The source for medical equations, algorithms, scores, and guidelines.

Insights from Dr. Cockcroft: Calculating creatinine clearance was a "simple" resident research project designed by Dr. Henry Gault, my mentor at the time.

Enter the patient’s height and weight in the BMI Calculator to calculate the Body Mass Index based on the estimated body fat.

Lesley A. Inker, MD, MS, is an associate professor at Tufts University School of Medicine, an attending physician in the William B. Schwartz, MD Division of Nephrology at Tufts Medical Center, and medical director of the Kidney And Blood …

Corrects the QT interval for heart rate extremes (choose from Bazett, Fridericia, Framingham, Hodges, or Rautaharju formulas).

The 2013 ASCVD Risk Calculator is a vital tool for estimating the 10-year risk of heart disease or stroke. Developed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA), this calculator helps healthcare providers assess cardiovascular risk and guide management strategies. By inputting key patient data, including age, cholesterol levels, blood …

Jonathan Chen, MD, PhD is a research fellow in medical informatics, based at the Veteran Affairs Hospital in Palo Alto and Stanford University.

MDCalc clinical decision support is created exclusively by board-certified physicians for use by physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and medical students.

MDCalc for EHR puts a tab in your EHR giving you MDCalc, but better! You gain with improved efficiency, accuracy, reimbursements, adoption.

Gary B. Smith, Cert Med, FRCA, FRCP, is a visiting professor at the School of Health & Social Care, University of Bournemouth, UK. He is director of the UK Deteriorating Hospital Patient conference and co-director of the International Conferences on Rapid Response Systems.