PDA RESOURCES
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ACP PDA - Portal: Ethics Manual
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"This resource is the PDA version of the Medical Ethics Manual, from the American College of Physicians. The resource requires a palm reader which can be freely downloaded from the site. It is a useful resource as a reference. The navigation was somewhat cumbersome, but overall is a thorough reference. In issues related to geriatrics, end-of-life, decision capacity, and DNR discussions are useful." [See details]
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American College of Physicians
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ATP III Cholesterol Management Implementation Tool for Palm OS
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"This application of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) is an excellent interactive addition from NHLBI. It includes a risk assessment, guidelines for therapeutic lifestyle changes, and a section on special populations including the elderly. It was easy to download and install. Familiarity with the full report is very critical when using this guide at the point-of-care. " [See details]
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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BMI Calculator
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"This BMI calculator is easy to use. It accepts English or Metric system measures and provides a BMI classification table. This program works only with Palm OS." [See details]
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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Clinical Calculators and Prediction Tools:Osteoporosis
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"This site includes 3 free web-based calculators that can be used in clinical practice: the Osteoporosis Risk Estimation (SCORE), the 5-year risk for fracture (FRACTURE), and a scale for appropriate BMD testing (ORAI).
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OsteoEd.Org
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Clinical Statements / Guidelines (PDA)
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"This website from the American College of Cardiology Foundation is a portal for many guidelines related to cardiac problems commonly seen in the elderly. Topics include: management of atrial fibrillation, heart failure, valvular heart disease, angina, and acute myocardial infarctions. The application for perioperative management is extremely well done and is easy to use. One can enter certain variables such as age, prior history, CAD symptoms and the application provides a decision tree. Although these do not replace clinical judgment by a clinician, it can prove very helpful at the bedside. The applications are provided for the Palm OS and Pocket PC and can be downloaded as a bundle." [See details]
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American College of Cardiology Foundation
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COPD Guidelines Tool for Palm OS
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"This program provides a reference for management of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease at Point-of-Care. It is based on the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines. The navigation of this document is easy. Subheadings include: Assess and Monitor COPD, Reduce COPD Risk Factors, Manage Stable COPD, Manage Acute COPD Exacerbations. Downloading was easy and installation took a couple of minutes. This program works with the Palm OS. " [See details]
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National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
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dTree-MMSE 3.0
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"This PDA version of the Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE) is extremely useful for a quick access to evaluate cognitive function of an elderly patient. The document provides a screen-by-screen flow of each question and even has the pentagons on a full screen that you can show the patient to draw. It also has a table to adjust for the patient education level." [See details]
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TuCows
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Healthy Palmpilot: AntiHTN
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"This palm document/application provides suggestions about different antihypertensive medications based on underlying comorbidity. It requires a database reading program on your PDA." [See details]
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Healthy Palmpilot
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Hypertension JNC-7
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"This application provides a detailed description of the recent JNC-7 guidelines. The navigation of this application is very similar to the print publication. A table of classification of hypertension, the lifestyle recommendations, and a drug therapy recommendations based on comorbidity makes this application very useful in the management of hypertension in the elderly. This program works with the Palm OS." [See details]
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STAT Coder.com
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Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide
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"This Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide is a free and useful clinical resource. The design of the resource is based on 3 types of navigation: by diagnosis, by pathogen, and by antimicrobial agent. The additional information on cost is extremely useful. " [See details]
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Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases
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PDA Download--CDC STD Treatment Guidelines 2002
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"An excellent and important resource for management of STD's. These guidelines, by CDC, can be dowloaded to PDA but require a document viewer. This is available for free and can be dowloaded from the link available on the guideline site." [See details]
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CDC National Prevention Information Network
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STAT cardiac clearance
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"This application is another version for perioperative management of the elderly patient based on the AHA/ACC guidelines. It also provides a decision tree format where relative patient factors are input into the program and a recommendation about the surgical intervention is provided. " [See details]
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Source:
stat coder
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USPSTF Preventive Services Guidelines
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"This PDA document provides a list of recommendations for common preventive health screenings and immunization services. It is based on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines. To view the document, one needs a document reader installed on the PDA." [See details]
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Source:
American College of Physicians
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