Posts Under ‘Neurosurgery’ Category

NASCIS app delayed

The NASCIS app is delayed by Apple’s App Store approval process. I got this comment for which they rejected the app: Regarding point 22.9: “Apps that calculate medicinal dosages must be submitted by the manufacturer of those medications or recognized institutions such as hospitals, insurance companies, and universities” Below is my response, which I hope…Continue Reading…

NASCIS submitted to App Store

Today I submitted the brand new NASCIS app to the App Store for review. The app is a native app for iOS running on all devices that have iOS 8 installed. Stay tuned!   More info here! Some more images are posted below…

NASCIS calculator

In order to learn about XCode 6.3 and iOS8 programming in Swift, I am building a NASCIS calculator (based on the methylprednisolone scheme that may be administered after spinal cord injury – but which I know is debatable and not evidence-based). First impression of the alpha version after a few hours work… it is a nice…Continue Reading…

Saving Word file to image in 2 simple steps

I work on Mac OS X and sometimes for a scientific article I need to convert an MS Word document (mostly a flowchart) to a figure for a publication. For example, take this flowchart from the PRISMA statement (an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses). Obviously you can take…Continue Reading…

Mindmap for nurses: drains (in Dutch)

De andere mindmap die ik eerder heb gemaakt voor onderwijs aan de verpleging, ging over drains: wonddrains, subdurale drains, en liquordrains. Ook deze mag onbeperkt gebruikt en verspreid worden in deze vorm. En ook deze mindmap kun je downloaden als PDF.

Neuro-anatomy for nurses (in Dutch)

Een jaar geleden heb ik een les neuro-anatomie aan onze verpleging gegeven en daarbij gebruik gemaakt van een mindmap als onderwijs-tool. Wellicht ook interessant voor anderen… bij deze! Voor de geïnteresseerden is ‘ie ook als PDF te downloaden. Dat zoomt wat lekkerder! :-)

NeuroMind on iPhone 6 / iOS8

I just checked in the development environment and according to my tests, NeuroMind should work fine on iPhone 6 (Plus) and iOS8. Have not been able to test on actual device as I postponed upgrading due to many reported issues on the web. Let me know if you encounter any difficulties.

Safe Surgery app being updated

Currently I am focusing again on XCode, Objective C and (will do in near future) Swift for app development. Which means it will be iOS-only for the moment. To get some hands-on experience with the current tools I have been using the excellent iOS Apprentice Series from RayWenderlich.com written by Matthijs Hollemans. Now I am…Continue Reading…

Google Hangout interview

A week ago I did  a Google Hangout with John Bennett from InternetMedicine.com. Here is the video of the interview!

CE-marked NeuroMind 2.5 for iPhone and iPad available

After the release of the Android version, the CE-marked update for NeuroMind is now also available for iPhone and iPad! I hope you like it! More images are available below: iPhone 4S and older iPhone 5 and newer iPad