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Calculating weight-based dosing for paediatric patients



STOPWATCH

Counting respiratory rate per minute

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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Useful Links

New Zealand
aucklandregion.communityhealthpathways.org ( REGIONAL GUIDELINES)
(for health workers only, login required) 
www.health.govt.nz (MINISTRY OF HEALTH)
www.healthify.nz  (PATIENT INFORMATION)
www.healthpathwayscommunity.org ( REGIONAL GUIDELINES)
www.healthpoint.co.nz ( RATs COLLECTION. VACCINATION. PHARMACIES DISPENSING ANTIVIRAL MEDICINE)

Overseas
www.covid19-druginteractions.org/checker (PAXLOVID  DRUG INTERACTION CHECKER)
www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 (WHO INFORMATION)

URGENT CARE

 
 
  

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Useful Links

New Zealand


Overseas

Physical Examination

RED WHALE - UK General Practice

USEFUL FORMS

Abuse
Abuse Body Diagrams
Body Map - Safeguarding Children Initiative
Physical abuse Evaluating Injuries
Support Services

Addictions
Adapted ASSIST-Lite drug, alcohol and tobacco screening tool for health and social care settings
Benzodiazepine equivalents
Cannabis
Gambling - Brief Biosocial Screen
Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 - Amendment 2023
Severity of Dependance Scale (Drugs that have potential for abuse)
Smokefree Pharmacotherapy
Smoking - Prescribing NRT

Addictions - Alcohol
Alcohol - How Much Is Too Much?
AUDIT-C (Alcohol screening)
AUDIT (Alcohol)
Alcohol withdrawal support
CAGE Alcohol Abuse Screening Tool

Allergies 
Allergic Rhinitis
Annual Pollen Calendar

Brain Injury
Brain Injury Screening Tool (BIST-ED)
Sport Concussion Assessment (SCAT6)
Sports Concussion in New Zealand - National Guidelines (March 2024)

Cancer
ECOG Performance Status

Cardiovascular
Angina Action Plan
Heart Failure Action Plan
Heart Failure - NYHA Classification
Home Blood Pressure Measurement 

Child Development Milestones - Age Group Fact Sheets
2 months
4 months
6 months
9 months
12 months
18 months
2 years
3 years
4 years
5 years
Developmental Milestones: Birth to 5 years
Early Intervention Referral Guide
Autistic Spectrum Disorder Guideline Quick Card

Colours
Colour identification eg. stools, urine, phlegm, nasal discharge, vomit, skin lesions etc

Death
Death Certificate
Recognising the dying person flow chart
Verifying Death

Dermatology - Eczema
Bleach Baths for Eczema
Eczema Action Plan
Eczema severity score
Topical Corticosteroids
Funded Emollients and Plain Steroid Creams in NZ 2025

Dermatology - Dermoscopy and Skin Cancer
Colours seen on dermoscopy
Fitzpatrick skin type chart
Non-Pigmented skin lesions - Dermoscopy
Pigmented skin lesions - Dermoscopy

Dermatology - Minor Surgery
Skin tension lines for minor surgery
Appropriate margins for excision
Timing of suture removal
Looking after your skin surgery wound

Diabetes
Diet guide
Foot care

Diet, Exercise, Obesity, Weight Loss
King’s Obesity Staging System
Mediterranean diet
Metabolic equivalents (METS) - Example Activities
Weight loss medications

Driving
Quick Driver Checklist
Driving safely as a senior
Is My Patient Safe to Drive
Senior drivers licence renewal (page 24)

Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT)
Healthy Hearing Checklist
HINTS Exam
Tinnitus
Tonsils Grading Chart
Vertigo

Eating 
SCOFF questionnaire (Eating Disorder)
Screen-14 (Rate your Eating Habits

Endocrinology 
Hirsutism

Epilepsy
Seizure Diary

Gastroenterology
Bristol Stool Chart (Adult)
Bristol Stool Chart (Paediatric)
Clearance Criteria for Enteric Diseases in Auckland
Coeliac Disease Checklist

Genetics
Family Tree

Haematology
High INR in patient without bleeding
Monitoring Warfarin
Warfarin Checklist and Interactions

Infectious Diseases
Exclusion from School, Early Childhood Centre or School
Fever in the returned traveller
Guidelines for the management of tetanus-prone wounds
Infectious Gastroenteritis Testing Guide

Laboratory
Antibiotic Susceptibility Report
Critical Results - Communication
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Legal
Health & Disability Code - Consumer Rights
Health Information Privacy Code

Liver
Liver FibroScan
Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease

Maori Health
Hui Process
Meihana Model
The Treaty of Waitangi

Men’s Health
Androgen Deficiency in Aging Males (ADAM)
Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index
Erectile Function
Erection Hardness Scale
International Prostate Symptom Score

