Franklin IC-163 User manual

PHYSICIANS

For Use with the Franklin

Digital Book System

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Electronic Publishers

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IC-163

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DIGITAL BOOK

User’s Manual

1996

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PDR

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LicenseAgreement

READTHISLICENSEAGREEMENT BEFOREUSINGTHEDIGI-

TAL BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE DIGITAL BOOK DEEMS THAT

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WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE DIGITAL BOOK AND YOUR

PURCHASEPRICEWILLBEREFUNDED.DIGITALBOOKmeans

the software product and documentation found in this package.

FRANKLINmeansFranklinElectronicPublishers,Inc.,andMedical

Economics Company means the publisher of Pocket PDR®, Medi-

cal Economics Data Production Company.

LIMITED USE LICENSE

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EconomicsCompanyorFRANKLIN.Throughyourpurchase,Medi-

cal Economics Company or FRANKLIN grants you a personal and

nonexclusivelicenseto use theDIGITALBOOKon asingleFRAN-

KLIN 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,createderivativeworksof, or in

anywayreverseengineertheDIGITALBOOK.Youmaynotexport

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compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The DIGI-

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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.

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.

Publishers’ Note

This Pocket PDR®contains excerpts of product information

provided by drug manufacturers covering indications and us-

age, contraindications, warnings, adverse reactions, dosage

and administration, and how supplied. Ophthalmology drugs

areincludedinthis1996PocketPDR®.Precautionarymaterial,

information on clinical pharmacology, and certain other items

arenot included. Besure to consultthe printed editionofPDR®

and its supplements in the event of questions.

Product information published in Pocket PDR®has been

preparedbythemanufacturersofthedrugs.Thefunctionofthe

publisher is solely the compilation, organization, and distribu-

tionofthisinformation.DrugslistedinPocketPDR®areavailable

onlybyprescription.Patients shouldconsultaphysicianbefore

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 infor-

mationisaccurate,thattheunitwillperformwithoutinterruption

or free of errors, or that the information contained therein

satisfies government regulations requiring drug product infor-

mation disclosure, nor shall they be liable for any claim arising

outoforrelatingtouse of PocketPDR®.Foradditionalinforma-

tion on limitations of liability and warranty disclaimers, consult

the License Agreement and Limited Warranty printed in this

User’sManual.Alluseofthisproductissubjecttothetermsand

conditions of the User License. Information in this Digital Book

iscurrentthroughthe1996edition of PDR®. For later revisions,

always check the latest PDR®or PDR®supplement.

Function Keys

BACK

Backs up (e.g., erases a typed letter or

displays the previous screen).

CARD

Exits the selected digital book.

CLEAR

Clears to the default state.

ENTER

Selects a menu item, enters a text

search, or starts the highlight in text.

HELP

Displays an appropriate help message.

LIST

Displays your note list from text.

Displays the main menus.

Finds more text search matches.

ON/OFF

Turns the Digital Book System on or off.

SHIFT

Types capitals or punctuation.

SPACE

Types a space or pages down.

SPEC

Displays topics or the Drugs menu from text.

Direction Keys

Scroll or move in the indicated direction.

Page down or up.

*+ At menus, zoom to the bottom or top;

at text, go to next or previous

monograph topic or table row heading.

At the Drugs and Class menus, display

the next item matching the letters you’ve

typed ( +

only).At text, go to the

next or previous paragraph, table row

subheading, or text search match.

Key Guide

The gold key at the bottom left of the keyboard.

Key Guide

You can use the Quick Keys only when a drug

monograph is in view.

Quick Keys*

AGoes to

Adverse Reactions

topic.

CGoes to

Contraindications

topic.

DGoes to

Dosage and Administration

topic.

EGoes to

Equivalents

list.

GGoes to

Generic Name

topic.

HGoes to

How Supplied

topic.

IGoes to

Indications and Usage

topic.

MGoes to

Manufacturer

topic.

SGoes to

How Supplied

topic.

TGoes to

Therapeutic Class

list.

WGoes to

Warnings

topic.

Other Keys

✻

Atmenus,shows a highlighteditem;at text, showsthe

Outlinelocation;stands for oneletterin a search word.

SHIFT

? ✻

Type an asterisk to stand for unknown

letters in a search word.

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, go to

text. At text, highlight the next icon ap-

pearing on the screen.

+ NPlace a note in a monograph or table.

+ Q-P On the DBS-1 or DBS-2, type numbers.

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 Digi-

tal 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 Digi-

tal 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 itself

off after a few minutes. When you turn the unit on

again, the screen that you last viewed appears.

Viewing a Demonstration

Before you start using the Pocket PDR®, you may want

to view a demonstration of what it can do.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Press

3. Press the arrow keys to highlight

View Demo

the Other menu.

4. Press

ENTER

to start the demonstration.

5. Press

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 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

pressing

HELP

. Press or the

key to read the

message. Then press

BACK

to exit it.

Changing Settings

You can change the Type Size, Default Topic, Default

State, and Shutoff Time of the Pocket PDR®.

1. Press

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

is the topic that appears first

when you view a drug monograph.

•The

Default State

is 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

is how long the Digital Book

System stays on if you forget to turn it off.

Finding Drug Information

The simplest way to find drug information is to type a

brand or generic drug name at the Drugs menu. Brand

names are capitalized on the Drugs menu, but you do

not need to type capitals.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Type a drug name (e.g.,

MARAX

To back up a letter, press

BACK

3. When 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

key, or

SPACE

to scroll down.

To learn more, see “Reading Monographs.”

7. Press

CLEAR

when done.

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