tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Is UpToDate ready for the ICU"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về y học đề tài: Is UpToDate ready for the ICU? | Critical Care December 2002 Vol 6 No 6 Wall Web report Is UpToDate ready for the ICU Richard J Wall Fellow VA National Quality Scholars Program Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Nashville Tennessee USA Correspondence Richard J Wall Reported 26 July 2002 Critical Care 2002 6 550 DOI cc1816 Published online 27 August 2002 This article is online at http content 6 6 550 2002 BioMed Central Ltd Print ISSN 1364-8535 Online ISSN 1466-609X Website UpToDate URL http Cost Individual US Keywords computer-assisted decision making critical care intensive care units medical informatics online systems Owing to the complexity of modern medical care providers are increasingly turning to a growing arsenal of computerbased references for quick and reliable clinical information. In recent years UpToDate has emerged as one of the leading subscription-based software packages. The latest version was released in June 2002 and includes an impressive 6259 topics from the fields of internal medicine and pediatrics. Thirteen medical subspecialties are also covered including pulmonary and critical care gastroenterology and infectious diseases. In most cases the authors are established experts in their respective field. Individual topics follow a review article format including a brief introduction subject explanation some future predictions graphics tables and references. The sidebar table of contents allows quick navigation to any section in the article. Whenever possible links to other related topics are highlighted within the text. Click on a medication name and a pop-up window displays a concise monograph for the drug. Similarly click on any reference and a pop-up window displays the citation s Medline abstract. Although UpToDate is well regarded by general internists and pediatricians I decided to challenge the software with a variety of contemporary critical care topics. These included .