Franklin Pocket PDR PDR-3036 User manual

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PDR-3036
Medical Book Card
User’s Guide
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MBS
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Medical Book System™

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Contents
➤ About Book Card Compatibility
IMPORTANT This book card can be
used only with the Medical Book Sys-
tem
™
platform and will not function in any
other Franklin BOOKMAN
®
platform.
The Medical Book System platform
can use Franklin BOOKMAN book
cards as well as Medical Book System
book cards. However, Franklin BOOK-
MAN platforms cannot use Medical
Book System book cards.
➤ For More Information
To learn more about the Medical Book
System or other products from Frank-
lin Electronic Publishers, call 800-665-
5450 or visit the Franklin Web site at
www.franklin.com.
Publishers’ Note........................... 3
Key Guide..................................... 4
Installing Book Cards .................. 5
Selecting a Book .......................... 6
Changing the Settings ................. 6
Viewing a Demonstration ............ 7
Finding Drug Information ............ 7
Finding Therapeutic Classes ...... 9
Searching for Words.................. 10
Highlighting Search Words ....... 11
Expanding Your Searches ......... 12
Reading Special Markers........... 13
Using Notes................................ 14
Looking Up Words
in Other Books ........................... 15
Resetting the Medical Book
System........................................ 15
Book Card Care.......................... 16
Specifications and Patents ....... 16
FCC Notice ................................. 17
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ..... 18
Index ........................................... 19

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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 adminis-
tration, and how supplied. Ophthalmology
drugs are included in this 2001 Pocket
PDR®. Precautionary material, informa-
tion on clinical pharmacology, and certain
other items are not included. Be sure to
consult the printed editions of PDR®,
PDR® Supplements, or PDR for
Ophthalmic Medicines® 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 accompanying
Pocket PDR User’s Manual. All use of
this product is subject to the terms and
conditions of the UserLicense. Informa-
tion in this Data Card is current through
the 2001 editions of PDR® and PDR for
Ophthalmic Medicines®. For later
revisions in prescribing information,
always check the latest PDR®, PDR®
Supplements, or PDR for Ophthalmic
Medicines®.

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Color Keys
MORE
(red)Expands a word search.
SPEC
(green)Displays the Outline loca-
tion of the current text.
SEARCH
( yellow )Displaysthewordsearchscreen.
LIST
(blue) Lets you add, find, or remove
a note.
Function Keys
BACK
Erases typed letters, or backs up to
the previous screen.
CAP
Shiftskeystotypecapitalsorpunctuation.
CARD
Exits the currently selected book.
CLEAR
Clears an entry or search and goes
to the default state.
ENTER
Enters a word, selects a menu item,
or starts the highlight in text.
HELP
Displays help messages.
MENU
Displays the main menus.
ON/OFF
Turns the platform on or off.
SPACE
At entry screens, types a space. At
menus and text, pages down.
?
✻
At menus, displays the title of a high-
lighted item. With
CAP
, types an
asterisk (✽) to stand for letters in a
word.At text, displays the current Out-
line location of the text.
Key Combinations*
✩
+
BACK
Goes to the top level of
a menu from a lower level.
✩
+
CARD
Transfers a highlighted word
between installed book cards.
✩
+
ENTER
At a highlighted menu item, dis-
plays the related text.At text,
highlights special markers (e.g.,
footnotes, cross-references,
tables, etc.).
✩
+Q-P Types numbers.
✩
+
DN
At text, displays the next or
previous paragraph, table row,
or search match.
CAP
+ Goes to the top or bottom of
a menu or list.At text, goes to
the next or previous Outline title.
Key Guide
➤ Understanding the Keys
The functions of the keys may vary ac-
cording 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.
or
UP
or
* Hold the first key while pressing the second.

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➤ Removing Book Cards
CAUTION When you remove a book
card from a platform, information en-
tered in that book card may be erased.
Key Guide
Direction Keys
Pages up or down.
Moves the cursor, text, or highlight.
Quick Keys*
A
Goes to Adverse Reactions topic.
C
Goes to Contraindications topic.
D
Goes to Dosage and Administration
topic.
E
Goes to Equivalents menu.
G
Goes to Generics topic.
H
Goes to How Supplied topic.
I
Goes to Indications and Usage topic.
M
Goes to Manufacturer topic.
S
Goes to How Supplied topic.
T
Goes to Therapeutics Class index.
W
Goes to Warnings topic.
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.
Installing Book Cards
➤ Understanding the Quick Keys
When a drug monograph is on the screen,
you can use the quick keys to quickly
view its different parts, its equivalents, or
the Therapeutics Class index.
UP
DN
* You can use the Quick Keys only when the text of a
drug monograph is on the screen.

