MEDSYNC Inc.
About:
Over 4 million cases of
Community Acquired Pneumonia are seen in the US every year. Statistics indicate
that more than 600000 of these are hospitalized and this accounts for
approximately $4 Billion in cost related to hospitalization. While
hospitalization varies regionally, most physicians rely on subjective
information provided by the patient and tend to overestimate the risk of death
associated with pneumonia. Sometimes patients that are admitted are
inappropriately left on the General Medical Floor instead of being transferred
to the Intensive Care Unit. This
suggests that there is no consistent standard for approaching patients with
pneumonia. Now there is a simple
predictive program that can be used to detect those patients that are very
critical that need to be in the ICU. This program can also help determine which
patients can be safely treated as an outpatient if the computed risk of
complication is low enough. This
program is based on 2 studies from which a prognostic model was developed to
accurately identify critical patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia.
Installation:
Simply hotsync the file PSI.prc
to your PDA.
Modules:
These programs can be
directly accessed from Pneumonia Severity Index but you need to have them
loaded on your PDA first.
Download them from HERE:
MEDPedia An Encyclopedia of
Medical Programs
NIH
Guide for COPD Diagnosis,
Management & Treatment Guidelines for COPD
ICU
Protocols An
iSILO document for the ICU Resident
Lung
Injury Score An ARDS Calculator for ICU patients.
Registration:
Version 1.0 is FREE! If you
would like to help out a poor resident then purchase MEDPedia. TRY IT BUY
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Disclaimer:
This program is intended for
education purposes only. Please be sure that you have read the literature
completely before attempting to apply this program to anyone. Using this
program is at YOUR discretion only and YOU bear the responsibility of its use.
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References:
Bartlett J. “Community
Acquired Pneumonia in Adults.” Clinical Infectious Diseases. 1998. Vol:26.
Pgs:811-838
Fine MJ, et al (Harvard
Medical School, Boston; et al) “A Prediction Rule to Identify Patients With
Community Acquired Pneumonia.” New
England Journal of Medicine. 1997. Vol:336: Pgs:243-250.