MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'abg'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:28 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789388&cid=t_103292_113_f&fid=34933&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmdoc.net%2Findex.php%2F2011%2F05%2F05%2Fquick-app-abg-acid-base-eval-ios%2F Josh has informed me that the ABG Acid-Base Disorder Eval app for iPhone has been released. The blurb: ABG Acid-Base eval walks a clinician through a stepwise approach to analyse ABG’s and electrolytes in order to arrive at acid-base disorders and diagnostic ideas about ill patients. It is based mainly upon a worksheet developed by Dr. Erik Rupard from the medical literature. This tool not only yields answers, but just as importantly teaches the stepwise thinking process and the necessary concepts along the way. A clinician or learner will wind up with good information that assists patient care and should wind up a little smarter and more able to do it with less assistance the next time. It is a great support for those of us clinicians who use these tests only occasionally and don&#8... The Palmdoc Chronicles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789388 Tue, 03 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4789388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2288966&cid=t_103292_113_f&fid=34933&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmdoc.net%2F%3Fp%3D2275 CONCLUSION Overall well worth the money for the docs on the go where respiratory medicine is not their forte. ~ Dr. Dave Choy Screenshots: Links: Free Radical Software AcidPlus on iTunes from the Palmdoc Chronicles REVIEW - AcidPlus by freeradical software (for the iPhone) (Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles) The Palmdoc Chronicles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2288966 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2288966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2195816&cid=t_103292_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpediatric-pda-blog%2F%7E3%2FEN0X66nHlDk%2F This a great new app developed by Free Radical Software for the iPhone which can calculate even the most complex ABG parameters. The interface is very cool and smart in that it uses the iPhone’s and iPod Touch’s flick scrolling technology making a one page calculator that gives the results in the same page looking like an ABG slot machine! See how it looks here; Download this app from iTunes App store for only two bucks which really worth the price. The calculator can analyze even complex disorders such as mixed conditions, acute versus chronic, and primary versus secondary compensations. Not only that, but also input is included for the Sodium and Chloride for calculation of the anion gap which will let us narrow down the diagnosis of metabolic acidosis disorders. And the coo... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2195816 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:37:09 +0100 2195816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2129730&cid=t_103292_105_f&fid=36987&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FIvorKovicMd%2F%7E3%2F521345667%2F During my medical school years and now when I myself practice medicine, I have noticed that a lot of people have trouble interpreting the arterial blood gases (ABG) test. This test normally provides partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2), pH and bicarbonate (HCO3) values. It is important and quite easy to notice if some of these figures are not normal, but interpretation is crucial and sometimes difficult. For these reasons I am sure a lot of practicing medical workers will be pleased to hear that there is now a great application for the iPhone which can be of big help during the interpretation of the ABG test. The mentioned app is called Acid Plus and is available through the iTunes Store for only $1.99. Acid Plus is extremely easy to use. You open ... Ivor Kovic, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2129730 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:07:07 +0100 2129730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2115603&cid=t_103292_113_f&fid=34933&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmdoc.net%2F%3Fp%3D2134 Josh Steinberg has released his ABG evaluation tool in Freewarepalm Description: This Palm PDA application walks a clinician through a stepwise evaluation of ABG’s and Electrolytes in order to assess all the acid-base disorders which may be present and arrive at diagnostic ideas for pt care. Although I have seen at least 2 other such Palm PDA analysis apps for ABG’s and Acid-Base, they give answers but don’t show and teach the thinking process. If I can’t see the thinking process, I can’t scrutinize the info and the answers myself, and I certainly can’t expect students and residents to learn the process from it, so I wrote this one to do just that, aimed at residents and students as well as attendings who only do this care occasionally (me!). It also h... The Palmdoc Chronicles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2115603 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2115603 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=479853&cid=t_103292_113_f&fid=34933&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmdoc.net%2F%3Fp%3D1221 ABG v1.0 Author’s Description: ABG is a blood gas calculator. It does not validate the input - nonsensical data will lead to nonsensical results. You can modify the normal ranges. If you leave a field blank the program will consider that value to be zero leading to funny anion gap results Rounds v1.0 Author’s Description: Rounds is a simple patient list manager. It should support beaming records but I did not test this extensively. It was tested only on my T|X but should work on any PalmOS 4.0 or higher - at least that was the plan:). It encrypts the records using the Tiny Encryption Algoritm; the name is unencrypted but the labs and notes are, I think that should be OK. I am not sure if this is HIPAA compliant or not and you are urged to safeguard your patient’s data a... The Palmdoc Chronicles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=479853 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:06:06 +0100 479853