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PHYSICIANS

For Use with the Franklin

Digital Book System

FOLD

Electronic Publishers

IC-151

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Electronic Publishers

Mt. Holly, NJ 08060

DIGITAL BOOK

User’s Manual

1995

REFERENCE

DESK

PDR

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Содержание IC-151

Страница 1: ...PHYSICIANS For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System FOLD Electronic Publishers IC 151 F Electronic Publishers Mt Holly NJ 08060 DIGITAL BOOK User s Manual 1995 REFERENCE DESK PDR ...

Страница 2: ...ein 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 directly or indirectly the DIGITAL BOOK without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations The DIGI TAL BOOK con...

Страница 3: ...ghlighting Search Words 17 Footnotes References Tables 18 Using Notes 19 Looking Up Words in Other Books 21 Using the Digital Book System 22 Product Specifications 24 Limited Warranty U S only 25 Index 26 About the Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User s Manual may vary slightly from what you see on screen These variations do not mean that this digital book or your Digital Bo...

Страница 4: ...d 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 the 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 therein sa...

Страница 5: ...vious monograph topic or table row heading 1 DN UP At the Drugs and Classmenus display the next item matching the letters you ve typed DN only At text go to the next or previous paragraph table row subheading or text search match Other Keys BACK Back up e g erase a typed letter or display the previous screen At text display the Outline location CLEAR Clear to the Default State ENTER Select a menu ...

Страница 6: ...the Drugs menu Outline go to text At text highlight the next icon appearing on the screen N Place a note in a monograph or table Q etc On the DBS 1 or DBS 2 type numbers Quick Keys2 A Go to Adverse Reactions topic C Go to Contraindications topic D Go to Dosage and Administration topic E Go to Equivalents list G Go to Generic Name topic H Go to How Supplied topic I Go to Indications topic M Go to M...

Страница 7: ... to turn off the unit while using the Pocket PDR the unit will automatically shut off af ter a few minutes When you turn the unit on again the screen that you last viewed appears 1 Turn off the Digital Book System 2 Install the Pocket PDR digital book into a slot on the back 3 Press ON OFF 4 If needed turn the wheel on the side of the Digi tal Book System to adjust the screen contrast If the scree...

Страница 8: ...monstration Using the Main Menus The flashing arrows on the right side of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around in the menus or text Slanted arrows to the right of menu items indicate that submenus exist To see the full text of a menu item that is only par tially visible highlight the item and then press Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at most screens by ...

Страница 9: ...ting 5 Highlight a setting 6 Press ENTER to select it Or press BACK to keep the current setting Understanding the Settings The Default Topic sets the topic that appears first when you view a drug monograph The Default State sets the screen that appears when you press CLEAR If you select Text Search as the default state the search screen appears If you select Drug Info the Drugs menu appears The Sh...

Страница 10: ...n the drug is highlighted press ENTER If you entered a generic name brands containing that drug appear If you entered a brand name the monograph s topics appear NOTE You can go di rectly from the Drugs menu to the default topic of the monograph by holding and pressing ENTER 4 Highlight a topic or brand name Type the item or scroll to it 5 Press ENTER to view the drug monograph 6 Press the DN key o...

Страница 11: ...NTER You can select Words starting with to view completions if any or select a correction to view its monograph What Drug Are You Reading About When a drug monograph or a table is in view you can check its Outline location by pressing Then press BACK to go back to the monograph NOTE When you press you do not go to the Drugs menu itself but to a snapshot of your current location in the Drugs menu o...

Страница 12: ...previous paragraph hold and press the DN or UP key To go to the next or previous topic hold and press or 3 Use these Quick Keys To Go to Press Indications and Usage I Contraindications C Warnings W Adverse Reactions A Dosage and Administration D How Supplied H or S Manufacturer M Generic Name G 4 Press CLEAR when done Reading Monographs Setting the Default Topic You can set the default topic the t...

Страница 13: ...ugs by their thera peutic class 1 Press MENU 2 Highlight the Class menu 3 Type a therapeutic class e g Fungal Medications Systemic 4 When the class is highlighted press ENTER 5 Highlight a drug e g Diflucan Type its first few letters or scroll to it 6 Press ENTER to view its monograph 7 To go back to the Class menu BACK 8 Press CLEAR when done ...

Страница 14: ...ghlight Prozac on the Drugs menu 2 Hold and press ENTER to view its monograph 3 Press T to view the Class menu These drugs are in the same therapeutic subclass as Prozac You can select a drug now to view its monograph 4 Press SPEC repeatedly to move up through the levels of the Class menu This is the top level therapeutic class for Prozac 5 Press CLEAR when done ...

Страница 15: ... its monograph 7 Press BACK to go back to the equivalents 8 Press CLEAR when done A Quick Way to Find Equivalents When reading the drug monograph you can quickly see its equivalents by pressing E Select an equivalent to display its monograph Finding Generic Names in Monographs The last topic in a drug monograph lists the names of the drug s generic ingredients Once at a mono graph you can go direc...

