Comparison

Anesthesia Central vs Sedation Calculator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Anesthesia Central

This app provides anesthesiologists and critical care specialists with essential information for patient care before, during, and after surgery. It includes disease, drug, test, and procedure details, along with access to the PubMed database for journal articles.

Highlights
  • Disease, drug, test, and procedure information
  • Access to PubMed database
  • MGH Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
  • Davis's Drug Guide
  • Pocket ICU Management
  • Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests
  • Integrated calculators
Features
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** The All-In-One Mobile and Web Solution for Anesthesiology ** ABOUT ANESTHESIA CENTRAL Anesthesia Central is a must-have resource for every anesthesiologist, critical care specialist, nurse anesthetist, and trainee. Consult the automatically updating collection of disease, drug, test, and procedure information for treating patients before, during, and after surgery. Download to your mobile device and use the quick-read format to find answers fast or search for journal articles and citations in the full PubMed database – anytime, anywhere. Five comprehensive resources included with Anesthesia Central. MGH CLINICAL ANESTHESIA PROCEDURES Includes proven guidelines for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative anesthesia care, developed by the renowned Massachusetts General Hospital. DAVIS’S DRUG GUIDE Refer to need-to-know information on dosing, contraindications, drug interactions, and patient education for more than 5,000 medications. POCKET ICU MANAGEMENT Focuses on conditions found in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and covers a range of topics from life-threatening disorders to presenting conditions. POCKET GUIDE TO DIAGNOSTIC TESTS Pocket Guide to Diagnostics Tests provides evidence-based recommendations on the selection and interpretation of over 450 laboratory, imaging, and microbiology tests. Prime PubMed Search Connect to the full MEDLINE/PubMed database. Stay up to date with your favorite medical journals, perform powerful searches, link directly to the publisher’s full text, and share articles via email or social media. Visually explore the literature using Grapherence®, a unique way to find related and relevant articles. FEATURES • Receive 1-year of drug updates • Download any new editions of included resources free for 1-year • Make quick calculations with integrated calculators • Create custom notes and highlights within entries • Consult trusted, up-to-date procedure, drug, and test information • Jump quickly between resources using Cross Links • Access to PubMed database through Prime • Use the advanced search capabilities to find topics fast • Bookmark important entries with “Favorites” • Get access to Anesthesia Central website for 1-year DRUG AND CONTENT UPDATES • After initial Anesthesia Central purchase you will receive updates for one year • After one year, you can purchase updates for an additional year, at the discounted rate of $99.99. If you do not choose to purchase, you can continue to use the product but will not receive updates. • This app will automatically renew annually at the current renewal rate ($99.99) and charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase, unless auto-renew is turned off 24 hours prior to the conclusion of the one-year subscription period. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital: Senior Editor: Wilton C. Levine, MD Associate Editors: Rae M. Allain, MD; Theodore A. Alston, MD, PhD; Peter F. Dunn, MD; Jean Kwo, MD; Carl E. Rosow, MD, PhD Publisher: Lippincott Willams & Wilkins Pocket ICU Management: Authors: Michael H. Wall, MD, FCCM; Pamela R. Roberts, MD, FCCM; J. Christopher Farmer, MD, FCCM Publisher: PocketMedicine.com Davis's Drug Guide: Authors: April Hazard Vallerand, PhD, RN, FAAN; Cynthia A. Sanoski, BS, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS Publisher: F.A. Davis Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests: Editors: Diana Nicoll, MD, PhD, MPA; Chuanyi Mark Lu, MD; Michael Pignone, MD, MPH; Stephen J. McPhee, MD Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Unbound Privacy Policy: www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy Unbound Terms of Use: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/end_user_license_agreement

About

Sedation Calculator

This medical app simplifies drug dosage calculations for pediatric dental sedation. It provides quick verification for local anesthesia, oral sedation, and emergency reversal drugs, eliminating manual calculations and centralizing important values.

Highlights
  • Quick dosage verification
  • Local anesthesia calculations
  • Oral sedation calculations
  • Emergency reversal drug calculations
  • Centralized drug values
  • Drug concentration listings
Features
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Many pediatric dentist use oral conscious sedation as an adjunct to traditional behavior management techniques. Many different drug combinations exist and the dosages within them vary even further. The pediatric dental sedation app is a quick and simple way to verify dosages of local anesthesia, oral sedation, and emergency reversal drugs. Instead of repeatedly calculating medications by hand, this app makes the process as simple as a few button clicks. In addition, all of the important values are located in one convenient location. Calculations are conservative in nature and are based off of generally accepted values. Drugs and dosages are listed below: Lidocaine: 4 mg/kg Septocaine: 5mg/kg Hydroxyzine: 1mg/kg Meperidine: 2mg/kg Midazolam: 0.5mg/kg (oral), 0.2mg/kg (nasal) Diazepam: 0.25mg/kg Epinephrine: 0.01mg/kg Flumazenil: 0.01mg/kg Naloxone: 0.1mg/kg The information is to be used as a tool. All values should be independently calculated prior to administering drugs. Concentration of drugs are listed in the app.

Screenshots

Anesthesia Central4 screens
Sedation Calculator1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sedation Calculator at none against Anesthesia Central's 2. Sedation Calculator also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Anesthesia Central's advantage is ratings volume (105 vs 3) and chart position (#192 vs unranked). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Anesthesia Central sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $99.99 per year. Sedation Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sedation Calculator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anesthesia Central has 105 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Anesthesia Central's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sedation Calculator's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Anesthesia Central versus Sedation Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnesthesia CentralSedation Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (105 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings105 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 9 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#192 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB11 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUnbound Medicine, Inc.Augusta University

Customer experience

Anesthesia Central

All ratings105 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.8%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive74.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative18.6%

Sedation Calculator

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Anesthesia Central

Subscriptions1
  • Anesthesia Central Renewal$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Anesthesia Central$169.99
None

Sedation Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Anesthesia Central free?
Anesthesia Central is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sedation Calculator free?
Sedation Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Anesthesia Central or Sedation Calculator?
Sedation Calculator is rated higher. Anesthesia Central averages 4.6 out of 5 from 105 ratings, while Sedation Calculator averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Anesthesia Central or Sedation Calculator have ads?
Neither Anesthesia Central nor Sedation Calculator shows ads.

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