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EBM Resources
 

Resource Platform Web site
Clinical Evidence Pocket PC www.bmj.com/handhelds

UpToDate Palm, Pocket PC www.uptodate.com

ePocrates Palm, Pocket PC www.epocrates.com

GOLD guidelines Palm www.goldcopd.com

EBMCalc Palm www.cebm.utoronto.ca/palm/ebmcalc

JournalToGo Palm, Pocket PC www.journaltogo.com

 

Tools
Collection of medical tools for everyday use.

        DMC PDA Portal
        The DMC's PDA Medical Resources Portal

          www.freewarepalm.com
          Palm Freeware- Lots of FREE medical stuff

Epocrates
An excellent pharmacopoeia (QRx) and infectious disease database ( qID ) 

PDA Portal at ACP-ASIM online
Excellent collection of palm resources. Includes a very useful collection of clinical references. ( Contributed by Atul Singh MD )

MedCalc
Medical calculator

Patient Tracker
Free program for keeping track of patients.

Cardiac Risk Assessment Tool
Helps you quantify the risk of cardiac event based on data from prestigious Framingham Heart Study.

ATP III Cholesterol Management Implementation Tool
Useful tool in using ATP guidelines in real life.

Patient Keeper (fee)
Another patient information tracking program. This one is for fee.

ABG Analyzer
Useful for analyzing acid-base status from laboratory values.

BMI Calculator
Useful tool in outpatient setting.

Palm Clinical References
an excellent palm resource from the ACP located by A. Singh, MD

 

Guidelines

 
American College of Cardiology

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has developed the ACC InfoGuide™. The software application and documents listed below are available for download from the American College of Cardiology Web site.

Pocket guideline for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Pocket guideline for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
Pocket guideline for coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).
Pocket guideline for evaluation and management of chronic heart failure in the adult.
Pocket guideline for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices.
Pocket guideline for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation.
Pocket guideline for the management of patients with chronic stable angina.
Pocket guideline for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery.

 

American Diabetes Association

2004 Clinical Practice Recommendations
http://www.diabetes.org/for-health-professionals-and-scientists/cpr-pda.jsp

 

American Heart Association

The American Heart Association (AHA) has made a number of its guidelines, jointly developed with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), available in PDA downloabable format. Guidelines may be viewed with the freely distributable, APPRISOR™ Document Viewer for Palm OS, or by the iSilo document reader for Palm OS or Pocket PC OS. The APPRISOR™ Document Viewer, technical support information, and the following guidelines are available for download at www.apprisor.com.

ACC/AHA pocket guideline for coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
ACC/AHA pocket guideline for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices.
ACC/AHA pocket guideline for management of patients with acute myocardial infarction.
ACC/AHA pocket guideline for management of patients with chronic stable angina.
ACC/AHA pocket guideline for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery.
ACC/AHA pocket guideline for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
ACC/AHA pocket guidelines for the management of chronic heart failure in the adult.
ACC/AHA pocket guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation.
AHA/ACC secondary guideline for consensus panel guide to comprehensive risk reduction for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease.

American College of Chest Physicians

The documents listed below are available for download from the American College of Chest Physicians Web site.

Evidence-based assessment of diagnostic tests for ventilator-associated pneumonia. (Quick reference guide for clinicians).
Managing cough as a defense mechanism and as a symptom. (Quick reference guide for clinicians).
Pulmonary rehabilitation: joint ACCP/AACVPR evidence-based guidelines. (Quick reference guide for clinicians).
Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy (2001): summary recommendations. (Quick reference guide for clinicians).

American College of Physicians (ACP)

The document listed below is available for download from the American College of Physicians Web site.

Pharmacologic treatment of acute major depression and dysthymia (summary).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The documents listed below are available for download from the AIDSinfo Web site.

(1) Prevention and treatment of tuberculosis among patients with infected human immunodeficiency virus: Principles of therapy and revised recommendations.
(2) Notice to readers: updated guidelines for the use of rifabutin or rifampin for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients taking protease inhibitors or nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors tool for Palm OS* or Pocket PC PDA.
2001 USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus tool for Palm OS* or Pocket PC PDA.
Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-infected adults and adolescents tool for Palm OS* or Pocket PC PDA.
Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection tool for Palm OS* or Pocket PC PDA.
Management of possible sexual, injecting-drug-use, or other nonoccupational exposure to HIV, including considerations related to antiretroviral therapy tool for Palm OS* or Pocket PC PDA.
PHS Task Force Recommendations for the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1 Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission in the U.S. tool for Palm OS* or Pocket PC PDA.
Updated U.S. Public Health Service guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis tool for Palm OS* or Pocket PC PDA.

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (U.S.)

Asthma (NAEPP)

http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/as_palm.htm (palm)

Dyslipidemia (ATP III)

http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/atpiii/atp3palm.htm (palm)

Hypertension (JNC 7)

http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/jnc7/jnc7pda.htm#palm (palm and pocket pc)

Obesity (OEI)

http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/obgdpalm.htm (palm and pocket pc)
 
BMI Calculator

http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/bmi_palm.htm (palm and pocket pc)
 
Pocket guide to COPD diagnosis, management, and prevention. Available from the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) Web site.

Public Health Service (PHS) (U.S.)

Quit smoking: consumer interactive tool (PDA/Palm). Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); 2004. Available from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Web site.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

All USPSTF guidelines published in the Annals of Internal Medicine as part of the 3rd Edition of the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services are available for PDA download from the Annals of Internal Medicine Web site.

Aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events: recommendations and rationale.
Behavioral counseling in primary care to promote physical activity: recommendation and rationale.
Chemoprevention of breast cancer: recommendations and rationale.
Lung cancer screening: recommendation statement.
Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy for the primary prevention of chronic conditions: recommendations and rationale.
Routine vitamin supplementation to prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease: recommendations and rationale.
Screening and behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce alcohol misuse: recommendation statement.
Screening for breast cancer: recommendations and rationale.
Screening for colorectal cancer: recommendations and rationale.
Screening for coronary heart disease: recommendation statement.
Screening for dementia: recommendations and rationale.
Screening for depression: recommendations and rationale.
Screening for family and intimate partner violence: recommendation statement.
Screening for hepatitis C in adults: recommendation statement.
Screening for obesity in adults: recommendations and rationale.
Screening for prostate cancer: recommendations and rationale.
Screening for thyroid disease: recommendation statement.
Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: recommendations and rationale.

*Palm™ and Palm OS® are trademarks and registration of Palm, Inc.

Copyright and other restrictions may apply to the use of these files. Users should thoroughly review all information provided by the guideline developer before using these files.

 

Reference Texts:
Useful textbooks available in palm format:

Harrison's 14th ed. Pocket Companion (fee)

Harrison's On Hand (fee)

Washington Manual (fee)

5-Minute Clinical Consult (fee)