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Assistive Tools for Disabilities
- ASL Phrases (Sign Language) (select Conversational Phrase, "Health")
- Guidelines for Prescription Labeling and Consumer Medication Information for People with Vision Loss (PDF) (American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Foundation/American Foundation for the Blind)
- Medication Management (AFB Senior Site)
Cardiovascular Calculators
- ABCD for risk of Stroke
- Cardiovascular Risk Calculator (University of Edinburgh)
- CHADS2 Score for Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Risk
- Framingham Risk Score
- Reynolds Risk Score: Calculating Heart and Stroke Risk for Women and Men
- Risk Assessment Tool for estimating 10-year Risk of Having a Heart Attack (National Cholesterol Education Program)
- Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Risk Calculator (SPARC)
Critical Appraisal
- CI Calculator (Rob Herbert, Excel format)
- Effect Size Calculator (Gardner's Effect Size Illustrator)
- Online NNT Calculator (Visual Rx)
- Quickcalcs (Graphpad)
- Sample Size Calculators (Rollin Brant)
Deprescribing
Drug Interactions
- Drug Interactions Checker (Drugs.com)
- Herbal-Drug Interaction Chart (PDF) (RxFiles)
Fractures and Osteoporosis
- Bone Mineral Density Testing in Canada (Osteoporosis Canada)
- Calcium Calculator (Osteoporosis Canada)
- FRAX: WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool for Calculating 10 year probablility of fracture (University of Sheffield)
- QFracture (ClinRisk)
Miscellaneous
- Opioid Manager (Centre for Effective Practice)
- Bugs and Drugs
- Bristol Stool Chart
- Measurement Conversion Tables
- Medication Infoshare (Mental Health)
- Ovulation Calculator (WebMD)
- Therapeutic Drug Levels (MedlinePlus)
Pronounciation of Drug Names
Lexi-Comp Online (with audioclips) - $- Medical Dictionnary (MedlinePlus, with audioclips)
- Pronunciations (Merck Manuals, with audioclips)
Renal Function
- Cockcroft-Gault Calculator (with SI units)
- Creatinine Clearance, Dosing Weight and BSA Calculator (RPhWorld)
- GFR Calculators (National Kidney Disease Education Program)
- MDRD GFR Calculator (with SI units)
Tool Chests
- Epocrates MedTools
- Medical Calculators (GlobalRPh.com)
- Therapeutic Tools (Vancouver Coastal Health)
Published: 01 Jun 2015
Revised: 26 Feb 2017