ABG Acid-Base eval
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical | Free | Joshua D. steinberg | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
The app addresses such common questions as:
* What are common causes of metabolic acidosis? respiratory alkalosis?
* How do I calculate predicted pCO2? corrected bicarbonate?
* What is the primary acid-base disorder?
* Are additional acid-base disorders present, and if so, what are they?
This app is written and intended for practicing clinicians like internists, family physicians, ER docs, cardiologists, pulmonologists, intensivists, and hospitalists; for resident physician trainees; for medical students; and of course for other clinician colleagues like NP's and PA's. As an educator and clinician, I am interested in feedback and I would be grateful for guidance on improving the tool.
Notes of importance:
- many thresholds and cutoffs are arbitrary and debatable, so you will have to use judgment to interpret which disorders are present and to what extent when suggested by the app
- the app facilitates you to evaluate the data. If you make a mistake, the app will not argue with you. It will, at the end, offer to compare your work to the disorders that the app finds using the same algorithm
- patients are more than the sums of their numbers and data, and they are often unique individuals. Use this information as a starting point in the evaluation of your patient and always do your own thinking!
Reviews
A great way to work through these problems
jblade
This is a neat little app that does more than just "spit out" numbers, but actually walks the user through the process of figuring out acid/base disorders. Armed with and ABG and electrolyte panel, any clinician can figure out the disorders their patient has and generate a good differential as to the cause(s). Simple to use, straightforward, and uses a proven approach (both the Haber method and Winter's formula). Well done!
Love this app...
AntitheistMD
And I never write reviews, but as an internist, I think this app is soundly designed and helpful to learn the method of ABG analysis. Wonderful use of the Haber et al paper.
Alan
AL2376
One of the best ABG evaluation apps! Goes through the step by step process in teaching how to eval ABG. Great for students/residents
Great calculator and an education tool
OMMD
Yes it might be easier just to input the numbers and get the answers. Yet this app asks to think and do your own calculations in a multistep analysis. You can skip those and get the answer. It even gives you deferential diagnosis for the problems you face. I found that most people who give ABG apps low ratings tend not to understand the complexity of some ABG problems. This app starts by determining the primary problem. Then determines the preexisting respiratory and then metabolic conditions. Excellent and it is how you should do the math in your brain.
Excellent & thorough!
Drsff
Great step-by-step evaluation of blood gases. Great for teaching residents on the fly! Thank you!
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Devilman513
This is a great app to finding basic underlying problems for ABG's! I enjoy it. I am a new Respiratory Therapy student (I won't be able to use my phone or this app on clinicals) but I like that I can check my theories. Nice work. I get my studies from Egan's so my anion gaps are different then the apps.
Simple, Effective, Awesome!
AIMFOREVER
There are so many different methods to interpret ABGs it can seem overwhelming when you are first learning. This app teaches a very simple yet effective method for working through the analysis. It will allow you to diagnose even the most complicated triple acid base disorders quickly. The best part is that it explains each step along the way so you can really learn to do the analysis on your own without help from the app. Very well done, highly recommend!
