5.7.3 23 Mar 2023 |
- NEW Neonatal & Paediatric Calculator: New section Miscellaneous Equipment added
- Neonatal & Paediatric Calculator: Added advice to check sodium for argipressin infusion
- Kids ECMO Referral Service (KERS) Calling Criteria: Some changes in wording.
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5.7.2 26 Feb 2023 |
- Kids ECMO Referral Service (KERS) Calling Criteria: Criteria updated and the tool removed from NCC menu unless user accessing from a NETS computer.
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5.7.1 22 Feb 2023 |
- Kids ECMO Referral Service (KERS) Calling Criteria: Another criterion (peri-arrest) added.
- Neonatal Bilirubin Therapy Calculator: AAP Graphs updated
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5.7.0 17 Feb 2023 |
- NEW Neonatal Hypoglycaemia Song Sheet
- NEW Kids ECMO Referral Service (KERS) Calling Criteria
- Neonatal Calculator: Argipressin (vasopressin) infusion added. ETT Size recommendations adjusted
- Multiple Song Sheets & Calculators: Stylistic adjustments and minor text changes
- References: Updated for new tools
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5.6.0 24 Jan 2023 |
- Paediatric Calculator: Adrenaline routes and indications added, argipressin (vasopressin) infusion added, clarified heparin infusion diluents, weight threshold between lower & higher concentrations of insulin infusions tweaked and duration of vancomycin infusion increased for doses >500mg
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5.5.9 21 Dec 2022 |
- Neonatal Calculator: Added i-gel® sizes to supraglottic airways under the ETT table
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5.5.8 18 Oct 2022 |
- Menu: Hitting Enter (or Return) when the Calculate button is active will run the selected calculator/tool
- Neonatal & Paediatric Calculator: Changed levetiracetam (Keppra®) dilution calculation to minimise number of vials used and be consistent accross both calculators
- Paediatric Calculator: GTN infusion limited to 1 mg/mL concentration
- Neonatal Calculator: Increased levetiracetam (Keppra®) dose range for consistency with Australasian Neonatal Medicines Formulary
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5.5.7 11 Sep 2022 |
- Neonatal Calculator: Alprostadil PGE1 (Prostin VR®) moved to correct alphabetical order
- Neonatal & Paediatric Calculator: Added dose of adrenaline infusion to give in a cardiac arrest when no separate bolus doses are available
- Paediatric Calculator: Added i-gel® sizes to supraglottic airways under the ETT table
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5.5.6 22 Jul 2022 |
- General: The estimated weight and normal range for children aged 1-16 is now based on 50th and 10th & 90th centiles of children from the NETS CRS database (>16,000 weight records) as they represent our population better than the Best Guess formula or the CDC weight centiles
- Paediatric Calculator: Dobutamine & dopamine infusions now switch to a neat solution rather than reducing the dose when a 30mg/kg dose fills 50mL syringe
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5.5.5 14 Jul 2022 |
- Neonatal Calculator: Added ampicillin, cefotaxime, clindamycin, metronidazole & piperacillin-tazobactam to antimicrobial drugs
- Paediatric Calculator: Added ampicillin, cefotaxime, clindamycin, metronidazole & piperacillin-tazobactam to antimicrobial drugs
- Paediatric Calculator: Fentanyl infusion preparation changed to 50 μcg/kg in 50 mL allow a dose rate 1 mL/hr = 1 μcg/kg/hr for weights up to 50kg and then neat solution (2500 μcg/50 mL) used
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5.5.4 30 Jun 2022 |
- Neonatal Calculator: Fentanyl added to intubation drugs
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5.5.3 23 Jun 2022 |
- General: Styling & internal link updates
- Neonatal Calculator: Advice added re use of PVC-free lines for amiodarone and in-line filters for amiodaraone & phenytoin
- Paediatric Calculator: Advice added re use of PVC-free lines for amiodarone & insulin and in-line filters for amiodaraone, mannitol & phenytoin. Advice added re IM injection of cefotaxime and ceftriaxone. Fentanyl infusion preparation changed for weights<10kg to allow a dose rate 0.5μcg/kg/hr
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5.5.2 17 May 2022 |
- Paediatric Calculator: Midazolam buccal & intranasal doses added. Maximum midazolam doses set to 10 mg
- DKA Song Sheet: Minor change in wording
- General: Tables distributed more evenly across pages when printed
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5.5.1 19 Mar 2022 |
- Neonatal Calculator: Dose volume correction for sildenafil infusion. Heparin dose given in units as well as volume of the 5000 units/5 mL preparation.
