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Skyscape resources on iPhone - a worthwhile investment for any medical professional! By Andrew Schuman, M.D.

Skyscape takes full advantage of the iPhone's touch interface to provide a comprehensive library of the best medical resources available today.

All resources are readily accessible via a simple and easily navigated main screen. Important information is found quickly with a minimal amount of
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Palm with this Skyscape reference saved this person's life By Patty Huhmann

I worked for 10 years as a CCU nurse at night in St Louis, where most of the individuals I took care of were heart attack or heart transplant patients. At night you have limited resources, as far as MDs. You, of course, you have interns (1-2 years out of school) and a resident who may or may not be available.

One evening we received notice that a patient was flying in by copter. The patient, we learned, was in a rhythm called torsades. This rhythm originates in the lower portion of the heart. When one is in it there is no blood flow to the rest of the body, and it can be lethal if one does not come out of it.

When we heard the patient was in this rhythm we were also happy to hear someone was performing CPR on him, which meant he had a chance of surviving. On the other hand, there was a new intern on call and she was not familiar with this rhythm. She knew the patient would arrive in approximately 15 minutes, and we had to be ready. She said to me "What do we give for torsades?"
I knew Isuprel was one method to use, but was unaware of another. I took out my Palm and looked up torsades using Harrison's Manual of Medicine, and it gave us some additional info. It said to use MgSo4 1-2gm. I went to our crash cart, grabbed the magnesium and as the patient rolled through the door, CPR was still being performed. I then administered the drug. Within a short period of time the patient had converted to a normal rhythm. Time was an issue, good information was important and both of these I had in the palm of my hand. Palm with this Skyscape reference saved this person's life, and I was hooked for life.

I no longer work in this area, but I use my Palm each day to look up drugs for patient information, to do drug interaction checks as well as a million other tasks for my job. Although there have been many times I believe my Palm came in handy for patient care, this one in the ICU has to be the one - which has hooked me for life.
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I was able to get the information quickly from my palm PDA that a Beta blocker does not do good on patient who has asthma or respiratory problem... By Jagan Reddy

I had a 56 year old patient who had long standing hypertension and had been on treatment for several years. He had been started on Tab tenormin 50 mg 10 years ago and dosage raised to 100 mg after a few years as the BP was not getting controlled. He was a chronic smoker and gradually developed COPD and had to be started on atrovent inhaler.
I looked up harrisons and 5 mt Griffith clinical consult and changed his treatment by withdrawing Tab Tenormin and prescribing Tab Felodipine 10 mg with which he was much comfortable and BP got controlled. As I was able to get the information quickly from my palm PDA that a Beta blocker does not do good on patient who has asthma or respiratory problem helped me in making a quick decision to give the right antihypertensive.
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