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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.

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.

A repository of web-based calculators for formulas and scores.

The NCEMI has created useful online calculators. Decision rules, scores, and algorithms are also provided. Best viewed in IE, these links are along the right-hand side of the page, under the images section. Page does not display in Firefox.

This risk assessment tool uses recent data from the Framingham Heart Study to estimate 10-year risk for hard coronary heart disease outcomes (myocardial infarction and coronary death). This tool is designed to estimate risk in adults aged 20 and older.

An interactive tool for the Pneumonia Severity Index from the Assessment of the Variation and Outcomes of Pneumonia: Pneumonia Patient Outcomes Research Team Final Report.

A fracture risk assessment tool developed by the World Health Organization integrating the risk associated with clinical risk factors and BMD of the femoral neck.

The SCORE is a validated clinical prediction rule that selects patients who are appropriate candidates for DXA screening. SCORE was developed to identify post-menopausal women who may have a T-score of < -2 and should be screened.

The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool is an interactive tool designed by scientists at the National Cancer Institute and the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project to estimate a woman's risk of developing invasive breast cancer.

Quickly calculate BSA and BMI using several different units of measurement.

Convert volumes, weights, lengths, and Celsius and Fahrenheit.

Clinical practice guidelines from the Canadian Medical Association.

Provides rapid, easy-to-use access to important official guidelines developed by leading Canadian medical associations and societies, and covers the key conditions and diseases encountered in daily practice. Free full-text.