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5.4.3 11 Feb 2022 |
- Neonatal Calculator: Midazolam dilution concentration units changed to mg/mL from μg/mL for consistency and clarity.
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5.4.2 21 Jan 2022 |
- Neonatal Calculator: Suggested midazolam bolus dose changed to mid-range. Paracetamol IV bolus dose added
- Paediatric Calculator: Preparation of levetiracetam (Keppra®) optimised.
- Ad Hoc Fluid Concentrations Calculator: Information concerning standard IV fluid bag overfill added
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5.4.1 13 Oct 2021 |
- Resuscitation at Birth: Cuffed ETT size now included where appropriate
- DKA Song Sheet: Potassium replacement rate added
- General: Minor formatting changes, improved browser/platform check
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5.4.0 22 Sep 2021 |
- Neonatal Calculator: Cuffed ETT size now included. Curosurf® moved to intubation section and optimal no. of 120 & 240mg vials calculated for dose.
Amiodarone, caffeine, vitamin K added
- Paediatric & Neonatal Calculators: Magnesium sulphate bolus infusion times added. Infusions section title changed to Continuous Infusions to differentiate from bolus doses given as a one-off infusion over a set time period
- Antibiotics in Sepsis Calculator: New calculator
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5.3.0 28 Jun 2021 |
- Clinical Calculator Menu: Warning updated when weight is disproportionate for age.
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5.2.9 10 Feb 2021 |
- Clinical Calculator Menu: Warning is now displayed if the browser being used is not Chrome or Edge.
- DKA Song Sheet: Wording change for Insulin dose
field.
NB Although the NETS Clinical Calculator works on all major browsers & platforms tested, output has been optimised for browsers that use the Chromium/Blink engines e.g. Google Chrome
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5.2.8 28 Jan 2021 |
- Ad Hoc Fluid Concentrations Calculator: Increased precision of volume to exchange when small volumes involved.
NB Although the NETS Clinical Calculator works on all major browsers & platforms tested, output has been optimised for browsers that use the Chromium/Blink engines e.g. Google Chrome
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5.2.7 24 Dec 2020 |
- Clinical Calculator Menu: Age calculation method fieldset moved above weight entry as more logical if
the child's weight is unknown and using the age to estimate it
- Neonatal Calculator: sildenafil added to Infusions section, heparin loading dose as per Children's Hospital at Westmead policy
- Paediatric Calculator: loading dose heparin moved from Bolus Drugs to Infusions section to keep heparin dosing together. Also dosing now fully follows the Children's Hospital at Westmead policy
- Asthma Song Sheet: Corrected typo in dose/kg for
azithromycin. The actual calculated dose was always correct
- Paediatric Calculator & Asthma Song Sheet: Clarified that azithromycin may be given PO or IV
- Minor text & formatting changes
NB Although the NETS Clinical Calculator works on all major browsers & platforms tested, output has been optimised for browsers that use the Chromium/Blink engines e.g. Google Chrome
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5.2.6 9 Dec 2020 |
- Status Epilepticus Song Sheet reformated to improve clarity of drug dose timings
- Clinical Calculator Menu: DOB age calculation methods improved to use a date picker to aid input (browser-dependent). Where not available (e.g. Internet Explorer) the number of date formats accepted has been increased
- Clinical Calculator Menu: estimated weight selection simplified - extra text removed and a button to utilise the weight estimated from the DOB or age in years only appears when valid
- Throughout the NETS Clinical Calculator 0.9% Saline has been replaced with 0.9% sodium chloride
- Minor text & formatting changes
NB Although the NETS Clinical Calculator works on all major browsers & platforms tested, output has been optimised for browsers that use the Chromium/Blink engines e.g. Google Chrome
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5.2.5 30 Nov 2020 |
