Nursing and Allied Health Information Resources: Online Medical Tools

Body Mass Index (BMI)

BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems.

Body Surface Area Calculator

This tool calculates body surface area for medication doses and includes descriptive statistics.

Coronary Heart Disease Risk Calculator

This calculates your risk of developing coronary heart disease over the next ten years and compares this to the risk of others of the same age.

Dosage Calculator

This resource computes the amount of medication to be administered when given a required dose.

LDL Cholesterol Goal Level Calculator

This calculator utilizes data from the Framingham Heart Study to estimate the 10-year risk of heart attack or death resulting from coronary heart disease.

Nursing Calculators

This site links to calculators for dosage, infusion time, clinical, conversions, and drugs. Each calculator provides examples and formulas.

Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide

This evidence-based clinical decision resource is free to download and is available for Pocket PC, Palm OS, and Blackberry.

iMedicalApps

This site reviews mobile medical technology and applications written by physicians and medical students. It also includes links to the apps and videos demonstrating them in action.

MDCalc

The source for medical equations, algorithms, scores and guidelines.