Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Predicted Height Calculator

Calculates child's height based on parent's height in inches: Predicted Height Calculator.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Google search results for ipod touch

Searching for "ipod touch" on Google (GOOG) showed some recent changes in advertising strategy. Amazon is no longer allowing associates to directly link from Google to an affiliate landing page. Instead, affiliates have to place a Google advertisement for their own web page with an Amazon link. After this change, the first spot on the advertising panel on the right belongs to Amazon and links directly to their page. Another interesting point is that Microsoft's (MSFT) Bing is advertising it's cash back program for the "ipod touch" on Bing. Recently, there has been a spike in the bid price for these advertisments, and this may have been due to Microsoft and Amazon entering the bidding war for placement. I am not sure how many product advertisments Microsoft is placing on Google, but they're sending  cash to their competitor with every click. 



Saturday, July 18, 2009

Gastroenterology Vignettes

American Journal of Gastroenterology Vignettes

Ipod Touch Applications

Free Applications

Best Medical:
Epocrates
MedCalc
Skyscape 

Best Finance:
AOL Finance
with Real Time Quotes

Best Phone:
Skype 


Monday, July 13, 2009

FeNa Calculator

Calculates the fractional excretion of sodium based on urine sodium, plasma sodium, urine creatinine, and serum creatinine. Determines the cause of acute renal failure.

 

FeNa < 1 % - prerenal failure: dehydration more than chf


FeNa > 2 % - intrinsic disease: acute tubular necrosis, vasculitis, interstitial nephritis


 



Sources:

1. Le, Tao, Vikas Bhushan, Robert W. Grow, and Veronique Tache.First Aid for the USMLE Step 3. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2008. Print.