STATworkUP Help Tutorial
The application runs on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iOS 4.3 or later.
Buy it from the iTunes App Store.
Install it on your device.
To load and launch the software program tap on its Caduceus icon.
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| STATworkUP Application Icon (Caduceus) |
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The first time you launch the application a Disclaimer alert will appear.
STATworkUP is not intended to supplant sound medical judgment!
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| STATworkUP Disclaimer Alert |
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Tap the OK button and the app will open the STATworkUP home view.
Notice the Tab Bar items:
Tapping these buttons builds full lists of names for each respective entity.
The lists contain thousands of names and any of them can be correlated.
STATworkUP can integrate problems for each diagnosis or the converse.
It can quickly show appropriate tests for each symptom and vise-a-versa.
The app can also reveal tests for any diagnosis or disorders for any study.
And treatments for each diagnosis can be correlated too, or the reverse.
Another great feature correlates many possible findings for each symptom.
Tap the Home button, on the left side of the tab bar, to return to that view.
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| STATworkUP Home View |
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Also, notice the (i) button on the STATworkUP Home view upper navigation bar.
Tap on that button to transition into another view with additional tab bar items.
The tab bar at the bottom of that view includes 4 more items:
Selecting the blue Done button on the title bar will return you to the Home view.
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| STATworkUP Info View |
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The Info tab item shows the Version number & Copyright holder notice.
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| STATworkUP Disclaimer |
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The Disclaimer tab item reveals that information when it is tapped.
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| STATworkUP Design Architect & Content Author |
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Tap on the Credits tab item to see info about the creators of STATworkUP.
Find links to our web sites in the credits section.
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| STATworkUP iPhone Developer |
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Reading the help document is useful to get the full value from STATworkUP.
To do so tap the listed Help topic of interest to drill down to related information.
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| STATworkUP Help List Items |
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To return to the full list of Help topics tap the Help breadcrumb or tab bar item.
You can also use standard iPhone copy and paste functions in STATworkUP.
Copy the apps' help files, paste them into mail documents and print them out.
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| STATworkUP Help Item Selection |
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You may want to jump right in and begin exploring.
Here are a few pointers:
Full lists of Symptoms, Studies, Diagnoses or Treatments can be displayed.
These items are present on the Home view tab bar and in some other views.
Tapping a tab bar item will show a full list of corresponding entity names.
To jump up to the top of a scrolled down list simply tap on the top status bar.
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| Full Symptoms List |
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Full lists are lengthy so use the search bar to speed-up locating things.
You can search by Title, Subtitle or All terms on any full list of entity names.
And you can even search by categories of things as well.
For instance, searching on 'heart' builds a full list of cardiovascular conditions.
Search functions of this software use powerful built-in iOS core data features.
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| Search for a Symptom by Subtitle & Check Finding |
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STATworkUP quickly delivers pertinent information and many ways to use it.
Embedded content is displayed in Info views for any listed item you choose.
Tap a blue drill-down control button in any list cell to see detailed info about it.
Selected list item names appear right under the navigation bar in Info views.
Related information is shown just below the bar that bears the item's name.
This is especially useful when the device must be set in the Airport mode.
It also provides info when you cannot access WiFi or are not in network range.
In those situations you won't be able to search Web pages for more information.
But, you can still get to plenty of good content real fast and derive relationships.
To return to the prior view simply tap on the navigation bar breadcrumb button.
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| Detailed Info for Selected Symptom |
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When you are connected to the Internet even more Info is available.
You can easily transition to search for subject matter expert web pages.
Just tap the navigation bar "Web" button in drill-down detail Info views.
STATworkUP will then build and present a list of pertinent Web Links.
You can browse any of these pages and can AirPrint them if needed.
Cut and Paste features are available for Web Pages if sites permit that.
To return to the prior workup location, simply tap the blue Done button.
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| STATworkUP builds WebLinks for Items |
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| Web Information For Selected Symptom |
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STATworkUP is designed to correlate many things as you manage cases.
A CORRELATE button is present above the tab bar in many Info views.
Tapping that button lets you to query the STATworkUP relational database.
After selecting an item from a list, tap the CORRELATE button if you like.
A panel of buttons will pop-up that lets you choose entities to integrate.
Various associations can be built for the selected list item upon demand.
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| Correlate Problems for Selected Symptoms |
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STATworkUP brings together potential problems for many items that you select.
Subsets of related problems can be listed for any symptom, study or diagnosis.
If the correlate panel problems button is tapped pertinent symptoms are shown.
These are problems that can share diagnoses in common as defined attributes.
It is useful to evaluate these lists as you search for other possible findings.
Simply toggle any problem's check mark to green to designate it as a finding.
Combined findings lend collective weights to determine differential diagnoses.
The selected findings also are used to prioritize the list of possible diagnoses.
Turn the finding check mark off to remove its influence in weighting diagnoses.
There are also fast ways remove some or all of the findings as discussed below.
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| Problems for Selected Symptom |
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| Correlate Tests for Selected Symptom |
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Tests can be shown for the selected symptoms when that button is tapped.
