Monday, October 15, 2012

iPhone Medical News

iPhone Medical News


Medcalc - Medical calculator for the iPhone | Medical App Review

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:49 PM PDT

Medcalc is a free medical calculator for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Medcalc can be downloaded from the iPhone/iTunes app store.

MedCalc supports US and SI units.

Calcuations in Medcalc
  • A-a Oxygen Gradient
  • Absolute Neutrophile Count (ANC)
  • Age Calculator
  • Alcoholic Hepatitis Discriminant Function
  • Anion Gap
  • APGAR Score
  • Basal Energy Expenditure
  • Body Mass Index (BMI)
  • Body Surface Area (BSA)
  • Bicarb Deficit
  • CHADS2 Score for stroke risk
  • Corrected Calcium for Hypoalbuminemia
  • Corrected QT for HR (QTc)
  • Corrected Sodium
  • CSF WBC Correction for RBCs
  • Delta Gap
  • Fick Cardiac Output
  • Fractional Excretion of Sodium (FENa)
  • Fractional Excretion of Urea (FEUrea)
  • Free Water Deficit
  • GFR (Cockcroft-Gault)
  • GFR (MDRD)
  • Glasgow Coma Scale
  • Ideal Body Weight (IBW)
  • IV Infusion Rate
  • LDL Cholesterol
  • Lean Body Weight
  • Maintenance Fluids
  • Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)
  • MELD Score (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease)
  • Oxygenation Index
  • Parkland Burns
    • Fluid requirements for first 8 hours
    • Fluid requirements for first 24 hours
  • Pregnancy Wheel
    • Enter last menstrual period (LMP) or due date (EDC)
    • Conception date
    • 1st trimester date
    • 2nd trimester date
    • Estimated Date of Confinement (EDC, due date)
    • Weeks pregnant today
  • Ranson's Criteria for pancreatitis mortality
  • Renal Failure Index
  • TIMI Score for STEMI
  • TIMI Score for UA/NSTEMI
  • Well's Criteria for Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
  • Winter's Formula for Metabolic Acidosis Compensation

PEER VIII - Medical App Reivew

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:41 AM PDT

PEER VIII is an emergency medicine board review app released by the American College of Emergency Physicians.   PEER VIII is an excellent portable resource for emergency medicine board study while on the move.

The only thing that would make PEER VII better would be CME credit!

Key Features
  • Self Assessment Pretest to identify areas of weakness
  • Study by Category (why an answer is correct/incorrect)
  • Post test (Practice board exam)
  • Paid App - $69.99, and worth every penny 
PEER VIII - American College of Emergency Physicians






Apple iTunes App
Manufactured by: American College of Emergency Physicians
$69.99 New

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