enter symptom and it tells you possible causes?

[Nate1749]

I have a HUGE book that's a family companion and you can look just about anything up in there. It's great, it can be really basic, but at the same time also extremly detailed and technicaly. Anyways, you can also look stuff up in there like say "coughing blood," and it will see X, Y, Z..

Basically I'm looking for the above on the palm. It would be really neat I think if there was an app that you entered in symptoms (kept entering in more and more) and queried out and less and less possible causes.

If someone can point me in the right direction, it'd be great, thanks.

-Nate

[Nate1749]

Ok the book I have that I'm talking about is
The Cornell Illustrated Encyclopedia of Health

It's great and I love it, and I'm just looking for something as similiar to this in PDA format, thanks.

-Nate

[gfunkmagic]

Maybe you should checkout Griffith's 5MCC (http://skyscape.com/EStore/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=484).

[Fat_Man]

http://www.pdxmd.com

[Nate1749]

pdxmd.com requires you install a reader that's not supported with os5 =(

Still have to look at Griffith's 5MCC

[roper]

Well, not on a PALM, but electronic & very good:
http://www.firstsoftware.com/iliad4.htm

Illiad 4.5.

[sc20]

speaking of internet sites for a similar solution, if you sign up for merckmedicus.com (which is free), they have a FREE thing called DXplain. You put in age, sex, time frame of symptoms, and it will give you a differential...

PDxMD looks interesting though. I have a tungsten so I can't try it, anyone else use it and like it?

[sc20]

check out signs and symptoms.. skyscape.com

[holmesness]

was going to suggest degowin and degowin; i know it used to be available for the palm.

http://www.ramex.com/title.asp?id=1194&pid=2637#product

After doing some searching I found that for some reason it's out of print :(
i used to use the paper version in med school. anyone tried the palm version? why isn't it available anymore?

[nate1749]

yea, I've never heard of a downloadable file going out of print...

-Nate

[Nate1749]

well it looks like pdxmd now supports os5, I got this e-mail today... Although on their webpage I don't see anything about this, hmmm...



We are pleased to announce that PDxMD now supports the new Palm OS 5
devices. With Palm's release of Palm OS 5 we are proud to deliver
PDxMD on the next generation of mobile computing for the healthcare
industry.

PDxMD is an evidence-based clinical information system that provides
continuously updated thinking on the latest evaluation diagnosis,
management, outcomes and prevention all at the point and time of
care from your desktop and handheld.

Please log on to www.pdxmd.com and download this new version today!

Pass this on to a colleague or your institution's Ambulatory Care
management team.



Call us for special pricing for your institution: 877-857-1047 or email us at pdxmdleads@elsevier.com

[gfunkmagic]

Originally posted by Nate1749
well it looks like pdxmd now supports os5, I got this e-mail today... Although on their webpage I don't see anything about this, hmmm...



We are pleased to announce that PDxMD now supports the new Palm OS 5
devices. With Palm's release of Palm OS 5 we are proud to deliver
PDxMD on the next generation of mobile computing for the healthcare
industry.

PDxMD is an evidence-based clinical information system that provides
continuously updated thinking on the latest evaluation diagnosis,
management, outcomes and prevention all at the point and time of
care from your desktop and handheld.

Please log on to www.pdxmd.com and download this new version today!

Pass this on to a colleague or your institution's Ambulatory Care
management team.



Call us for special pricing for your institution: 877-857-1047 or email us at pdxmdleads@elsevier.com

Whoa!! PDxMD is freaking $150/yr for medstudents and $300/yr for physicians! :eek: :mad: I could buy another PDA for that much money. I'm sorry but that is absolutely insane! You can buy the entire emedicine ebook library for $100 bucks even! Can someone please justify the cost/benefits of this app for me. I realize the benefits of EBM, but does the cost of PDxMD really outweigh a free EMB handbook that you could carry?

[Nate1749]

I finally got pdxMD for os5 and I like it a lot, except, I wish it was more in depth. They just don't have as many selections as I was hoping, and for that price, that's kinda ridicoulous. I'm still in the 30 day trial period. I wouldn't pay more than $20 for this. I downloaded the biggest database one they had too, 10 megs I think it was.

-Nate

[mikra]

Is there anything like PDxMD in German for OS5?

I formerly used "Differentialdiagnosen Innere" but it is not compatible to OS5.

[mikra]

Originally posted by Nate1749
pdxmd.com requires you install a reader that's not supported with os5 =(

Still have to look at Griffith's 5MCC

I installed pdxmd and the reader on my clienx70v, which has OS5. So the reader seems to be OS5 compatible now...

Michael

[mikra]

Originally posted by Nate1749
... for that price, that's kinda ridicoulous. ... I wouldn't pay more than $20 for this. 
@nate

Thats exatcly what i think! The price is outstanding and not appropriate to the amount of information.
I am still looking for something equal or better, with reasonable price (and for me a german version would be what i like).

Michael