Franklin IC-151 User manual

PHYSICIANS
For Use with the Franklin
Digital Book System
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Electronic Publishers
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IC-151
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Electronic Publishers
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DIGITAL BOOK
User’s Manual
1995
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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 informa-
tion 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
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Product information published in Pocket PDR®has been
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the publisher is solely the compilation, organization, and
distribution of this information. Drugs listed in Pocket PDR®
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In making manufacturers’ information available, it should
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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
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warrant that the information is accurate, that the unit will
perform without interruption or free of errors, or that the
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Pocket PDR™.
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All rights reserved, worldwide.

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Key Guide
Function Keys
CARD
Exit the selected digital book.
MENU
Display the main menus.
MORE
Expand a text search to find more matches.
LIST
Display your note list from text.
SPEC
Move up through menu levels.
ON/OFF
Turn the Digital Book System on or off.
Direction Keys
Scroll, or move the cursor or highlight.
DN/UP Page down or up.
1 + 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 Class menus, display
the next item matching the letters you’ve
typed ( +DNonly). At text, go to
the next or previous paragraph, table
row subheading, or text search match.
Other Keys
BACK
Back up (e.g., erase a typed letter or
display the previous screen).At text,
display the Outline location.
CLEAR
Clear to the Default State.
ENTER
Select a menu item, enter search
word(s), or start the highlight in text.
HELP
Display an appropriate help message.
SHIFT
Shift keys to type capitals or punctuation.
1
The 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.
C
Go to Contraindications topic.
D
Go to Dosage and Administration topic.
E
Go to Equivalents list.
G
Go to Generic Name topic.
H
Go to How Supplied topic.
I
Go to Indications topic.
M
Go to Manufacturer topic.
S
Go to How Supplied topic.
T
Go to Therapeutic Class menu.
W
Go to Warnings topic.
2
You can use the Quick Keys only when a drug monograph
or table is in view.

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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 Digi-
tal Book System is on. If you do, information that you
entered in any other installed digital book may be
erased.
✓Resuming Where You Left Off
Should you forget to turn off the unit while using the
Pocket PDR™, the unit will automatically shut off af-
ter a few minutes. When you turn the unit on again,
the screen that you last viewed appears.
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.

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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
CLEAR
.
2. Press
MENU
.
3. Press the arrow keys to highlight
View Demo on 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.
Slanted arrows to the right of menu items indicate
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 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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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
MENU
.
2. Type a drug name (e.g.,
Digibind ).
To back up, 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 DN key, or
SPACE
to scroll down.
To learn more, see “Reading Monographs.”
7. Press
CLEAR
when done.