Страница 16: ...ne location 4 Hold and press the DN key to view the next Outline location of a match To view the previous match location hold and press the UP key 5 Press ENTER to view a match in text The matching words are boxed If you entered more than one search word you may have to scroll down to see the second matching word in the section of text 6 Press MENU to view all the matches listed on the menus inclu...

Страница 17: ... that you press MORE the previous matches are discarded and new matches of synonyms and similar words are found Changing Your Searches After searching for words you can change your search by selecting Change Search Query from the Search menu Then edit your word s Searching for Completions If you are not sure which form of a search word to use type an asterisk in place of the letters that you re no...

Страница 18: ...hlight by pressing BACK 3 Press the arrow keys to highlight a word e g Tetanus 4 Press ENTER to search for it You can expand your search by pressing MORE now see Expanding Your Searches p 16 Press MENU to view all the matches listed on the menus 5 Press CLEAR when done Words Too Common to Search Some words such as articles e g a the and prepo sitions e g to in occur too often to search for Nei the...

Страница 19: ...ain To turn off the highlight press BACK 2 Press ENTER to view the item Use the Direction Keys to read it 3 Press BACK to go back to the highlighted icon Using and Understanding Tables When highlighted and selected as shown above most cross reference icons XREFs take you to a table Once the table is in view you can usually re turn to its cross reference by highlighting and se lecting the table ico...

Страница 20: ...ss LIST 2 Press ENTER to select Add note 3 Type a note of your own and press ENTER Or press ENTER to add the note already typed A NOTE icon marks the placement of the note Finding and Removing Notes Once you have placed notes you can use them as bookmarks to quickly find information To remove a note you must first find it in a monograph or table 1 With a monograph or table in view press LIST 2 Hig...

Страница 21: ... a drug monograph or table by holding and pressing N Then press ENTER to place the pre typed note or enter your own note Removing All Your Notes You can remove all your notes at one time by reset ting the Digital Book System when the Pocket PDR is installed To learn how to reset the Digital Book System see Using the Digital Book System WARNING Resetting the Digital Book System erases information t...

Страница 22: ...d their User s Manuals 1 Install both books in your Digital Book System 2 Press CARD and select the sending digital book 3 Highlight a word in the sending digital book To learn how read the appropriate section of its User s Manual 4 Hold and press CARD 5 Select the receiving digital book The word that you highlighted appears in the initial screen of the receiving digital book 6 Press ENTER to sear...

Страница 23: ...er than resetting the Digital Book System If nothing happens then reset Protecting and Cleaning Do not bring statically charged objects in touch with the metal contacts on the back of digital books or the rubber contacts on the Digital Book System Statical ly charged objects may erase information that you entered in the digital books Do not put excessive weight on digital books or the Digital Book...

Страница 24: ...e new batteries in the cavities with their pluses oriented correctly In the DBS 1 and DBS 2 the pluses should face you 6 Replace the battery cover Battery Precautions When you replace batteries follow these precau tions to avoid erasing information in any installed digital books Replace the batteries before they lose all power Never remove the batteries while the Digital Book System is on Once the...

Страница 25: ...repair information Copyrights Trademarks Patents ISBN 1993 5 Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Mt Holly N J 08060 U S A All rights reserved 1995 Medical Economics Data Production Company Digital Book System is a registered trademark of Franklin Pocket PDR is a trademark of Medical Economics Data Production Company Patents 4 490 811 4 830 618 5 113 340 5 153 831 5 218 536 5 249 965 DES 348 439 DES...

Страница 26: ...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...

Страница 27: ...ing 22 Direction keys 4 Dosage and Administration topic 11 Drug Info 8 Drug names brand 9 correcting misspellings 10 equivalents 14 generic 9 11 14 highlighting in menus 9 viewing from mono graphs 10 Drugs menu 8 9 Equivalents 14 Finding drug monographs 9 equivalents using GOLD E 14 using menus 14 monograph topics 11 notes 19 therapeutic classes 12 13 words in monographs and tables 15 FOOT icon 18...

Страница 28: ...utoff time 8 SPEC key 10 13 Spelling correction 10 Submenus 7 T key 13 TABLE icon 18 Tables finding 18 Manufacturer topic 11 Matches of text searches 15 17 Menus highlighting items 7 main Class 12 13 Drugs 8 9 13 Other 7 8 Search 14 15 using 7 viewing 7 Misspellings correcting 10 Monographs finding 9 finding words in 15 highlighting words in 17 reading 11 setting default topic 11 topics See indivi...

Страница 29: ...igital books 21 changing 16 for parts of words 16 performing 15 too common words 17 Therapeutic classes 12 13 Trademarks 24 View Demo 7 Viewing cross references 18 demonstration 7 footnotes 18 help messages 7 main menus 7 Outline location 10 tables 18 Warranty 25 XREF icon 18 FCR 28069 00 Printed in China P N 7201764 Rev A ...

Страница 30: ...PHYSICIANS For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System FOLD Electronic Publishers IC 151 F Electronic Publishers Mt Holly NJ 08060 DIGITAL BOOK User s Manual 1995 REFERENCE DESK PDR ...

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