Franklin IC-167 User Manual

Electronic Publishers
For Use with the Franklin
Digital Book System
IC-167
DIGITAL BOOK
®
PDR
1997
PHYSICIANS
DESK
REFERENCE
F
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 Company, Inc.
LIMITED USE LICENSE
All rights in the DIGITAL BOOK remain the property of FRANKLIN or Medical Economics Company. 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 proprietary 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
Using the SPEC Key ...................................... 13
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............................................ 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 and usage, contraindications, warnings, adverse reactions, dosage and admin­istration, and how supplied. Ophthalmology drugs are included in this 1997 Pocket PDR®. Precautionary material, information on clinical pharmacology, and certain other items are not included. Be sure to consult the printed edition of PDR®, PDR® Supplements, and PDR for Ophthalmology 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 Company, Inc., 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 1997 editions of PDR® and PDR for Ophthalmology. For later revisions, always check the latest PDR®, PDR® supplement, or PDR for Ophthalmology. Pocket PDR®. Copyright © 1997 Medical Economics Company, Inc. PDR® is a registered trademark used herein under license. Copyright © 1997 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved, worldwide.
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Key Guide

Function Keys
BACK
CARD CLEAR
ENTER
HELP
LIST
MENU MORE
ON/OFF
SHIFT
SPACE
SPEC
DN
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Backs up (e.g., erases a typed character, dis­plays the previous screen, or stops a highlight).
Exits the digital book you are reading. Clears to the default state. Selects a menu item, enters a text
search, or starts the highlight in text. Displays a contextual help message. Displays your note list from text. Displays the main menus. Finds more text search matches. Turns the Digital Book System on or off. Shifts the keys to types capitals or punctuation. Types a space or pages down. Displays the nearest Outline level from the text.
Direction Keys
Scroll or move in the indicated direction.
or
* + At menus, zooms to the bottom or top;
* +
*
The gold key at the bottom left of the keyboard.
Pages down or up.
UP
at text, go to next or previous monograph topic or table row heading.
DN
At the Drugs and Class menus, displays
UP
the next item matching the letters youve typed (
+DN only). At text, go to the
next or previous paragraph, table row subheading, or text search match.
Key Guide
Quick Keys*
A Goes to C Goes to D Goes to E Goes to G Goes to H Goes to I Goes to M Goes to S Goes to T Goes to W Goes to
Adverse Reactions Contraindications
topic.
topic.
Dosage and Administration Equivalents Generic Name How Supplied Indications and Usage Manufacturer How Supplied Therapeutic Class Warnings
list.
topic.
topic.
topic.
topic.
topic.
list.
topic.
topic.
Other Keys
?
SHIFT
+ + +
+ N Places a note in a monograph or table. + Q-P On the DBS-1 or DBS-2, types numbers.
You can use the Quick Keys only when a drug
*
monograph is in view.
At the menus, displays the full name of a menu item; at the text, shows the current Outline location.
+
Types an asterisk to stand for unknown
?
letters in a search word.
BACK
Goes to the top level of the Drugs or
menu from a lower level.
Class Transfers a word to or from certain in-
CARD
stalled digital books. At any level of the Drugs menu, goes to
ENTER
text. At text, highlight the next icon ap­pearing on the screen.
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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.
CARD
5. Press
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 itself 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
3. Press the arrow keys to highlight
CLEAR
.
MENU
.
the Other menu.
View Demo
on
4. Press
5. Press
ENTER
to start the demonstration.
CLEAR
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.
A slanted arrow ( ) to the right of a menu item indicates that submenus exist.
To see the full text of a menu item highlight the
menu item and then press
.
?
Help is Always at Hand
Y ou can view a help message at most screens by pressing message. Then press
HELP
. Press or the DN key to read the
BACK
to exit it.
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Changing Settings

You can change the Type Size, Default Topic, Default State, and Shutoff T ime of the Pocket PDR®.
MENU
1. Press
2. Highlight the Other menu.
3. Highlight
Set Default State
if needed.
Set Type Size, Set Default Topic
, or
Set Shutoff
.
,
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
A check marks the current setting.
5. Highlight a setting.
ENTER
6. Press
Or press
to select it.
BACK
to keep the current setting.
Understanding the Settings
The
Default Topic
when you view a drug monograph.
The
Default State
you press default state, the search screen appears. If you select
Drug Info
The
Shutoff Time
System stays on if you forget to turn it off.
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is the topic that appears first
is the screen that appears when
CLEAR
. If you select
Text Search
, the Drugs menu appears.
is how long the Digital Book
as the
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