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5 Minute Clinical Consult
- The 5-Minute Clinical Consult for PDAs is a structured clinical resource for handheld devices. It covers more than 1,000 medical and surgical conditions and is comprehensively indexed to help locate the desired information quickly. This is a fee-based product.
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American College of Cardiology Guidelines
- Tags: guidelines free cardiology handheld pda
- Several treatment guidelines from the American College of Cardiology are available to download onto your PDA. Among the available guidelines are those addressing Atrial Fibrillation, Echocardiography, and Valvular Heart Disease.
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Archimedes--Medical Calculator
- Tags: free calculators handheld pda
- Access 70 preprogrammed formulas from Aa Gradient to Weights. Cardiology, Pharmacology, Hematology, FEN, Pediatrics, Pulmonary and Renal are among the specialties covered.
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Clinical Evidence
- The handheld version of Clinical Evidence includes entries for hundreds of conditions. The level of detail varies from one condition to the next but in general, each entry includes background information, intervention summaries, and treatment options. This is a fee-based product.
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Clinical Pharmacology OnHand
- CP OnHand is the handheld version of the very comprehensive drug resource, Clinical Pharmacology. With CP OnHand you can quickly look up indications, dosage, contraindications, interactions, adverse reactions for scores of prescription and over-the-counter medications. You can also add personal notes to specific drug entries for later review.
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Davis's Drug Guide
- Davis’s Drug Guide provides information on thousands of brand name and generic drugs including indications, actions, contraindications, adverse reactions, recommended dosage, and patient instructions.
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Diagnosaurus
- This free differential diagnosis tool allows you to browse by organ system, symptoms, or diseases.
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EBM Calculator
- Tags: free ebm calculators handheld pda
- Use the Stats Calculator to determine the sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratios for diagnostic tests; the absolute risk, absolute relative risk, and number needed to treat for prospective studies and randomized controlled trials; and odds ratios for case-control studies.
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Epocrates
- Tags: free fee based handheld pda pharmacology
- One of the more popular handheld software applications in medicine, ePocrates offers several tools--some free, some for a fee. Among the free tools are a drug guide, psychiatry compendica, hypertension quick reference, and insulin dosing calculator.
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Essential Evidence Plus
- Tags: palm handheld free to fsm ebm pda windows mobile
- Essential Evidence Plus is a suite of resources designed for use at point of care. It includes EBM guidelines, decision support calculators, POEMs, abstracts from Cochrane reviews and more.
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Harrison's Manual of Medicine
- This classic is now available on your PDA via UCentral.
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Johns Hopkins POC-IT ABX Guide
- With the handheld Antibiotic Guide you can search by diagnosis, pathogen, or antibiotic. For conditions, you are provided with diagnostic criteria, treatment regimens, and literature references. Entries for pathogens include clinical relavance, sites of infection, and treatment regimens. Searching by antibiotic provides indications, dosing, adverse reactions and drug interaction information. This fee-based resource is available for all major handheld platforms from Skyscape.
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MedCalc
- Tags: free calculators handheld pda
- At the time of writing there were nearly 80 different formulas available on this free calculator including dose rate, heart rate (EKG), and likelihood ratios.
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Medical Mnemonics
- A good learning tool for medical students. This database of medical mnemonics allows you to browse by discipline, system, or body part or search by keyword.
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Medscape iPhone App
- Tags: pharmacology iphone free drugs
- A drug reference and interation tool available for your iPhone or iPod touch.
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National Guideline Clearinghouse
- Tags: guidelines free handheld pda
- A directory of links to practice guidelines from several professional associations and government agencies in the U.S. and abroad.
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NU Wireless Instructions for iPhones
- Tags: iphone
- Instructions for connecting to the Northwestern University network with your iPhone.
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Obesity Guidelines and Treatment Recommendations
- Tags: obesity handheld guidelines free pda
- Use this resource to calculate body mass index, assess risk factors for cardiovascular disease and more.
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Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests
- Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests offers information on the selection and interpretation of more than 350 laboratory, imaging, and microbiology tests.
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POCKETConsult
- A handheld product from MD Consult. MD Consult Drug Updates, medical news, and calculators are among the resources available via POCKETConsult.


