Guides: Orthopaedic Residency: Diagnosis, Drugs & Calculators

Diagnosis

Resources for finding relevant drug information

Lexicomp This link opens in a new window
Lexicomp is a collection of content sets and clinical tools that provides users with robust clinical drug information.
Natural Medicines This link opens in a new window
authoritative resource on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary alternative and integrative therapies

Books:

AHFS Drug Information
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An unbiased, evaluated source for drug information from the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (in STAT!Ref)

Pharmacology:

Pharmacology World
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A video series to help master the key concepts of pharmacology. It covers all major drug classes and include: mechanism of action, key pharmacokinetics, major therapeutic uses, and common and serious adverse effects. It incorporates relevant physiology, pathophysiology and biochemistry.

Drug Databases/Web Resources:

Orange Book: Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations This link opens in a new window
The Electronic Orange Book is updated daily as new generic approvals occur to provide timely consumer information on generic drugs. identifies drug products approved on the basis of safety and effectiveness by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) and related patent and exclusivity information.

Drugs@FDA
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Official information about FDA approved drugs and therapeutic biological products
Search by Drug Name, Active Ingredient, or Application Number
LiverTox

MedCalc 3000
Encompasses a wide array of pertinent medical formulae, clinical criteria sets and decision tree analysis tools. Sections include: Unit and Dose Converter, Math Calculator, Equations, MultiCalc, Clinical Criteria, Decision trees, and Specialty pages.
Clinical Calculators
A collection of online clinical calculators with categories for: General, Cardiology, Drugs/Pharm, Fluid/Electrolytes, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Pulmonary and Renal.

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