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Trials in the Palm of Your Hand
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There seem to be a million different apps available nowdays, and keeping up with the ones that are actually useful on the ward round is hard work. Here’s a review of one that might make a difference…
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There seem to be a million different apps available nowdays, and keeping up with the ones that are actually useful on the ward round is hard work. Here’s a review of one… I’ve been looking at the ICU trials app. I should say at the outset that I have no affiliation with ClinCalc and we found their App (and bought it) rather than them approaching us. This app is a quick pocket reference that works on both Apple and Android devises and is aimed at both the novice and seasoned ICU clinician. It does not replace the original manuscript of these landmark trials – instead, it serves as a fast reference and learning tool for some of the most important critical care trials over a wide range of specialties. Features I liked included being able to sort the trials in different ways, being able to search easily to find the study you’re after, and being able to share articles with a touch. This is great resource of ICU & critical care registrars and trainees. There are ways it could be better of course. Deciding on what the key trials are is a tough call for anyone. They’ve made a reasonable selection and there aren’t too many obvious omsissions, and I beleive they are open to suggestion if you have a paper you think should be added. Anyone who’s been to a journal club will know there are many ways to interpret a paper, and flaws that one expert finds may be dismissed by another. So I would advise that the interpretations of the papers are not definitive and you should take them as one opinion only and still read the papers, talk to your colleagues about them and make up your own mind. Overall I’d recommend this app, and encourage you to feed back to the developer (or me and I will pass it on) suggestions you have to improve it, as that is how apps get really good. For less than the price of a coffee, probably worth it. |
Reviewer: Oliver Flower