Peds iPhone apps?

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So I just got an iPhone (woot woot) and was wondering if there were any good peds specific apps? Anything you guys use on regular basis?
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I use epocrates and med calc but those aren't peds specific. If you've got book money, lexi comp is the better meds program and has useful peds dosing.

Definitely curious what anyone else has to say though!
 
I just started residency and am on the wards. I have an iphone and an ipod touch I've been using as a PDA. So far epocrates and Harriet Lane have been really useful. I look up all my drug dosing on Harriet's and Epocrates has a lot of useful clinical and lab testing info. I also downloaded a medical spanish app that I haven't used yet but I have a feeling will come in handy. Would love to hear about apps others have found useful.
 
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I got out the itouch my wife got with her mac (she's not using it)... I put epocrates and harriet lane on it. so far I love them! we'll have to see if I can find a nicu specific program that might help for next month (did I mention I'm a tad freaked out about starting in the NICU)...
 
BigNavyPedsGuy said:
So I just got an iPhone (woot woot) and was wondering if there were any good peds specific apps? Anything you guys use on regular basis?
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I just downloaded Unbound's Red Book. The new edition of Red Book was just released so the mobile version has been recently updated. It seems pretty useful and user-friendly so far.

Another one I use in clinic if I am having an immunizations "brain fart" is ShotRecs, a quick way to see the CDC 's 2009 immunization recommendations. It was free when I picked it up but is now back at 99 cents. I would certainly pay that much for it.

I do use epocrates and medcalc as well. I have not purchased any of the skyscape apps but have heard good things. It looks like they just came out with a bright futures app which I might pick up once I read a few more reviews of it on itunes.

Hope this helps!
 
Medical Wizards just came out with an app (functions as a base-platform app like the Skyscape one does). Comes free with a 1yr subscription to their "Chief Complaints in Pediatrics" which seems pretty good so far. What I will be really excited about is if the come out with versions of PediSuite a/o ERSuite (contains PediSuite) which on both Palm and WinMo was one of the best, cost efficient apps that was really useful for pediatricians. I wait with baited breath as they say they're rolling out other stuff in the near future.

Everyone should take a look at MedScape, too. It's a freeby and has a good drug database which I think is more robust in content than Epocrates. The navigation is also better. I like that it has things like 1/2 life and peak concentration time which Epocrates doesn't. It's not as comprehensive as Lexi (which is the gold standard as far as content is concerned), but when I downloaded a trial of Lexi (which I had to take off d/t crash) I didn't like that it felt like the navigation was too much just scrolling down a page on the screen. It felt like it didn't take advantage of the format well. Medscape has CME articles to read too which is a decent feature.
 
For the newborn nursery and all the newborn well-child checks, I love the jaundice program. I think it costs $5 and it's basically an app version of bilitool. It's just a way to keep you from having to carry around the bilirubin nomogram. I don't use it for Level 2/NICU babies unless they're term, and if there's a questionable or borderline level I pull out the nomogram, but it's handy if you're like me post call and can't remember that a 36 hour TcB of 2 is an okay thing and a TcB of 14 isn't so much a good thing.
 
Anyone try out the iPhone version of Harriet Lane?
 
I came across an iPhone app called Pedi Safe. It's a emergency, critical care, anesthesia focused app with intubation equipment info, weight based drug dosing, and PALS weight based info. Very helpful reference!

http://www.ianesthesia.org/apps/pedi-safe/

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I have a bunch...

Breastfeed - I really like this one. I almost exclusively use its quick link to Tox net for medication use in breastfeeding moms. But the early management and FAQ's seem pretty good.

PICU - I just got this one and haven't had a chance to fully explore it, nor have I done my PICU rotation yet (1 month to go...) but so far I like what I see. It's in a note-like format (Clinical features, most likely problems, treatment) and is based on Frank Shann's Pediatric Critical Care Guidelines.

MedCards - Nice Faces pain scale. Decent eye chart if you ever needed it. Ok ruler.

Jaundice - I agree with SweetTea. I'm glad I have this one. Quick and easy to interpret.

