App Profile: Antimicrobial Prescription Adviser in Risk Groups

This application is meant for Physicians and intensivists who confront patients in different risk groups like pregnancy, liver disease and renal disease and are on antimicrobials.

A)Drug categorization with their safety for use in Pregnancy is displayed.

B)Drugs which require dose modification in liver disease are displayed.

C)The dosage adjustments for renal disease are based on the guidelines by the American college of Physicians.The data displayed are
i)GFR value based on Cockroft-Gault formula
ii)Dosage required for a particular drug
iii)Dosage adjustment over the full range of GFR
iv)Dosage adjustment for Intermittent Hemodialysis, if any.

This excellent collection for drug prescription in renal failure includes guidelines for over 130 drugs including anti-bacterials, anti-virals, anti-fungals and anti-parasitic agents.