Table 1.
Software applications and examples of the databases provided on Palm handheld computers
| Application | Database/information |
| Addressbook* | Hospital and staff telephone numbers |
| Emergency numbers | |
| Datebook* | Call schedules |
| Schedules for teaching and rounds | |
| Memopad* | Patient database |
| To Do list* | |
| Calculator* | |
| J-file | Acid-base equations |
| Dialysis solutions | |
| Vasopressor protocols | |
| Electrolyte replacement | |
| Antiarrhythmic drugs | |
| Normal laboratory values | |
| Drug dosing in renal failure | |
| Drugs in pregnancy | |
| AvantGo | ICU orientation manual |
| Antimicrobial therapy | |
| Research study summaries | |
| Ventilator weaning protocol | |
| Organ-donation criteria | |
| Residents' objectives | |
| Cbas Pad | Calculators of |
| Creatinine clearance | |
| Ideal body weight | |
| Respiratory parameters | |
| Fractional excretion sodium | |
| Harris-Benedict equation | |
| Intravenous drug rate | |
| PalmPrint | Printout of daily note |
* Basic applications standard with the Palm handheld device.