PubMed On Tap - I really like this one. You can easily search for articles and save the abstracts you like.

Translator - great for looking up single words in other languages. I have only used it for spanish but have found it to be reliable for common words.

Netters Anatomy - OK. I have it because my husband the surgery resident bought it. It is nice to have when I can't remember anatomy minutia but I could certainly live without it.

Acid plus - Ok, but mostly stupid. I usually know the reason for my blood gas results before I ever think to pick up my iphone.

And finally, I couldn't live without Epocrates.
 
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PICU - is good, brief little notes. It's the handbook for PICU in Royal Melbourne Children's Hospital (in Australia) so obviously there are bits that aren't going to apply to other hospitals/countries

Another Frank Shann app - Drug Doses. There's the standard doses/kg guide, which doesn't much improve on the paper book.
However, this app also includes "Pedi Code Blue" - type in wt, calculates PALS/RSI drugs etc. Also has a dictionary of ped cardiac stuff

WellCheck - surely I'm not the only person who gets a mental blank about milestones etc?
 
This thread is great! I've had my Blackberry phone for almost a year now and I had downloaded The Red Book and transferred my PEPID PCP to it.
I just got an iTouch so I'm really excited about loading it up. I will be using it to replace my old Palm since the berry is just not as easy to use. I like the berry for it's free IM to other berry's no matter what country the other person is in.

Does anyone else use PEPID? I recently checked their site because I will have to renew my subscription soon and it seems like the prices doubled?? 😱 highly doubt I'll be renewing. I love the program but I just can't justify the cost 🙁
 
Yay!

Medicalwizards finally brought out PediSuite and (now) EMSuite for iPhone/iPod Touch. One thing I like about this company is that they give you a free 1 month trial, so I'm poring through both versions (for me, since I see a fair number of adults again, I'm trying to figure out if the extra $ for EMSuite is worth it since PediSuite is pretty robust).
My brief review (since I just downloaded it today) is that it still has all the info that the Palm and WinMo had (good) and same categorization (mostly good, though a bit quirky in areas [ex. under the PediInfo section under Rheum, the only info heading is for "low back pain"). The interface is a little less (cosmetically, not functionally) pretty, although one of the great things about the program has always been its relative austerity making finding the info you want relatively easy (like all programs of this kind you need to familiarize yourself with it a little, but after that it's quite a bit easier to navigate that Harriet Lane on Skyscape, for example [I'm jettisoning HL after my subscription is up. I grow to dislike the interface more and more every time I struggle to find something on it]). So far, so good, though I kind of wish they made this a free standing program (although I think the platform approach allowed for the free month trials, so that's a definite plus)
 
I like STAT GrowthCharts Lite and Pedi STAT, which is, at $2.99, my most expensive app. Totally worth it in a code situation, though - you put in the weight, or age, or length/height, and then all the drug doses are there for any stat scenario you can think of. I used it last week in a status epilepticus and it was a beautiful thing.

Seems like it might be similar to the PediSafe that was mentioned above, but I didn't want to pay the 99 cents for PediSafe to compare them.
 
Hi everyone,

Sounds like the iPod Touch has been pretty useful for all of you. What size would you recommend buying?

Thanks so much for the advice!
 
32 or 64 so you get the (noticibly) faster processer and sound recorder fucntion.

One more:
MD EZ Labs. Free lab ref. Has both age base normals and DDx list of abnormals.
 
Hey people...Where does one get similar apps for android phones? Thanks a bunch!
 
try searching for the same name - sometimes I've found if the app is popular enough they have the same name in iPhone and droid systems (ex: Groupon). Otherwise you'll just have to search apps --> medical and browse.

When I had my droid I found a great app for developmental milestones that was free, forgot the name and now on my iPhone I can't find one. 🙁
 
A couple I've found for Android (and given their sources, I'm sure they're on iPhone as well):

PEDIATRICS - Directly from the Journal/AAP - Allows you to scroll through (for free) all the abstracts in each month's journal. Downside is that they go back only as far as October 2010. Still pretty handy to pull up relevant information. Includes a search function, and actually, if you go back to some of the older issues, you can actually download the whole journal and flip through it page by page.

