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PDAs and Asthma

Summary

The PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant) are transforming some aspects of the medical practice. We already have a tool which substitutes the classic paper notebooks (which were quickly filled with amendments and obsolete data).
These little computers which fit in your hand (so their names like Palm, HandHeld...) simplify a lot of tasks, and they allow us to have updated information at the click of a button.

Asthma and PDAs

In this section, we include those resources related to asthma, available for PDA. Resources both, for professionals and patients.
We select free resources, although occasionally, some of those which are databases, require additional programs for their correct reading and additional readers may not be free. 
Some resources run with operative system of Palm (PalmOS), others also in Pocket PC, or in operative systems as Epoc or Linux. All these aspects are described below..
 

Useful web sites

Palm.com (Palm official site)
Handango (online store, software, hardware: Palm y Pocket PC)
The Treo Stores (Palm)
Tucows (Palm, Pocket PC...)
Download.com de Cnet (Palm, Pocket PC...)
TodoPocketPC (Pocket PC, en español)
PiensaenPalm (Palm, en español)

Programs

Name: Guidelines for Asthma Management (Expert Panel 2) NAEEP
Platform: Palm
Web site: http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/as_palm.htm
Language: English
Free: yes

Name: Puff (lung function measurements)
Platform: Palm
Web site: http://www.metaworks.com/products/medicalapplications.html
Language: English
Free: yes

Name: Pulmonary Function Tests
Platform: Palm
Web site: http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?programId=45&productId=10320
Language: English
Free: yes

Name: Medcalc (includes lung function measurements)
Platform:  Palm
Web site: http://www.med-ia.ch/medcalc/desc.html
Language: English and French
Free: yes

Name: Clinical Pulmonology 2007 ebook)
Platform: Palm and Pocket PC
Web site: http://www.mobipocket.com/en/eBooks/BookDetails.asp?BookID=27303
Language: English
Free: no

Name: Health Engage Asthma v2
Platform: Palm and Pocket PC
Web site: http://www.healthengage.com/healthengageasthma.html
Language: English
Free: no