Reference Tools

Bedside lookup and search tools. Calculators, drug labels, peer-reviewed syntheses, and search engines.

Calculators & dosing

• MDCalc — peer-reviewed clinical calculators with paper citations.
• Primary Care Scores — curated MDCalc shortcuts for adult + peds primary care.
• DailyMed — official FDA drug labels.

Drug safety in pregnancy & lactation

• LactMed — NLM lactation safety database.
• MotherToBaby — peer-reviewed teratology fact sheets.

Peer-reviewed clinical reviews

• Annals — In the Clinic — peer-reviewed succinct internal medicine reviews.
• NEJM Resident 360 — curated clinical content from NEJM.
• MMWR — CDC outbreak & vaccine updates.

Search & systematic review

• PubMed shortcuts — pre-built filters and journal shortcuts.
• Cochrane Library — systematic reviews + Plain Language Summaries.
• TRIP Database — evidence-graded medical metasearch.
• AHRQ Effective Health Care — comparative-effectiveness reviews.

Genetics & newborn screening

• Genetics references — GeneReviews, OMIM, ClinVar, NBS, CCHD, hearing.

Toxicology

• Poison Control & Toxicology — Poison Help, EXTRIP, antidotes, withdrawal scoring.

Patient-facing

• Patient Education — HealthyChildren, KidsHealth, MedlinePlus, decision aids.