Description

Overview: MedConverter® (Medical converter) wants to provide medical help in reference valuesof different analytical determinations which can be performed in the laboratory in various sample types. It alsoprovides information of the molecule (molecular weight) and the possibility of converting conventional system units to the international system and vice versa in those laboratory tests which could be expressed inboth types of units.

At present there are more than 600 entries from different test laboratories, making this application, the more tests number provided at the time of publication.

Use of the application is very easy. First you must choose a laboratory determination and second a sample type in which it was obtained. Thus MedConverter® shows the reference values obtained in conventional and international units, the molecular weight of the molecule if it is available and the conversion factor between conventional and international units.

If you wish you can enter the value obtained from your laboratory and you can to automatically obtain the value in the other type of unit, or vice versa.

Disclaimer: Authors disclaims any responsibility for the misuse of the application and suggest the possibility that there may be errors in calculation, which if detected will be corrected in subsequent versions. Reference values are based on those in effect at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, but also have been introduced from other sources.

The laboratory values and reference ranges are provided for illustration only and are not intended to be definitive. Each laboratory determines its own values. Reference ranges are highly method dependent. Most of reference values are obtained from Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelone (Spain) were the author works.

Reference values given are for adults. For some entries for which specific molecular masses are not known like proteins, are only given in conventional units. In bibliography you can find some of the methods used for several tests.

Authors: Dr. Antoni J. Betbesé MD, PhD, Clinical chief. Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelone). Raul Blánquez (Software Engineer). medconverter@gmail.com

Version: Medical converter® (MedConverter®) version 1.0

Abbreviations: ICU (intensive care unit), CS (conventional system), IS (international system), MW (molecular weight)

Who is Med Converter® addressed:

- Doctors and residents of any medical or surgical specialty that may require reference values of any of the available laboratory tests or determinations in any sample. Automatic conversion between conventional to or from international units is supported.