The smart phone: An indispensable tool for the plastic surgeon?

Hunter, Thomas J A; Hardwicke, Joseph; Rayatt, Sukh

doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2009.11.010

Cited by 19 publications

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“…Now medical calculators are available for several smartphone platforms. Table 5 in Appendix II presents eight smartphone-based medical calculator applications that were discussed in 10 articles [11,16,26,39,41-43,47,55,56]. These eight applications are: Epocrates MedMath, MedCalc, Medical Calculator, Calculate, Archimedes, uBurn Lite, Softforce’s Antibiotic Dosage Calculator, and Paeds ED.…”

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“…Drug dosages for patients with renal failure can be calculated by Softforce’s Antibiotic Dosage Calculator. The uBurn app helps surgeons to calculate the percentage of total body surface area affected in adult burn victims [56]. …”

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confidence: 99%

“…The free PubSearch [51] and fee-base PubMed on Tap [41,42,56] are two commercial applications for the iOS platform that facilitate PubMed/MEDLINE search from iPhone. These two applications are client applications for PubMed/MEDLINE.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Seven articles discuss a total of eleven applications [11,17,23,41,47,51,56]. Table 11 in Appendix II lists the eleven applications and provides detailed information for each.…”

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A Systematic Review of Healthcare Applications for Smartphones

Mosa

Yoo

Sheets

2012

BMC Med Inform Decis Mak

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BackgroundAdvanced mobile communications and portable computation are now combined in handheld devices called “smartphones”, which are also capable of running third-party software. The number of smartphone users is growing rapidly, including among healthcare professionals. The purpose of this study was to classify smartphone-based healthcare technologies as discussed in academic literature according to their functionalities, and summarize articles in each category.MethodsIn April 2011, MEDLINE was searched to identify articles that discussed the design, development, evaluation, or use of smartphone-based software for healthcare professionals, medical or nursing students, or patients. A total of 55 articles discussing 83 applications were selected for this study from 2,894 articles initially obtained from the MEDLINE searches.ResultsA total of 83 applications were documented: 57 applications for healthcare professionals focusing on disease diagnosis (21), drug reference (6), medical calculators (8), literature search (6), clinical communication (3), Hospital Information System (HIS) client applications (4), medical training (2) and general healthcare applications (7); 11 applications for medical or nursing students focusing on medical education; and 15 applications for patients focusing on disease management with chronic illness (6), ENT-related (4), fall-related (3), and two other conditions (2). The disease diagnosis, drug reference, and medical calculator applications were reported as most useful by healthcare professionals and medical or nursing students.ConclusionsMany medical applications for smartphones have been developed and widely used by health professionals and patients. The use of smartphones is getting more attention in healthcare day by day. Medical applications make smartphones useful tools in the practice of evidence-based medicine at the point of care, in addition to their use in mobile clinical communication. Also, smartphones can play a very important role in patient education, disease self-management, and remote monitoring of patients.

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confidence: 99%

“…Seven articles discuss a total of eleven applications [11,17,23,41,47,51,56]. Table 11 in Appendix II lists the eleven applications and provides detailed information for each.…”

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A Systematic Review of Healthcare Applications for Smartphones

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Yoo

Sheets

2012

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“…Apps can be useful assistance apps, including those not marketed directly toward plastic surgeon Hunter et al (2010) 16 Plastic surgery Narrative review Gives 6 apps and 5 websites relevant to the plastic surgery field…”

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A Systematic Review of Smartphone Applications for Plastic Surgery Providers

Reusche

Buchanan

Kozlow

et al. 2016

Annals of Plastic Surgery

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Apps related to the field of plastic surgery are increasing in prevalence. The content of these apps are variable, and the majority are intended for marketing and development of private practices. Apps linking to literature, texts, study materials, and clinical tools and guidelines are developed for both practicing plastic surgeons and surgical trainees. Finding "useful" apps takes time because searches are often complicated by a variety of apps.

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