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Function Keys

Clear to search display.

Go to the menu display.

Doesn’t apply.

Expand a Text Search.

See Brands list/Bookmarks menu.

Specify drug name or bookmark.

Switch digital books.

Make an entry.

See a help message.

Direction Keys

Move up or down.

Page up or down.

Go to the next or previous topic.

Go to top or bottom of display.

Go to next or previous monograph.

Move right or left.

Page right or left.

Back up

Type a space.

CLEAR

MENU

GAMES

MORE

LIST

SPEC

CARD

ENTER

HELP

SHIFT

SPACE

Key Guide

Summary of Contents for IC-128

Page 1: ...r Use with the Franklin Digital Book System FOLD Electronic Publishers IC 128 F FCR 28031 00 B P N 7201782 Printed in China Electronic Publishers Mt Holly NJ 08060 DIGITAL BOOK User s Manual 1994 REFERENCE DESK PDR ...

Page 2: ...gle FRANKLIN Digital Book System at a time You may not make any copies of the DIGITAL BOOK or of the data stored therein whether in electronic or print format Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws Further you may not modify adapt disassemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer the DIGITAL BOOK You may not export or re export direc...

Page 3: ...bed And while every effort has been made to assure that this electronic version conforms with the drug manufacturers originals neither the publisher Medical Economics Data Production Company nor the producer of this unit Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc warrant that the information is accurate that the unit will perform without interruption or free of errors or that the information contained the...

Page 4: ... PDR 8 Select a Search Method 9 Select Options 11 Using Pocket PDR 12 Finding Drugs 13 Viewing Monographs 16 Finding Words 20 Finding Equivalents 24 Using Bookmarks 25 Sending Words 28 Reference 29 Digital Book System 30 Limited Warranty 32 Specifications 33 Key Guide 34 Index 35 ...

Page 5: ... shows you how to perform all the functions of Pocket PDR You can follow its instruc tions in sequence or refer to specific sections as a reference Most of the instructions use the drug acetami nophen and the search words chronic anemia as examples You can follow these examples or you can use drugs and words that interest you About Screen Shots Due to updated material some of the screen shots in t...

Page 6: ...5 Read this section if you re using Pocket PDR for the first time Getting Started ...

Page 7: ...PDR in a slot on the back of the Digital Book System Align Pocket PDR s tabs with the notches in the slot Then snap it in place 3 Press ON OFF Protect Your Digital Books Never install a digital book while your Digital Book System is on If you do you may erase information that you entered in the other in stalled digital book ...

Page 8: ...he screen contrast at any time 1 Turn the contrast wheel on the left side of the Digital Book System 2 If the screen is still blank check the batteries See Replacing the Batteries in the Reference section of this manual Adjust the Contrast contrast wheel ...

Page 9: ...laimer appears 4 To clear the disclaimer press CLEAR Now select Pocket PDR in the Digital Book System Select PDR Viewing a Demonstration To view a demonstration of what the Pocket PDR can do highlight Self Demo on the Op tions menu and press ENTER To stop the demo press CLEAR ...

Page 10: ...thods Drug List searches and Text Searches You select them from the Search menu Here is how 1 Press MENU 2 Press or to highlight a search method 3 Press ENTER to select it If you selected Drug List you see this display If you selected Text Search you see this ...

Page 11: ...lt search method is Drug List search So whenev er you press CLEAR you see the drug search display To change the default search method to Text Search select Set Search from the Options menu See Select Options on the next page The default search method remains in effect until you change it Clearing the Screen You can always return to the default search display by pressing CLEAR Your current search i...

Page 12: ...g arrows at the bottom of the screen show which direction keys you can press Help is at Hand At any time you can press HELP to view a help message To exit help press BACK 1 If the menus are not in view press MENU 2 Press to highlight the Options menu 3 Press to highlight an option 4 Press ENTER to view its settings 5 Press or to highlight a setting 6 Press ENTER to select a setting ...

Page 13: ...12 This section shows how to find read and mark information Using Pocket PDR ...

Page 14: ...o type only the first few letters to highlight a name In this example we ll search for acetaminophen 1 If you re not at the drug search display press MENU and then select Drug List 2 Start typing a drug name Notice that generic drugs are in lowercase and brand names are in capital letters To erase letters press BACK 3 When the drug you want is highlighted press ENTER This is the Brands list for th...

Page 15: ...N to read it For faster ways see Viewing Monographs 7 To view the next monograph on the Brands list press plus DN Or press LIST and then select another drug To view a previous monograph press plus UP 8 When you re done press CLEAR SPECifying Full Drug Names When a listed drug is followed by ellipses you can press SPEC to view its full name ...

Page 16: ...n Then press ENTER Highlight a correction and then press ENTER twice to view its Brands list NOTE Once in the correction mode you can type a for each letter that you don t know or an for a series of unknown letters Viewing Lists To Press Scroll up or down or Page up or down UP or DN Zoom to the top or or bottom of the list ...

Page 17: ...nufacturer 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 By Using the Direction Keys To Press Scroll up or down or Page up or down UP or DN View the next or SPACE or previous topic Zoom to top or bottom or of current monograph View the next or UP or DN previous monograph Back up BACK ...

Page 18: ...iewing Monographs A Quick Way to Select Topics When viewing a monograph type the first letter of a topic Type I for Indications C for Contrain dications etc You can type H or S for How Supplied You ll go directly to that topic 1 At a drug monograph press MENU 2 Highlight a topic on the Topics menu 3 Press ENTER to view it ...

Page 19: ...hs always displays the abbreviation of the current topic Abbrev Topic IND Indications and Usage CONT Contraindications WARN Warnings ADR Adverse Reactions DOSE Dosage and Administration SUPP How Supplied MANU Manufacturer GEN Generic Name Viewing Monographs ...

