Calculators

• BMI calculator (for adults)
• Body surface area (Du Bois Method) (MedCalc)
• Breast cancer risk calculator (NBCC)
• Corrected QTc segment (MedCalc)
• Creatinine Clearance   (National Kidney Foundation)
• GFR calculator - adults  (National Kidney Foundation)
• GFR calculator - children to age 18 years (National Kidney Foundation)
• Heart rate target - during exercise (Mayo Clinic)
• Ideal Body Weight (MedCalc)
• Immunisation calculator (SA Dept Health - catch-up immunisation calculator)
• New Zealand Cardiovascular Risk Calculator (New Zealand Guidelines Group - a chart more than a calculator, really)
• Target heart rate calculator for exercising (Mayo Clinic)
• Waist-to-Hip Ratio Calculator (The Gut Foundation)

      Charts

Acute coronary syndromes / AMI    Alcohol screen    Anaphylaxis      BP in children     
BMI in children    Choking     CPR & resuscitation    Emergency First Aid
Exclusion Chart (stay home from school according to infection)
Growth (head circumference, length weight) in children    Glycaemic index of foods  
Immunisation Schedule    International growth charts    Latex Free Equipment   PEFR values    Spirometry   Tanner staging (puberty)   Written asthma action plan

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES / AMI

• Acute coronary syndromes  - emergency management / fibrinolysis algorithm   (NHFA)

ALCOHOL SCREENING

• AUDIT - alcohol screening tool   (WHO)
  

BLOOD PRESSURE  in children

Girls

• Blood pressure in female children   (RCH - Royal Children's Hospital)

Boys

• Blood pressure in male children   (RCH - Royal Children's Hospital)
  
  

BODY MASS INDEX / BMI in children

Girls

• BMI in girls aged 2 to 20 years   (RCH - Royal Children's Hospital)

Boys

• BMI in boys aged 2 to 20 years   (RCH - Royal Children's Hospital)
  
  

EXCLUSION PERIODS to stay home with infectious diseases

• Exclusion chart  - Periods to stay home from school or daycare according to infection  (NHMRC - National Health & Medical Research Council
  
  

GROWTH - head circumference, length, weight & height

Girls

• head circumference & weight for length  - birth to 36 months   (CDC - Center for Disease Control)
• length - birth to 6 months    (WHO - World Health Organisation)
• height - 6 months to 2 years    (WHO - World Health Organisation)
• height - 2 to 5 years    (WHO - World Health Organisation)
• height & weight for age - 2 to 20 years    (CDC - Center for DIsease Control)

Boys

• head circumference & weight for length  - birth to 36 months   (CDC - Center for DIsease Control)
• length - birth to 6 months    (WHO - World Health Organisation)
• height - 6 months to 2 years    (WHO - World Health Organisation)
• height - 2 to 5 years    (WHO - World Health Organisation)
• height & weight for age - 2 to 20 years    (CDC - Center for DIsease Control)
  
  

GLYCAEMIC INDEX / GI   food charts

• GI database - Select GI database on left-hand menu to acces this searchable database   (USYD - University of Sydney; Nutrition Unit)
• The full table is available here  (again, from the USYD team)
  
  

LATEX FREE PRODUCTS 

• Latex-Free List (ASCIA)
  

NATIONAL IMMUNISATION PROGRAM SCHEDULE

• National Immunisation Program schedule - pdf   (Dept. Health & Ageing)
• National Immunisation Program schedule - html  (Dept. Health & Ageing)
  
  

INTERNATIONAL GROWTH CHARTS

• Chinese growth charts - height, weight, head circumference
• Indian growth charts - height , weight, head circumference (Indian Pediatrics 2007; 44: 187-197)
• Korean girl infants to 36 months
• Korean girls 2  to 18 years
• Korean boy infants to 36 months
• Korean boys 2  to 18 years
  
  

PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE / PEFR 

• Peak expiratory flow in normal subjects        (Gregg I, Nunn AJ / BMJ)
• Rough PEFR estimates table         (Monash University)
• Peak flow charts for patients to fill in -  2 month chart   12 month chart     (Reddel H, et al / Woolcock Institute)
  
  

RESUSCITATION / CPR

Resuscitation

• Basic Life Support Flow Chart    (ARC - Australian Resuscitation Council)
• Adult Cardiorespiratory Arrest Flow Chart   (ARC - Australian Resuscitation Council)
• Paediatric Cardiorespiratory Arrest Flow Chart  (ARC - Australian Resuscitation Council)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Flow chart   (ARC - Australian Resuscitation Council)

Choking

• Flow Chart for the management of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (CHOKING)   (ARC - Australian Resuscitation Council)

Anaphylaxis

• Emergency management of anaphylaxis in the community (Australian Prescriber)

SPIROMETRY

Women

• FEV₁  in litres    (NAC - National Asthma Council)
• FVC  in litres     (NAC - National Asthma Council)
• FEV₁/ FVC %    (NAC - National Asthma Council)
• FEF _25-75% in litres/sec   (NAC - National Asthma Council)
• PEF  in litres/sec   (NAC - National Asthma Council)

Men

• FEV₁  in litres    (NAC - National Asthma Council)
• FVC  in litres     (NAC - National Asthma Council)
• FEV₁/ FVC %    (NAC - National Asthma Council)
• FEF _25-75% in litres/sec   (NAC - National Asthma Council)
• PEF  in litres/sec   (NAC - National Asthma Council)

TANNER STAGES / Pubertal development

• Tanner Stages - pictorial chart      (St George's Hospital, London)
• Tanner Stages - table / text      (Medical College of Georgia)

WRITTEN ASTHMA ACTION PLAN

• Written Asthma Action Plan    (NAC - National Asthma Council)
  
  

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