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UpToDate and Lexicomp

UpToDate and Lexicomp are both available to all Oak Point students. UpToDate is a professional medical encyclopedia used by healthcare professionals for accessing current medical information to support patient care. Lexicomp is a drug encyclopedia that includes drug interaction information. Scroll down for more information about Lexicomp in the right column below.

UPTODATE & APP (Encyclopedia for anything medical, including drug information)

As an individual at Oak Point, you have access to UpToDate via a computer or as an app on your smart phone.

Navigate to UpToDate.
Enter the eResources login credentials.
Click on "Register Now" and fill out the form. Use any email you prefer.
Submit the registration and follow the additional instructions to verify your new account.
The username and password you created in the previous step will allow you to download the app on your phone. Go to your phone’s App store, search for UpToDate, and download it. Plug in the username and password you just created. In order to re-authenticate your app every 90 days, just log into UpToDate on a computer-based browser via the library website.

Oak Point students and faculty love using the UpToDate and the app. The video linked below steps you through the registration process. If you have any questions or issues, please do not hesitate to contact the library for assistance.

UpToDate Account Creation

UpToDate Search Tutorial

UpToDate Calculators Drug Interactions

UpToDate Calculators

Clinical Criteria: Temperature unit conversions; Weight unit conversions

Medical Equations: Absolute eosinophil count; Conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit to SI unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests; Conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit to SI unit conversions: Immunology lab values; SI unit to conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests; SI unit to conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit conversions: Immunology lab values

Clinical Criteria: APACHE II scoring system in adults; ARISCAT (Canet) preoperative pulmonary risk index in adults; CIWA-Ar Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol scale; Child Pugh score for severity of liver disease (SI units)*; Child Pugh score for severity of liver disease (conventional units)*; Clinical indicators for malignant hyperthermia in adults (conventional and SI units); Enhanced STOP-Bang screening questionnaire for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults; Temperature unit conversions; Weight unit conversions

Medical Equations: Body Surface Area in adults (Du Bois Method); Body mass index (BMI; Quetelet's index) in adults; Body surface area (BSA) (Mosteller, square root method) in adults; Conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit to SI unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests; Conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit to SI unit conversions: Immunology lab values; Ideal body weight and adjusted body weight for adults; Lean body weight (LBW, adult female); Lean body weight (LBW, adult male); Nasal cannula oxygen fractional inspired O2 (FiO2) estimate; SI unit to conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests; SI unit to conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit conversions: Immunology lab values

Clinical Criteria: CHA2DS2-VASc risk stratification score for estimation of stroke risk for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in adults; Cardiovascular risk assessment (10-year, general cardiovascular disease, men: Framingham, 2008 paper); Cardiovascular risk assessment (10-year, general cardiovascular disease, women: Framingham, 2008 paper); Cardiovascular risk assessment (10-year, men: Patient education); Cardiovascular risk assessment (10-year, women: Patient education); Cardiovascular risk assessment in adults (10-year, ACC/AHA 2013) (Patient education); Clinical characteristics comprising the HAS-BLED bleeding risk score in adults; GRACE score estimate of six-month mortality following acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in adults; Temperature unit conversions; Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) score for ST elevation acute myocardial infarction; Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) score for unstable angina or non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in adults; Weight unit conversions

Medical Equations: Cardiac output in adults (conventional and SI units); Cardiovascular risk assessment in adults (10-year, ACC/AHA 2013); Cardiovascular risk assessment in adults (10-year, MESA 2015, with or without CAC score) (conventional and SI units); Conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit to SI unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests; Fractional excretion of phosphate (FePO4) (conventional and SI units); Friedewald Equation for Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL-C) (SI units)*; Friedewald Equation for Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL-C) (conventional units)*; Lean body weight (LBW, adult female); Lean body weight (LBW, adult male); Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and pulmonary vascular resistance index (PVRI) in adults and children; QT interval correction (ECG) in adults and children; SI unit to conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests; Systemic vascular resistance in adults

