Clinical Tools / Websites
This page contains links and information regarding useful clinical tools that are found on other websites and on cell phone apps.
Websites
- Framingham Risk Score – Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-year Risk of Having a Heart Attack
http://cvdrisk.nhlbi.nih.gov - PROCAM
http://www.chd-taskforce.com - Reynolds Risk Score
http://www.reynoldsriskscore.com - Heart Risk Calculator – Incorporates guidelines from JNC 8 for blood pressure management
http://www.cvriskcalculator.com - TIMI Risk Score – Estimates mortality for patients with unstable angina and non-ST elevation MI
http://www.mdcalc.com
- AST to Platelet Ratio Index (APRI) Calculator – predicting cirrhosis
http://www.hepatitisc.uw.edu - Child-Turcotte – Pugh Calculator – severity of cirrhosis
https://www.easycalculation.com - MELD Score – predicts survival for patients with advanced liver disease
http://www.hepatitisc.uw.edu
- Solitary Pulmonary Nodule Malignancy Risk Calculator
http://reference.medscape.com - Pulmonary Embolism Risk by PISA Study
http://medcalc3000.com - Lung Cancer Risk Prediction Calculator
http://www.brocku.ca - Community-acquired pneumonia severity index (PSI) for adults
http://internalmedicine.osu.edu
- FRAX (Fracture Risk Assessment Tool) – prediction tool for assessing an individual's risk of fracture
- http://www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX
- DASH – measure physical function and symptoms in patients with any or several musculoskeletal
disorders of the upper limb.
http://www.orthopaedicscore.com
- ALBI – Albumin-bilirubin grade estimate of survival with hepatocellular carcinoma
- Individualized Risk Assessment of Prostate Cancer – Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator
http://deb.uthscsa.edu - Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool – estimate a woman's risk of developing invasive breast cancer
http://www.cancer.gov - Breast Cancer Nomogram – predict likelihood of metastasis and DCIS recurrence
http://nomograms.mskcc.org - Pancreas Cancer Survival Calculator
http://www3.mdanderson.org - Colon Cancer Survival Calculator
http://www3.mdanderson.org
- HAS-BLED Score – predict risk of major bleeding with anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation.
http://www.qxmd.com/ - SPARC – Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Risk Tool. For estimating risk of stroke
and benefits & risks of antithrombotic therapy in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation.
http://www.sparctool.com/ - Pretest probability of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (4-T's score)
http://www.qxmd.com - Myelodysplastic Syndromes Risk Assessment Calculator – use to predict long-term outcome in MDS
http://www.mds-foundation.org - Absolute Neutrophil Count
http://www.mdcalc.com
- Creatinine Clearance Calculator – for adjustment of medications ex: antibiotics
http://www.mcw.edu/calculators - FeNA – Fractional Excretion of Sodium – for assessment of pre-renal vs intrinsic renal states
- FeUrea - Fractional Excretion of Urea – for assessment of renal state in patients on diuretics
- CIWA – Clinical Institute for Withdrawal of Alcohol Assessment scale
- http://www.hsls.pitt.edu
- Physicians Handbook on Certification of Medical Death – filling out death certificates accurately
http://www.cdc.gov - PPS – Palliative Performance Scale – correlates actual and median survival for palliative
patients
http://www.palliative.org
Medical Apps
- Medscape
- UpToDate
- Hopkins Guide
- Epocrates
- Merck Manual
- MedCalc
- LabGear
- Figure 1
- ASCVD Risk Estimator
- MedPulse
- Read
- QuantiaMD
- USMLEWorld
- Prognosis
- iCXR ACP Immunization Advisor
- ePSS (Electronic Preventive Services Selector)
- This app is based on USPSTF recommendations, which can be searched by specific patient characteristics; by U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality