MediKit: Features
MediKit Features
- MediKit performs hundreds of medical calculations relevant to your patient care using recognized algorithms.
- Ideal for use on the wards, in casualty / ED or in your clinic / general practice, the program can save you time and increase your analytical abilities.
- Easy to install and use: navigation between sections is rapid, intuitive and based on the 'Psion style' you are used to.
- With users from professors to medical students, once you start using MediKit you`ll wonder how you coped without it!
- MediKit`s functions are separated into several sections and can be accessed using the Psion keyboard or touchscreen:
Follow the links lower down this page for details and screenshots of MediKit`s calculations
- Calculations: Instant and accurate computation of many of the formulas used in medical practice today.
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Patient assessments: rapid and accurate alternatives to paper based check lists:
- Paediatrics: a vast integrated section of MediKit designed to assist both paediatricians and those who deal with children less frequently:
- Drug infusion rate calculations using user specified units, with named user definable infusions which can be saved for future use
- Heparin infusion dosing for APTT results: an instant response to the:
"Mr Smith`s APTT ratio is 4.2 and he`s currently on 28,000 units - do
you want to change his heparin infusion?" question.
- Fluid management for patients with burns (Muir & Barclay or Parkland formula)
- Paracetamol overdose management (with entered serum paracetamol in mmol/L or mg/L)
- Accurate frequency timer: for use with drip rates, respiratory rates etc.
- Weight, height and temperature unit conversion
- MediKit makes it easy to deal with results and information with several intuitive and efficient features:
- The equations and drug dose mechanisms used to produce results are visible at the touch of the Guidelines button.
A References button gives the reference source for many of the calculations used.
Using these features allows you check whether calculated results conform to your local guidelines
- Pop-up Information Screens help you to get the most from the various sections of MediKit
- As you perform calculations, MediKit keeps a record of recent results for future reference
- Patient attributes and Calculation results are stored in memory and automatically fed into subsequent areas of the program, so for example, you don`t have to remember what the last weight you converted was when calculating body surface area.
DISCLAIMER
- You must read and agree to the disclaimer contained within MediKit prior to using the software
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