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| Tests for Selected Symptom |
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| Correlate Disorders for Symptom |
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Disorders that are associated with a selected symptom can be seen too.
Choose the Correlate button in the drill-down Info view to see the panel.
Then simply tap the Disorders button on the pop-up panel to show them.
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| Disorders for Selected Symptom |
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| Full Studies List |
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All studies can be listed by tapping the tab bar item named Studies.
Selecting a listed study drills down to the detail Info view for it.
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| Search for a Studies by Title & Subtitile |
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You can also quickly see which problems that a selected study might relate to.
In the detail Info view for any selected study just tap on the Correlate button.
Then, on the pop-up panel of options, choose the Problems button.
That will build a sublist of problems for which the selected study is appropriate.
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| Correlate Problems for Study |
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| Problems for Selected Study |
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Diagnoses that may be related to any selected study can be listed too.
In a similar way just tap the Disorders button on the Correlation panel.
That lists conditions for which the selected study may help to Diagnose.
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| Correlate Disorders for Selected Study |
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| Disorders for Selected Study |
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| Full Diagnoses List |
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Tap the Dx tab to see a table of all the Diagnoses in STATworkUP.
Use the search bar to quickly find a Diagnosis you want to evaluate.
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| Search for a Diagnoses by Title |
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Drill-down to the detail view to see Info for the selected Diagnosis.
Use the pop-up panel of other button options to correlate things for it.
Also, recall that the navigation bar "Web" button can be useful too.
That action flips into the Web view to find web page links for any entity.
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| Info for Selected Diagnosis |
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| Correlate Problems for Diagnosis |
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Listed symptoms or problems can be checked to designate them as findings.
Findings instantly convey their weight to determine associated diagnoses.
The program combines finding weights to build a set of possible diagnoses.
These may relate to and account for the combination of findings you check.
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| Problems for Selected Diagnosis |
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To quickly see all of the checked findings simply tap on the FINDINGS button.
It is present above the tab bar in list views.
Individual Findings can be removed from the list and are unchecked elsewhere.
Just back-swipe a listed finding and a Delete button will appear to the right side.
Tap that button to remove the finding and its diagnostic weight influence.
The resulting Differential Diagnoses will be recalculated accordingly.
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| Delete a Finding from Finding List |
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All Findings can be removed by tapping the navigation bar Clear button.
Clearing all Findings removes and all finding check marks everywhere.
Be aware that doing so also clears the diagnostic differential list.
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| Delete All Findings |
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| Correlate Tests for Selected Diagnosis |
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Correlated tests can be built for selected diagnoses as well.
STATworkUP lists tests that may help to corroborate Diagnoses.
The outcomes of Tests are listed as Symptoms or Problems.
For example, Dysplasia may be a Finding of Esophageal Biopsy.
When Dysplasia is checked green it lends weight to some diagnoses.
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| Tests for Selected Diagnosis |
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Possible diagnoses for the checked findings can be displayed at anytime.
Just tap on the DIFFERENTIAL button when it is present in a workup view.
It is located above the tab bar (on the right side) in the full list views.
The Differential button can also be found at the bottom of the Findings view.
A sliding control meter is present in the differential view to vary the probability.
Move the meter to adjust the fit of the listed diagnoses for the selected findings.
More likely settings generally will constrain the list to show better fit diagnoses.
Lower likelihood settings, usually will expand the list, showing more diagnoses.
Diagnoses shown at lower settings are not as likely based on checked findings.
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| Alphabetized Differential Diagnoses a Low Likelihood |
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A Priortize switch is also present to sort listed Differential Diagnoses.
The list is shown alphabetically when the switch is OFF.
When the switch is ON, more-likely diagnoses are shown near the top.
Conversely the less-likely diagnoses appear toward the bottom of the list.
If no findings are checked the Differential list of Diagnoses will be empty.
Tap on the blue Done button on the navigation bar to return to prior view.
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| Prioritized Differential Diagnoses for Selected Findings |
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| Correlate Remedies for Selected Diagnosis |
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Remedies for selected diagnoses can be viewed when that button is tapped.
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| Remedies for Selected Diagnosis |
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| Info for Selected Diagnosis Treatment |
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| Web Page Link for Selected Diagnosis Treatment |
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| Full Treatments List |
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| Search for a Treatment by Subtitle |
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| Info for Selected Treatment |
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| Correlate Disorders for Selected Treatment |
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| Disorders for Selected Treatment |
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| Quit & Restart STATworkUP with Finding Selected |
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STATworkUP does not ask whether to save findings when they are cleared.
There is no way to save findings with personally identifiable information.
That feature is being considered for future versions of STATworkUP.
If you quit the application without clearing the findings, they are saved.
Upon start up you are alerted that a prior workup is in progress.
You have the option to Continue with saved findings or may Delete them.
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| Prior Workup In Progress Alert |
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You will be notified whenever frequent STATworkUP updates are available.
Database content refinement is an ongoing endeavor to keep it current.
Have fun with this iPhone application and send us your comments.
Let us know about the things you want to see in future versions.
Let others know about this product too. Thank you very much!
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