About The Hot Box: Slick Search and a Very Fair Calculator

Usual disclaimers apply. This is not medical advice and you shouldn’t rely on our search system or calculators for any clinical decision making.

The Directory

Type any term to search our directory. Hit enter to navigate immediately to the first option in the results.

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PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme)

Type:

pbs drugname

and hit enter to search the PBS website!

NPS (National Prescribing Service)

Type:

nps drugname

and hit enter to search the NPS website!

PubMed (US National Library of Medicine catalogue search)

Type:

pubmed search string

and hit enter to search the PubMed website!

Cochrane Collaboration

Type:

cochrane search string

and hit enter to search the PubMed website!

UpToDate

utd search string

and hit enter to search the UpToDate website!

MIMS Online (via Clinician’s Health Channel)

mims search string

and hit enter to search the MIMS Online website!

BMI (Body Mass Index)

Type:

bmi 168 59

to calculate the BMI, using cm for height and kg for weight.

PBW (Predicted Body Weight)

Type:

pbw female 168

to calculate the predicted body weight as per the ARDSnet formula using height in cm.

”The predicted body weight of male patients was calculated as equal to 50 + 0.91(centimeters of height – 152.4); that of female patients was calculated as equal to 45.5 + 0.91(centimeters of height – 152.4).”