Page 20: ...Options menu and highlight a topic Then press ENTER Your topic setting applies only when opening a monograph from a Drug List search Mono graphs 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 Press Scroll right or left SHIFT or Page right or left or ...

Page 21: ...ype more than one Text Search finds every monograph in which your words occur adja cent or apart within the same topic Text Search automatically searches for inflections of your word s In this example we ll search for chronic anemia 1 If you re not at the search words display press MENU and then select Text Search 2 Type your search word s with a space between each word To move the cursor press or...

Page 22: ... the first occurrence of the search word s 6 Press plus DN to view the next occurrence If the words occur in the next monograph the drug name appears at the bottom of the screen 7 To view another monograph press LIST and then select it from the Brands list 8 When you re done press CLEAR Finding Words ...

Page 23: ...you see 153 You may be able to expand a Brands list up to three times To narrow an expanded list press plus MORE Expanded Text Searches in clude more drugs because they find search words that are farther apart within monograph topics Drug List searches can t be expanded Don t Know How to Spell a Word You can search for words that you don t know how to spell by typing a in place of an un known lett...

Page 24: ...r hypoalbuminemia in the monograph for Albumin 25 under the Warnings topic Finding Words 1 At a monograph press ENTER to start the highlight You can turn off the highlight by pressing BACK 2 Press the arrow keys to highlight the word that you want to search for 3 Press ENTER twice to search for it 4 Select a drug from the Brands list ...

Page 25: ...minophen and hydrocodone bitartrate from the monograph for Anexia 5 500 1 At a monograph press MENU 2 Press 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 3 To check other generics press or and then press ENTER You can uncheck generics in the same way 4 Press to highlight Start Search 5 Press ENTER to view the equivalent...

Page 26: ...marks menu Adding Bookmarks You can place up to 16 bookmarks Bookmarks are always placed at the top line of the current display 1 At a monograph press LIST 2 Press to highlight the Bookmarks menu If you have no bookmarks Add is highlighted If you have bookmarks View is highlighted 3 Highlight Add 4 Press ENTER to add the bookmark ...

Page 27: ... to highlight Bookmarks 3 Highlight View or Delete 4 Press ENTER This is a sample Bookmarks menu 5 Press to highlight a bookmark 6 Press ENTER If you highlighted View in Step 3 you go to the drug monograph where the bookmark is placed If you highlighted Delete the bookmark is deleted and you return to the previous display ...

Page 28: ...ll name and its placement The placement of the bookmark in a monograph is shown by a topic abbreviation and line num ber the number of lines from the top of the monograph Saving Bookmarks Your bookmarks are automatically saved be tween sessions unless you remove Pocket PDR from its book slot or you disconnect the batteries for more than two minutes ...

Page 29: ...follow these steps 1 At text press ENTER to start the highlight To learn more about highlighting see Picking Search Words 2 Press the arrow keys to highlight the word you want to send 3 Press plus CARD 4 Highlight another digital book symbol 5 Press ENTER The word that you highlighted appears in the Entry Screen 6 Press ENTER again The receiving digital book searches for the word If a match is fou...

Page 30: ...29 This section reviews how to use the Digital Book System and Pocket PDR Reference ...

Page 31: ...digital books or the rubber contacts on the Digital Book System with statically charged objects such as your fingers CAUTION touching your digital books with statically charged objects may erase information that you entered in them Don t put excessive weight on digital books or the Digital Book System or expose them to extreme or prolonged heat cold or other adverse conditions To clean digital boo...

Page 32: ... batteries 5 Place new batteries in the cavities with the s oriented correctly In the DBS 1 and DBS 2 the s should face up 6 Replace the battery cover Battery Precautions When you replace the batteries follow these precautions to avoid erasing information on your installed digital books Replace the batteries before they die out Once batteries have been removed install new ones within two minutes D...

Page 33: ...ARRANTY 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 limi...

Page 34: ... entered bookmarks Context sensitive help messages Self demonstration Copyrights Trademarks and Patents 1993 Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc All rights reserved This manual is copyrighted 1993 by Frank lin 1994 by Medical Economics Production Company All rights reserved Franklin U S Patents 4 490 811 4 830 618 5 113 340 5 153 831 European Patent 0 136 379 Patents Pending Medical Economics Data ...

Page 35: ...bookmark Switch digital books Make an entry See a help message Direction Keys Move up or down Page up or down Go to the next or previous topic Go to top or bottom of display Go to next or previous monograph Move right or left Page right or left Back up Type a space CLEAR MENU GAMES MORE LIST SPEC CARD ENTER HELP HELP SHIFT UP UP DN DN SPACE Key Guide ...

Page 36: ...ing 29 switching between 30 Disclaimer disabling 8 Drug List search correcting misspellings 15 distinguishing generics and brands 14 seeing full drug names 15 selecting search display 9 typing drug names 13 viewing the Drug List 15 Drugs distinguishing generic and brand names 14 finding monographs 13 specifying full names 15 Equivalents finding 24 Equiv menu 24 Erasing bookmarks deleting 26 inform...

Page 37: ...first topic in monographs 11 default search display 10 first monograph topic 19 SHIFT key 16 19 SPEC key 15 27 Tables 19 Text Search by highlighting a word 23 correcting misspellings 22 expanding 22 highlighting a word turning off the high light 23 selecting search display 9 typing word s 20 unsearchable words 22 Topics abbreviations 18 list of 16 18 menu 17 selecting from Topics menu 17 by typing...

Page 38: ...r Use with the Franklin Digital Book System FOLD Electronic Publishers IC 128 F FCR 28031 00 B P N 7201782 Printed in China Electronic Publishers Mt Holly NJ 08060 DIGITAL BOOK User s Manual 1994 REFERENCE DESK PDR ...

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