SIGN guidelines app

Do you have a smart phone?
Do you use SIGN guidelines? 

Then the SIGN Guidelines app is for you

SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network) guideline recommendations are now available on the move with theSIGN Guidelines app for iPhone, iPad and Android phones and tablets

(apparently it's the third most popular free medical app - according to the BBC)

 

http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/apps/index.html  

The SIGN Guidelines app has recently been updated and now includes the 2011 edition of SIGN 101 The British Guideline on the Management of Asthma featuring a new section on asthma in adolescents.

Also included is SIGN 124 Management of adult testicular germ cell tumours and SIGN 125 Management of atopic eczema in primary care/

Developed by the SIGN Executive in collaboration with Root Creative, Glasgow, the app contains Quick Reference Guides (QRGs) of these recently published SIGN guidelines:

• Management of atopic eczema in primary care
• Management of adult testicular germ cell tumours
• Early rheumatoid arthritis
• Venous thromboembolism
• Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in adults
• Chronic venous leg ulcers 
• Stroke: identification and management of dysphagia
• Stroke: rehabilitation, prevention and management of complications, and discharge planning
• Management of sore throat and indications for tonsillectomy
• Management of diabetes
• Management of obesity
• Non-pharmaceutical management of depression
• Diagnosis and pharmacological management of Parkinson’s disease
• British guideline on the management of asthma