User manual FRANKLIN IC-168

[. . . ] 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 to the HADI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 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 UP Press. or or DN *+ or * Hold while pressing the other key, or press and then the other key. The second method flashes a G at the bottom of the screen. Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows at the bottom 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 KLOROMBUSIL at the main drug list. To exit spell-correction, press BACK repeatedly. 2. To clear the query press CLEAR . 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. Note: You can type more than one question mark or asterisk in a word, and you can type both in the same word. However, it is not necessary to type two consecutive asterisks in one 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. Or hold and press to go to the bottom of the list. At the bottom of the list, notice that penicillin G belongs to the drug group, "penicillins. " 4. Press ENTER to view the drugs in the group. 14 Finding Brands, Generics, Groups 5. twice to go back to the main drug 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. . D Q O A CLEAR Note: Your queries are saved between sessions unless you reset the Digital Book System or remove its batteries. Note: Press BACK to return to the query list each time after selecting one of the above options (except for CLEAR ). 19 Viewing References Whenever you see a reference mark () in an interaction description, you can view its journal reference. 1. At an interaction description with a , hold and press to highlight the first showing on the screen. To highlight the last on the screen, hold and press . Notice that the is highlighted. 2. Hold and press DN repeatedly to view more references, if any. To view a previous reference, hold and press UP . 5. Press BACK to go back to the description. 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. 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 UP or DN . 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 this 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. Highlight the icon of the digital book to which you want to send the word. [. . . ] ISBN 1-56712-366-X 26 Key Guide Function Keys CLEAR Clears your queries and returns to the main drug list. Exits the digital book. MENU GAMES MORE LIST SPEC CARD Gold Key Combinations +Q- P + + + + DN Types numbers. Zooms to the start or end of a list, section, description, or reference. CARD or or or UP Shows the next or previous description or reference. Highlights a reference mark () in a description. 27 Key Guide Direction Keys Move the highlight left or right. [. . . ]