PDA Software Assesses Risk of Cardiac Surgery

A calculator based on personal digital assistant (PDA) software is designed to evaluate the risks of cardiac surgery. The calculator was launched at the annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons in San Diego (CA, USA).

Using the Armus Risk Calculator, a doctor can learn about a cardiac patient's predicted mortality, length of stay in the hospital, morbidity, stroke, and other risk values in less than one minute, much more quickly than by requesting a report from a full database system. In some instances, the speed of the information may help to save a patient's life. Cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons can use the calculated risk factors as a decision aid to their clinical expertise in determining the best course of action at the point of care. The calculator is available in Palm OS, a pocket-sized device, and was developed by Armus Corp. (Burlingame, CA, USA; www.armus.com).

"The key to physician adoption of electronic information is giving them what they need, when they need it, and, most importantly, without changing the way they practice,” said Gyula Sziraczky, president and chief technologist at Armus.




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