Mental Health - ADHD
Adult ADHD Self Report Scale 
ADHD - SNAP-IV 26 Rating Scale
ADHD Medications - Dose Equivalence

Mental Health - Depression
Antidepressant Switching Table
Antidepressant Tapering Plans
Edinburgh Post Natal Depression
Geriatric Depression Scale
Kessler 10 (Depression and Anxiety)
PHQ-9 (Depression)

Mental Health - General
Adolescent HEEADSSSSS Assessment
Bipolar disorder
Doctor Burnout Questionnaire
GAD-7 (Anxiety)
Mental Status Examination
Neuropsychiatric Inventory
Obsessive-Compulsive Test
Personality disorders
PTSD checklist
Psychosis - Acute assessment
Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS)
SCARED - Anxiety childhood 8 to 18 years
Child
Parent

Older Persons - General

Barthel Activities of Daily Living Index
Clinical Frailty Scale
Detecting Postural Hypotension
Mini Nutritional Assessment
Mobility Parking
 

Older Persons - Prescribing

AGS 2015 Beers Criteria (Pocket Guide)
STOPP-Frail
STOPP-START v.3


Older Persons - Memory Testing

4AT - Delirium & Cognitive impairment test
Abbreviated Mental Test
Assessing Capacity Toolkit
Delirium/Dementia Screening Tools - CAM and MSQ
GPCOG
MANA (Māori Assessment of Neuropsychological Abilities)
Mini-COG
Mini Mental State Examination
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
NZ MINI ACE(recommendation NZ HealthPathways from 1/9/2020) RUDAS (lower literacy - non-English speak.) Short IQCODE
Simard MD (Driving)
Six-item Cognitive Impairment Test (6CIT)

Older Persons - Pressure Injury
Pressure Injury Classification
Waterlow Pressure Sore Assessment Chart

Ophthalmology 
Amsler Grid (Macular Degeneration)
Red Eye
Reference:
Article: Decoding the red eye
By:  Vaishnavi Menon and Varshini Manoharan
Published: 15th February 2021
Website: www.eyenews.uk.com

Paediatrics
Baby with Jaundice
Cardiac murmurs in children
Plunket’s cough mixture (age 12 months - 6 years)
Pre-School Wheeze Action Plan
Social Risk Factor Assessment 
 

Pain
Brief Pain Inventory
Opioid Dose Equivalence
Opioid Risk Tool
Orebro 10 (Disability Risk)
Pain Diary
Pain Score
Pain Self Management Plan 
S-LANNS Pain Score (Neuropathic Pain)
Wong-Baker FACES
 

Pharmacology
Adrenergic Receptor Chart
Cytochrome P450 Drug Interactions
G6PD: glucose-6-phosphate deficiency Medications to be Avoided
Hyponatraemia - Medications asssociation + SIADH
Long QT syndrome Medications to be Avoided
Serotonin syndrome associated drugs

Palliative Care
Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT)

Research
Types of Clinical Trials
 

Respiratory

Asthma Control Test
Adult Asthma Action plan
Brochiectasis Action plan
Child Asthma Action plan
Inhaler Device Identification
Using a spacer
COPD Assessment Test (CAT)
CAT User Guide
mMRC Dyspnea Scale
Spirometry Guide
 

Rheumatology
Fibromyalgia diagnostic worksheet
Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire
Fibromyalgia 18 tender points
Vaccinations - patients on traditional & biologic DMARD (ADHB Apr 25)

Sleep
Auckland Sleep Questionnaire
Epworth Sleepiness Scale
Insomnia Severity Index
Obstructive sleep apnoea
Paediatric OSA Syndrome
Sleep Diary
Sleep Hygiene
Sleep Needs for Different Ages
Twenty Winks Sleep Questionnaire
 

Travel Medicine
Fitness to Fly (Air New Zealand)
Mosquito bite avoidance for travellers
Rabies information for travellers

Vascular and Wound Care
CEAP classification for chronic venous disorders
Ulcer comparison - Arterial, Venous, Neuropathic
Wound closure with Histoacryl (glue)
Wound Dressing Product Practice Guideline

Women’s Health - General
Contraception Options
Menstrual/Pain Diary
Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy (PUQE-24)
Ovarian cancer symptom diary
Perimenopause and menopause symptom checklist
Premenstrual Syndrome

Women’s Health - Pregnancy
Folic Acid and Iodine in Pregnancy
Food Safety in Pregnancy
Laboratory values - change with pregnancy (BPAC 2015)
Normal early intrauterine pregnancy (including BhCG chart)
    - BhCG graph and explanatory notes - 1 page 


Work and Income
Medical Forms

ONLINE CALCULATORS

 

Alcohol 

Alcohol standard drinks calculator
www.alcoholandme.org.nz/standard-drink-calculator


