Mobile Applications

There are softwares and applications designed for smartphones that might help you keep yourself up-to-date efficiently or find the information you need.

Pediatric PDA Blog

• Description: "All about the use of PDAs in clinical pediatrics."

Evidence Based Medicine Guidelines - Paediatrics

• Description: "Evidence-Based Medicine Guidelines fills the demand for a handbook discussing the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of diseases and conditions encountered by health care professionals."

Nelson's Pocket Book of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy

• Description: "Nelson's Pocket Book of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy is the most popular and widely used resource on pediatric antimicrobial therapy provides instant access to reliable, up-to-the-minute recommendations for treatment of all infectious diseases in children. This latest update is based on the 18th edition with additional features, enhanced functionality and ongoing updates."

Pediatric Dermatology: A Quick Reference Guide

• Description: "Designed to be a practical, easy-to-use tool for the busy practitioner, it provides a concise summary of the most common dermatologic disorders, with a standardized format that includes a brief background, physical findings, diagnostic modalities, and treatment approaches. This latest update is based on the 2007 print edition with additional features, enhanced functionality and ongoing updates!"

Pediatric Nutrition Handbook

• Description: "Pediatric Nutrition Handbook provides the latest information about nutrient metabolism and nutrition to support normal development and health of infants and children who are well, those born with congenital anomalies or disorders of metabolism, and those with acute and chronic illness. It is meant to serve as a useful and ready resource for practicing clinicians. This latest update is based on the 6th edition with additional features, enhanced functionality and ongoing updates!"

Porter's Pocket Guide to Pediatrics

• Description: "Porter's Pocket Guide to Pediatrics is ideal for pediatric nurses and other healthcare professionals caring for children. This resource contains all of the key clinical information they need at their fingertips including medications, instant doses, cardiology, neurology, pediatrics, drug compatibility, laboratory values, vision screener, and useful appendices."

Rapid Pediatric Emergency Care

• Description: "This reference provides quick facts about pediatric emergency care that are vital to the clinical setting. Inside is a collection of commonly used - but rarely memorized - clinical information broken down into charts, algorithms, and tables to aid the user in rapidly locating essential information to deliver safe and efficient care. RAPID Pediatric Emergency Care incorporates both prehospital and hospital management of pediatric emergencies."

The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics

• Description: "This practical guide helps clinicians streamline pediatric diagnosis with a comprehensive, integrated, logical approach to analysis of symptoms and signs. Dr. Bellet helps practitioners answer three basic questions: What are the diagnostic possibilities? How can I diagnose each one? What is my approach to this problem?"

The Hospital for Sick Children Handbook of Pediatrics

• Description: The Hospital for Sick Children Handbook of Pediatrics for the PDA is designed to be a practical guide for diagnosis and management of pediatric patients in primary, secondary, and tertiary care. It is organized into 37 body system-oriented chapters, involving the work of over 100 Canadian contributors, reviewers and advisors. "Written by residents at a world-renowned Canadian hospital, this unique pediatric reference is used by both residents and physicians. Expert guidance from faculty advisors ensures that all of the information has been completely revised and reflects the issues that a health care professional may encounter with any pediatric case. Now with built-in Body Surface Area calculator."

The Washington Manual® Pediatrics Survival Guide

• Description: "Prepared by Washington University house staff and faculty, this electronic survival guide encapsulates the critical knowledge essential for a successful pediatric residency. Content includes algorithms, useful formulas, patient notes, top ten work-ups, common calls and complaints, key points on most common problems, essentials of what not to miss and when to refer/call for help, and tricks of the trade."

Pediatrics Calculator

• Description: "Compute pediatrics calculations on the fly!"

PediatricSuperSite

• Description: "From the Publisher of Infectious Diseases in Children, Pediatric Annals and PediatricSuperSite.com, the Pediatric SuperSite mobile application for the iPhone®, iPad® and iPod Touch® puts news and perspective for the pediatrician at your fingertips. Access daily breaking news articles, blog posts and meeting highlights from around the world. Sort the news by most recent or most popular and share content with your colleagues."

PreTest USMLE Review: Pediatrics

• Description: "Pediatrics: PreTest offers almost 500 USMLE-style questions and answers that address the clerkship's core competencies along with detailed explanations of both correct and incorrect answers. All questions have been reviewed by students who recently passed the boards and completed their clerkship to ensure they match the style and difficulty level of the exam."