ATP3 Lipids Cholesterol Management app for iPhone and iPad

4.4 ( 5344 ratings )

Medical
Developer: Evan Schoenberg

1.99 USD

Current version: 2.0, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 11 Dec 2008
App size: 2.62 Mb

Cholesterol management is a complex, necessary task in a huge number of patient encounters. We know that getting it right is a vital part of promoting long-term health. Let ATP3 Lipids help!

The Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults - or the ATP III for short - describes the evidence-based cholesterol testing and management recommendations of the National Cholesterol Education Program. These guidelines categorize lipid levels by lipoprotein type, define cholesterol goals based on specific patient characteristics, and describe therapeutic recommendations for management of cholesterol and the metabolic syndrome.

ATP3 Lipids puts fast and thorough access to this cholesterol management algorithm on your iPhone or iPod Touch, from your patients specific cholesterol goals to details of cholesterol management drugs (dosing, percentage change, side effects, and contraindications).

You input your patients data - lipid panel by numbers and risk factors by simply tapping to select. Input is beautiful and easy, using the popular interface from MediMath.

ATP3 Lipids then shows you the lipid classifications and specific therapeutic recommendations of the ATP III based on the lipid panel and risk factors. You can tap a recommendation to view further information.

ATP3 Lipids includes a complete Framingham Cardiac Risk calculator which is automatically presented for use if the patients risk factors indicate a need to evaluate the hard 10-year cardiac risk.

The info button at the top-right displays the ATP III algorithm and reference tables in textual form (the Quick Desk Reference on which the ATP3 Lipids therapeutic recommendations are based). Tapping the Show Full Report button from the info screen switches to the complete 284 page ATP III final report.

ATP3 Lipids keeps track of the last information you entered and restores it when launched, with a Clear button easily accessible to begin working up the next patient.

FEATURES

• ATP III based, patient-specific cholesterol goals
• ATP III based, patient-specific therapeutic recommendations
• Lipid lowering drug reference, with dosing, expected lipid effects, side effects, and contraindications
• Metabolic syndrome reference, with criteria and recommendations
• Both executive summary and complete text of the ATP III report included
• Support for US and SI units

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Pros and cons of ATP3 Lipids Cholesterol Management app for iPhone and iPad

ATP3 Lipids Cholesterol Management app good for

Excellent for quick risk stratification and for decision making regarding chol treatment. Now has SI units for North of the border. Metabolic syndrome reminder is handy. Wish the ATP III report was also altered to include SI units.

Finally its here on iPhone- a much missed software from my Treo 650. Its an indispensable tool in the outpatient setting allowing you NOT to constantly go back to the manual 9-step process and 10-year risk estimation by Framingham criteria - unless its a clear case with a hypertensive smoking vasculopath. This software makes it so much easier and hustle-free. Thank you, Evan, youve just made lipids management a whole more efficient.

If this app provided the ability to track and graph cholesterol test results including Lp, HDL-2, VLDL-3, etc. It would be top notch. Tracking of associated meds would be even better yet.

The Framingham 10-year risk is calculated via the built-in calculator (look at the screenshots!) when it is needed. As per the ATP3 guidelines, if the patient doesnt have 2+ risk factors (other than LDL) without CHD or CHD risk equivalent, the 10-year risk isnt needed, so the program doesnt waste your time asking you to provide the data to calculate it.

Has been really great forgoing me develop treatment plans for my pts.

Some bad moments

If I could give 0 stars I would. This program does not follow the ATP guidelines at all. Does not calculate the 10yr framingham risk score and therefore the treatment goals are also inaccurate. I compared their goals with the ones I got by using the NIH Framingham calculator online and the actual ATPiii goals using an actual patient and the patient using this program was placed at a lower risk category resulting in different treatment goals for both LDL and nonHDL levels. Waste of freaking money. What an idiot I was to buy this piece of crap.

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