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- Page 1 For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System Electronic Publishers IC-128 DIGITAL BOOK 1994 PHYSICIANS ’ DESK REFERENCE User’ s Manual...
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Page 2: License Agreement
This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from Medical Economic Data or FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. This digital book was developed for use by medical professionals. - Page 3 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...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Getting Started ... 5 Install Pocket PDR™ ... 6 Adjust the Contrast ... 7 Select PDR ... 8 Select a Search Method ... 9 Select Options ... 11 Using Pocket PDR™ ... 12 Finding Drugs ... 13 Viewing Monographs ... 16 Finding Words ... - Page 5 ™ Pocket PDR contains information on nearly 1,500 brand name drugs and 1,000 generics. With Pocket ™ , you can . . . • search for drugs • scan text and topics in drug monographs • search for words in drug monographs •...
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Page 6: Getting Started
Getting Started Read this section ™ if you’re using Pocket PDR for the first time. -
Page 7: Install Pocket Pdr
Install Pocket PDR You must install Pocket PDR 1. Turn your Digital Book System off. 2. Put the Pocket PDR 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... -
Page 8: Adjust The Contrast
Adjust the Contrast After you’ve installed Pocket PDR the screen contrast at any time. 1. Turn the contrast wheel on the left side of the Digital Book System. contrast wheel 2. If the screen is still blank, check the batteries. See “Replacing the Batteries”... -
Page 9: Select Pdr
Now select Pocket PDR 1. Press CARD 2. Press 3. Press ENTER A disclaimer appears. 4. To clear the disclaimer, press Viewing a Demonstration To view a demonstration of what the Pocket PDR™ can do, highlight Self Demo on the Op- tions menu and press demo, press Select PDR... -
Page 10: Select A Search Method
Select a Search Method ™ Pocket PDR provides two search methods: Drug List searches and Text Searches. You select them from the Search menu. Here is how. 1. Press MENU 2. Press 3. Press ENTER If you selected Drug List, you see this display. If you selected Text Search, you see this. - Page 11 Select a Search Method Understanding Menus Menu items appear in two ways. Typeface regular italics Setting the Search Default When you first use Pocket PDR search method is Drug List search. So whenev- er you press display. To change the default search method to Text Search, select Set Search from the Options menu.
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Page 12: Select Options
Select Options You can set the automatic shutoff timing, the default search display, and the first topic in monographs from the Options menu. Here is how. 1. If the menus are not in view, press 2. Press to highlight the Options menu. 3. -
Page 13: Using Pocket Pdr
™ Using Pocket PDR This section shows how to find, read, and mark information. -
Page 14: Finding Drugs
Finding Drugs To find information about a drug, start typing its brand or generic name at the drug search display. As you proceed, names starting with the letters that you’ve typed appear on screen. Usually you have to type only the first few letters to highlight a name. In this example, we’ll search for acetaminophen. - Page 15 4. Press Or you can type a brand to highlight it. 5. Press ENTER 6. Press For faster ways, see “Viewing Monographs.” 7. To view the next monograph on the Brands list, press Or press L I S T view a previous monograph, press 8.
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Page 16: Correcting Misspellings
Correcting Misspellings When you misspell a drug, the correction mode begins. Type as many letters as you can. Then press ENTER Highlight a correction and then press 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 for a series of unknown letters. -
Page 17: Viewing Monographs
Viewing Monographs Drug monographs contain up to eight topics: Indica- tions and Usage, Contraindications, Warnings, Ad- verse Reactions, Dosage and Administration, How Supplied, Manufacturer, 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. - Page 18 Viewing Monographs By Selecting Topics When viewing a monograph, you can skip to the topic you need by selecting it from the Topics menu. 1. At a drug monograph, press 2. Highlight a topic on the Topics menu. 3. Press ENTER A Quick Way to Select Topics When viewing a monograph, type the first letter...
- Page 19 Viewing Monographs About Topic Abbreviations The status line in monographs always displays the abbreviation of the current topic. Abbrev. CONT WARN DOSE SUPP MANU Topic Indications and Usage Contraindications Warnings Adverse Reactions Dosage and Administration How Supplied Manufacturer Generic Name...
