MedCalc 3000 Complete Edition

MedCalc 3000 Complete Edition

©2008 Foundation Internet Services, LLC
Authors/Editors: Louis Leff, MD
ISBN: N/A
Subjects: Medical Calculations
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Overview

MedCalc 3000 is a collection of over 400 calculators, clinical criteria sets and decision trees that are indispensable to anyone practicing, teaching or studying evidence-based medicine. This resource is integrated in to STAT!Ref and included with every subscription. With every search you perform, STAT!Ref automatically presents links to relevant tools within MedCalc 3000.

The complete contents of MedCalc 3000 include:

  • Clinical Criteria Sets
  • Decision Trees
  • Medical Equations
  • Unit and Dose Converters
  • Calculations and Equations by Specialty

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Authors

Louis Leff MD, FACP, a Pittsburgh internist, earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Pittsburgh and his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, later receiving certification in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and ACP Fellowship. He currently holds the position of Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. More>



Sample Calculator: Diabetes Risk Score (Type 2)

Terms = 6.322 - Sex - RxHTN - RxSteroids - (0.063 * Age) - BMI - FMH - Smoker
Risk = 100 / (1 + eTo(Terms))

Input:

Sex Female (-0.879)

Male (0)
Rx HTN On HTN meds (1.222)

No HTN meds (0)
Rx Steroids On steroids (2.191)

Not on steroids (0)
Age
BMI Body Mass Index < 25 (0)

25 - 27.49 (0.699)

27.5 - 29.99 (1.97)

>= 30 (2.518)
FMH No 1st degree family members with diabete (0)

Parent OR sib with DM (0.728)

Parent AND sib with DM (0.753)
Smoker Patient is a non smoker (0)

Patient used to smoke (-0.218)

Patient is a smoker (0.855)
Results:

Terms
Risk  
 
Decimal Precision:

Note: Equation parameters such as Sex have two or more discrete values that may be used in the calculation. The numbers in the parentheses, e.g. (-0.879), represent the values that will be used.

References

Griffin SJ, Little PS, Hales CN, et al. Diabetes risk score: towards earlier detection of Type 2 diabetes in general practice. Diabet Metab Res Rev. 2000; 16: 164-71.


 

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