Franklin PDI-3032 User Manual
PDI-3032
Medical Book Card
PDR® DRUG INTERACTIONS AND SIDE EFFECTS
User’s Guide
Quick Reference Guide
T o Start Using a Book Card
1. Install the book card in a slot in the
back of the Medical Book System
platform.
2. Turn the platform on.
CARD
3. If needed, press
use the
or to highlight its
and then
icon.
ENTER
4. Press
to select it.
T o Find All Other Drug Interactions
1.
2. Press
3. Highlight a drug by typing its name
4. Highlight a generic and press
CLEAR
Press
then
.
ENTER
to select Drug-
Drug/Food Interactions.
or pressing
ENTER
to select it and get the list of
or and then press
generic drugs in this book that it
interacts with.
ENTER
to view the potential interaction.
T o Find Multi-Drug Interactions
Press
CLEAR
1.
2. Highlight a drug by typing its name
or pressing
ENTER
to select it.
3. Select more drugs by highlighting
them and pressing
4. Press
SEARCH
5. Highlight a drug, and press
view the list of drugs it interacts with.
ENTER
then
.
or and then press
ENTER
.
.
ENTER
To Find an Interaction Summary
Press
CLEAR
1.
2. Highlight a drug by typing its name
or pressing
3. Press
4. Use
5. Press
MORE
, DN, or
BACK
ENTER
then
or .
ENTER
then
SPACE
to scroll.
to go back.
.
.
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License Agreement
READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE MEDICAL BOOK
SYSTEM.
YOUR USE OF THE MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM 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 MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. The MEDICAL
BOOK SYSTEM means the software product, hardware, and documentation found in
this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
LIMITED USE LICENSE
All rights in the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM remain the property of FRANKLIN.
Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to
use the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM. You may not make any copies of the MEDICAL
BOOK SYSTEM or of the preprogrammed 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 MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM. You may not export or re-export, directly or indirectly, the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM
contains Franklin’s confidential and proprietary information which you agree to take
adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective
until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN
if you fail to comply with any provision of this license.
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Contents
Key Guide..................................... 3
Installing Book Cards .................. 4
Selecting a Book .......................... 4
Changing the Settings ................. 5
Viewing a Demonstration ............ 5
Using the Main Menu ...................6
Using the Multi-Drug/Food
Regimen Menu ............................. 7
Using the Drug/Drug Food
Interactions Menu ........................ 9
Using the Indications Menu...... 10
Using the Side Effects Menu .... 11
Spell Correction ......................... 12
Looking Up Words
in Other Books ........................... 13
Resetting the Medical Book
System........................................ 13
Book Card Care.......................... 14
Specifications and Patents ....... 14
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ..... 15
Index ........................................... 16
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About PDR Drug Interactions and
Side Effects
All contents of the PDR Drug Interactions DataCard are
copyright© 2001 and published by Medical Economics
Company, Inc. at Montvale, NJ 07645-1742. All rights reserved. All data are derived directly from the FDA-approved
package labeling published by PDR. Therefore, only products described in Physicians’ Desk Reference ®, PDR For
Ophthalmology® and PDR For Nonprescription Dr ugs and
Dietary Supplements™ are cited. Inclusion of a product does
not represent an endorsement by the publisher .
The publisher does not assume, and expressly disclaims, any
obligation to obtain and include any information other than
that contained in approved product labeling. The publisher
does not warrant or guarantee any of the products discussed
herein, nor does the publisher guarantee that all entries are totally complete. Important qualifications of these facts may reside in the underlying package labeling. Use this DataCard as
a convenient cross-reference, but consult the PDR text, as
well as the relevant medical literature, when more detailed information is needed.
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About Book Card Compatibility
IMPORTANT This book card can be used only with the
Medical Book System
other Franklin BOOKMAN
The Medical Book System platform can use Franklin BOOKMAN book cards as well as Medical Book System book
cards. However , Franklin BOOKMAN platforms cannot use
Medical Book System book cards.
™
platform and will not function in any
®
platform.
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Key Guide
Color Keys
MORE
(red) Displays interactions between
a selected drug and all other drugs
in this book.
SPEC
(green) Adds to or deletes from the
Regimen list.
SEARCH
(yellow) Searches for interactions
among the selected drugs.
LIST
(blue ) Displays the items in the
Regimen list.
Function Keys
BACK
Erases typed letters, or backs up to
the previous screen.
CAP
Shifts keys to type capitals or punctuation.
CARD
Exits the currently selected book.
CLEAR
Clears your search and returns to
the main menus.
ENTER
Enters a word or selects a menu item.
HELP
Displays help messages.
MENU
Displays the main menus.
ON/OFF
Turns the platform on or off.
SPACE
At menus and text, pages down.
✻
At menus, displays the title of a high-
?
lighted item. At text, displays the
current entry title.
Direction Keys
DN
Pages up or down.
UP
Moves the cursor, text, or highlight.
Key Combinations*
CARD
✩
+
Transfers a highlighted word
between installed book cards.
✩
+Q-P Types numbers.
DN
✩
or
or
+
UP
CAP
At text, displays the next or
previous interaction.
+
Goes to the top or bottom of
a menu or the next or previous
section in text.
* Hold the first key while pressing the second.
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Understanding the Keys
The functions of the keys may vary according to which book card is installed
and selected in the platform. To learn
how to use a particular book card, read
its User’s Guide.
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Installing Book Cards
Selecting a Book
CAUTION Never install or remove a book
card when the platform is turned on. If you
do, information entered in any
installed book cards may be erased.
1. Turn the platform off.
2. Turn the platform over.
3. Align the book card tabs with the
notches in a card slot.
4. Press the book card until it snaps
into the slot.
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Removing Book Cards
CAUTION When you remove a book
card from a platform, information entered in that book card may be erased.
If you have installed two book cards in
the platform, you can select which
book you want to read.
1. Turn the platform on.
2. Press
CARD
.
3. Use or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
➤
Resuming Where You Left Off
ENTER
to select it.
You can turn off the platform at any
screen. When you turn it on again,
the last screen that you viewed appears.
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