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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
ENTER
to select it.
Selecting a Book Changing the Settings
Using the Setup menu, you can adjust the
type size, default topic, default state, shutoff
time, and screen contrast of this book.
The type size sets how large the charac-
ters appear on screen. The shutoff time
sets how long your Medical Book System
stays on if you forget to turn it off.
The default topic sets which topic will appear
first when you hold
✩
and press
ENTER
to
view a drug monograph. The default state sets
the screen that appears when you press
CLEAR
.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Highlight
Set Type Size, Set De-
fault Topic, Set Default State, Set
Shutoff
, or Set Contrast on the
Setup menu.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Use or to change the setting.
Or press
BACK
to leave the setting
unchanged.
5. Press
ENTER
to select it.

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Before you start using this book, you may
want to see a brief demonstration.
Press
MENU
and then use the arrow keys to
highlight View Demo on the Setup menu.
Press
ENTER
to select it. To stop the dem-
onstration, press
CLEAR
.
Viewing a Demonstration
Finding Drug Information
The simplest way to find drug informa-
tion 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. If needed, press
MENU
and high-
light the Drugs menu.
3. Type a drug name. For example,
type
Marinol .
To delete a letter, press
BACK
.
You can also highlight a menu item by
using or .
The slanted arrow indicates that the
menu item has a submenu.
4. When the drug is highlighted, press
ENTER
to select it.
If you entered a generic name, select
one of the brand name drugs that
contain the selected generic name.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at virtu-
ally any screen by pressing
HELP
. To
exit help, press
BACK
.
To read a tutorial about this book, se-
lect Tutorial from the Setup menu.
For more information about the Pocket
PDR®, select About PDR from the
Setup menu.
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows at the right of the
screen show which arrow keys you can
press to move through menus or view
more text.

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If you entered a brand name, the
monograph’s topics appear.
Note: You can go directly from the
Drugs menu to the default topic of the
monograph by holding
✩
and press-
ing
ENTER
.
5. Highlight a topic and press
ENTER
to
view the drug monograph.
6. To go quickly to another topic, use
the Quick Keys.
To learn more about the Quick Keys,
read the “Key Guide.”
7. Use , DN , or
SPACE
to scroll.
8. To go to the next or previous topic,
Finding Drug Information Finding Drug Information
hold
CAP
and use or .
9. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
➤ Finding Drug Equivalents and
Therapeutic Classes
When reading a drug monograph, you
can quickly find its equivalents or a list of
drugs in its therapeutic class. To find a
drug’s equivalents, if any, press
E
and
then select a monograph. To find a list of
drugs in its therapeutic class, press
T
.
➤ If You Misspell a Drug Name
When you type letters that do not
match a drug on the Drugs menu, the
spelling correction entry screen ap-
pears. You can press
BACK
repeatedly
to exit it. Or you can enter the mis-
spelled drug name to view corrections.
You can select Words starting with... to
view completions, if any, or select a
correction to view its monograph.

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FindingTherapeutic Classes
Every drug in the Pocket PDR®is classi-
fied by its therapeutic use.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. If needed, press
MENU
and high-
light the Class menu.
3. Start typing the name of a thera-
peutic class. For example, type
Motion Sickness Products .
To de-select a letter, use
BACK
.
You can also use or to highlight
a class.
4. When the class is highlighted,
press
ENTER
.
5.
Highlight a drug and press
ENTER
. For
example, select
Phenergan Injection .
6. Highlight a topic and press
ENTER
.
7. To go quickly to another topic, use
the Quick Keys.
To learn more about the Quick Keys,
read the “Key Guide.”
8. Use , DN , or
SPACE
to scroll.
9. To go to the next or previous topic,
hold
CAP
and use or .
10. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
➤ Where in the Book Am I?
When you are reading the text of a
drug monograph or table, you can see
the Outline location of the current text
by pressing
SPEC
(green) or
? ✻
.
To scroll up to a higher level of the
Outline, use .
To display the full title of an item,
press
? ✻
. This is especially useful
when the title ends in ellipses.
Press
BACK
to go back to the text that
you were reading. Or press
ENTER
to go
to the text of the highlighted item.
Finding Therapeutic Classes