Table 1

Software applications and examples of the databases provided on Palm handheld computers

Application

Database/information


Addressbook*

Hospital and staff telephone numbers

Emergency numbers

Datebook*

Call schedules

Schedules for teaching and rounds

Memopad*

Patient database

To Do list*

Calculator*

J-file

Acid-base equations

Dialysis solutions

Vasopressor protocols

Electrolyte replacement

Antiarrhythmic drugs

Normal laboratory values

Drug dosing in renal failure

Drugs in pregnancy

AvantGo

ICU orientation manual

Antimicrobial therapy

Research study summaries

Ventilator weaning protocol

Organ-donation criteria

Residents' objectives

Cbas Pad

Calculators of

Creatinine clearance

Ideal body weight

Respiratory parameters

Fractional excretion sodium

Harris-Benedict equation

Intravenous drug rate

PalmPrint

Printout of daily note


* Basic applications standard with the Palm handheld device.

Lapinsky et al. Critical Care 2001 5:227   doi:10.1186/cc1028

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