Franklin IC-151 User Manual

									For Use with the Franklin
									Digital Book System
Electronic Publishers
	IC-151
										F

DIGITAL BOOK

PDR

1995

PHYSICIANS’

DESK

REFERENCE

User’s Manual

License Agreement

READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE DIGITAL BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE DIGITAL BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE DIGITAL BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. DIGITAL BOOK means the software product and documentation found in this package. FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., and Medical Economics Company means the publisher of Pocket PDR®, Medical Economics Data Production Company.

LIMITED USE LICENSE

All rights in the DIGITAL BOOK remain the property of Medical Economics Company or FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, Medical Economics Company or FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the DIGITAL BOOK on a single 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, directly or indirectly, the DIGITAL BOOK without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The DIGITAL BOOK contains Medical Economics Company’s or Franklin’s confidential and propriety information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective for a period of one year from the date you receive the digital book. Upon termination of this license, you must return the digital book to Medical Economics Company or FRANKLIN, or destroy the same at the direction of Medical Economics Company or FRANKLIN. This license terminates immediately without notice from Medical Economics Company or FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license.

This digital book was developed for use by medical professionals. No other use of this digital book can substitute for consultation with your physician.

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Contents
Key Guide ......................................................	4
Installing the Pocket PDR™ .............................	6
Viewing a Demonstration ...............................	7
Changing Settings ..........................................	8
Finding Drug Information ................................	9
Reading Monographs .....................................	11
Finding Therapeutic Classes ..........................	12
Finding Equivalents ........................................	14
Searching for Words ......................................	15
Highlighting 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 Book System is malfunctioning.

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Publishers’ Note

This Pocket PDR™ contains excerpts of product information provided by drug manufacturers covering indications, contraindications, warnings, adverse reactions, dosage and administration, and how supplied. Precautionary material, information on clinical pharmacology, and certain other items are not included. Be sure to consult the printed edition of PDR® and its supplements in the event of questions.

Product information published in Pocket PDR® has been prepared by the manufacturers of the drugs. The function of the publisher is solely the compilation, organization, and distribution of this information. Drugs listed in Pocket PDR® are available only by prescription. Patients should consult a physician before using any of the medications.

In making manufacturers’ information available, it should be understood that the publisher is not advocating the use of any product or dosage described. 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 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 satisfies government regulations requiring drug product information disclosure, nor shall they be liable for any claim arising out of or relating to use of

Pocket PDR™. For additional information on limitations of liability and warranty disclaimers, consult the License

Agreement and Limited Warranty printed in this User’s

Manual. All use of this product is subject to the terms and conditions of the User License. Information in this Digital

Book is current through the 1995 edition of PDR. For later revisions, always check the latest PDR or PDR supplement.

Pocket PDR™.

Copyright © 1995 Medical Economics Data Production

Company.

Copyright © 1995 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved, worldwide.

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Key Guide

CARD

MENU

MORE

LIST

SPEC

ON/OFF

DN/UP

1 +

Function Keys

Exit the selected digital book. Display the main menus.

Expand a text search to find more matches. Display your note list from text.

Move up through menu levels.

Turn the Digital Book System on or off.

Direction Keys

Scroll, or move the cursor or highlight. Page down or up.

At menus, go to the bottom or top. At text, go to the next or previous

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.

BACK

CLEAR

ENTER

Other Keys

Back up (e.g., erase a typed letter or display the previous screen).At text, display the Outline location.

Clear to the Default State.

Select a menu item, enter search word(s), or start the highlight in text.

HELP

SHIFT

Display an appropriate help message. Shift keys to type capitals or punctuation.

1The gold key at the bottom left of the keyboard.

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Key Guide

SHIFT + ? * Type an asterisk to stand for unknown letters in a search word.

SPACE

? *

Type a space or page down.

At menus, display a highlighted item. At text, display the Outline location.

		Gold Key Combinations
+	BACK	Go to the top level of the Drugs or Class
		menu from a lower level.
+	CARD	Send a word between installed
		digital books in order to look it up.
+	ENTER	At any level of 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.

CGo to Contraindications topic.

DGo to Dosage and Administration topic.

EGo to Equivalents list.

GGo to Generic Name topic.

HGo to How Supplied topic.

I	Go to Indications topic.
M	Go to Manufacturer topic.

SGo to How Supplied topic.

TGo to Therapeutic Class menu.

W	Go to Warnings topic.

2You can use the Quick Keys only when a drug monograph
or table is in view.	5

Installing the Pocket PDR™

You must install the digital book in your Digital Book System before you can use the Pocket PDR™.

WARNING: Never install a digital book when the Digital Book System is on. If you do, information that you entered in any other installed digital book may be erased.

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 Digital Book System to adjust the screen contrast.

If the screen is still blank, check the batteries.

5.Press CARD .

6.Press or to highlight the Pocket PDR™ symbol, if needed.

7. Press ENTER to select it.

Resuming Where You Left Off

Should you forget to turn off the unit while using the Pocket PDR™, the unit will automatically shut off after a few minutes. When you turn the unit on again, the screen that you last viewed appears.

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Viewing a Demonstration

Before you start using the Pocket PDR™, you may want to view a demonstration of what it can do.

1.Press

2.Press

CLEAR

MENU

.

.

3.Press the arrow keys to highlight

View Demo on the Other menu.

4.Press

5.Press

ENTER

CLEAR

to start the demonstration. to stop the demonstration.

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 partially visible, highlight the item and then press ? * .

Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at most screens by

pressing HELP . Press	or the DN key to read the
message. Then press	BACK to exit it.

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Changing Settings

You can change the Type Size, Default Topic, Default State, and Shutoff Time of the Pocket PDR™.

1.Press MENU .

2.Highlight the Other menu.

3.Highlight Set Type Size, Set Default Topic, Set Default State, or Set Shutoff.

4. Press ENTER to select it.

A check marks the current setting.

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 Shutoff Time sets how long the Digital Book System stays on if you forget to turn it off.

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