MD 4KIDS - published by Doernbecher Children's Hospital/Oregon Health & Sciences University - My new favorite app, and one that I'm going to start recommending to all my parents. Does an exceptional job at discussing a bunch of the common gen peds problems that typically end up in clinic or the ER unnecessarily. Has some really great subjects (like the "Fever Myths & Facts) and tons of other anticipatory guidance for infants. Everything I've looked through so far as been pretty much exactly what I would say. Several of the guidelines are extremely similar to the MouseClick MD handouts on the same subjects if you're familiar with those. Also includes dosing tables for tylenol/motrin/benadryl.
 
Hi,

Has anyone tried the heart pro app? I want to know if it shows VSDs and ASDs or other heart issues in order to show them to patients. Thanks!
 
lioness5 said:
Hey people...Where does one get similar apps for android phones? Thanks a bunch!
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Just found a great new(er?) Android (and iOS) app: CS ACLS (http://www.appbrain.com/app/cs-acls/com.logica.nl.acls.android). This has got to be the best code app I've seen. While the name says ACLS, it also includes PALS. It has European (maker is European) and US resuscitation algorithms (have to remember to change it to US standards on the main page). This is the only app that I've seen that actually contains the PALS algorithm and isn't just a code-dose calculator a al Pedi Safe and Pedi STAT (the latter of which is overpriced in its Android iteration). CS ACLS does also calculates doses. It also loads quickly and gets you to your desired info fast, something I can't say for SafeDose, another app I bought (better for non critical situations) recently.
 
I have used three different pediatric dose calculators, and here are my reviews:

Peds Meds

I started with this one because its the one that I like the best and am currently using. I choose it over the others for 3 main reasons:

1) It's very flexible - before I found Peds Meds, I was using two different peds dose calculators since neither of them had a med list that covered all of the medications I wanted. Peds Meds has a pretty extensive initial meds list, but also let you create your own medications! I don't know why no one else is doing this. I actually created a whole category of outpatient meds that I commonly use (the app focuses in on inpatient meds) and emailed it to my friends.

2) The interface is very smooth - it nice to use even if you never use the editing function

3) It got accurate weight estimation - it estimates weight based upon age, but instead of using a poorly validated formula, it uses an actual look up table of CDC data on kids weights.

Pedi Stat

This is my second favorite, and the one I was using before switching to Peds Meds.

Pros:
1) Also supported weight estimation from age, but with the caveat that I think it is formula based. I did a presentation as an intern one point one the accuracy of the various age and length based formulas and basically they aren't as good as one might hope.
2) Very pretty interface

Cons:

1) While pretty, I also found the interface very confusing at times. It can be a weird combination typical iphone tables along with weirder accordion menus and toggle menus. I find that I sometimes get lost.

2) No search feature. I was looking though the tables trying to find prostaglandin dosing, since the category isn't obvious. The app needs a comprehensive search function like Peds Meds has.

Pedi Safe

This was the first app I bought for peds and I think it is the most basic of the three. No weight estimation (it has Broselow colors, but if you have a Broselow tape why would you need a iphone app?). It is essentially a Broselow table in your pocket, it lumps kids into groups by weight (e.g. 24-29kg) which is a bit less precise than I like to be in the practice of medicine.


Hope that's useful!
 
Has anyone used Harriet Lane for iPhone? I see that both Skyscape and Unbound Medicine have this book, but only Unbound Medicine has the most recent edition. Does anyone know the differences between Skyscape and Unbound Medicine and which program would be better?
 
DoctorWannaBe said:
Has anyone used Harriet Lane for iPhone? I see that both Skyscape and Unbound Medicine have this book, but only Unbound Medicine has the most recent edition. Does anyone know the differences between Skyscape and Unbound Medicine and which program would be better?
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I had the Skyscape app and it sucked as most Skyscape formatted apps do (not for content, but for formatting and I hate the concept of having to open one app to open the content of another). I also have the UBM version of the '06 redbook and find it pretty reasonably formatted. I have not seen the HLH on it, though so I'd see if you can check it out first.
 
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