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Franklin IC-145 User Manual
Summary of IC-145
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Fold user’s manual handbook of adverse drug interactions r x the medical letter digital book f ic-145 electronic publishers for use with the franklin digital book system electronic publishers.
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1 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...
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2 contents introduction ....................................................... 3 overview of operation ...................................... 5 installing the digital book ................................ 7 viewing a demonstration ................................. 9 selecting drugs ...................
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3 this handbook offers a quick guide to possible adverse effects of drug interactions, with brief recommendations for precaution- ary measures. References are given to original reports that provide more complete discussions of each interaction. This book— lists adverse drug interactions, their mecha...
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4 antihypertensive agents or two central-nervous-system depressants, are generally not included. Effects expected from the mechanism of a drug’s action, such as that of potassium on digitalis glycosides or calcium on calcium-entry blockers, and useful antagonist effects, such as that between a poiso...
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5 overview of operation what the handbook can do the medical letter ® handbook of adverse drug interactions is a powerful reference. Using this digital book, you can. . . • find brand name drugs, generic drugs, drug groups, and food groups, • correct drug name misspellings, • find foods that interac...
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6 enter enter enter enter clear how the handbook works the handbook is easy to use. Here are the basics. Highlight the hadi symbol and press . At the main drug list, as you type, the drug type a drug name. Name is highlighted. Then press . Type another drug you see a message name. Press . To “show i...
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7 before you can use this digital book, you must install it. Warning: if you install a digital book while the digital book system on, information that you entered in other currently installed digital books may be erased. 1. Turn the digital book system off. 2. Install the digital book into a slot on...
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8 7. Press . This is the main drug list, where you select drugs to find interactions. Installing the digital book enter ✓ resuming where you left off while using this digital book, you can turn off the digital book system at any time. When you turn the digital book system on again, the screen that y...
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9 viewing a demonstration enter clear before you start using this digital book, you may want to view a brief demonstration of what it can do. 1. Press at the main drug list. 2. Press to highlight “demo.” 3. Press to start the demonstration. 4. Press to stop the demonstration. ✓ help is always at han...
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10 selecting drugs the main drug list contains brand and generic drugs, foods, as well as drug and food groups. You select an item from the main drug list by typing it and then pressing . Usually you need to type only a few letters to highlight an item. Try this example. 1. Type “meta” at the main d...
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11 selecting drugs ✓ using the direction keys you can use these keys to move up and down the main drug list, the query list, and other lists. To. . . Press. . . Scroll up and down hold or page up and down up or dn zoom to the top or + or * bottom of a list * hold while pressing the other key, or pre...
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12 correcting misspellings don’t worry if you misspell a word. The spell- correction mode automatically appears. Try this. 1. Type “pseudofed” at the main drug list. To exit spell-correction, press repeatedly. 2. Press . 3. Press to highlight a drug. 4. Press to select the drug and add it to the que...
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13 correcting misspellings enter enter ? * shift ✓ finding letters in words if you are not sure how to spell a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter or an asterisk in place of a series of unknown letters. Here are two examples. • type “cim?T?Dine” and press . The correct spellin...
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14 finding brands, generics, groups by highlighting a drug name on the main drug list and pressing , you can see its generic or brand names and any drug or food groups to which it belongs. In this example, we’ll find the brand names and drug group of penicillin g. 1. Type “penicillin g” at the main ...
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15 4. Press to view the drugs in the group. 5. Press to scroll down. 6. Press twice to go back to the main drug list. Finding brands, generics, groups enter back ✓ finding mao inhibitor interactions when you highlight a food name on the main drug list, pressing shows if that food interacts with mao ...
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16 you can find adverse interactions by selecting drugs from the main drug list and then pressing at “ ✻ show interactions ✻ .” then you can view a description of each interaction. Between many drugs you can select up to 20 drugs at time to find interac- tions between them. In this example, we’ll fi...
