MDCalc Medical Calculator 5.2.34

Join the vast community of medical professionals who rely on MDCalc daily to aid clinical decision-making at the bedside. Since its inception in 2005, MDCalc has established itself as the leading medical reference for the most pertinent, current, and widely-used clinical calculators that support evidence-based patient care. Registration is free and can be completed in less than 30 seconds, granting you full and unlimited access.

MDCalc clinical decision support tools are meticulously curated by board-certified physicians exclusively for other physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and medical students. This intuitive and polished app provides access to over 550 easy-to-use clinical decision tools, including risk scores, algorithms, equations, formulas, classifications, dosing calculators, and more.

With the latest enhancement, clinicians now have the opportunity to earn AMA PRA Category 1TM CME credits simply by reading the clinical content of over 150 calculators. The app keeps a record of the earned CME credits on a personal dashboard, where users can redeem their credits for certificates and access receipts for convenient documentation. In order to redeem CME credits, users are required to sign up for a paid CME plan.

The app's exceptional features are tailored to the needs of busy healthcare professionals:

• Works offline and in limited connection settings (CME tracking requires an internet connection).
• Efficient search and filter options for discovering new calculators.
• Customizable lists for quick access: favorites, recently used, your specialty.
• Automatic synchronization between the website and app.
• Quick toggle between US and SI units.
• Error warnings and normal values to prevent mistakes and incorrect inputs.

MDCalc's distinctive "MDCalc Method" for selecting tools incorporates thorough appraisal and validation of evidence, as well as clinical relevance. This rigorous process ensures that only high-quality tools are provided to assist you in making better decisions and improving workflow efficiency. Additionally, an extensive network of academic and practicing physician experts contribute digestible content to reinforce decision-making and support training:

• Insights and advice from the creators of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM), such as Dr. Phil Wells on the Wells' Criteria.
• Expert content by specialists on use cases, pearls & pitfalls, results interpretation, and more.
• Synopses of the evidence from the original and validation research.

According to iMedicalApps in 2016, "The evidence-based medicine (EBM) components of the medical app are what really set MDCalc apart from its peers... The MDCalc app provides brief summaries of the critical studies regarding the medical calculator, links to the studies on PubMed, as well as 'pearls/pitfalls', 'next steps', and expert commentary from the calculators' authors." - iMedicalApps "MDCalc app, the best online medical calculator is now an app."

MDCalc's clinical decision tools encompass over 35 specialties, including cardiology, critical care/ICU, emergency medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, hepatology, infectious disease, internal medicine, nephrology, neurology, obstetrics, oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics, primary care, psychiatry, pulmonology, surgery, urology, and more! Here are a few examples:

• Calculators that include CME content:

1. Creatinine Clearance (Cockcroft-Gault Equation)
2. CHA2DS2-VASc Score for Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Risk
3. Calcium Correction for Hypoalbuminemia
4. MELD Score (Model For End-Stage Liver Disease) (12 and older)
5. HAS-BLED Score for Major Bleeding Risk
6. CHADS2 Score for Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Risk
7. HEART Score for Major Cardiac Events *
8. SIRS, Sepsis, and Septic Shock Criteria *
9. Fractional Excretion of Sodium (FENa)
10. Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) *
11. Wells’ Criteria for Pulmonary Embolism *
12. Wells’ Criteria for DVT