LibGuides: Respiratory System: Clinical Guidelines & Tools

DDx Tools

CMA Infobase
Clinical practice guidelines from the Canadian Medical Association.

National Guidelines Clearinghouse This link opens in a new window
The National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents produced by the AHRQ, AMA, and AAHP.

Body Surface Area and BMI calculator
Quickly calculate BSA and BMI using several different units of measurement.
ICD-9-CM
ICD-9-CM is the official system of assigning codes to diagnoses and procedures associated with hospital utilization in the United States. The ICD-9 is used to code and classify mortality data from death certificates.
MDCalc
A repository of web-based calculators for formulas and scores.
EBMcalc
From Stat!Ref, scroll down and select EBMcalc EBMcalc is a unique computerized medical reference and tool set. EBMcalc encompasses a wide array of pertinent medical formulae, clinical criteria sets and decision tree analysis tools used everyday by clinicians, medical educators, nurses and health care students of all types.