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Page 20: Viewing Tables
Viewing Monographs Setting the First Topic The default first topic displayed in monographs is Indications and Usage. To set other topics first, select Set Topic from the Options menu and highlight a topic. Then press Your topic setting applies only when opening a monograph from a Drug List search. -
Page 21: Finding Words
Finding Words You can search for occurrences of words in the drug monographs in two ways: (1) by typing words at the search words display, or (2) by highlighting a word in a monograph. By Typing Words You can type up to three words at the search words display. - Page 22 4. Press Or you can type a brand to highlight it. 5. Press ENTER the search word(s). 6. Press plus 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 and then select it from the Brands list.
- Page 23 Expanding a Text Search If you don’t see the drug that you want after a Text Search, you can expand its Brands list by pressing MORE For example, if you search for cardiac arrhyth- mia, you’ll see a list of 129 brand name drugs. Press MORE Press...
- Page 24 By Highlighting a Word You can also search for a word by highlighting it in the text of a monograph. In this example, we’ll search for hypoalbuminemia in the monograph for Albumin 25% under the Warnings topic. 1. At a monograph, press the highlight.
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Page 25: Finding Equivalents
Finding Equivalents Once at a monograph, you can find equivalent brands of any of the drugs generic components, or any com- bination of those components, by selecting them from the Equiv menu. In this example, we’ll find equivalents containing acetaminophen and hydrocodone bitartrate from the monograph for Anexia 5/500. -
Page 26: Using Bookmarks
Using Bookmarks For customized reference, you can place, or add, bookmarks in monographs and then quickly find them from your Bookmarks menu. Adding Bookmarks You can place up to 16 bookmarks. Bookmarks are always placed at the top line of the current display. 1. - Page 27 Finding and Deleting Bookmarks You can find and delete your bookmarks at any time. 1. Press L I S T 2. Press to highlight Bookmarks. 3. Highlight View or Delete. 4. Press ENTER This is a sample Bookmarks menu. 5. Press to highlight a bookmark.
- Page 28 Using Bookmarks SPECifying Full Bookmarks When a drug in your Bookmarks menu is fol- lowed by ellipses, highlight the drug and press to its full name and its placement. SPEC 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).
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Page 29: Sending Words
Sending Words This digital book can send and receive words to and from certain other digital books in order to look them up. (To find if a digital book can send and receive words, read its User’s Manual.) Before sending a word, you must install more than one digital book in your Digital Book System. -
Page 30: Reference
Reference This section reviews how to use the Digital Book System and Pocket PDR™. -
Page 31: Digital Book System
Resetting If the keyboard fails to respond or the screen per- forms erratically, press If nothing happens, hold . If still nothing happens, press the recessed ON/OFF reset button on the back of the Digital Book System using a paper clip. WARNING: Resetting the Digital Book System will erase information, such as notes, you may have entered in the installed digital books. -
Page 32: Replacing The Batteries
Digital Book System Replacing the Batteries The DBS-1 and DBS-2 use four 3-volt, CR2032 lithium batteries. The DBS-2D uses four 1.5-volt, AA batteries. 1. Have new batteries ready. 2. Turn the Digital Book System off. 3. Slide the battery cover off the back. 4. -
Page 33: Limited Warranty
Limited Warranty (USA only) FRANKLIN warrants to you that the DIGITAL BOOK will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your DIGITAL BOOK, FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., 122 Burrs Road, Mt. -
Page 34: Specifications
• Up to 16 user-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. -
Page 35: Key Guide
Function Keys CLEAR MENU GAMES MORE LIST SPEC CARD ENTER HELP Direction Keys SHIFT HELP SPACE Key Guide 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. -
Page 36: Index
Abbreviations, of topics 18 Arrow keys 8, 15, 16, [Index to come][ Auto-shutoff timing 11 BACK key 8, 13, 16, 20, 23 Batteries replacing 34 Bookmarks deleting 26 finding 26 menu 25, 26 placing 25 saving 27 seeing a full bookmark 27 total (limit) 25 understanding placement of 25, 27... - Page 37 MENU key 9, 11, 13, 20, 24 Menus Bookmarks 25 Equiv 24 Options 11 Topics 17 Search 9 Misspellings, correct- ing 15, 22 Monographs finding 13-14 topics abbreviations of 18 list of 16, 18 viewing 16 MORE key 22 Notes copying to/from books 33 editing in notepad 32 typing in notepad 31...
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