VisualDX Spotlight
VisualDx- VisualDx is a visual diagnostic decision support system with medical images and information. It is a tool for differential diagnosis which is available at the point of care.
- VisualDx
Requires sign-in to the Tulane network.
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Micromedex Calculators
- Calculators- MICROMEDEX Antidote Dosing and Nomograms -- Laboratory Values -- Dosing Tools -- Clinical Calculator
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Differential Diagnoses
- Diagnosaurus 2.0 A differential diagnosis tool. AccessMedicine. A free Diagnosaurus for handhelds is available.
- First Consult - Differential Diagnosis Rapid evaluation of patient complaints with access to potential diagnoses ordered by age and prevalence. PDA version available for First Consult.
- GIDEON Infectious Diseases Choose all clear-cut signs, symptoms and laboratory test results that you feel are related to the disease in question. The diagnostic specificity of this program increases with each additional entry.
GeneTests
- GeneTests A publicly funded medical genetics information resource developed for physicians, other healthcare providers, and researchers.
Nutrition
- USDA Food Composition Databases Search Programs for USDA Food Composition Databases
MedCalc3000 from Stat!Ref
Point of Care Resources - Decision Support Tools
Search for Clinical information on Medical Care & Evidence Based Medicine
- ACP's PIER©
(via Stat!Ref) - Available on and off-campus. Physicians' Information and Education Resource is an evidence-based, point of care tool by the American College of Physicians integrated in STAT!Ref. The online service includes ACP Medicine, ACP Surgery, and - The Cocrane Library (Wiley InterScience)
Evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials. Available on and off-campus. - DynaMed Available on and off-campus. Ask the Matas Library medref@tulane.edu for a serial number for mobile access. Summarizes clinical topics. Targeted to primary care providers. It is updated daily and monitors the content of over 500 medical journals and systematic evidence review databases.
- PubMed - "Clinical Queries" - choose "Clinical Queries" under PubMed Tools. (Center bottom). Full text available via Proxy service.
- First Consult - MDConsult
First Consult is an evidence-based point of care tool. Available from within MDConsult. - Gideon Available on and off-campus. An interactive Infectious Disease tool that is made up of four modules: diagnosis, epidemiology, therapy and microbiology. It adheres to the standards of Evidence Based Medicine.
- Up-to-Date Available only where licensed. (Courtesy of the Tulane Hospital and Clinics and SOM) Proxy is not available. License is restricted by specific building.
WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool
General Cardiovascular Risk Calculator
- General Cardiovascular Risk Profile for Use in Primary Care Data Source:The Framingham Heart Study (FHS). D’Agostino RB; Vasan RS; Pencina MJ; Wolf PA; Cobain M; Massaro JM; Kannel WB. General Cardiovascular Risk Profile for Use in Primary Care. The Framingham Heart Study. Circulation. 2008;117:743-753. *Web calculator design and HTML transfer by Dr. John Coyle, 2008. Post-treatment benefits are speculative, not proposed by FHS.
- Cardiovascular Risk Calculator and Chart v2.0 Risk calculator graphs based on Joint British Societies risk prediction charts. Written by Dr Rupert Payne © 2005/2008.
estimated Average Glucose, eAG
The relationship between A1C and eAG is described by the formula 28.7 X A1C – 46.7 = eAG.
- ADAG Study that defined the relationship between A1C and eAG and how eAG can be used to help improve the discussion of glucose control with patients. ADA is recommending the use of a new term in diabetes management, estimated average glucose, or eAG.
OvidSP - Expert Searches
Create a personal account in OvidSP to utilize expert searches developed by the Matas Library.
Go to "My Account" in the top right hand corner of the OvidSP webpage:
Create a new Personal Account with Personal Account Name you choose.
•Please note that Personal Account names and passwords are case-sensitive.
- My Account Create your personal account for OvidSP
- Medline (Ovid Version) MEDLINE – (Ovid SP)MeSH headings and limits with subheading topic categories.
Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question
- Choosing Wisely - An initiative of the ABIM foundation
Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question - American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation
- Physician Groups Call for Fewer Medical Tests - Health Day, Wednesday April 4, 2012 In the News! - Many patients could safely avoid X-rays, MRIs, heart stress tests and other common procedures, docs say.
millionhearts.hhs.gov - Stroke & Heart Attack Risk Assessment Calculators
ACP Journal Club
- ACP Journal Club [1056-8751] ACP Journal Club's selects from the biomedical literature articles that report original studies and systematic reviews that warrant immediate attention in internal medicine. These articles are summarized in value-added abstracts and commented on by clinical experts.
& More Calculators
Contact the Matas Library, medref@tulane.edu for a DYNAMED serial number for mobile access.
- DynaMed - interactive clinical calculators Click the Calculators link found in the top menu of the DynaMed interface.
- Adult Multivitamin/mineral Calculator (Professional)-USDA Dietary Supplements Ingredient Database
Wolfram Alpha
- Wolfram|Alpha - Health & Medicine Wolfram|Alpha a computational knowledge engine: it generates output by doing computations from its own internal knowledge base, instead of searching the web and returning links.
- Wolfram/Alpha - Medical Tests
- Understanding Medical Tests with Wolfram/Alpha
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