User manual FRANKLIN IC-145

[. . . ] This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. No other use of this digital book can substitute for consultation with your physician. 1 Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Overview of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Installing the Digital Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Viewing a Demonstration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Selecting Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Correcting Misspellings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Finding Brands, Generics, Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Finding Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Between Many Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 For a Single Drug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Digital Book System® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Type "META" at the main drug list. To erase a letter, press BACK . 2. Press CLEAR to clear the query. Drug Selecting Tips You do not need to type capital letters or punctuation. Note: In this User's Manual, "drug" refers to any item on the main drug list. 10 Selecting Drugs Using the Direction Keys You can use these keys to move up and down the main drug list, the query list, and other lists. Scroll up and down Page up and down Zoom to the top or bottom of a list Press. Hold UP or DN + or * or * Hold while pressing the other key, or press and then the other key. The second method displays a G at the bottom of the screen. Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows at the top right of the screen indicate which direction keys you can press to move around the screen. 11 Correcting Misspellings Don't worry if you misspell a word. Type "PSEUDOFED" at the main drug list. To exit spell-correction, press BACK repeatedly. 2. Press ENTER to clear the query. 12 Correcting Misspellings Finding Letters in Words If you are not sure how to spell a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter or an asterisk in place of a series of unknown letters. · Type "CORTI*. " To type the asterisk, hold SHIFT and press ?a list of drug and group names beginning with "CORTI" appears. Note: You can type more than one question mark or asterisk in a word, and you can type both in one word. However, you cannot type two consecutive asterisks in a word. 13 Finding Brands, Generics, Groups By highlighting a drug name on the main drug list and pressing SPEC , you can see its generic or brand names and any drug or food groups to which it belongs. In this example, we'll find the brand names and drug group of penicillin G. 1. and press . At the bottom of the list, notice that penicillin G belongs to the drug group, penicillins. 14 Finding Brands, Generics, Groups 4. Press BACK twice to go back to the main drug list. Finding MAO Inhibitor Interactions When you highlight a food name on the main drug list, pressing SPEC shows if that food interacts with MAO inhibitors. If the description has other reference marks, hold and press to highlight the next reference mark. 2. Press ENTER to view the reference. 20 Viewing References 3. Hold and press the DN key repeatedly to view more references, if any. To view a previous reference, hold and press the UP key. 5. Press BACK to go back to the description. Viewing Next or Previous References Once at a reference, you can view the next or previous reference, if any, in an interaction description by holding and pressing the UP or the DN key. Viewing Complete Drug Names Pressing ?* or SPEC at an interaction list, an interaction description, or a reference displays the full names of the drugs involved in the interaction. Then press BACK to go back to previous screen. 21 Sending Words to Other Books You can send drug names and other words from this digital book to other installed digital books. For example, you can look up a drug from the Handbook in The Washington Manual digital book. 1. Highlight a drug or item in a list Highlight a word in a description Turn off highlight in a description Press. [. . . ] ISBN 1-56712-096-2 26 Key Guide Function Keys CLEAR Clears your queries and shows the main drug list. Exits the digital book. MENU GAMES MORE LIST SPEC CARD Gold Key Combinations + number keys Type numbers. Zooms to the start or end of a list, section, description, or reference. Highlights a reference mark in a description. 27 Key Guide Direction Keys Move the highlight. [. . . ]