Thrombosis vs SPIRO

The Thrombosis Canada mobile app is your on-the-go resource for up-to-date clinical tools and practice guidelines related to thrombosis management. Built for healthcare professionals, this app offers quick access to: - Clinical Tools: Interactive tools designed to help with diagnosis, treatment, and risk assessment in managing patients with thrombosis. - Clinical Guides: Comprehensive guidelines from Thrombosis Canada covering various thrombosis conditions, treatments, and best practices. - Patient Resources: A wide range of materials including documents and videos, that can be shared with patients to educate them. Key Features: Whether you’re in the clinic, hospital, or consulting remotely, the Thrombosis Canada app ensures you have critical information at your fingertips. - User-Friendly Interface: Navigate easily through tools and guidelines with a simple and intuitive layout. Designed to be robust, yet concise enough to be applicable at the point of care. - Regular Updates: Always stay current with the latest guidelines and evidence-based practices. - Offline Access: Use clinical guides even without an internet connection. - Tailored for Healthcare Professionals: Developed voluntarily by Thrombosis CanadaTM members, internationally recognized as experts and peer reviewed by Thrombosis Canada committee. - Credibility: Reviewed for applicability to primary care by members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and these were not supported financially by any external funders.

Objective measurement of respiratory function is of primary importance in the assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. However, the interpretation of respiratory function tests, especially spirometry tests, is considered suboptimal in primary care. A team from the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute affiliated with Laval University (IUCPQ-UL) developed an interactive mobile application called SPIRO© to facilitate the interpretation of spirometry tests. The SPIRO© app guides healthcare professionals and medical students in interpreting spirometry tests by entering basic data from a spirometry report (FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC). The software gives a diagnostic suggestion to the user based on pre-set intervals. In addition to being a resource for educational material (explanatory video, questionnaires, documents related to respiratory health guidelines), the SPIRO© application guides the user in applying the guidelines in respiratory health by providing the necessary references (scientific articles, respiratory health guidelines) to develop a treatment plan. The app allows: - Optimizing interpretation of spirometry; - Obtaining a diagnostic suggestion; - Obtaining a treatment suggestion according to respiratory guidelines; - Getting quick access to respiratory health guidelines; - Facilitating the work of health professionals; - Carrying out better follow-up of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma; - Obtaining continuing education through specific and relevant educational material. This tool was developed by the Chair in Knowledge Translation, Education and Prevention in Respiratory and Cardiovascular Health affiliated with Laval University in collaboration with the IUCPQ-UL.