MPS - Paediatric Guidelines app for iPhone and iPad

This app has been developed in unison between the Myanmar Paediatric Society (MPS) and the Royal College of Paediatrics UK. It offers you free up-to-date MPS guidance as well as a tool-kit of useful functions to help you provide effective paediatric care in your every-day practice. The app has been kindly funded by UNICEF.


The app is useful for ANY doctor or nurse who cares for children in Myanmar. Its a paediatric survival pack - in your pocket!

The app includes :

- Neonatal guidelines

- Paediatric guidelines

- Jaundice Calculator - automatically plot bilirubin levels on the relevant graph to decide if a baby will require phototherapy or transfusion.

This app is FREE OF CHARGE and is AVAILABLE OFFLINE - it will be in your pocket whenever you need it and wherever you need it!

Current guidelines included (but being expanded all the time!) include:

Neonatal:

- New-born life support

- Neonatal sepsis treatment

- Admission to the neonatal unit checklist.

- Apnoea managemetn

- Birth asphyxia management

- Hypoglycaemia treatment

- Kangaroo Mother Care guidance

- Neonatal intravenous fluid management

- Neonatal jaundice management

- Neonatal seizures treatment

Paediatric:

- Paediatric resuscitation (collapsed child)

- Treatment of very sick child (Airway/Breathing/Circulation/Coma/Dehydration pathway)

- Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE)

- Asthma

- Anaphylaxis

- Bronchiolitis

- Burns management and surface area calculation

- Dengue

- Diabetic KetoAcidosis (DKA)

- Drowning

- Enteric fever

- Epiglottitis and upper airway obstruction

- Head injury

- Febrile Convulsions

- Infective endocarditis

- Intubation checklist

- Intussusception

- Malaria

- Malnutrition

- Meningitis

- Myocarditis

- Pain relief pathway

- Pneumonia

- Pyrexia of unknown origin

- Rheumatic fever

- Seizure management

- Sepsis management

- SVT (supraventricular tachycardia)

- TB (tuberculosis)

- Triage of the sick child

- Vitamin deficiencies (A, B, C, D)

JAUNDICE CALCULATOR:

- Automatic bilirubin plotter for babies aged 28 weeks gestation and above. Just input the gestation, age and bilirubin level and the app will plot the bilirubin graph for you - letting you know if the baby requires phototherapy, exchange transfusion or nothing.



Please download this app and use it to help treat children and neonates. Please remember that it is always your responsibility as the clinician to ensure appropriate treatment and whilst this app can give guidance and support, it cannot be used as a diagnostic tool or relied upon to dictate management of every individual child.