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HanDBase: Make up your own databases or download the ones on the website. I have things such as Medical Spanish and a Herbal Database
http://www.ddhsoftware.com/

GlobalRpH.com: Has for purchase programs that aid in calculating doses
http://globalrph.com

Epocrates: Has a free drug formulary and reference program and also more complete programs for purchase.
http://epocrates.com

Lexi-Comp: Has multiple databases (very similar to the book versions). Also has a calculator now too. This is the only one I really know the price of and it's expensive.
http://www.lexi-comp.com

Clinical Pharmacology: If your school of pharmacy/ work has access to Clinical Pharmacology you can download their database for free. I'm unsure about the status without access to the internet.

Micromedex: If your school or workplace has a subscription to Micromedex online you can now download it onto your PDA.

Sanford Guide: The resource for antibiotic use. Now can be purchased for PDA.
http://www.sanfordguide.com/

Medical Letter: The Medical Letter is a review of studies and gives recommendations based on them. Can now be purchased for PDA.
http://medicalletter.com/


Most treatment guidelines can also be downloaded onto a PDA. They typically require Adobe Acrobat for PDA however that is free and so are the guidelines.
Check the individual sites for these guidelines.


Feel free to add and if you have anything in particular you're looking for post b/c i'm sure i forgot a lot of the programs my classmates use.

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Lexi is by far the best...but the cost is prohibitive for many students...
 
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Some of my classmates were using the files from here http://www.rxfiles.ca during our 4th year clerkships. Kind of a messy site but lots of free charts/info for your PDA.
 
The problems i've had:
Clinical Phamacology and Micromedex both, if not updated, will not open after a while. They will absolutely not allow you to use them without current information.

Epocrates: never have been able to get it to work... continually crashes my palm

Lexi: they have a program that automatically downloads the updates.... it has never worked for me. if you have numerous databases (i have 17) then it takes forever and is a pain to download

Medical Mneumonics: never would work

Thanks for the link c-ject... little did i know i could be doing pubmed searches on the go!
 
MedCalc
http://tschopp.biz

medical calculator for tons of useful stuff.. and free....

it does...
absolute nutrophil count
age calculator
allowable blood loss
aveloar-arterial O2 gradient
anion gap (plasma & urine)
apgar score
basal energy expenditure
BMA
body surface area
cardiac output (echo and fick)
corrected electrolyte levels
and tons more that i don't feel like typing right now...
 
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