Interpret acid-base results on your iPhone
During my medical school years and now when I myself practice medicine, I have noticed that a lot of people have trouble interpreting the arterial blood gases (ABG) test. This test normally provides partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2), pH and bicarbonate (HCO3) values. It is important and quite easy to notice if some of these figures are not normal, but interpretation is crucial and sometimes difficult. For these reasons I am sure a lot of practicing medical workers will be pleased to hear that there is now a great application for the iPhone which can be of big help during the interpretation of the ABG test.
The mentioned app is called Acid Plus and is available through the iTunes Store for only $1.99. Acid Plus is extremely easy to use. You open it, enter the ABG test values and the app interprets it for you. Take a look at some of the screen shots.
If you turn the iPhone to landscape view, you will see a colorful graph with an arrow pointing to the disorder.
Acid Plus will also provide you with common causes of the primary acid-base disorders.
Acid Plus rapidly found its way into my top most useful medical apps for the iPhone. If you are practicing medicine and own an iPhone, you need to have it.
Ivor Kovic
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I’m sorry, I think it’s a nice help, but you do not “need to have it”.
Every doctor should know these basics out of the heart.
Just my opinion, though.
When I say “needs to have it”, it is a mode of expression to emphasis how useful it is. It should not necessary be taken literally.
Also, when you say ….. “Every doctor should know these basics out of the heart.”
I say to you, get back to me when you finish medical school and start practicing medicine. They you will tell me if you and the colleagues around you know this out of the heart.