Mulford Health Science Library : Clinical Tools and Resources

Diagnosis

• Clinical Prediction Rules
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR, 2000) via STAT!Ref (Click on the Titles table to locate the online book title)
• Image Challenge from NEJM
• Isabel - reduing diagnosis and decision errors
• Lab Tests via AccessPharmacy
• Lab Tests online  
• Lab Reference Values via Clinical Pharmacology 

• Diagnosaurus via AccessMedicine [click on DDx]
• Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2008

Calculators

• Body Mass Index
• Heart Disease Risk
• MedCalc: Body Surface Area, Body Mass Index (BMI)
• MICROMEDEX Calculators  [Click on the "Thomson Healthcare Evidence Healthcare Series" button and choose "#Calculators" on the upper left corner]
• Pediatric Dosing Calculator
• STAT!Ref  [Click on  the "Resources" tab and choose "MedCalc 3000"]

Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Resources 

• ACP PIER - summaries of several different pieces of evidence
• ACP Journal Club - synopses of single pieces of evidence
• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
• Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)  [click on "Advanced Search" in Cochrane Library to select the specific database to conduct your focused search]
• Evidence-Based Journals via MD Consult [click on Journals on the top of the screen and look for journal titles starting with evidence-based...]
• MedCalc 3000 - clinical criteria and decision tree analysis tools [Click on  the "Resources" tab on STAT!Ref and choose "MedCalc 3000"]
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
• PubMed Clinical Queries - EBM literature
• TRIP - meta-search engine, searching multiple free evidence-based resources on the Internet
• BMJ Series: How to Read a Paper 
• Users' Guides to Evidence-Based Practice
• More EBM Resources from the Mulford Library