- Version, browser & platform information included by default when email sent to Technical Support
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5.2.4 27 Nov 2020 |
- Neonatal calculator: Curosurf® added
to bolus drugs
- Neonatal calculator: Prostin® vial contents now listed
- Paediatric calculator: naloxone added to bolus drugs
- Paediatric calculator: Anticonvulsants section moved to first page on printed copy to be consistent with Neonatal Calculator and to allow for future expansion of bolus table
- Disclaimer & Further Information text updated
- Minor formatting updates
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5.2.3 20 Nov 2020 |
- All calculators, song sheets & tools in the NETS Clinical Calculator now come under a common version number and a release date for the version is also now supplied
- The text on the button to use an estimated weight has been updated on the main menu page
- File naming/format updates
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5.2.2 |
- Neonatal Cooling Criteria calculator: Added ability for Encephalopathy criterion to be determined by selecting examination features
- Made styling more uniform between tools
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5.2.1 |
- Neonatal & Paediatric calculators: LMAs added and drug names now conform to TGA naming and 'Tall man lettering' conventions
- Paediatric calculator: Levetiracetam initial dose changed to 40mg/kg,
tranexamic acid loading dose & maintenance infusion added
- Neonatal Cooling Criteria calculator: Encepalopathy severity
stages table added
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5.2.0 |
- Song sheets (Asthma, DKA & Seizures) and
tools (Neonatal Jaundice Therapy, Neonatal Cooling Criteria & Ad Hoc Fluid Concentrations) added to calculator
- Some styling changes
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5.1.8 |
- Neonatal calculator: Standard fluid choices by age added to calculator
- Neonatal & Paediatric calculators: Added
the text 'vial contents' to Drug columns to clarify that the text
under each drug name is not the dose
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5.1.7 |
- Neonatal & Paediatric calculators: Note added to the key to the effect that all drug doses are calculated for the IV route except where otherwise specified
- Resuscitation at Birth calculator: Set ETT
insertion lengths to unknown when no weight is given
- Minor text & formatting changes to improve pagination on some
devices
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5.1.6 |
- Paediatric calculator: Infusion units made
considtent
for clonidine, dexmedetomidine, glyceryl trinitrate & salbutamol
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5.1.5 |
- Paediatric & Burns calculators: Reverted to original maintenance fluid calculation (Holliday & Segar)
- Paediatric calculator: Set maximum dose suxamethonium to 100mg
- Paediatric calculator: Included salbutamol maximum infusion rate and allowed 1 mcg/kg/min for all weights
- Version history available via link on menu page
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5.1.4 |
- Neonatal calculator: Corrected dilution text for anticonvulsant midazolam
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5.1.3 |
- Neonatal calculator: Supplied missing fentanyl
units for bolus dose
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5.1.2 |
- Browser compatibility tweaks
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5.1.1 |
- Added instruction to clarify menu use
- Weight entry fields hidden until a calculator tool is selected
from the menu
- Technical Support email link updated (calc@nets.org.au)
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5.1.0 |
- First version of web-based calculator
- Neonatal calculator: Heparin infusion added,
pancuronium removed, glucagon doses updated, general alignment with
the Australasian Neonatal Medicines Formulary
- Paediatric calculator: Clonidine &
heparin infusions added, some Antimicrobials and
Defibrillation/Cardioversion doses
- Paediatric Burns Fluid calculator: updated
- References for all calculated values included
- Text & formatting changes
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