Disease Quick Resources Available via the FSU College of Medicine Medical Library Web Page http://www.med.fsu.edu/library


The following is a list of disease quick reference resources available for access from any computer connected to the Internet on the FSU campus and via our EZProxy for off-campus access (http://med.fsu.edu/library/RemoteAccess.asp).



ACP PIER - The Physicians' Information and Education Resource (PIER) is an evidence-based "System" of actionable information about health conditions and interventions. It builds on other ACP-ASIM publications including ACP Journal Club and MKSAP, enabling users to drill down to the evidence-synopses supporting recommendations.
More information: http://pier.acponline.org/overview.html (A helpfile at the ACP PIER site)
Go to the: FSU College of Medicne Online Tutorials Page to find a flash tutorial explaining how to use this resource.
Link to the Resource via ACP: http://pier.acponline.org/?hp (for College of Medicine Students and Faculty)
Link to the Resource via STAT!Ref: http://online.statref.com/Document.aspx?grpalias=FSUCM&FxId=92&DocId=1
(limited to 5 simultaneous users)


Dynamed - DynaMed is designed to provide the most useful information at the point of care for health care professionals. Usefulness requires a balance of validity, relevance, convenience and affordability. Where available, links are provided to full-text electronic resources, including all FSU-available e-journals via a PubMed reference. This resource is available via the Maguire Medical Library and also in PDA format for FSU faculty, students and staff. DynaMed includes the following information on disease entities:
• Description (including ICD-9 Codes)
• Causes and Risk Factors
• Complications and Associated Conditions
• History
• Physical
• Diagnosis
• Prognosis
• Treatment
• Prevention and Screening
• References
• Patient Information
More information: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip&profile=dynamed/
(Description at Dynamed. Click on the “About Dynamed” link)
Go to the: FSU College of Medicne Online Tutorials Page to find a flash tutorial explaining how to use this resource.
Link to the Resource: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip&profile=dynamed/


Essential Evidence Plus (formerly InfoRetriever) -- Essential Evidence Plus contineus to feature InfoPOEMs, the highly-regarded daily EBM content alerting service, and the robust EBM search application formerly known as InfoRetriever. The incorporation of two new content resources-EBM Guidelines and e-Essential Evidence-will greatly augment the existing product features and content and position the re-branded resource Essential Evidence Plus as a state-of-the-art content system facilitating EBM practice, increasing clinical efficiency at the point of care, and improving patient outcomes.
EBM Guidelines is produced by the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim and includes a concise, easy-to-use collection of more than 950 Practice Guidelines, more than 3,000 Evidence Summaries, and more than 1,000 images.
Wiley-Blackwell will add e-Essential Evidence to the Essential Evidence Plus suite during the first quarter of 2008. This resource is an innovative general medical reference providing highly relevant medical content in a highly structured, evidence-based format for general practitioners, nurses and physician assistants providing first contact care.
Link to the Resource: http://www.infopoems.com/inforetriever/


Harrison’s Practice – Harrison’s Practice is a tool that delivers the most common medical topics in a quick format for instant information at point of care.
• Diagnosis and management for the most common medical conditions
• Drug database with complete information for over 51,000 generic and brand name drugs
• Links to PubMed for the primary evidence
• Web, web wireless or PDA access
• Drug Access to Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine
• Web-based ICD-9
More information: http://www.unboundmedicine.com/uguides/ubhp/ubhp_web/UserGuide.htm
Go to the: FSU College of Medicne Online Tutorials Page to find a flash tutorial explaining how to use this resource.
Link to the Resource: http://www.harrisonspractice.com


InfoRetriever/InfoPOEMS (now Essential Evidence Plus) - Available on-line, for desktop and PDA, this evidence-based medicine database of information includes the following searchable resources, as well as an e-mail alerting service:
• ICD-9 lookup tool including the 1,000 most-commonly needed codes

• The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (over 1100 abstracts)
• Clinical rules and calculators (120 decision rules and calculators like the Ottawa Ankle Rules, Strep Score, ABG interpretation, and much more)
• Evidence-Based Practice newsletter (1,500 brief critical appraisals of the most important primary care literature, adding about 350 per year)
• Journal of Family Practice POEMs feature (575 detailed critical appraisals of the most important primary care literature per year, adding 96 per year)
• Drug information (over 1200 drugs, including the United Healthcare formulary, basic prescribing, and pregnancy/lactation data. Warnings and drug interactions are NOT included)
• Family Practice Inquiries Network (a growing list of clinical questions and their answers based on the best available evidence)
• Web-based guidelines (direct links to about 150 evidence-based guidelines; requires Internet connection and Web browser)
• Treatment guidelines (brief summaries of over 270 selected evidence-based guidelines)
• Diagnostic test and history and physical exam information (information about test accuracy, in a handy calculator, for over 1000 unique combinations of symptom, diagnosis, and test)
• Daily POEMS e-mails upon request at COM Medical Library

More information: http://www.infopoems.com/productInfo/infoRetrieverTour.html
(Tutorial at InfoRetriever)
Go to the: FSU College of Medicne Online Tutorials Page to find a flash tutorial explaining how to use this resource.
Link to the Resource: http://www.infopoems.com/index.cfm?logID=FSU81987

Pediatric Care Online – This highly respected resource from the American Academy of Pediatrics integrates many different pediatric resources for quick access, including:

• Point-of-Care Quick Reference - Over 240 topics selected from the AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care
• The AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care – over 3000 pages of detailed information
• Bright Futures – supervision guidelines for well-child visits
• AAP Red Book content – Information on over 200 infectious diseases
• Interactive Periodicity Schedule – preventive screening and recommendations for each well-child visit
• Signs & Symptoms Search – differential diagnosis tool
• Patient Handouts – links to hundreds of handouts from numerous sources
• Forms & Tools – resources to help screen, track, and record clinical information

More information:http://pediatriccareonline.org/
Link to the Resource: http://pediatriccareonline.org/

PEPID - PEPID Clinical Rotations Companion (CRC) is specifically designed as an indispensable aid in the clinical rotation environment and contains the full professional suite of PEPID products. It contains information from detailed history and physical exam information, to admission orders, to specific disease diagnostic and treatment information. It also contains a Drug Database that includes includes over 7,500 drug, herbal and OTC generic and trade names with extensive kinetics and mechanism of action information, and adult and pediatric dosing with built-in dosing calculators.
More information: http://www.pepidonline.com/Main.aspx (Click on "Go to PEPID Tutorial" found at the top of the left hand column.)
Go to the: FSU College of Medicne Online Tutorials Page to find a flash tutorial explaining how to use this resource.
Link to the Resource: http://www.pepidonline.com/Main.aspx


WebFeat - WebFeat is a federated search engine that allows you to search 50 library resources from one simplified interface. Categories include:
• Evidence Based Medicine

• E-Books
• Databases
• E-Journals
• Consumer Health
• Drugs

Go to the: FSU College of Medicne Online Tutorials Page to find a flash tutorial explaining how to use this resource.
Link to the Resource: http://www.med.fsu.edu/library/webfeataccess.asp