reviewing key mechanisms or patterns. <li>💊 — Prescribing point Use where dosing, contraindications, or medication choice are discussed. <li>NICE 2026 compliant badge as well <img src="https://www.makindo.co.uk/topics/new_images/1773174994_NICE2026.png" style="width:20%;"> </ul> <h6>ℹ️ About</h6> <ul> <li>Content here </li> </ul> <h6>🧬 Aetiology</h6> <ul> <li>Content here </li> </ul> <h6>Clinical</h6> <ul> <li>Content here </li> </ul> <h6>🔎 Investigations</h6> <ul> <li>Content here </li> </ul> <h6>Pathology</h6> <ul> <li>Content here </li> </ul> <h6>💊 Management</h6> <ul> <li>Content here </li> </ul> <h6>References</h6> <ul> <li>Content here </li> </ul>
• All diseases should have a reference to at least 2 articles. These should not be BMJ or up-to-date articles, but original review articles or NICE guidance. The issue is to try and rewrite it using the information from multiple sources
• The copyright of any work is open source and will belong to the author and abcmedicalnotes.com which will always remain as a free open-source work.

Section Contributors

• Neurology
• Dr Whitfield Lewis, MD for Inspiring various topics on Stroke Neurology (Recrudescence)
• Anaesthetics: Dr Matthew Palethorpe MRCP PgCert.
  • Sugammadex
  • Carbon dioxide embolism
  • Waveform CO₂ capnography
• Ophthalmology:
  • Blepharitis: Dr Laurence Cox
  • Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) : Dr Laurence Cox
  • Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy: Dr Laurence Cox
  • Caniculitis: Dr Laurence Cox
  • Marginal Keratitis: Dr Laurence Cox
  • Amblyopia: Dr Laurence Cox
  • Sympathetic Ophthalmia: Dr Laurence Cox
• OSCEs
  • Thyroid Exam OSCE: Dr Hester Lacey

Other Contributors: Thanks

• I would like to thank Dr Hamied Abou Hulaikah for his technical help with B4X and web programming
• Francesca O'Kane for amazing use of a scanner to help add Images
• 3/09/21: Dr Rizvan Ahmed: Contribution to cat Scratch Disease
• 1/9/2021: Dr Jaikishan Kumar Nicholas Rajput: Link with some editing and references by DOK
• 22/08/21: Dr Megan Watkins: contributed article on Clonidine
• 31/7/2021: Dr Rizvan Ahmed: contributed significantly to article on the management of Dengue
• 04/07/2021: Dr Hannah Webb. Main author of Mastitis and Breast Abscess. Some further edits and references were added by DOK.
• Dr. Hisham AlMashaqi: Comments on Koebner's phenomenon 02/08/2017
• Dr Shilen Shangavi: Comments on Psoriatic arthritis and Reactive arthritis 31/3/21
• Dr Russ Machin: Tenofovir and Fanconi syndrome

Revisions

• Last updated 2/5/2022