Breast cancer 

Woman age 25-54 breast cancer 5-year risk
www.breastnet.nz/risk-calculator
 

Calcium Intake 

Calcium Calculator 
webapps.igc.ed.ac.uk/world/research/rheumatological/calcium-calculator/


Cardiovascular

Aspirin Bleeding Risk Calculator
aspirinbenefitharmcalculator.shinyapps.io/calculator

CHA₂DS₂-VASc Score for Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Risk
www.mdcalc.com/cha2ds2-vasc-score-atrial-fibrillation-stroke-risk

Dutch Criteria for Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) 
www.mdcalc.com/dutch-criteria-familial-hypercholesterolemia-fh

Emergency Department Assessment of Chest Pain Score (EDACS)
www.mdcalc.com/calc/1858/emergency-department-assessment-chest-pain-score-edacs

HAS-BLED Score for Major Bleeding Risk
www.mdcalc.com/has-bled-score-major-bleeding-risk

My Heart Check
myheartcheck.org.nz

PREDICT New Zealand Data, 5 Year Risk
decisionaid.ca/cvd/


Dermatology

Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) calculator
www.pasitraining.com


Diabetes

CVD and ESRD Risk Assessment - Type 2 Diabetics 
www.nzssd.org.nz/cvd_renal
 
Hb1Ac Units Convertor 
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-units-converter.html


DVT and Pulmonary Embolism 

PERC Rule for Pulmonary Embolism
www.mdcalc.com/calc/347/perc-rule-pulmonary-embolism

Wells' Criteria for DVT
www.mdcalc.com/wells-criteria-dvt

Wells' Criteria for Pulmonary Embolism
www.mdcalc.com/wells-criteria-pulmonary-embolism


General

Body Mass Index (BMI)
www.mdcalc.com/body-mass-index-bmi-body-surface-area-bsa

Healthy Weight BMI Calculators
https://info.health.nz/keeping-healthy/healthy-weight-bmi-calculator?stage=Live

Weights & Measures
https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/conversions/


Gynaecology

RMI Calculator for Ovarian Cancer detection


Haematology 

Mentzer Index - Differentiating iron deficiency anemia from beta thalassemia
https://qxmd.com/calculate/calculator_878/mentzer-index


Liver

AST to Platelet Ratio Index (ARPI)
www.hepatitisc.uw.edu/page/clinical-calculators/apri

Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) Index for Liver Fibrosis
www.mdcalc.com/calc/2200/fibrosis-4-fib-4-index-liver-fibrosis /apri

REACH-B Score for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/10031/reach-b-score-hepatocellular-carcinoma-hcc

REAL-B score - Risk for liver cancer (Asians and Polynesians)
REAL-B score - Risk for liver cancer (Asians and Polynesians)
 

Medication Dose Calculator (Paediatrics)

Amoxicillin
Amoxicillin + clavulanic acid
Cefaclor
Cefalexin
Co-trimoxazole
Erythromycin
Flucloxacillin
Ibuprofen
Paracetamol  

Mental Heath

Antipsychotic switching tool
https://www.nps.org.au/australian-prescriber/articles/antipsychotic-switching-tool#tool


Neurology

ABCD² Score for TIA
https://www.mdcalc.com/abcd2-score-tia


Osteoporosis

FRAX Fracture Risk Assessment Tool
www.sheffield.ac.uk/FRAX/

Garvan Institute Fracture Risk Calculator
www.garvan.org.au/promotions/bone-fracture-risk/calculator/

 

Paediatrics

Corrected Age Calculator
https://starship.org.nz/health-professionals/calculators/corrected-age-calculator/
 

Pharmacology

Anticholinergic Medications - Patients > 65
www.acbcalc.com


Pregnancy

Pregnancy Due Dates Calculator
www.mdcalc.com/pregnancy-due-dates-calculator


Renal Function

Conversion of urine protein-creatinine (PCR) to albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR) 
https://ckdpcrisk.org/pcr2acr/

Creatinine Clearance Cockcroft-Gault Equation
www.mdcalc.com/creatinine-clearance-cockcroft-gault-equation
 

Sepsis

National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2
https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/10083/national-early-warning-score-news-2

qSOFA (Quick SOFA) Score for Sepsis
www.mdcalc.com/qsofa-quick-sofa-score-sepsis

SIRS, Sepsis, and Septic Shock Criteria
www.mdcalc.com/sirs-sepsis-septic-shock-criteria
 

Smoking

Smoking Pack Years
www.smokingpackyears.com

Travel Health
Japanese encephalitis vaccine risk-benefit calculator in travellers
www.vaxical.com
 

Tuberculosis 

TST/IGRA Interpreter
www.tstin3d.com/en/calc.html