Pocket Intensive Care Assistant (PICA) is the medical software that contains all features that ICU doctor needs in his work.
PICA allows user to assess renal and heart function, ABG and correct electrolyte disorders. It also allows you to manage infusion regimens of Elastomeric Infusion Systems while continious epidural anaesthesia.
In the version for iOS was excluded a function - calculation Vasoactive Drugs. For more information visit PICAs page on anaesthsoftware.com
Medical sources:
1) Cardiac Function:
a) We are using Fick Principle: Cardiac Output (Fick) in L/min = (135 ml O2/min/M2*BSA)/(13*Hgb*(SaO2-SvO2))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fick_principle
b) Other hemodynamic parameters: http://perfline.com/student/formulas.html
2) Renal Function:
a) Creatinine Clearance:
- MDRD: http://www.clinchem.org/content/53/4/766.full.pdf
- CKD-EPI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/mid/NIHMS132246/table/T2/
c) Chronic kidney disease stages: http://www.renal.org/whatwedo/InformationResources/CKDeGUIDE/CKDstages.aspx
3) ABG interpratation: http://www.rnceus.com/abgs/abgmethod.html
4) Natrium and potassium correction: the book in russian "Intensive care in critical conditions. Koryachkin V.A., Strashnov V.I." (Original name: "Интенсивная терапия угрожающих состояний. Корячкин В.А., Страшнов В.И.")
5) Elastomeric Infusion System
There is a table, which simplifies the use of elastic pumps. Do not use special formulas. PICA recalculate only rates, amounts, dosages.