User manual FRANKLIN IC-166

[. . . ] 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 Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 11 11 11 Using the Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 If You Misspell a Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] to go back to the Outline. Using the Outline Shortcuts Use these keys and gold key combinations to quickly move through the Outline: To go to. the last or first heading in an Outline level the top level from any Outline level a table from any heading the nearest Outline level from a table Press. + + + SPEC or BACK ENTER Help is Always at Hand You can read a help message at virtually any screen by pressing HELP . To exit help, press BACK . 10 Using the Outline Understanding the Outline The tables listed on the Outline generally correspond to the tables in the printed Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy (1996 ed. ). The submenus in the Outline usually list the row headings and subheadings of a table. Some row headings have been alphabetized or rearranged for easier reference. The information in each column is presented as text. Finding Drug Equivalents Table 25 in the Outline lists generic drugs and their common trade names, and vice versa. To go back to the Outline, press BACK . Finding Abbreviation Meanings The last item listed on the Outline is the Abbreviations Glossary. You can also view the Abbreviations Glossary by selecting Abbreviations from the Index. 11 Using the Index You can quickly find a specific topic (e. g. , an infection or drug) by selecting it from the Index. Usually you need to type only the first few letters of a topic to highlight it on the Index. For example, you may want to add search words to a search that finds too many matches. Searching for Parts of a Word If you are not sure which form of a word to search for, enter a word with one or more asterisks in place of missing letters (e. g. , cyclo). * . Then select a completion to search for it. 15 Highlighting Search Words You can also search for words by highlighting them in a table. Highlight 4C: Features of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Generation Cephalosporins on the Outline. Press CLEAR when done. 16 Reading the Tables The tables of the printed Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy (1996 edition) are presented in this digital book as indented and bulleted text. The table titles are boldfaced and row headings and subheadings are bulleted and indented. Once you've found a table using the Outline or the Index, or by searching for words, you can read the table using the Direction keys and gold key combinations. Highlight 1: Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy on Clinical Grounds on the Outline. Hold and press DN repeatedly to go the next row headings and subheadings. Press CLEAR when done. 17 Reading the Tables Finding Your Location When you're reading a table, you can view the Outline location of the current section by pressing ?* at a table, you don't go to the Outline itself but a snapshot of your current location. Going to the Outline from a Table The quickest way to use the Outline when you're reading a table is to press SPEC . You'll go to the corresponding heading in the nearest level of the Outline. Then you can use SPEC and the Direction keys to move through the Outline. Viewing Abbreviation Meanings Here is a quick way to view the meanings of many abbreviations that you see in tables. [. . . ] NO FRANKLIN DEALER, AGENT, OR EMPLOYEE IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL WARRANTY IN THIS REGARD OR TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY. THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, WRITTEN OR ORAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE FRANKLIN'S OBLIGATION TO REPLACE OR REFUND AS SET FORTH ABOVE IN THIS WARRANTY. Some States do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, or limitations on how long a warranty lasts. [. . . ]