The iPhone is becoming a powerful medical tool. For those interested in Cardiology, new tools are appearing frequently.The program Cardio Calc is a welcome contribution to the medical practitioner's handheld arsenal.
It is advertised as a "critical tool for anyone - not just Cardiologists, managing patients with cardiovascular disease or hyperlipidemia" and certainly lives up to the claim. There is an extensive number of clinical calculators that allow one to:
- Determine cardiovascular risk and guide lipid treatment using the Framingham and Reynolds Risk Scores
- Use the CHADS2 score to guide treatment in atrial fibrillation
- Better understand the risk of bleeding from anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation
- Determine if ones patient might benefit from a stress test by calculating pre-test probability of coronary artery disease.
- Determine prognosis in heart failure using the Seattle heart failure model, Forrester heart failure class and Stevenson heart failure class.
- Diagnose Infective Endocarditis
- Determine predicted mortality (EuroSCORE Logistic) and risk of dialysis with cardiovascular surgery
- Use the TIMI risk score in ACS to help guide treatment
- Calculate ideal body weight, BMI and BSA
- Correct QT in an ECG
- Review classification of angina (CCS) and congestive heart failure (NYHA functional class)
The program also contains an extensive collection of additional calculators making it a useful general calculator as well.
Find Cardio Calc in the App Store or visit iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=299841203&mt=8
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