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17 finding interactions 4. If more than one interaction is listed, press to highlight one. Note: you can return to the main drug list now by pressing . 5. Press at a highlighted interaction. This is an interaction description. The hand points to a comment or recommendation. 6. Press or the dn key to...
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18 for a single drug you can select a single drug from the main drug list and quickly find the drugs with which it interacts. In this example, we’ll find the interactions for heparin. 1. Type “heparin” at the main drug list. 2. Press . 3. Press to view your query list. 4. Press . Or press and select...
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19 5. Press to highlight an interaction. 6. Press to view its description. Finding interactions enter ✓ using the query list whenever you select a drug from the main drug list, it is saved in the query list. To view your queries, press . Once at the query list, you can use these keys. To. . . Press....
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20 viewing references enter whenever you see a reference mark ( ✝ ) in an inter- action description, you can view its journal reference. 1. At the start of an interaction description with a ✝ , hold and press . Notice that the ✝ is highlighted. If you’re below or to the left of the ✝ , hold and pres...
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21 viewing references 3. Hold to scroll down. 4. Hold and press the dn key repeatedly to view more references, if any. To view a previous reference, hold and press the up key. 5. Press to go back to the description. Back ✓ viewing next or previous references once at a reference, you can view the nex...
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22 you can send drug names and other words from this digital book to other installed digital books. For ex- ample, you can look up a drug from the handbook in the washington manual digital book. 1. Highlight a word in the handbook. To. . . Press. . . Highlight a drug or or item in a list highlight a...
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23 digital book system ® resetting the digital book system to reset the digital book system, hold clear while pressing on/off . Or press the recessed reset button on the back of the digital book system. (read its basic operating guide for details.) warning: resetting the digital book system may per-...
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24 replacing the batteries the dbs-1 and dbs-2 use four 3-volt, cr2032 lithi- um batteries. The dbs-2d uses four 1.5-volt, aa batteries. 1. Have new batteries ready. 2. Turn the digital book system off. 3. Slide the battery cover off the back. 4. Remove all the batteries. 5. Place new batteries in t...
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25 limited warranty (u.S.A only) franklin warrants to you that the digital book will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your digital book, franklin will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to...
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26 model ic-145 • data: more than 1,150 interactions; 2,600 refer- ences; 2,400 brand names; 800 drug, food, and group names; and mao inhibitor/food reactions. • alphanumeric searching • a user query list holding up to 20 drug names • spelling correction • self-demonstration. • context-sensitive hel...
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27 key guide more clear games list menu spec card card + function keys clears your queries and shows the main drug list. Shows menus. No effect. No effect. Shows the query list. Shows brands, generics, groups. Exits the digital book. Gold key combinations + number keys type numbers. Sends a word to ...
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28 key guide direction keys move the highlight. Scroll through lists and text, or move the highlight. Up or dn page up or down. Matchmaker ™ key at the main drug list, types a ? To find a letter in a word. + at the main drug list, types a ✻ to find a series of letters in a word. Query list keys thes...
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29 back z a key guide enter ; : , - ? * on/off help space shift other keys type letters. Erases a letter, backs up, deletes an entry, or turns off the highlight in interaction descrip- tions. Make an entry. In descriptions, highlight a word. Shows a help message. Turns unit on or off. Types punctuat...
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30 index arrows 11 backing up 8 batteries 24 brand names 14 clearing to the main drug list 8 your query list 19 comments 17 deleting drugs from query list 19 entries 10 demonstration 9 direction keys 11 drug groups 14 drugs brand and generic 14 correcting spellings 12 displaying full names 17 enteri...
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31 entering a drug 10 returning to initial screen 19 seeing interactions from 19 recommendations 17 references 20 resuming sessions 8 scrolling descriptions 17 lists 11 references 21 sending words to books 22 spellings correcting 112 finding 13 index.
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32 fcr -28052-00 printed in china p/n 7201767 rev. A.
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Fold user’s manual handbook of adverse drug interactions r x the medical letter digital book f ic-145 electronic publishers for use with the franklin digital book system electronic publishers.