Join the millions of medical professionals who use MDCalc daily to support clinical decision making at the bedside. Since 2005, MDCalc has been the leading medical reference for the most relevant, up-to-date and widely-used clinical calculators that support evidence-based patient care. Registration is free and takes less than 30 seconds for full, unlimited access.
MDCalc clinical decision support is created exclusively by board-certified physicians for use by physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and medical students. The simple yet sleek app provides access to 550+ easy-to-use clinical decision tools including risk scores, algorithms, equations, formulas, classifications, dosing calculators, and more.
With a new enhancement, clinicians can now earn AMA PRA Category 1TM CME credits by simply reading the clinical content for 150+ calculators. The app will keep track of the CME credits earned in a personal dashboard, where users can also redeem credits for certificates and access their receipts for easy documentation. In order to redeem CME credits, users will need to sign up for a paid CME plan.
Unique features, ideal for the busy practicing clinician:
• Works offline and in limited connection settings. (CME tracking requires a connection.)
• Fast and easy search and filter to discover new calculators.
• Customizable lists for quick access: favorites, recently used, your specialty.
• Auto-syncing between the website and app.
• Quick toggle between US and SI units.
• Error warnings and normal values to help avoid mistakes and improper inputs.
Our exclusive “MDCalc Method” for selecting tools - including in-depth appraisal and validation of evidence AND clinical relevance - results in only the highest-quality tools to help you make better decisions and be more efficient in your workflow. And our network of academic and practicing physician experts create easy-to-digest content to reinforce decision making and support training:
• Insights and advice from the EBM creators (e.g. Dr. Phil Wells’ on the Wells’ Criteria).
• Expert content by specialists on use cases, pearls & pitfalls, results interpretation and more.
• Synopses of the evidence from the original and validation research.
From iMedicalApps in 2016: “The evidence based medicine (EBM) components of the medical app are what really set MDCalc apart from its peers... The MDCalc app gives brief summaries of the critical studies concerning the medical calculator, links to the studies on PubMed as well as “pearls/pitfalls”, “next steps” and expert commentary from the authors of the calculators.” - iMedicalApps “MDCalc app, the best online medical calculator is now an app”
MDCalc clinical decision tools support 35+ specialties including cardiology, critical care/ICU, emergency medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, hepatology, infectious disease, internal medicine, nephrology, neurology, obstetrics, oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics, primary care, psychiatry, pulmonology, surgery, urology, and more! Here are some examples of the tools:
* Calculators that include CME content
» Creatinine Clearance (Cockcroft-Gault Equation)
» CHA2DS2-VASc Score for Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Risk
» Calcium Correction for Hypoalbuminemia
» MELD Score (Model For End-Stage Liver Disease) (12 and older)
» HAS-BLED Score for Major Bleeding Risk
» CHADS2 Score for Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Risk
» HEART Score for Major Cardiac Events *
» SIRS, Sepsis, and Septic Shock Criteria *
» Fractional Excretion of Sodium (FENa)
» Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) *
» Wells’ Criteria for Pulmonary Embolism *
» Wells’ Criteria for DVT
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Summary of user reviews
Positive highlights
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This app hasComprehensive library of medical calculators
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This app hasEvidence-based information and references
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This app hasSaves time and reduces cognitive load
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This app hasUseful for medical students, residents, and clinicians
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This app hasOffline access to tools
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This app hasCustomizable favorites for quick access
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This app hasHelps improve patient care and diagnostic ability
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This app hasIndispensable resource for ER, critical care, and prehospital providers
Negative highlights
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This app hasInvasive registration requirements
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This app hasLack of support for international medical graduates
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This app hasIssues with user interface and navigation
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This app hasCompatibility problems with newer iOS versions and devices
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This app hasBattery drain and device overheating issues
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This app hasLoss of saved favorites after updates
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This app hasDefaults to less useful views (e.g., Popular calculators)
The interface continues to be atrocious and I’m not sure why this hasn’t been addressed. The tap targets are small and invisible. There is no button to rapidly move to the next field for entry. If you need to change the contents of a field in which you’ve already entered a value, god help you and you’re probably better off force quitting the app and starting over. Oh and it defaults to imperial measurements.
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Response from developer
Hello,
We apologize for the negative experience. Please reach out to us at team@mdcalc.com so that we may understand these issues further. We have addressed the concerns mentioned (SI defaults, field navigation, and tap areas) in past versions of the app so we'd like to understand if these are still issues you are experiencing so that we may best be of assistance.
Thank you!