SE Just like the Medical Eponyms PDA and Palm (Windows and Mac) software program I learned about the Diagnosaurus two and a half years ago in pharmacy school at the University of Iowa.
Strait from the website http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/medical/diagnosaurus/index.html McGraw-Hill's Diagnosaurus 2.0 is a FREE medical PDA software used by students, physicians, and health professionals. It has 1000+ differential diagnosis to help you make informed decisions. Diagnosaurus 2.0 is derived from McGraw-Hill's most trusted CURRENT Consult Medicine 2007.
By using the pull down menu or by keypad search you can search by organ system or just review the list of disease. This program is helpful if you need to consider what other symptoms may be associated with the specific disease state and you can also view DDx or differential diagnosis's.
The font size is adjustable to allow for easier viewing.
Only 0.8 to 1.1 Mb of memory is required for storage.
This database, like Medical Eponyms will be helpful during rotations and on the spot searches especially in retail pharmacy. -End- SE
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TL: For a recent project, I used diagnosaurus to see how useful the database is. I found it easy to navigate and was pleased that I could search the database by disease, symptom or organ system. I was able to gather a substantial amount of information very quickly!
PH: I commented on diagnosaurus earlier in one of my blogs, for me it is one of the highlights of the semester. I had never really considered using it when JK discussed it briefly in our PPL class last year. I am glad that I was able to hear more about it this semester and get the opportunity to utilize it. I think diagnosaurus is a good way to find summaries of what exists in the literature without having to spend a lot of time researching all of the literature. It can be used to find promising articles that one can then track down and read more thouroughly without having to sift through a dozen other papers.
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