Clinical Criteria: Pressure ulcer risk stratification (Braden score) in adults; Temperature unit conversions; Weight unit conversions

Medical Equations: Body Surface Area in adults (Du Bois Method); Body mass index (BMI) for adults (Metric, Patient education); Body mass index (BMI) for adults (Patient education); Body mass index (BMI; Quetelet's index) in adults; Body surface area (BSA) (Mosteller, square root method) in adults; Conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit to SI unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests; Conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit to SI unit conversions: Immunology lab values; Creatinine clearance (measured) in adults and children age one month and older; Creatinine clearance estimate by Cockcroft-Gault equation in adults and older adolescents (age ≥18 years) (SI units)*; Creatinine clearance estimate by Cockcroft-Gault equation in adults and older adolescents (age ≥18 years) (conventional units)*; Ideal body weight and adjusted body weight for adults; Lean body weight (LBW, adult female); Lean body weight (LBW, adult male); Post-test probability from likelihood ratios and multiple test results; Post-test probability from pre-test probability, sensitivity, and specificity; SI unit to conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests; SI unit to conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit conversions: Immunology lab values

Clinical Criteria: Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale (COWS) for adults and adolescents; GRACE score estimate of six-month mortality following acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in adults; Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (Quick) qSOFA score in adults; Temperature unit conversions; Weight unit conversions

Medical Equations: Adult burn injury fluid resuscitation (Parkland crystalloid estimate); Blood ethanol concentration estimation; Endotracheal tube size for children (1 to 8 years); Ideal body weight and adjusted body weight for adults; Lean body weight (LBW, adult female); Lean body weight (LBW, adult male); SI unit to conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests

Clinical Criteria: Temperature unit conversions; Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) with guidance on FNA of thyroid nodules in adults; Weight unit conversions

Medical Equations: Body mass index (BMI) for adults (Metric, Patient education); Body mass index (BMI) for adults (Patient education); Body mass index (BMI; Quetelet's index) in adults; Calcium correction in hypoalbuminemia in adults and children ≥1 year (SI units)*; Calcium correction in hypoalbuminemia in adults and children ≥1 year (conventional units)*; Conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit to SI unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests; Glycemic assessment for hemoglobin A1C (conventional and SI units); Lean body weight (LBW, adult female); Lean body weight (LBW, adult male); Plasma sodium concentration correction for hyperglycemia in adults (conventional or SI units); SI unit to conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests

Clinical Criteria: ARISCAT (Canet) preoperative pulmonary risk index in adults; Alcohol consumption screening AUDIT questionnaire in adults (Patient education); Apgar score in newborns; CIWA-Ar Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol scale; International Prostatism Symptom Score (IPSS); Newborn hyperbilirubinemia assessment for infants born at ≥35 weeks gestation; Temperature unit conversions; Weight unit conversions; Westley croup severity score (appropriate for use in children ≤6 years of age)

Medical Equations: Absolute eosinophil count; Body mass index (BMI) for boys (Patient education); Body mass index (BMI) for girls (Patient education); Body mass index (BMI) percentiles for boys (2 to 20 years); Body mass index (BMI) percentiles for girls (2 to 20 years); Body surface area (BSA) (Mosteller, square root method) in adults; CDC height for age percentiles for boys (2 to 20 years); CDC height for age percentiles for girls (2 to 20 years); CDC weight for age percentiles for boys (2 to 20 years); CDC weight for age percentiles for girls (2 to 20 years); CDC/NCHS infant head circumference for age percentiles (<36 months); Conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit to SI unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests; Conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit to SI unit conversions: Immunology lab values; Estimated Date of Delivery (EDD); Estimated date of delivery (EDD) (Patient education); Gestational age from estimated date of delivery (EDD); Glomerular filtration rate estimate for children by Schwartz formula; Lean body weight (LBW, adult female); Lean body weight (LBW, adult male); Maintenance fluid calculation for children based on daily fluid requirements; PELD score for end-stage liver disease (patients less than 12 years old); Post-test probability from likelihood ratios and multiple test results; Post-test probability from pre-test probability, sensitivity, and specificity; Prediction of child's target height (height potential) based on midparental height; SI unit to conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests; SI unit to conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit conversions: Immunology lab values; Spot urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (conventional and SI units); Spot urine protein-to-creatinine ratio in adults; WHO assessment of malnutrition in boys 0 to 2 years old; WHO assessment of malnutrition in boys 2 to 5 years old; WHO assessment of malnutrition in girls 0 to 2 years old; WHO assessment of malnutrition in girls 2 to 5 years old; WHO infant head circumference for age percentiles (<24 months); WHO infant length for age percentiles (<24 months); WHO infant weight for age percentiles (<24 months); WHO infant weight for length percentiles (<24 months)

