Acid Plus - The ABG Calculator app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Free Radical Software
First release : 22 Dec 2008
App size: 25.57 Mb
Designed, programmed, and used by two internal medicine docs, Acid Plus is an essential tool for healthcare professionals who need quick, detailed, and easy-to-interpret acid-base results from ABGs and metabolic panels.
Ideal for MDs, PAs, NPs, RNs, RTs, EMTs, and med students, everything you need for acid-base calculations is put right in the palm of your hand. No more clunky ABG websites or guesswork.
With an intuitive design and easy-to-read display, Acid Plus makes it a breeze to answer even the most complex acid-base problems in seconds. Just turn the device to landscape view to get a colorful graph with an arrow highlighting the disorder.
*** What Others Say **************
• "This is certainly the best ABG calculator that we have seen so far on the iPhone and iPod Touch."
- Firas Salim, www.pda4peds.com
• "If you are practicing medicine and own an iPhone, you need to have it."
- Igor Kovic, MD, www.ivor-kovic.com
• "Interpreting the ABG and electrolytes to understand the acid-base status in my patients just turned from a chore into something immensely enjoyable. I cannot help smiling whenever I start this application."
• "This program is awesome! You have no idea how much this helps. Thank you so much."
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Features:
• Fast, accurate input using the dial
• Primary calculations including partial and complete compensations using anion gap with delta delta
• International support for kPa
• Ability to discern complex acid/base problems with secondary disorders
• See the anion gap and delta delta displayed on-screen with metabolic acidoses
• Detailed views listing common causes of the primary acid-base disorder
• On-the-fly derivation of anion gap, delta-delta, and base excess
• Rotating your device right or left to landscape view reveals a colorful interactive acid-base graph
• Interactive graph helps visualize acid-base disorders quickly and powerfully
• Set your own institutions anion gap easily for personalized results
• Save and recall your most recent ABG for quick review
• Works on iPhone and iPad
If you like the program please rate it. If you have any concerns or find any bugs please contact us at [email protected]
DISCLAIMER: Please consider that the results provided by this program are intended to supplement but not substitute for the expertise and clinical judgment of a healthcare professional. The results and accompanying educational material are provided as is, and Free Radical does not warrant that they are accurate or up to date, although that is certainly our goal.