Madison WI – August 31,
2009 – Palma Healthcare Systems LLC
(www.palmahealthcare.com) has announced AnestAssist PK/PD, an iPhone
hosted educational and planning tool used for understanding and
visualizing the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and interactions of
commonly used anesthetic drugs.
Anesthesiologists, CRNA’s, and other clinicians involved with
anesthesiology, from residents to the very experienced, will find
AnestAssist a valuable tool for understanding and designing rational
dosing strategies tailored to individual patients.
Palma Healthcare Systems founder Mark Palma explains: “What we’ve done
is we have implemented a number of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic
models for commonly used IV anesthetic drugs. A couple aspects of these
models are particularly important to understanding and planning
rational dosing strategies tailored to individual patients. First off,
many of the models use the patient’s weight, age, and gender as input
variables to appropriately adjust the models’ output estimates of
concentrations and effects.
“Secondly, by exploiting the interaction between hypnotic and opioid
drugs clinicians reduce the total amount of these drugs administered.
AnestAssist implements a propofol-opioid interaction model that allows
users to explore and optimize dosing strategies.
“The details of the models used and how this works can be found on our
website www.palmahealthcare.com.”
A particularly innovative decision by Palma Healthcare was to deliver
AnestAssist as an iPhone (and iPod touch) application. “This allows
AnestAssist to be used anytime and anywhere,” said Palma. “We can
display detailed graphs and tables on the large, high resolution
display, and clinicians love the iPhone’s intuitive touch interface.
Finally, by distributing AnestAssist via the iPhone’s App Store, users
can purchase, install, and begin using AnestAssist in literally one
minute.”
AnestAssist has already received high praise during pre-release
testing. One resident remarked that AnestAssist had helped her “bridge
the gap between abstract mathematical textbook training and real world
application of PK/PD theory”, while another highly experienced
anesthesiologist stated that AnestAssist had given him “insight into
the guidelines and rules of thumb I’ve used for years. I like the idea
of putting more science into the art of anesthesia”.
About Palma Healthcare Systems:
Palma Healthcare Systems LLC, a leading edge medical software company
headquartered in Madison WI, transforms clinical research into
practical, useful products.
Contact:
Mark Palma
markpalma@palmahealthcare.com
Palma Healthcare Systems LLC
2911 Ivanhoe Glen
Madison, WI 53711, USA
Ph: (1) 608-658-2926
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