ASRA Coags vs MD Keyboard

The ASRA COAGS app has been updated with a universal code base and a fresh new look. This subscription-based app is $6.99/annually or free with ASRA Pain Medicine membership. The app transforms the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine anticoagulation guidelines for Regional Anesthesia and Interventional Pain Procedures into a quick and easy reference for your practice. It provides rapid access to drug-specific summary information. This version combines the most current recommendations from two separate publications: 1. The 2025 guidelines “Regional anesthesia in the patient receiving antithrombotic or thrombolytic therapy: American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Evidence- Based Guidelines (Fifth Edition)” published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. 2. The 2018 Interventional Pain guidelines from the publication “Interventional Spine and Pain Procedures in Patients on Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Medications (Second Edition); Guidelines From the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the International Neuromodulation Society, the North American Neuromodulation Society, and the World Institute of Pain” published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. The app provides direct access to both the regional guidelines and the pain guidelines, also allowing you to choose a default and focus on your specific practice area. Regional Guidelines: 1. Search for drugs by brand name or generic name. 2. Get recommendations based on the block type (e.g. neuraxial, peripheral, obstetric) and the intervention type (e.g. placing a block or removing a catheter). 3. Access more detailed information by using the Information "i" button: a. Mechanism of action for each drug. b. Executive summary for each drug. c. The full 2025 ASRA Pain Medicine regional guideline document. Pain Guidelines: 1. Search for drugs by brand name or generic name. Or start your search by procedure. 2. Get recommendations for: a. High, intermediate, and low risk procedures. b. Modifiers for patients at higher bleeding risk. c. Herbal medications. d. Antidepressant medications. e. When to restart medications after a procedure. 3. Access more detailed information for any drug by using the Information "i" button: a. Mechanism of action for each drug. b. Executive summary for each drug. c. The full 2018 ASRA Pain Medicine interventional pain guideline document. Members of ASRA Pain Medicine receive all society apps for free with their membership. To learn more or to join, visit asra.com/membership. Non-members have access to the content with a low-cost annual subscription.

The MD Keyboard extension for iOS is specially engineered with doctors and clinicians in mind. Add this keyboard from your Settings and it will become available as a normal keyboard for use in most apps such as Email, Notes and Messaging. The MD Keyboard allows you to search our vast medical database with cognitive AI and returned results can be entered into the text you are typing so it's like having an expert at your fingertips at any time from any app! With a free @Point of Care account, you can even earn CME credits right from the keyboard or type links to such materials into your text stream. On top of that, MD Keyboard provides a dynamic medical dictionary for word prediction and completion, including thousands of drug names. Also, we added more than the usual key alternates (long hold a key), giving you shortcuts to common medical abbreviations and scientific symbols. There is also Utility Mode where we will offer various specialized tools, starting with a simple calculator that will type numerical results into your field so you don't have to switch to a calculator app to do basic calculations. Also included currently is a BMI calculator and an Ideal Body Weight calculator. We want this to become the go-to tool for any doctor, from any app.