User manual FRANKLIN IC-106

[. . . ] For Use with the Franklin Electronic Publishers IC-106 Digital Book System DIGITAL BOOK PDR F 47 I993 EDITION PHYSICIANS' DESK REFERENCE REFERENCE 27th Edition User's Manual License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE DIGITAL BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE DIGITAL BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE DIGITAL BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. DIGITAL BOOK means the software product and documentation found in this package. [. . . ] When you're done, press CLEAR plus . UP . Understanding Drug Names In lists, drug names are in lowercase or all caps. Typeface lowercase ALL CAPS Meaning a generic drug a brand name drug 14 Finding Drugs If You Misspell a Drug You'll see the spelling correction mode. Then press twice to see its Brands list. ENTER Viewing Lists To. Move up or down Page up or down Go to the top or bottom of the list UP DN Press. . + SPECifying Full Drug Names When a listed drug is followed by ellipses, you can press SPEC to see its full name. 15 Viewing Monographs Drug monographs contain as many as eight topics: Indications and Usage, Contraindications, Warnings, Adverse Reactions, Dosage and Administration, How Supplied, Manufacturer, and Generic Name. You can scan and read monographs in two ways: (1) by using the direction keys or (2) by selecting topics from the Topics menu. Using the Direction Keys To. Move up or down Page up or down Go to the next or previous topic Go to top or bottom of current monograph Go to the next or previous monograph Back up UP DN Press. . SHIFT + + + BACK UP DN 16 Viewing Monographs Selecting Topics When viewing a monograph, you can skip to the topic you need by selecting it from the Topics menu. Press ENTER to see it. A Faster Way to Select Topics When viewing a monograph, type the first letter of a topic. (You can type H or S for How Supplied. ) You'll go directly to that topic. 17 Viewing Monographs Understanding Topic Abbreviations The status line in monographs always displays the abbreviation of the current topic. Abbrev. IND CONT WARN ADR DOSE SUPP MANU GEN Topic Indications and Usage Contraindications Warnings Adverse Reactions Dosage and Administration How Supplied Manufacturer Generic Name 18 Viewing Monographs Setting the First Topic The default first topic displayed in monographs is Indications and Usage. To set other topics first, select Set Topic from the Options menu and highlight a topic. Your topic setting applies only when opening a monograph from a Drug List search. Monographs opened from Text Searches start at the first topic containing your search word(s). Viewing Tables Some monographs contain tables that are wider than the screen, like this: To. In this example, we'll search for hypoalbuminemia in the monograph for Albumin 25% under the Warnings topic. At a monograph, press highlighting the text. ENTER to start To turn off the highlight, press BACK . 2. Press the arrow keys to highlight the word that you want to search for. 3. Select a drug from the Brands list. 23 Finding Equivalents Once at a monograph, you can find equivalent brands of any of the drugs generic components, or any combination of those components, by selecting them from the Equiv menu. In this example, we'll find equivalents containing acetaminophen and hydrocodone bitartrate from the monograph for Anexia 5/500. Press MENU . to highlight the Equiv menu. If a generic is pre-checked, as above, it was the drug that you entered at the drug search display. Press to highlight **Start Search**. ENTER to see the equivalent brands. 24 Using Bookmarks For customized reference, you can place bookmarks in monographs and then quickly find them from your Bookmarks menu. Placing Bookmarks You can place up to 16 bookmarks. Press LIST . to highlight the Bookmarks menu. If you have no bookmarks, Add is highlighted. [. . . ] CAUTION: Spraying liquids directly on your Digital Book System could damage its circuitry. 35 Limited Warranty (USA only) FRANKLIN warrants to you that the DIGITAL BOOK will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your DIGITAL BOOK, FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. , 122 Burrs Road, Mt. Alternatively, FRANKLIN may, at its option, refund your purchase price. Data contained in the DIGITAL BOOK may be provided under license to FRANKLIN. [. . . ]