The Palmdoc Chronicles

HRCT is a small program that provides short lists of Diff Dx associated with different patterns seen on HRCT. Freeware.

Tags: Freeware, Palm, Palmgear

Risk tool calculator about risks of postoperative dialysis after cardiac surgery that should facilitate improved clinician-patient discussions. Based on Mehta RH et al paper. Freeware

Tags: Freeware, Palm

In the medical line but new to PDAs and smartphones?
You might want to take New Media Medicine’s quick Medical PDA Course

Tags: Smartphone, WM

Finally. UpToDate says:

We are pleased to announce the official release of UpToDate for use on Palm handheld devices.
In order to use UpToDate on a Palm, you will need:
1. A Windows based computer with a DVD drive.
2. One of the following 3 recommended devices:
· [...]

Nephro v4.0 has been updated.
Description:
Nephro is a medical calculator to get quick test results on nephrology based problems.
For example it calculates: Creatinine clearance, Kt/V, Delta/Delta, Bicarbonate deficiency and so on.
A fully functional version is available for a free 30 day evaluation.
You may also input data using metric or US system. Now includes built in help [...]

Tomorrow’s Christmas. So here’s wishing a very Merry Christmas to all Christians from the Palmdoc Chronicles!
We’ll be taking a short blogging break and be right back after Christmas. In the meantime, here’s a Christmas Song for you

Tags: Palm, Windows

Docfiles has posted a nice short review of the Treo 680
The conclusion?
A special note for doctors and medical professionals. Would I recommend it for most doctors? Yes indeed because as usual Palm excels at fast data retrieval and simplicity of use. Medical applications and references such as Skyscape and Epocrates run well on the Treo. [...]

Today Unbound Medicine announced the release of CURRENT CONSULT Medicine 2007 for PDA. This at-a-glance diagnostic and treatment guide was developed by the expert editors of the best-selling CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment. Coverage of more than 850 disorders includes the most common diseases, syndromes, and symptoms seen in hospital and outpatient settings.

Tags: Palm, Unbound

I mentioned how useful is is to use shortcuts when entering text in your Palm - especially since medical terms can be quite long.
I just want to point out that Shortcut5, the great freebie by Mark Tamura, has been updated to version 1.7
Update Description:
v1.7 (12/13/2006):
* Added support for uppercase and numeric [...]

Pacific Primary Care have released Clinical Dermatology 2007 v4 in Palmgear
Topics include: all the various dermatitides, psychocutaneous disorders, psoriasis, all the dermatophytes (tinea), scabies, lice, seborrhea, onychomycosis, skin cancers, hyperhidrosis, pigmentary problems, UV-light problems, blistering disorders, alopecia….even has illustrations.
This text has all the latest and greatest medical management, drugs, dosages, and evidence based medical pearls [...]