Clinical Criteria: Blatchford score for gastrointestinal bleeding in adults (conventional and SI units); Child Pugh score for severity of liver disease (SI units)*; Child Pugh score for severity of liver disease (conventional units)*; Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) in adults; Glasgow alcoholic hepatitis score in adults and adolescents; Harvey-Bradshaw Index of Crohn's disease activity in adults; Hepatitis discriminant function for estimating disease severity in adults with alcoholic hepatitis; Mayo score for assessing ulcerative colitis activity in adults; Ranson criteria for pancreatitis prognosis; Rockall score for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in adults; Temperature unit conversions; Weight unit conversions

Medical Equations: Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to platelet ratio index (APRI) in adults (SI units)*; Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to platelet ratio index (APRI) in adults (conventional units)*; Bedside Index of Severity in Acute Pancreatitis (BISAP) score in adults; Conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit to SI unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests; FIB-4 index, an indirect marker for liver fibrosis in adults (SI units)*; FIB-4 index, an indirect marker for liver fibrosis in adults (conventional units)*; MELD/MELDNa scores (for liver transplantation listing purposes, not appropriate for patient under age 12 years) (SI units)*; MELD/MELDNa scores (for liver transplantation listing purposes, not appropriate for patient under age 12 years) (conventional units)*; Model for Endstage Liver Disease (MELD) score in adults (not for liver transplantation listing purposes) (SI units)*; Model for Endstage Liver Disease (MELD) score in adults (not for liver transplantation listing purposes) (conventional units); Mortality risk in postoperative adult patients with cirrhosis (SI units)*; Mortality risk in postoperative adult patients with cirrhosis (conventional units)*; PELD score for end-stage liver disease (patients less than 12 years old); SI unit to conventional (gravimetric, imperial, US) unit conversions: Chemistry and endocrine tests; Stool osmolal gap

Clinical Criteria: Child Pugh score for severity of liver disease (SI units)*; Child Pugh score for severity of liver disease (conventional units)*; Clinical indicators for malignant hyperthermia in adults (conventional and SI units); DVT probability in adults: Wells score system; Eckardt symptom score for achalasia in adults and children; Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) score in adults; Mangled Extremity Severity Score (MESS) in adults; Modified Wells score for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in adults; Pressure ulcer risk stratification (Braden score) in adults; Pulmonary embolism Wells score in adults; Ranson criteria for pancreatitis prognosis; Revised venous clinical severity score (2010); Temperature unit conversions; Venous segmental disease score for obstruction; Venous segmental disease score for reflux; Villalta score for severity of post-thrombotic syndrome; Weight unit conversions

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Lexicomp and App - Drug Information Database

Lexicomp is an evidence-based website with fast, relevant drug information. Lexicomp provides drug reference options that tackle critical and challenging areas of drug decision support, accessible at the point of care in an easy-to-use, easily searchable interface. You can download the app and use it on your phone. Use your database login to access this on campus or at home.

How to Search Lexicomp Guide here

or watch the Lexicomp Overview video below!

Oak Point Library: UpToDate & Lexicomp